AS Trenčín

For the ice hockey team, see HK Dukla Trenčín.

AS Trenčín (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈaː ˈes ˈtrentʂiːn] ^ⓘ) is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 10,000 spectators.

Trenčín

Full name	Asociácia Športov Trenčín a.s.[1]
Founded	1992; 33 years ago (1992) (as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín)
Ground	Štadión Sihoť, Trenčín
Capacity	6,366
Owner	Tschen La Ling
Chairman	Róbert Rybníček
Manager	Ivan Galád
League	Slovak First Football League
2023–24	Slovak First Football League, 8th of 12
Website	www.astrencin.sk
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

The football team was established in 1990 as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia.^[2]

In 2002 the club changed its name to FK Laugaricio Trenčín, and one year later became FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín).

The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the Intertoto Cup (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former Dutch international Tschen La Ling.^[3] After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season.^[2]

AS logo between 2003 and 2020

In July 2015, FK AS Trenčín together with women's handball team HK Štart Trenčín was merged into Asociácia športov Trenčín.^[4]

Events timeline

• 1992: Founded as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
• 1995: Renamed FK Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
• 2002: Renamed Laugaricio Trenčín
• 2003: Renamed FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín)
• 2015: Renamed AS Trenčín (Asociácia športov Trenčín)

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  • Runners-up (1): 1962–63 ¹
  • Third place (1): 1967–68 ¹

Slovakia

• Slovak League (1993–present)
  • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14
• Slovak Cup (1961–present)
  • Winners (3): 1978¹, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Slovakian Second Division (1993–present)
  • Winners (1): 2010–11

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1966

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín:

• TONEGIDO (2007–08)^[5]
• Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present)^[6]
• Slovan Nemšová (2012–present)^[7]
• Ajax (2012–present)^[8]
• AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–13)^[9]
• GBS Academy (2014–2019)^[10]
• FK Inter Bratislava (2016–present)^[11]

Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active ultras group. They have a fierce rivalry with Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically left-wing fans.^[12] Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech Bohemians 1905.^[13]

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
????–97	ATAK Sportswear	Ozeta
1998–99	Kappa
1999–02	Adidas
2003–05		none
2005–06	Umbro	SYNOT
2006–08		none
2008–09		FITSHAPE
2009–10	Royal
2010–12		KROON
2012–14	Nike	AEGON
2015–2017	Adidas
2017		EDART
2018		MAGIC club
2018–2020		ORION TIP
2021	Macron
2021–		Tipsport

Club partners

van Styn FITSHAPE McDonald's City of Trenčín VRM

Vaillant Mercedes-Benz Motor-Car Trenčín Corgoň Noba RAUCH

Party Partners SWAN MM Transpend EDART machunka.sk

Current squad

As of 15 February, 2025^[14]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SRB Andrija Katić 2 DF  SVK Samuel Bagín 4 DF  UKR Taras Bondarenko 6 MF  SVK Tadeáš Hájovský 7 FW  NGA Jude Sunday 8 MF  NGA Adam Yakubu 9 FW  NGA Chinonso Emeka 10 MF  NED Samir Ben Sallam 11 MF  CHI Luis Rojas (on loan from Crotone) 13 MF  NGA Johnson Nsumoh 14 DF  SVK Jakub Holúbek 16 MF  GER Sean Goss 17 MF  TRI Molik Khan 18 MF  SVK Adrian Fiala

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  NED Justen Kranthove 20 MF  SVK Artur Gajdoš (on loan from Slovan Bratislava) 21 FW  SVK Lukáš Mikulaj 22 MF  EST Dimitri Jepihhin 23 MF  SVK Samuel Šefčík 24 GK  SVK Alex Húdok 25 DF  SVK Lukáš Skovajsa 27 MF  SVK Damián Bariš 29 DF  TOG Loïc Bessilé 30 GK  SVK Matúš Sláviček 77 FW  NGA Sani Suleiman 83 GK  BIH Luka Damjanovic (on loan from Zvijezda 09) 90 DF  SVK Hugo Pavek 99 FW  NED Pepijn Doesburg

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024-25.

