AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of

Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 55,000, which makes it the eighth largest munic ...

, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the

Fortuna Liga The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, h ...

after winning the

2010–11 Slovak First League The 2010–11 season of the Slovak First League (also known as ''1. liga'') was the eighteenth season of the second-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began in late July 2010 and ended in May 2011. From the next ...

. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 10,000 spectators.

History

The football team was established in 1990 as ''TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín'' and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below

TTS Trenčín TTS Trenčín was a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Trenčín. History The club was founded in 1904 as Trencsény Torna Egyesület (TTE). TTS Trenčín first played in the top flight of Slovakia during World War II, when Slovak a ...

. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia."Trenčín po 11 sezónach zostupuje do druhej najvyššej súťaže"
Since 1997, Trenčín has continuously played in the Slovak first division. In 2002 the club changed its name to ''FK Laugaricio Trenčín'', and one year later became ''FK AS Trenčín'' (''Araver a Synot Trenčín''). The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the

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(1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former

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Tschen La Ling. After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season. In July 2015, ''FK AS Trenčín'' together with women's handball team ''HK Štart Trenčín'' was merged into ''Asociácia športov Trenčín''.

Events timeline

* 1992: Founded as ''TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín'' * 1995: Renamed ''FK Ozeta Dukla Trenčín'' * 2002: Renamed ''Laugaricio Trenčín'' * 2003: Renamed ''FK AS Trenčín'' (Araver a Synot Trenčín) * 2015: Renamed ''AS Trenčín'' (Asociácia športov Trenčín)

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia *

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who forme ...

''(1925–93)'' ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1962–63 ¹ ** ''Third place (1):'' 1967–68 ¹ Slovakia *

Slovak League Slovak may refer to: * Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'') * Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group ...

''(1993–present)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 2014–15, 2015–16 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2013–14 *

Slovak Cup The Slovak Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Slovakia, Slovak football (soccer), football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa Conference League. History The competition was first contested in 1969. Until 1993, the winner of the ...

''(1961–present)'' ** ''Winners (3):'' 1978¹, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Slovakian Second Division ''(1993–present)'' ** Winners (1):

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¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94

Top scorer. :¹Shared award

European

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** ''Runners-up (1):''

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¹ ¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

UEFA ranking

This is the current 2018–19 (August 31)

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:
Full list

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín: * TONEGIDO (2007–08) * Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present) * Slovan Nemšová (2012–present) *

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(2012–present) * AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–13) * GBS Academy (2014–2019) *

FK Inter Bratislava FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Stupava. History Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end of World ...

(2016–present)

Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active

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group. They have a fierce rivalry with

Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the Czechoslovak First League five times and the Czechoslovak Cup on four occasions, an ...

and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically

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fans. Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech

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Sponsorship

Club partners

*van Styn *FITSHAPE *

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*City of

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Motor-Car Trenčín *

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*Noba * RAUCH *Party Partners *

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Current squad

''As of 21 October 2022'' ''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2022
and

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''.

Out on loan

Managers

Current technical staff

:''As of 27 July 2022''

Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the

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( Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004,

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in 2011),

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(

Moses Simon Moses Daddy-Ajala Simon (born 12 July 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Ligue 1 club Nantes and the Nigeria national team. Club career Early career Born in Jos, his father served in the Nig ...

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(booth 2014),

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(2016),

Samuel Kalu Samuel Kalu Ojim (born 26 August 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as winger for EFL Championship club Watford and the Nigeria national team. Club career Kalu started his football career at GBS Academy in Jos, Nigeria. AS T ...

(2017), Rangelo Janga (2018), Philip Azango (2018),

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(2019) and

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(2020) to K.A.A. Gent, Wesley to

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in 2016,

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and Aliko Bala to

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in 2016,2017

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in 2018),

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( Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to

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in 2015,

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in 2013), Dutch

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( Ryan Koolwijk to

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in 2016, Hilary Gong to

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in 2018), Greece Superleague (

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to PAOK in 2015), Norway

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( Tomáš Malec to

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in 2016),

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(

Aldo Baéz Aldo Omar Baéz (born 5 September 1988) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for ŠTK Šamorín. Club career Trenčín In January 2008, he joined the Corgoň liga club AS Trenčín. Baéz came to Trenčín together with fellow ...

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in 2014 and season 2015–16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 20 years old talented winger Wesley joined Belgian

for a fee €4.2 million.

Record transfers

''*-unofficial fee''

Results

League and Cup history

''Slovak League only (1993–present)'' :

European competition history

^{Until 1992 played as Jednota Trenčín}

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for AS Trenčín. ''For full list, see :FK AS Trenčín players''

Managers

Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Slovak football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder. He played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of a ...

(1995–96) *

Stanislav Griga Stanislav Griga (born 4 November 1961) is a Slovak football manager and former player. He played 34 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored eight goals. Career Griga was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and had a headed goal controversi ...

(1 Jul 1996 – 30 Jun 1998) * Róbert Paldan (1998–00) *

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(2000–01) * Milan Albrecht (2001) * Anton Dragúň (2001), (2003) *

Jaroslav Jurkovič Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

(2003) * Karol Kisel st. (2003–04) * Anton Jánoš (2004–05) *

Karol Marko Karol Marko (born 2 April 1966) is a Slovak football manager and former player. Marko worked as an assistant coach in several mostly Slovak clubs. His first job as a first coach was at FK AS Trenčín in 2006. In 2007, he moved to the Czech Repu ...

(2005) * Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2005 – 11 Mar 2006) * Vlastimil Palička (2006–07) * Rob McDonald (1 Jul 2007 – 30 Jun 2008) * Martin Stano (2008) *

Ivan Galád Ivan Galád (born 10 April 1963) is a Slovak football manager and former player, who is the head coach of FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce. He previously managed Slovakia's national under-21 team. Honours Manager FC Nitra * DOXXbet liga: Winners : 2 ...

(2008–09) * Vladimír Koník (1 Jul 2009 – 13 Nov 2009) * Adrián Guľa (14 Nov 2009 – 30 Jun 2013) * Ľubomír Nosický (1 Jul 2013 – 8 Sep 2013) * Martin Ševela (8 Sep 2013 – 12 Sep 2017) * Vladimír Cifranič (12 Sep 2017 – 2 Jun 2018) * Ricardo Moniz (2 Jun 2018 – 28 Oct 2018) * Vladimír Cifranič (28 Oct 2018 – March 20, 2019) * Matthias Kohler (20 Mar 2019 – 7 May 2019) *

(7 May 2019 – 20 Jun 2019) * Matthias Kohler (20 Jun 2019 – 22 Oct 2019) * Norbert Hrnčár (22 Oct 2019 – 30 Jun 2020) * Stijn Vreven (17 Jul 2020 – 27 Apr 2021) * Juraj Ančic (27 Apr 2021 – 2 Jun 2021) (caretaker) *

Peter Hlinka Peter Hlinka (born 5 December 1978 in Prešov) is a retired Slovak football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the fo ...

(2 June 2021 – 5 Dec 2021) * Juraj Ančic (21 Dec 2021 – 6 Jun 2022) *

Peter Hyballa Peter Hyballa (born 5 December 1975) is a German professional football manager, who last managed AS Trenčín. He also served as manager at clubs in Germany, Namibia, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland and Denmark. Before his career as a manager, ...

(12 Jun 2022 – 27 Jul 2022) * Marián Zimen (28 Jul 2022 – present)

Previous kits

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:FK AS Trencin Trenčín Trencin Trencin 1992 establishments in Slovakia