MŠK Považská Bystrica 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 ...
team, based in the town of
Považská Bystrica
Považská Bystrica (; ; ) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism.
Profile
Považská Bystrica is situated in a fold of mounta ...
. The club was founded in 1920 as SK Považská Bystrica and played in the
Czechoslovak First League
The Czechoslovak First League (, ) was the premier football (soccer), football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Ga ...
four times, the last time being the 1989–90 season, but never in the Corgoň liga, the first Slovak championship.
Previous names
reference
[ ]
* 1920–1924: ''ŠK''
* 1924–1926: ''Orol''
* 1924–1926: ''ŠK''
* 1933–1936: ''ŠK Munička''
* 1936–1948 : ''AC Sparta''
* 1948–1953 : ''Sokol Manet''
* 1953–1966 : ''Spartak''
* 1966–1968 : ''Sparta''
* 1968–1990 : ''ZVL''
* 1990–1997 : ''FK Sparta''
* 1997–2013 : ''FK Raven''
* 2013– : ''MŠK''
Club history
The main club sponsor Raven company ended support of the football team in Považská Bystrica, even though the club was in first place in Majstrovstvá regiónu 2012/2013 (4th level) competition after the autumn season. So the club was dissolved due to financial crisis after losing its main sponsor.
Honours
Czechoslovakia
*
1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) ''(1969–1993)''
** ''Winners (2):'' 1969–70,
1988–89
*
Slovak Cup
The Slovak Cup (), currently named Slovnaft Cup due to sponsorship agreement with Slovnaft, is the only nationwide Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in Football in Slovakia, Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Euro ...
''(1961–)''
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1989
Slovak Republic (1939–45)
*
Slovak League ''(1939–44)''
** ''Winners (1):''
1938–39
** ''Runners-up (1):''
1939–40
** ''Third place (2):''
1941–41,
1942–43
Current squad
''For recent transfers, see
List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.''
External links
Official website *
Unofficial website
References
Football clubs in Slovakia
Czechoslovak First League clubs
Association football clubs established in 1920
MSK Povazska Bystrica
{{Slovakia-footyclub-stub