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CPV Kelvin Pires (at SJK until 31 December 2024) 22 DF  SVK Nikolas Brandis (at MŠK Púchov until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  SVK Ľuboš Praženka (at Považská Bystrica until 30 June 2025)

Managers

Further information: List of FK AS Trenčín managers

Current technical staff

As of 26 May 2023

Staff	Job title
Ivan Galád	Manager
Goran Sretenović	Assistant coach
Miljan Vesić	Goalkeeping coach
Peter Kleščík	Data Analyst
Drahoslav Bočák	Team Manager
Branislav Haviernik	Scout
Dr Jozef Takáč	Team Doctor
Duško Korač	Fitness coach
Peter Gašperák	Physiotherapist
Jozef Liška	Masseur

Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League (Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004, František Kubík to Kuban in 2011), Belgian Pro League (Moses Simon, Haris Hajradinović (booth 2014), Rabiu Ibrahim (2016), Samuel Kalu (2017), Rangelo Janga (2018), Philip Azango (2018), Reuben Yem (2019) and Osman Bukari (2020) to K.A.A. Gent, Wesley to Club Brugge in 2016, Kingsley Madu and Aliko Bala to Zulte Waregem in 2016,2017 James Lawrence to Anderlecht in 2018), Danish Superliga (Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to FC Nordsjælland in 2015, Fanendo Adi to Copenhagen in 2013), Dutch Eredivisie (Ryan Koolwijk to SBV Excelsior in 2016, Hilary Gong to SBV Vitesse in 2018), Greece Superleague (Jairo to PAOK in 2015), Norway Tippeligaen (Tomáš Malec to Lillestrøm SK in 2016), Czech First League (Aldo Baéz to Slavia Prague in 2014 and season 2015–16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 20 years old talented winger Wesley joined Belgian Club Brugge for a fee €4.2 million.

Record transfers

Rank	Player	To	Fee	Year
1.	Wesley	Club Brugge	€4.2 million*	2016[15]
2.	Matúš Bero	Trabzonspor	€3.5 million*	2016[16]
3.	Hilary Gong	SBV Vitesse	€2.0 million*	2018[17]
4.	Gino van Kessel	Slavia Prague	€1.5 million*	2016[18][19]
5.	Leon Bailey	Genk	€1.4 million*	2015[20]
6.	Antonio Mance	NK Osijek	€1.3 million*	2019[21]
7.	Samuel Kalu	Gent	€1.0 million*	2017[22]
	Osman Bukari	Gent	€1.0 million*	2020[23]
	Emmanuel Uchegbu	Charlotte	€1.0 million	2025[24]
8.	Jairo	PAOK	€0.8 million*	2015[25]
	Moses Simon	Gent	€0.8 million*	2015[26]
9.	Jakub Kadák	FC Luzern	€0.75 million*	2022[27]
10.	Martin Škrteľ	Zenit	€0.5 mil.(16 mil.SKK)	2004[28]

