HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

FC Petržalka is a Slovak
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
. The club was founded in 1898 and it was promoted twice to the top flight 1. liga in the
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
during the 1980s (for the 1981–82 season and 1984–85 season) and spent another 14 consecutive seasons in the
Slovak first league The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following th ...
from 1996–97 to 2009–10. The biggest international success of Petržalka was participation in the group stage of the
2005–06 UEFA Champions League The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st season of UEFA's premier European club Association football, football tournament, the UEFA Champions League and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 footb ...
and Round of 32 of the
2005–06 UEFA Cup The 2005–06 UEFA Cup, the 35th edition of the UEFA Cup, was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The ...
. Several years later, after losing its owner, a different company took over the piece of land under the club's old home ground
Štadión Petržalka Štadión Petržalka (also called (Štadión) za Starým mostom) was a football stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Uk ...
for commercial building and the stadium was demolished. The football club founded in 1898, from the previous sport club Pozsonyi Torna Egyesület which was grounded in 1880, initially played in the regional Hungarian league. The club has been known by 17 names in its history, including Artmedia Bratislava (after their advertising agency sponsors). Artmedia played in the top flight Slovak league from its inception in 1993 until 2010. The club achieved its biggest success in the mid-2000s (decade), while playing under the coach Vladimír Weiss. The club won the Corgoň Liga title in 2005 and later qualified for the group stage of the Champions League, where it achieved the biggest success of all the Slovak clubs. Later, in 2008 the club won the
double Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Multiplication by 2 * Double precision, a floating-point representation of numbers that is typically 64 bits in length * A double number of the form x+yj, where j^2=+1 * A ...
, but during the next season most of the squad left the club. The club plays its home matches at its own new
stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
with a capacity of 1600. The team wears white and black striped shirts.


History

* 1898 – Founded as ''Pozsonyi Torna Egyesület'' * 1939 – Renamed ''Engerau Pressburg'' * 1945 – Renamed ''ŠK Petržalka'' * 1949 – Renamed ''Kovosmalt Petržalka'' * 1953 – Renamed ''Spartak Kovosmalt Bratislava'' * 1963 – Renamed ''TJ Považské Strojárne Bratislava'' * 1965 – Renamed ''SKS Petržalka'' * 1976 – Renamed ''TJ ZŤS Petržalka'' * 1986 – Merged with ''TJ Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava'' to form ''TJ Internacionál Slovnaft ZŤS Bratislava'', but split again in 1990. * 1990 – Renamed ''1. FC Hydronika Petržalka'' * 1991 – Renamed ''1. FC Petržalka'' * 1993 – Renamed ''FK Artmedia Petržalka'' * 2004 – Renamed ''FC Artmedia Bratislava'' * 2007 – Renamed ''FC Artmedia Petržalka'' * 2009 – Renamed ''MFK Petržalka'' * 2010 – Renamed ''FC Petržalka 1898'' * 2014 – Bankruptcy - renamed ''FC Petržalka akadémia'' * 2017 – Renamed ''FC Petržalka''


