FC Košice (2018)

Not to be confused with FC VSS Košice.

FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the Slovak First Football League, the highest tier of Slovak football. FC Košice was founded in 2018. They merged into a new club with FK Košice-Barca. From a historical and traditional point of view, the club follows the first football club from Košice, Kassai Athletikai Club from 1903, later known as FC VSS Košice, but from a legal point of view it is a new club with a clean slate. ^[4]

FC Košice

Full name	Football Club Košice[1]
Nickname(s)	VSS žltomodrí
Founded	27 April 2018; 7 years ago (2018-04-27) (as FC Košice)
Ground	Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity	12,555[2]
Owner	Arago group - 50% Local investors - 50%
Chairman	Dušan Trnka[3]
Head coach	Roman Skuhravý
League	Slovak First Football League
2023–24	Slovak First Football League, 10th of 12
Website	http://www.fckosice.sk/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Previous names

• ŠK Vyšné Opátske (1921)
• TJ Sokol Vyšné Opátske (1948)
• TJ FK Turkon Vyšné Opátske (2006)
• TJ FK Vyšné Opátske (2014)
• FK Košice (2017, new club)
• FC Košice (merger with FK Košice-Barca) (2018–present, new club)

Logos

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  2014–2017

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

• West Ham (2018–2019)
• Slávia TU Košice (2020-)^[5]

Honours

HONOURS (2018 - Present)

Slovakia

• Slovak Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2022–23
• Slovak Third Division
  • Winners (1): 2018–19 League East

PREVIOUS HONOURS (1925 - 2017)

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925 – 1938, 1945 – 1993)
  • Runners-up (1): 1970–71
• Czechoslovak Cup (1961–1993)
  • Winners (1): 1992–93
  • Runners-up (3): 1963–64, 1972–73, 1979–80
• 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
  • Winners (3): 1973–74, 1977–78, 1992–93

Slovakia

• Slovak Superliga (1939 – 1944, 1993 – Present)
  • Winners (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Runners-up (3): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00
• Slovak Cup (1961 – Present)
  • Winners (5): 1972–73, 1979–80, 1992–93, 2008–09, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 1997–98, 1999–00
• Slovak Super Cup (1993 – Present)
  • Winners (1): 1997
  • Runners-up (3): 1998, 2009, 2014
• Slovak Second Division (1993 – Present)
  • Winners (31): 2005–06, 2016–17

European

• UEFA Champions League
  • Group stage (1): 1997-98

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018–2019	Adidas	MAXIMA BROKER
2019–2021		BMW Regnum Košice
2021-2022		FASTAV
2022-2023		HELL
2023–		niké

Results

League and domestic cup history

Season	League								Slovak Cup	Top goalscorer(s)[6]
	Division (Name)	Pos/T	Pld	W	D	L	Score	Pts		Name(s)	Goals
2018–19	3rd (3. Liga)	1/(16)	26	25	0	1	90:9	75	QF, 0–0 (3–4 p) (Spartak Trnava)	Filip Serečin	26
2019–20	2nd (2. Liga)	10/(16)	17	5	6	6	22:18	21	R4, 2–2 (1–4 p) (AS Trenčín)	Erik Liener	5
2020–21	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(15)	28	15	4	9	40:27	49	SF, 3-8 agg. (MŠK Žilina)	František Pavúk / Boris Gáll	6
2021–22	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(16)	30	17	5	8	73:38	56	Ro16, 1–2 (Spartak Trnava)	Erik Pačinda	17
2022–23	2nd (2. Liga)	1/(16)	30	20	6	4	61:21	66	R4, 2–3 (Komárno)	Landing Sagna	15
2023–24	1st (Fortuna liga)	10/(12)	32	7	6	19	27:56	27	Ro16, 2–3 (Trnava)	Žan Medved	9

Current squad

As of 15 January 2025.

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  SVK Dávid Šípoš 5 DF  SVK Jakub Jakubko 6 DF  HUN Szilárd Bokros (on loan from Diósgyőr) 7 FW  GRE Giannis Niarchos (on loan from DAC Dunajská Streda) 8 MF  SVK Dávid Gallovič 9 FW  SVK Roman Čerepkai 10 FW  USA Zyen Jones 11 MF  POR Luís Santos 13 MF  SVK Matej Jakúbek 15 MF  SVK Miroslav Sovič 17 MF  SVK Dalibor Takáč 19 DF  SVK Lukáš Fabiš

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  SVK Ján Krivák (Captain) 21 DF  SVK Daniel Magda 22 GK  SVK Matúš Kira 23 MF  SVK Michal Faško 24 DF  SVK Dominik Kružliak 25 MF  SVK Marek Zsigmund 27 MF  CRO Karlo Miljanić 55 FW  SVK Michal Domik 66 MF  SVK Peter Varga 77 MF  KAZ Galymzhan Kenzhebek 78 DF  FIN Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (on loan from HJK Helsinki) 90 DF  BFA Nassim Innocenti

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 — FW  SEN Landing Sagna (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SVK Boris Gáll (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025) — FW  SVK Samuel Gladiš (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025)

Technical staff

Source:^[7]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Roman Skuhravý
Assistant Coach	Ľubomír Kordanič
Goalkeeping Coach	Marián Kello
Fitness Coach	Igor Bakaľár
Sport Director	Marek Sapara
Team chef	Roman Šimko
Team doctor	MUDr. Ronald Polomský
Team doctor	MUDr. Peter Polan
Physiotherapist	Peter Vresilovič
Masseur	Dárius Kolodzej
Masseur	Dominik Lukáč

• Last updated: 19 August 2024

Notable players

The following players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Košice.

• Tidjani Anaane
• Eric Davis
• Marián Kello
• Galymzhan Kenzhebek
• Ján Krivák
• Dominik Kružliak
• Richard Lásik
• Moha Rharsalla
• Erik Pačinda
• Kristi Qose

Managers

Year	Name
2017 – 2019	Miroslav Sovič
2019	Gejza Farkaš
2019 - 2020	Marek Fabuľa
2020 - 2021	Peter Šinglár (interim)
2021 - 2022	Jozef Vukušič
2022 - 2023	Anton Šoltis
2023 - 2024	Ján Kozák jr.
2024	Gergely Geri
2024 – cur.	Roman Skuhravý

External links

• Official club website (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Futbalnet.sk portal (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Ligy.sk portal (in Slovak) Archived 2020-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
• FC Košice on Facebook (in Slovak)
• FC Košice on Instagram (in Slovak)