*-unofficial fee

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94	3rd (3. Liga Západ)	1/(16)	30	21	6	3	62	19	48	3R
1994–95	2nd (1. Liga)	7/(16)	30	13	5	12	54	40	44	1R			Róbert Formanko (16)
1995–96	2nd (1. Liga)	9/(16)	30	10	7	13	41	42	37	1R
1996–97	2nd (1. Liga)	2/(18)	34	24	2	8	68	30	74	1R
1997–98	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(16)	30	14	5	9	47	31	53	2R			Martin Fabuš (16)
1998–99	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(16)	30	15	8	7	53	25	53	1R	UI	2R ( Baltika)	Martin Fabuš (19)
1999–00	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(16)	30	13	8	9	38	29	47	2R	UI	1R ( Pobeda)	Jozef Valachovič (7)
2000–01	1st (Mars Superliga)	8/(10)	36	11	6	19	35	59	39	2R	UI	1.R ( Dinaburg)	Marián Klago (6)
2001–02	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(10)	36	15	9	12	45	43	54	2R			Martin Fabuš (9)
2002–03	1st (Superliga)	9/(10)	36	11	5	20	48	69	38	2R	UI	1R ( Slaven Belupo)	Milan Ivana (10)
2003–04	1st (Corgoň Liga)	5/(10)	36	13	9	14	37	43	48	1R			Stanislav Velický (7)
2004–05	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(10)	36	12	7	17	36	50	43	2R			Ivan Lietava (9)
2005–06	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(10)	36	11	9	16	31	49	42	Quarter-finals			Jaroslav Kamenský (6)
2006–07	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	36	8	11	17	31	49	35	2R			Juraj Czinege (4)
2007–08	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	33	3	7	23	26	77	16	3R			David Depetris (4)
2008–09	2nd (1. liga)	2/(12)	33	19	9	5	74	27	66	1R			David Depetris (21)
2009–10	2nd (1. liga)	2/(12)	27	13	11	3	53	21	50	3R			Filip Hlohovský (7) Jorge Salinas (7)
2010–11	2nd (1. liga)	1/(12)	33	22	6	5	77	30	72	3R			David Depetris (31)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	5/(12)	33	12	12	9	51	49	48	3R			Lester Peltier (11)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	3/(12)	33	14	11	8	52	34	18	3R			David Depetris (16)
2013–14	1st (Corgoň Liga)	2/(12)	33	19	6	8	74	35	63	2R	EL	Q3 ( Astra)	Tomáš Malec (14)
2014–15	1st (Fortuna Liga)	1/(12)	33	23	5	5	67	28	74	Winner	EL	Q3 ( Hull City)	Jairo (8)
2015–16	1st (Fortuna Liga)	1/(12)	33	26	3	4	73	28	81	Winner	CL	Q2 ( Steaua București)	Gino van Kessel (17)
2016–17	1st (Fortuna Liga)	4/(12)	30	14	5	11	53	48	47	Quarter-finals	CL EL	Q3 ( Legia Warsaw) PO ( Rapid Wien)	Rangelo Janga (14)
2017–18	1st (Fortuna Liga)	5/(12)	31	14	6	11	73	47	48	4R	EL	Q2 ( Bnei Yehuda)	Rangelo Janga (14)
2018–19	1st (Fortuna Liga)	11/(12)	32	8	7	17	41	56	31	6R	EL	PO ( AEK Larnaca)	Hamza Čataković (12)
2019–20	1st (Fortuna Liga)	7/(12)	27	11	6	10	52	43	39	Quarter-finals			Osman Bukari (10)
2020–21	1st (Fortuna Liga)	6/(12)	32	8	8	16	42	61	32	Quarter-finals			Hamza Čataković (12)
2021–22	1st (Fortuna Liga)	7/(12)	32	13	9	10	58	43	48	Semi-finals			Jakub Kadák (13)
2022–23	1st (Fortuna Liga)	9/(12)	32	9	9	14	35	52	36	Semi-finals			Artur Gajdoš (6) Filip Bainović (6)
2023–24	1st (Niké Liga)	8/(12)	32	13	10	9	48	34	49	4R			Njegoš Kupusović (10)
2024–25	1st (Niké Liga)	11/(12)	32	7	14	11	37	48	35	Round of 16			Emmanuel Uchegbu (4)

European record

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

^{Until 1992 played as Jednota Trenčín}

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966	Mitropa Cup
		1. Round	Admira Wien	4–0	1–2	5–2
		1/4 Final	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–0	4–1
		Semi-final	Vasas	1–0
		Final	Fiorentina		0–1
1967–68	Mitropa Cup	1 .Round	Željezničar	0–1	0–0	0–1
1998	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	1–1	4–1	5–1
		2. Round	Baltika	0–1	0–0	0–1
1999	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Pobeda	3–1	1–3	4–4 (p)
2000	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	0–3	0–1	0–4
2002	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Slaven Belupo	3–1	0–5	3–6
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	IFK Göteborg	2–1	0–0	2–1
		3Q	Astra Giurgiu	1–3	2–2	3–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Vojvodina	4–0	0–3	4–3
		3Q	Hull City	0–0	1–2	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Steaua București	0–2	3–2	3–4
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	NK Olimpija	2–3	4–3	6–6
		3Q	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–0	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Rapid Wien	0–4	2–0	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	5–1	3–0	8–1
		2Q	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	0–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Budućnost Podgorica	1–1	2–0	3–1
		2Q	Górnik Zabrze	4–1	1–0	5–1
		3Q	Feyenoord	4–0	1–1	5–1
		PO	AEK Larnaca	1–1	0–3	1–4

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		David Depetris	88
2		Pavol Bencz	72
3		Vojtech Masný	65
4		Martin Fabuš	59
5		Hamza Čataković	40
6		Gino van Kessel	39

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

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
1964–65	Pavol Bencz	19
1998–99	Martin Fabuš	19
2002–03	Martin Fabuš	201
2012–13	David Depetris	16
2013–14	Tomáš Malec	14
2015–16	Gino van Kessel	17
2021–22	Jakub Kadák	13