2005–06 European campaign

They famously reached the lucrative group stage of the
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
in 2005–06 after wins over Kairat Almaty,
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...
and
Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...
. They beat Almaty 4–3 on aggregate in the 1st qualifying round despite a 2–0 defeat in the first leg since they won second leg by 4–1. However it was on 27 July 2005 that they made their mark on the tournament, producing one of the shock results of Champions League history as they beat 2003 UEFA Cup finalists and 1967 European Cup winners
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...
5–0 in the first leg of their Champions League 2nd qualifying round match. The stunned Celtic side could not quite recover, only managing to win the return leg 4–0, and Artmedia held on to progress in the tournament. On 23 August 2005 they clinched a place in the group stages after overcoming Serbian club Partizan Belgrade 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 aggregate scoreline thus becoming the second Slovak club after
1. FC Košice 1. is the ordinal form of the number one in a number of European languages. 1. may also refer to: Association football Austria * 1. FC Vöcklabruck, a defunct Austrian association football club Czech Republic * 1. FC Karlovy Vary, a Czech ass ...
in 1997–98 to reach the coveted Champions League proper. Their success was even more remarkable considering Artmedia's entire annual budget is just over £1m. Artmedia also made history by becoming one of the first two clubs ever to advance from the first qualifying round into the Champions League group stage. The other club to do so was 2004–05 winners
Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
, who were given a special entry into the first qualifying round of the 2005–06 event, and joined Artmedia in the group stage. Artmedia played their Champions League fixtures at the Tehelné pole ground of crosstown rivals Slovan Bratislava because their own ground does not meet UEFA standards for Champions League play. On 28 September 2005, Artmedia made history once again by becoming the first Slovak side to collect a point in the Champions League group stage (in the eighth attempt by a Slovak side to do so). In another famous upset, they came back from a 2–0 first-half deficit to defeat 2004 Champions League winners
Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
3–2 at Porto's home ground. Eventually, they finished third in the group, parachuting them into the
UEFA Cup The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists and Mathematici ...
, but not before missing a late chance to score a goal in the return fixture against Porto that would have sent them to the round of 16 at Rangers' expense. In December 2005 the goalkeeper Juraj Čobej underwent a complicated brain surgery attempting to remove a malign tumor. Fortunately, he has fully recovered and has already stood a firm ground in goal during the first rounds of the 2006–07 season. Artmedia lost the home leg of their UEFA Cup round of 32 tie with
Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...
1–0 and were knocked out of the tournament after an away defeat of 2–0. After the successful season the coach Vladimír Weiss left to join FC Saturn Ramenskoe. Several players left the club, among others Ján Ďurica to FC Saturn Ramenskoe, Balázs Borbély to
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...
and Blažej Vaščák to Treviso FBC.


2008–2014 decline of Petržalka

The club reassigned Vladimír Weiss as head coach for the 2007–08 season. Some of the players came back, the club's captain Ján Kozák returned from a loan at WBA,
Aleš Urbánek Aleš Urbánek (born 25 May 1980) is retired Czech footballer. Career After leaving Sigma Olomouc, Urbanek played for Spartak Moscow in Russia but left after six months due to lack of playing time.Branislav Fodrek and Branislav Obžera returned, and the new faces in the club, among others, included Czech fullback
Radek Dosoudil Radek Dosoudil (born 20 June 1983) is a Czech footballer, who plays as a centre back. He last played for Dinamo Tbilisi.Cléber and Czech striker Zbyněk Pospěch. The club went on to win the title in the Slovak league for the second time, beating rivals
MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...
in the important matches and in the final table as well. Before the new season the club owner Ivan Kmotrík and the main sponsor left the club, which left later impact on the team. During the
2008–09 UEFA Champions League The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 27 May 2009. ...
qualification round Artmedia won over Valletta F.C. and
Tampere United Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. In the 2025 season, the club plays in Ykkönen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, ...
, but lost to
Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...
, with which the club suffered 0–4 loss in the first leg and later only drew 1–1. During the next stages several players left the club (4 of them to local rivals
ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slavs") is a professional association football, football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak First Football League. Founded as I. ČSŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name ...
). Prior to the 2009–10 season a huge number of players left the club, most of them were replaced by youngsters and players from the Inter Bratislava. After a decent first half of the season, where MFK Petrzalka played in the region of sixth place, the team fell apart in the second half of the season, and eventually the club were relegated at the end of the season.


