1. FC Tatran Prešov

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FC Tatran Prešov (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈtatran ˈpreʂɔw]) is a Slovak football club based in the city of Prešov. Tatran Prešov is the oldest football club in Slovakia, founded on 25 May 1898. The club currently participates in the 2.liga. The "Green and Whites" played 32 seasons in the Czechoslovak top division. Tatran became the dark horse of the Czechoslovak league in the 1960s and 1970s, but never won a title. The greatest league success was the second place in the 1965 and 1973 seasons. The club also came close in the Czechoslovak Cup, losing twice in 1966 and 1992 finals.

FC Tatran

Full name	FC Tatran Prešov
Nickname(s)	Zeleno-Bieli (The Green-Whites) Koňare (Horsemen)
Founded	25 May 1898; 126 years ago (1898-05-25) as ETVE Prešov
Ground	MŠK Tesla Stropkov Stadium, Tatran Stadium (in reconstruction)
Capacity	2,500 6,500 (planned)
Owner	City of Prešov[1]
Chairman	Ľuboš Micheľ[1]
Head coach	Marek Petruš
League	2. liga
2023–24	2. liga, 3rd of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History overview

Early history

Eperjesi TVE in 1904

The first official football match on the territory of present-day Slovakia took place on 25 May 1898 in Eperjes, today's Prešov, that time in Hungary, between two Budapest-based teams, Óbudai TE and Budapesti TC on the initiation of František Pethe, a gymnastic teacher in the local grammar school. On the same day the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Eperjesi TVE, lit. Gymnastic and Fencing Association of Eperjes) was founded, which is regarded as the first football club of Slovakia.

Eperjesi TVE initially competed in the Hungarian league system, achieving its best result in the 1907–08 season, when it won the Northern District Championship.^[2]

In 1920 Prešov became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, subsequently the club competed in the Czechoslovak leagues.

Prešov finished in second place in the Czechoslovak First League in 1965 and 1973, finishing the season just one point behind champions Spartak Trnava in the 1972–73 season.^[3] In the national cup the team also had success, reaching the final of the Czechoslovak Cup in 1966, where they lost to Dukla Prague and in 1992 where Sparta Prague were victorious.^[3]

The greatest legend of Tatran's Prešov history is Ladislav Pavlovič. From 1948 until 1966, he netted for Tatran Prešov 150 goals in 309 matches. He also represented Czechoslovakia national football team, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals. In 2013, he was stated to Prešov's Hall of Fame.

Previous names

• Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Hungarian version), ETVE Prešov (1898)
• TVE Prešov (1920)
• Slávia Prešov (1931)
• PTS Prešov (1945)
• DSO Slavia Prešov a DSO Snaha Prešov (split from PTS Prešov) (1947)
• Sparta Dukla Prešov (1948)
• Dukla Prešov (1950)
• Dukla ČSSZ Prešov (1951)
• ČSSZ Prešov (1952)
• DSO Tatran Prešov (1953)
• TJ Tatran Prešov (1960)
• Tatran Agro Prešov (1989)
• FC Tatran Prešov (1991)
• FC Tatran Bukóza Prešov (1996)
• FC Tatran Prešov (1998)
• 1.FC Tatran Prešov (2005)
• FC Tatran Prešov (2022)

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  • Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1972–73
• Czechoslovak Cup (1960–93)
  • Runners-up (2): 1965–66, 1991–92
• 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
  • Winners (2): 1979–80, 1989–90

Slovakia

• Slovenský Pohár (Slovak Cup) (1961–)
  • Winners (1): 1992
  • Runners-up (4): 1973, 1985, 1994, 1997
• 2. liga (Slovak second division)
  • Winners (2): 2007–08, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (1): 2022-23
  • Third (3): 2003–04, 2014–15, 2023-24
• 3. liga východ (Slovak third division east)
  • Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021–22
  • Third (1): 2020–21

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

Year Winner G 1960–61 Ladislav Pavlovič 171 1962–63 Karol Petroš 19 1963–64 Ladislav Pavlovič 21

¹Shared award

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (1): 1981
• InterCup
  • Winners (1): 1978