¹Shared award

Notable players

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

Further information: Category:FK AS Trenčín players

• Fanendo Adi
• Milan Albrecht
• Juraj Ančic
• Leon Bailey
• Dušan Bartovič
• Carlos Bejarano
• Pavol Bencz
• Loïc Bessilé
• Giorgi Beridze
• Matúš Bero
• Ivan Bilský
• Osman Bukari
• Angelos Chanti
• Ivenzo Comvalius
• Yin Congyao
• Kamil Čontofalský
• Juraj Czinege
• David Depetris
• Marián Dirnbach
• Peter Doležaj
• Martin Fabuš
• Ľubomír Faktor
• Reuben Gabriel
• Roman Gergel
• Dávid Guba
• Tadeáš Hájovský
• Haris Hajradinović
• Róbert Hanko
• Filip Hlohovský
• Dominik Hollý
• Filip Hološko
• Jakub Holúbek
• Csaba Horváth
• Jaroslav Hrabal
• Rabiu Ibrahim
• Dejan Iliev
• Milan Ivana
• Justín Javorek
• Rangelo Janga
• Ladislav Józsa
• Keston Julien
• Jozef Juriga
• Jakub Kadák
• Samuel Kalu
• Ján Kapko
• Marek Kaščák
• Molik Khan
• Karol Kisel
• Rastislav Kostka
• Samuel Kozlovský
• František Kubik
• Dušan Kuciak
• Lukáš Kyselica
• Bozhin Laskov
• James Lawrence
• Martin Lipčák
• Stanislav Lobotka
• Filip Lukšík
• Kingsley Madu
• Stefan Maierhofer
• Tomáš Malec
• Marián Masný
• Vojtech Masný
• Róbert Mazáň
• Patrik Mišák
• Vladimír Mojžiš
• Peter Németh
• Uche Nwofor
• Emil Pažický
• Kelvin Pires
• Juha Pirinen
• Juraj Piroska
• Lester Peltier
• Andrej Porázik
• Erik Prekop
• Jorge Salinas
• Moses Simon
• Miroslav Siva
• Anton Šoltis
• Martin Škrtel
• Ondrej Šmelko
• Samuel Štefánik
• Peter Štyvar
• Martin Šulek
• Anton Švajlen
• Jozef Valachovič
• Gino van Kessel
• Vozinha
• Witan Sulaeman
• Wesley

Managers

• Ján Hucko (1975–76)
• Ladislav Kuna (1995–96)
• Stanislav Griga (1 Jul 1996 – 30 Jun 1998)
• Ladislav Borbély (1997–98)
• Róbert Paldan (1998–00)
• Alexander Bokij (2000–01)
• Milan Albrecht (2001)
• Anton Dragúň (2001)
• Róbert Paldan (2002)
• Anton Dragúň (2002–2003)
• Jaroslav Jurkovič (2003)
• Karol Kisel st. (2003–04)
• Anton Jánoš (2004–05)
• Karol Marko (2005)
• Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2005 – 11 Mar 2006)
• Vlastimil Palička (2006–07)
• Rob McDonald (1 Jul 2007 – 30 Jun 2008)
• Martin Stano (2008)
• Ivan Galád (2008–09)
• Vladimír Koník (1 Jul 2009 – 13 Nov 2009)
• Adrián Guľa (14 Nov 2009 – 30 Jun 2013)
• Ľubomír Nosický (1 Jul 2013 – 8 Sep 2013)
• Martin Ševela (8 Sep 2013 – 12 Sep 2017)
• Vladimír Cifranič (12 Sep 2017 – 2 Jun 2018)
• Ricardo Moniz (2 Jun 2018 – 28 Oct 2018)
• Vladimír Cifranič (28 Oct 2018 – 20 Mar 2019)
• Matthias Kohler (20 Mar 2019 – 7 May 2019)
• Ivan Galád (7 May 2019 – 20 Jun 2019)
• Matthias Kohler (20 Jun 2019 – 22 Oct 2019)
• Norbert Hrnčár (22 Oct 2019 – 30 Jun 2020)
• Stijn Vreven (17 Jul 2020 – 27 Apr 2021)
• Juraj Ančic (27 Apr 2021 – 2 Jun 2021) (car.)
• Peter Hlinka (2 June 2021 – 5 Dec 2021)
• Juraj Ančic (21 Dec 2021 – 6 Jun 2022)
• Peter Hyballa (12 Jun 2022 – 27 Jul 2022)
• Marián Zimen (28 Jul 2022 – 26 Mar 2023)
• František Straka (26 Mar 2023 – 22 May 2023)
• Ilija Stolica (26 May 2023 – 10 Oct 2024)
• Ivan Galád (10 Oct 2024 – present)

Previous kits

The first home Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The first away Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The typical Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.
The alternative Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.	The home FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.	The away FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.