FK Žiar nad Hronom was a Slovak

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team, based in the town of

Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, , ; until 1920 ''Svätý Kríž'' and until 1955 ''Svätý Kríž nad Hronom'') is a city in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Name development The name of the settlement has gone through multiple developments. P ...

. The club was founded in 1929. In the summer of 2012, FK Žiar nad Hronom merged with

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to form

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. The club's most notable result on a national level was an achieving the semi-final stage of the

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in 2001.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK. Players whose name is listed in ''italics'' played for the club in junior teams only. *

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* '' Adam Nemec'' * Milan Nemec * ''

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'' * '' Lukáš Tesák''

Notes

References

External links

Official club website
(archived 18 February 2010)

1929 establishments in Slovakia 2012 disestablishments in Slovakia {{Slovakia-footyclub-stub