2014 a new era

During the summer of 2014 was in Petržalka found the successor of the traditional club – team FC Petržalka akadémia. This club applied for the 5th division (5. liga) and in its premiere season 2014–15 has won the competition. Due to the reorganisation of divisions in Slovak football did't get the promotion at that year. Season 2015–16 Petržalka started 5th division horrible – in 6 games they suffered 4 losses got only 6 points. But after noticeable serie without loss they won the 5. liga again and promoted to the 4th one. In 2016–17 Petržalka started the competition in the 4. liga similar way as it finished the previous one. Petržalka suffered the first and only loss of the season in its 27th match which means that Petržlaka was unbeatable for 46 consecutive competitive league matches from loss at FA Bratislava (2–3) until loss at Veľké Leváre (0–1) in the 27th round of 2016–17. After 25 wins in 30 matches Petržalka won the 4. liga and promoted to the 3rd division for 2017–18 season. Since the beginning of the 3rd division 2017–18 was Petržalka among the candidates for promotion to the 2nd division. After unbeaten autumnt part of the season was Petržalka on the 2nd place during winter break behind Rohožník with the same point level. Decisive match came in the beginning of the spring part of the season. Petržalka beat Rohožník at home 3–0 and got the advantage in the table. In addition, Petržalka has won 15 out of last 16 games in the 3rd division (they lost only at field of reserve team of city rivals Slovan U21 0–1 in the game, which had Slovan U21 in the line-up 5 players from the first team including former national players Róbert Vittek and Kornel Saláta) and in the 29th round clinched promotion after win in Most 5–0 and return to 2nd division after 2209 days. On 20 July 2018 played Petržalka its 1st match in the 2nd division after 6 years and in the first game after promotion reached its 1st win.


Honours


Domestic

Czechoslovakia * 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) ''(1969–1993)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 1980–81, 1983–84 Slovakia *
Slovak Superliga The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following th ...
''(1993–)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 2004–05, 2007–08 ** ''Runners-up (3):'' 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07 * Slovenský Pohár ''(Slovak Cup) (1961–)'' ** ''Winners (2):''
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
,
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
** ''Runners-Up (3):''1982,
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
* Pribina Cup ''(Slovak Super Cup) (1993–)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 2005, 2008


European

*
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
** ''Group stage (1)'': 2005–06 *
UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
** ''Round of 16 (1)'': 2005–06


Slovak League Top Goalscorer

Slovak League Top scorer since 1993–94 :1Shared award


Results


League and domestic cup history

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


European competition history


Stadium


First pitch

The first sample football match of Pozsonyi Torna Egyesület (PTE) was announced to be played on 25 September 1898, but due to the tragic matters in the Emperors' family (
Elisabeth of Bavaria Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria on 24 April 1854 until h ...
died on 10 September 1898) was postponed to 2 October 1898. The rules of the game were explained to the audience before the match in October. The match was played between members of PTE in both teams at the Ligetfalu highschool playground. There was no regular football pitch in Pressburg at that time, so PTE used the plain terrain to play its home matches in the early years.


Štadión za Starým mostom (PTE stadium)

During the extra ordinary club meeting on 29 September 1899 the decision to build the regular pitch for PTE near the Danube river, railway to the Wien and City Park was made. The stadium was built at the end of the 19th century for PTE in a year. The grand opening of the new stadium was officially on 25 September 1900. PTE won the match against Magyar Football Club Budapest 3–2, the first PTEs' win ever against the team from Budapest. This stadium was used for Bratislava regional championship until the stadium for I. Čsl. ŠK Bratislava was built in the end of the 1920s. More than 100 years later Artmedia still used to play their home matches at the same place – named Štadión za Starým mostom. Today's estimated capacity is 10,000; it is however impossible to give the exact value, because older part of the stadium still remains for standing visitors. The average attendance of league matches at this stadium is floating above 4,000, one of the highest in Slovakia. However, the stadium does not meet some of the UEFA criteria, therefore the club has been forced to play its international matches elsewhere. Notably, they played their 2005–06 UEFA Champions League campaign at Tehelné pole, home venue of crosstown rivals Slovan Bratislava. Stadium was closed in 2009 and demolished in 2012.


New home ground – Štadión FC Petržalka

In 2011, a new stadium called Stadium FC Petržalka 1898 (Slovak: Štadión FC Petržalka 1898) was built on Sklodowskej street, Petržalka, Slovakia. Originally it served as home stadium for football club FC Petržalka 1898. After its bankruptcy in 2014 it became home for FC Petržalka akadémia and later for the team FC Petržalka. The stadium was officially opened in 2012. The first match was between the home club FC Petržalka 1898 and FC Nitra B (1–3), on 5 August 2012. After its opening the stadium had a single grandstand with 800 seats along its West side. Later upgrades, including adding bleechers on the East side, have increased the capacity to 3000 seats.