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

See also: List of 1. FC Tatran Prešov seasons

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(12)	32	10	14	8	47	43	34	Runner-up
1994–95	1st (Mars Superliga)	9/(12)	32	9	10	13	42	49	37	1/2 finals	UC	2R ( Real Zaragoza)
1995–96	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(12)	32	12	7	13	34	36	43	1/32 finals
1996–97	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	12	7	11	37	38	43	Runner-up
1997–98	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(16)	30	9	9	12	29	39	36	1/4 finals			Milan Jambor (5)
1998–99	1st (Mars Superliga)	8/(16)	30	11	10	9	38	35	43	1/16 finals			Vladimír Kožuch (7) Anton Šoltis (7)
1999–00	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	14	5	11	38	42	47	1/16 finals			Vladimír Kožuch (8)
2000–01	1st (Mars Superliga)	7/(10)	36	10	10	16	44	54	40	1/32 finals			Marek Petruš (7) Július Lelkeš (7)
2001–02	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(10)	36	8	7	21	35	66	40	1/16 finals			Ján Šlahor (7)
2002–03	2nd (1. liga)	9/(16)	30	11	6	13	40	37	39	1/4 finals			Lukáš Hricov (7)
2003–04	2nd (1. liga)	3/(16)	30	15	7	8	54	35	52	1/8 finals			Martin Jakubko (13)
2004–05	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	12	8	10	38	33	44	1/32 finals			Ľubomír Pagor (7)
2005–06	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	15	7	8	37	22	52	1/32 finals			Peter Iskra (6)
2006–07	2nd (1. liga)	5/(12)	36	16	14	6	55	25	62	1/8 finals			Tomáš Kaplan (8)
2007–08	2nd (1. liga)	1/(12)	33	23	8	2	64	14	77	1/4 finals			Ľuboš Belejík (7)
2008–09	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(12)	33	10	11	12	40	50	41	1/16 finals			Peter Katona (7)
2009–10	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(12)	33	11	5	17	32	38	38	1/8 finals			Peter Katona (5)
2010–11	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	33	9	6	18	30	49	33	1/16 finals			Jhonatan (5)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	10/(12)	33	7	12	14	23	35	33	1/4 finals			Peter Katona (5)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	33	8	9	16	21	41	33	1/16 finals			Andriy Shevchuk (3) Matúš Marcin (3)
2013–14	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	4/(12)	33	18	6	9	56	28	60	1/4 finals			Dávid Leško (11)
2014–15	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	3/(24)	22	10	6	6	32	24	36	1/32 finals			Pavol Šafranko (11)
2015–16	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	1/(24)	30	16	10	4	61	26	58	1/16 finals			Dávid Leško (16)
2016–17	1st (Fortuna Liga)	11/(12)	30	3	10	17	17	63	19	1/8 finals			Musefiu Ashiru (5)
2017–18	1st (Fortuna Liga)	12/(12)	31	4	11	16	20	55	23	1/32 finals			Roland Černák (7)
2018–19	2nd (II. liga)	15/(16)	30	7	6	17	30	41	27	1/32 finals			Lukáš Hricov (3)
2019–20	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	17	14	1	2	52	14	43	1/32 finals			Kristián Hirka (12)
2020–21	3rd (III. liga)	3/(16)	15	10	1	4	40	15	31	1/32 finals			Samuel Gladiš (7)
2021–22	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	30	25	2	3	103	20	77	1/32 finals			Jozef Dolný (41)
2022–23	2nd (2. liga)	2/(16)	30	19	2	8	49	24	62	1/4 finals			Jozef Dolný (19)
2023-24	2nd (2. liga)	3/(16)	30	19	6	5	53	21	63	1/32 finals			Jozef Dolný (18)

European competition history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966–67	Cup Winners' Cup	1.		Bayern Munich	1–1	2–3	3–4
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1.		Velež Mostar	4–2	1–1	5–3
		2.		VfB Stuttgart	3–5(aet)	1–3	4–8
1980–81	Mitropa Cup	RR		Csepel SC	0–0	0–3
				Calcio Como	4–1	0–1
				NK Zagreb	2–1	5–1
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		Bangor F.C.	4–0	1–0	5–0
		1.		Dundee United	3–1	2–3	5–4
		2.		Real Zaragoza	0–4	1–2	1–6

