ŠTK 1914 Šamorín is a Slovak

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team, based in the town of

Šamorín Šamorín (; , ) is a small town in western Slovakia, southeast of Bratislava. Etymology The name is derived from a patron saint of a local church Sancta Maria, mentioned for the first time as ''villa Sancti Marie'' (1285). Today's name is an a ...

. The club was founded in 1914. In the season 2009/2010, they were promoted to Slovak Third League. In season 2015/16 the club was promoted to the Slovak Second League.

History

The club was founded on 1 June 1914 (original name in Hungarian Somorjai Testgyakorlók Köre). Their first stadium (in Pomlé,

) was opened in 1930. Their first game in the stadium, against FSV Vienna was a sweet 2–0 victory in front of 1,500 spectators. ŠTK proudly announced that there will be places for more kids to play (Mladsi, Starsi ziaci and Dorast). This has brought a big success, because according to the 2010 statistics, almost 400 kids play football there. Analysing all of this, the Samorin players and members should all be proud of their president, Norbert Csutora. In 2010 December Csutora made an agreement to exchange

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for the seats of the old

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ground (Because a new stadium was getting built, for the

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that was held in Slovakia). He got over 500 seats and gave the fans with high quality seating places, which replaced the old benches there. In 2015, STK Samorin signed a partnership with one of the biggest Brazilian teams,

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. In the same season, the club was promoted to Slovakia's second division and, in 2016–2017 season, is currently seeking promotion to Fortuna Liga, the Slovak top flight.

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín: *

(2015–2019) * DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (2019–)

Current squad

''Updated 1 October 2024''

Out on loan

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

Current technical staff

* Last updated: 1 March 2024

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Šamorín. :''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found

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Balázs Borbély Balázs Borbély (born 2 October 1979) is a former professional footballer and current head coach of Győr. His former clubs were TJ Družstevník Vrakúň, FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín and AEL Limassol. At international level, he represented Slova ...

* Evanilson * Csaba Horváth * Sainey Njie

Notable coaches

* Vladimír Koník (2011–12) * Libor Fašiang (2013) * Miroslav Hýll (2014) * Jozef Kontír (Apr 2015 - Nov 2015) * Mike Keeney (Jan 2016 – Jan 2017) * Mika Lönnström (Jan 2017 – Mar 2018) * Gustavo Leal (Mar 2018 – Dec 2018) * Sanjin Alagić (Dec 2018 – June 2019) * Branislav Sokoli (June 2019 – Oct 2019) * (Oct 2019–Dec 2020) * Michal Kuruc (Feb 2021-Dec 2022) * Juraj Ančic (Jan 2023-Nov 2023) * Pavol Gregora (Nov 2023-Dec 2023) * Vladimir Vassiljev (Jan 2024-)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Samorin Football clubs in Slovakia Association football clubs established in 1914 1914 establishments in Slovakia