MŠK Púchov is a Slovak

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club, playing in the town of

Púchov Púchov (; ) is an industrial town in the centre of Púchov District in Slovakia, with a population close to 18,000. Geography It is located on the main train line between Bratislava and Košice. It is halfway between Trenčín and Žilina, two ...

. In July 2006, the club lost its main sponsor, '' Matador a.s.'', and was renamed FK Púchov. The club has two stadiums, currently unusable Mestský štadión due to disagreement with the town of

, and temporary ''Futbalový štadión Nosice''. On 24 June 2013, the official website of FK Púchov announced merging between OTJ Moravany nad Váhom and FK Púchov, as FK Púchov. The club started cooperate with the town. The town is the main sponsor of the club.

Historical names

* 1920 – Športový klub Puchov * 1945 – ŠK Rolný Púchov * 1948 – Sokol Makyta Púchov * 1956 – TJ Iskra Púchov * 1968 – TJ Gumárne 1.mája Púchov * 1993 – ŠK Matador Púchov * 2003 – FK Matador Púchov * 2007 – FK Púchov * 2015 – MŠK Púchov

Honours

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–)'' ** ''Winners (1):'' 2002–03 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2001–02 *

Slovak First Football 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 ...

''(1993–)'' ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2001–02 *

Slovak second division The Slovak Second Football League (), officially known as MONACObet LIGA for sponsorship reasons, is the annual second tier football competition in Slovakia. Currently, the competition consists of 16 teams. History The league was formed as a se ...

''(1993–)'' ** ''Winners (1):'' 1999–00

European competition history

Sponsorship

Current squad

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Notable players

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

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* Mário Breška *

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Alias Lembakoali Alias "Ali" Lembakoali (born 27 March 1971) is a Centrafrican retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career In July 1997, he joined Slovak club FK Matador Púchov. In next time Ali played for the Slovak champion club Inter B ...

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Milan Luhový Milan Luhový (born 1 January 1963) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he made 31 appearances for Czechoslovakia, scoring seven goals. Luhový is considered the sharpest football critic b ...

* Krisztián Németh *

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* Zdeno Štrba * Ľubomír Talda * Salomon Wisdom

Notable managers

* Anton Richtárik (1993–1994) *

Vladimír Hrivnák Vladimír Hrivnák (23 April 1945 – 17 October 2014) was a Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 13 matches. He helped Slovan Bratislava to the 1969 European Cup Winners' Cup Fi ...

(1994–1996) * Jozef Zigo (1996) * Štefan Tománek (1996–1998) * Jozef Šuran (1998–2002) * František Komňacký (2003) *

Štefan Zaťko Štefan Zaťko (born 21 May 1962) is a Slovak Association football, football Manager (association football), manager who manages FK Pohronie, Pohronie on a caretaker basis. Zaťko has coached TSG Kälberau, FK Matador Púchov, Matador Púchov, ...

(2003) * Milan Lešický (2003–2004) *

Pavel Vrba Pavel Vrba (born 6 December 1963) is a Czech Republic, Czech association football, football manager and former player. He is known for applying an offensive football philosophy in the teams he coaches. As a player, Vrba played for several clubs ...

(2004–2005) * Stanislav Mráz (2006–2007) * Pavol Strapáč (2007–2010) * Jaroslav Vágner (2010–2017) *

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(2017–2018) * Eduard Pagáč (2018–2019) *

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(2019–2020) * Lukáš Kaplan (2020–2021) * Marek Šimáček (2021–2022) *

(2022–present)

References

External links

Futbalnet profile
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Club profile at Futbalnet portal
Football clubs in Slovakia Association football clubs established in 1920 MSK Puchov {{Slovakia-footyclub-stub