Rivalries

Tatran's biggest rivals are FC Košice, and the matches between the two teams are referred to as "Eastern Slovak derby" (Slovak: Východniarske derby).^[4]
They also have rivalry with MFK Zemplín Michalovce and FC Spartak Trnava. 1. FC Tatran Prešov supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of the Polish side JKS Czarni 1910 Jasło.^[5]

Sponsorship

1. FC Tatran Prešov 11/12 season home kit.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1998–2000	ATAK Sportswear	OTF
2000–2003		ŠARIŠ
2004		Opel
2005		none
2005–2008		Poštová banka
2008–2010		Auto Leas
2010–2011	Adidas	none
2011–2012		IMPA
2012–2013		DÚHA
2013–2021	ATAK Sportswear
2021–2022	3b	INTRAVENA
2022–2023		Niké
2023	Nike
2024-	Adidas

Club partners

source^[6]

• DÚHA
• Ekofin

Current squad

Updated 3 August 2024.^[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Adrián Knurovský 2 MF  SVK Klaudio Slebodník 4 DF  SVK Patrik Šimko (captain) 5 MF  SVK Dominík Veselý 6 MF  SVK Jakub Štefánik 7 MF  SVK Lukáš Jendrek 8 MF  ESP Óscar Castellano 9 MF  SVK Boris Gáll 10 FW  NGA David Fadairo 11 FW  SVK Stanislav Olejník 17 MF  SVK Denis Potoma

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  SVK Matej Franko 22 DF  SVK Richard Župa 23 MF  SVK Jakub Michlík 24 MF  SVK Samuel Gladiš 27 FW  BRA Arthur Legnani 30 DF  SVK Jozef Menich 33 GK  SVK Alex Fojtíček 44 MF  ARM Abov Avetisyan 80 FW  SEN Landing Sagna 99 FW  SEN Aliou Diao ― DF  SVK Richard Nagy ― MF  SVK Miroslav Sovič

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

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Reserve team

1. FC Tatran Prešov juniori was the reserve team of 1. FC Tatran Prešov. They mostly played in the Slovak 3. Liga (Eastern division).

Squad

Current technical staff

Updated 31 October 2023

Staff	Job title
Marek Petruš	Assistant manager
Peter Baláž	Manager
Peter Barna	Team manager
Maroš Ferenc	Goalkeeping coach
Jozef Vaño	Team Leader
MUDr. Ján Mirilovič	Team Doctor
MUDr. Július Svätojánsky	Team Doctor
MUDr. Peter Cvengroš	Team Doctor
Igor Stojimirović	Masseur
Vladimír Papp	Physiotherapist
Dávid Balucha	Physiotherapist

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		Ladislav Pavlovič	150
2		Jozef Dolný	82
3		Karol Petroš	67
4		Jozef Kuchár	56
5		Gejza Šimanský	44
6		Dávid Leško	40
7		Peter Katona	39

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

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

For full list, see Category:1. FC Tatran Prešov players

• Khaled Al-Rashidi
• Daniel Boloca
• Pavol Biroš
• Marián Bochnovič
• Jozef Bomba
• Mitchel Brown
• Jozef Bubenko
• Jaroslav Červeňan
• Miloslav Danko
• Miroslav Drobňák
• Roman Gergel
• Dávid Guba
• Kazimír Gajdoš
• Michal Hanek
• Róbert Hanko
• Peter Hlinka
• Kennedy Chihuri
• Adam Jakubech
• Martin Jakubko
• Justín Javorek
• Ján Karel
• Jozef Karel
• Jaroslav Kolbas
• Mikuláš Komanický
• Jozef Kožlej
• Vladimír Kožuch
• Jozef Kuchár
• Ľubomír Meszároš
• Igor Novák
• Jozef Obert
• Ladislav Pavlovič
• Marek Penksa
• Peter Petráš
• Martin Polaček
• Martin Regáli
• Ľubomír Reiter
• Tomáš Rigo
• Theodor Reimann
• František Semeši
• Pavol Šafranko
• Miroslav Seman
• Stanislav Šesták
• Gejza Šimanský
• Marek Špilár
• Anton Šoltis
• Ján Strausz
• Lukáš Štetina
• Tomáš Suslov
• Lukáš Tesák
• Milan Timko
• Ľubomír Tupta
• Stanislav Varga
• Avdija Vršajević
• Daniel Zítka
• Vladislav Zvara

