FK Spartak Dubnica Nad Váhom

FK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Dubnica nad Váhom.

History

FK Dubnica was founded in 1926 and spent much of its early years playing in the regional Czechoslovakian leagues until 1977 where they were finally promoted to the national first division and finished a respectable 9th in their first season. The team continued in top flight football for 10 years before being relegated in 1987 and it would be at least another 10 years before the team would play at the highest national level again but this time in the independent state of Slovakia. In 1996 Dubnica gained its promotion from the Slovak second division to form part of a newly structured league consisting of one league and 15 other teams. Dubnica would then be relegated the following season, which would set a trend of swinging between the first and second divisions. 2005 saw a turn in fortunes for Dubnica, a 4th-place finish earned them a place in Europe for the second time playing in the Intertoto Cup.

The first match saw them come up against Vasas SC of Hungary, the match ended 0–0 in the first leg but the second leg saw Dubnica duly despatch the Hungarian side 2–0 at home. This win next saw the club taken to Turkey to face tough competition in B.B. Ankaraspor but Dubnica upset the home team with a shock 4–0 win and defended this lead well in the second leg only to lose 1–0. Dubnica's next match saw them take on the English team, Newcastle United F.C. but they proved to be too strong and failed to win either legs losing 3–1 and 2–0 respectively.

Events timeline

* 1926 – Founded as ''SK Dubnica''
* 1948 – Renamed ''ŠK Sokol Škoda Dubnica''
* 1952 – Renamed ''ŠK Sokol Vorošilov''
* 1953 – Renamed ''DŠO Spartak ŠK Dubnica''
* 1962 – Renamed ''TJ Spartak ŠK Dubnica''
* 1965 – Renamed ''TJ Spartak SMZ Dubnica''
* 1978 – Renamed ''TJ Spartak ZTS ŠK Dubnica''
* 1993 – Renamed ''FK ZTS Kerametal Dubnica''
* 1999 – Renamed ''FK ZTS Dubnica''
* 2003 – First European qualification, 2003
* 2008 – Renamed ''MFK Dubnica''
* 2017 – Renamed ''FK Dubnica nad Vahom''
* 2024 – Renamed ''FK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom''

Honours

Domestic

* Slovak First League ''(1993 – Present)''
** ''Best finish:'' 4th – 2004–05
* Slovak second division ''(1993 – Present)''
** ''Winners (2):'' 2000–01, 2019–20
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1997–98

Results

League and Cup history

''Slovak League only (1993–present)''
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European competition history

Sponsorship

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Current squad

''Updated 23 May 2023.''

''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2022–23.''

Reserve team

* MFK Dubnica B

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for MFK.

:''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.''

* Marián Bochnovič
* Peter Doležaj
* Juraj Dovičovič
* Michal Filo
* Michal Hanek
* Dominik Hollý
* Michal Jonáš
* Ján Kapko
* Peter Kiška
* Matúš Kmeť
* Pavel Kováč
* Samuel Kozlovský
* Adam Nemec
* Peter Pekarík
* Dušan Perniš
* Peter Petráš
* Andrej Porázik
* Siradji Sani
* Marek Střeštík
* Ľubomír Šatka
* Peter Šinglár
* Lukáš Tesák
* Martin Valjent

Managers

* Antonín Juran (1996–97)
* Peter Zelenský (1997–98)
* Anton Dragúň (1998–2000)
* Jozef Jankech (2000–01)
* Peter Gergely (2001–02)
* Stanislav Griga (2002–03)
* Jozef Jankech (2003–05)
* Ľubomír Nosický (2005–06)
* Anton Dragúň (2006–07)
* Juraj Bútora (2007–08)
* Peter Gergely (2008)
* Peter Gergely (2009–11)
* Peter Nemečkay (2011–12)
* Peter Gergely (2012–2014)
* Pavol Kopačka (2015–2016)
* Juraj Bútora (2014–15)
* Peter Gergely (2018–19)
* Peter Jakuš (2020–2022)
* Andy Smith (2022)
* Bohumil Páník (2022–present)

References

External links

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Association football clubs established in 1926
Football clubs in Slovakia
1926 establishments in Slovakia