Sponsorship


Transfers

Petržalka have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the
Slovak national football team The Slovakia national football team () represents Slovakia in men's international football competition and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2019 ...
. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Petržalka after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the German
Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...
( Balázs Borbély to
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...
in 2006), Italian
Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
( Blažej Vaščák to A.C.D. Treviso in 2006), French
Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...
( Ľuboš Kamenár to
FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes, commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Naunnt''), is a French professional association football, football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 Ap ...
in 2009),
Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...
( Ján Ďurica, Branislav Fodrek, Branislav Obžera, Peter Petráš all to
Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth the average density of Earth, but is over 95 tim ...
in 2006),
Austrian Football Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...
( Filip Šebo to
FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (), known in English as Austria Vienna, and Austria Wien in German language in Europe, German-speaking countries, is an Football in Austria, Austrian professional association football club from the capital city of Vi ...
in 2005). The top transfer was agreed in 2008 when Balázs Borbély joined Romanian FC Politehnica Timișoara for a fee of
The euro sign () is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone. The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. It consists of a stylized letter E (or epsilon), crossed by t ...
0.8 million


Record departures

''*-unofficial fee''


Current squad

''Updated 13 March, 2025''


Out on loan

''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.''


Staff

:''Updated 18 May 2024''


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 Petržalka. :''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found
here Here may refer to: Music * ''Here'' (Adrian Belew album), 1994 * ''Here'' (Alicia Keys album), 2016 * ''Here'' (Cal Tjader album), 1979 * ''Here'' (Edward Sharpe album), 2012 * ''Here'' (Idina Menzel album), 2004 * ''Here'' (Merzbow album), ...
.''


Managers

* František Urvay (1978–79) * Anton Urban (1980) * Michal Pucher (1981) * Dušan Abrahám (1982) * Anton Urban (1982–83) * Tomáš Nitka (1983) * Štefan Slezák (1983–85) * Jozef Balažovič (1986) * Jozef Prochotský (1995–97) * Stanislav Strapek (1997–98) * Vladimír Weiss sr. * Karel Stromšík (1998) * Vladimír Weiss sr. (1998) * Peter Pavlovič (1998–99) * Vladimír Weiss sr. (1999–00) *
Dušan Galis Dušan Galis (born 24 November 1949) is a Slovak politician and a former association football, football player and manager. In the Czechoslovak league he played 226 matches, scoring 89 goals. He was capped eight times for Czechoslovakia national ...
(2000–02) * Vladimír Weiss sr. (2002–06) * Michal Hipp (2006) * Vladimír Weiss sr. (2007–08) * Michal Hipp (2008–09) * Emil Stranianek (2009) * Peter Fieber (2009–10) * Vladimír Goffa (2010–11) *
Norbert Hrnčár Norbert Hrnčár (born 9 June 1970) is a former Slovak football player and manager. Playing career Hrnčár spent two seasons in the Slovak top division with FC Nitra, appearing in 32 league matches. Managerial career He started his manageri ...
(2011–12) * Emil Stranianek (2012) * Ľubomír Luhový (2012) * Alexander Zachariáš (2012) * Emil Stranianek (2012–13) * Tomáš Medveď (2013–15) * Rastislav Kunst (2015–16) * Peter Boďo (2016–17) * Balázs Borbély (2017–Apr 2019) * Miroslav Mentel (Apr 2019) * Jozef Dojčan (Jun 2019 – Oct 2019) * Vladimír Koník (Oct 2019-30 June 2020) * Ladislav Pecko (30 June 2020 – 4 May 2021) * Mário Auxt (June 2021-19 June 2022) * Ján Haspra (19 June 2022-18 Sep 2022) * Alexander Zachariáš (21 Sep 2022-Apr 2023) * Michal Kuruc (Apr 2023-)


See also

* 2005–06 FC Artmedia Bratislava season


References


External links


Official website

FC Petržalka 1898 TV
*
Profile by Weltfussballarchiv
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrzalka 1898 Football clubs in Slovakia Football clubs in Bratislava Czechoslovak First League clubs Association football clubs established in 1898 1898 establishments in Austria-Hungary