Notable fan

• Milan Timoš (1948–2012^[8])

Notable managers

Further information: List of 1. FC Tatran Prešov managers

• František Pethe (1898–04)
• Iszer Károly (sept 1898)
• Bohumil Peťura (1940–41)
• Július Grobár (1941–42)
• Jozef Kuchár (1942–43)
• Július Grobár (1943)
• Vojtech Herdický (1943)
• Ferenc Szedlacsek (1950)
• Jozef Karel (1951–57)
• Jozef Steiner (1957–59)
• Gejza Šimanský (1959)
• Štefan Jačianský (1960–61)
• Jozef Kuchár (1961–62)
• Gejza Sabanoš (1962–64)
• Jozef Karel (1964–65)
• Jozef Steiner (1965–66)
• Jozef Karel (1966)
• Teodor Reimann (1967–68)
• Jozef Karel (1968–72)
• Milan Moravec (1972–74)
• Ladislav Pavlovič (1974)
• Jozef Tarcala (1975)
• Štefan Jačianský (1976–78)
• Belo Malaga (1978–79)
• Michal Baránek (1979)
• Štefan Hojsík (1979–81)
• Ján Zachar (1981–82)
• Valér Švec (1982–84)
• Jozef Jarabinský (1984–85)
• Justin Javorek (1985–86)
• Peter Majer (1986–87)
• Juraj Mihalčín (1987–88)
• Albert Rusnák (1988)
• Štefan Nadzam (1989–93)
• Igor Novák (1993–94)
• Belo Malaga (1994–95)
• Anton Jánoš (1995–97)
• Andrej Daňko (1997–98)
• Jozef Adamec (1998–99)
• Mikuláš Komanický (1999–01)
• Jindřich Dejmal (2001–02)
• Vladimír Gombár (2002)
• Ján Molka (2002)
• Vladimír Gombár (2002–04)
• Karol Kisel (2004)
• Mikuláš Komanický (2004–05)
• Štefan Horný (July 2005–Sept 05)
• Jaroslav Rybár (Sept 2005–06)
• Saulius Širmelis (Jan 2006–July 6)
• Ján Karaffa (July 2006)
• Jozef Daňko (Aug 2006)
• Peter Polák (Aug 2006–Feb 07)
• Roman Pivarník (Feb 2007–Aug 10)
• Ladislav Pecko (Sept 2010–June 11)
• Štefan Tarkovič (July 2011–Jan 12)
• Serhiy Kovalets (Jan 2012–June 12)
• Angel Chervenkov (July 2012–Nov 12)
• Ladislav Totkovič (Nov 2012–April 13)
• Jozef Bubenko (April 2013–May 13)
• Jozef Kostelník (June 2013-May 14)
• Stanislav Varga (July 2014-Oct 14, 2016)
• Ján Karaffa (carateker) (Oct 2016)
• Miroslav Jantek (Nov 2016-Sept 2017)
• Pavol Mlynár (Sept 2017-Oct 2017) (interim)
• Serhiy Kovalets (Oct 2017-Jan 2018)
• Anton Mišovec (Jan 2018-Apr 2019)
• Jaroslav Galko (April 2019-June 2019)
• Peter Petráš (July 2019-July 2021)
• Stanislav Šesták (July 2021-June 2022)
• Róbert Petruš (July 2021-June 2022)
• Marek Petruš (June 2022-June 2023)
• Peter Hlinka (June 2023-September 2023)
• Marek Petruš (September 2023 – present)

References

1. Budúcnosť Tatrana Prešov je podpísaná. Klubu bude šéfovať Micheľ 17 September 2021
2. "Bajnoki végeredmény: Vidéki bajnokság – Északi kerület 1907/1908" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
3. Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 640. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
4. "Dnes je na programe východniarske derby" (in Slovak). Presov.korzar.sk. 17 September 2011.
5. "Futbaloví chuligáni: Kto do koho kope". Aktuality.sk.
6. "1.FC Tatran Prešov – Oficiálna stránka najstaršieho futbalového klubu na Slovensku".
7. "Káder FC TATRAN Prešov – MFK Zvolen".
8. Skonal obdivuhodný fanúšik Tatrana 09.02.2012, korzar.sme.sk

External links

• Official website (in Slovak) (archived 3 January 2021)