FK Dukla Banská Bystrica

MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdukla ˈbanskaː ˈbistritsa]) is a Slovak professional football club from the town of Banská Bystrica. The club plays at the SNP Stadium. After being relegated from the Slovak 2. liga in 2017, they had financial problems.^[1]

Dukla Banská Bystrica

Full name	MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica
Nickname(s)	Vojaci (The Soldiers)
Founded	1 July 1965; 60 years ago (1965-07-01) as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
Ground	Národný Atletický Štadión
Capacity	7,381
President	Ivan Šabo
Coach	Juraj Jarábek
League	Slovak First Football League
2023–24	Slovak First Football League, 7th of 12
Website	www.mfkdukla.sk
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

• 1965 – Founded as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
• 1967 – Renamed AS Dukla Banská Bystrica
• 1975 – Renamed ASVS Dukla Banská Bystrica
• 1984 – First European qualification, 1985
• 1992 – Renamed FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
• 2017 – Merged with ŠK Kremnička and renamed to MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
  • Winners (1): 1982–83

Slovakia

• Slovak First Football League (1993–present)
  • Runners-up (1): 2003–04
• Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup) (1961–)
  • Winners (2): 1981, 2005
  • Runners-up (3): 1970, 1984, 1999

European

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners in group (1): 1991

Affiliated clubs

The following club was affiliated with FK Dukla Banská Bystrica:

• FC Viktoria Plzeň (2014–2017)^[2]

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1998–2000	Adidas	OVP Orava
2000–2001	ATAK Sportswear	Národná obroda
2001–2002	Reebok	FORZA
2002–2003	ATAK Sportswear	Národná obroda
2003–2004		FORZA
2004–2006	Kappa	PM Zbrojníky
2006–2008	NIKE	Dôvera
2008–2011	Adidas
2011–2013		Express Slovakia
2013–2017		none
2017–2019	NIKE
2019–2020		Fajne
2020-	Adidas	Veolia

Current squad

As of 12 June, 2025^[3] 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 6 MF  SVK Dávid Richtárech 7 MF  SVK Jakub Považanec 9 MF  SVK Tibor Slebodník 10 MF  SVK Branislav Ľupták 13 DF  SVK Nicolas Šikula 16 FW  SVK Adam Hanes 20 MF  SVK Dominik Veselovský 21 DF  SVK Lukáš Migaľa

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW  SVK Samuel Svetlik 26 DF  SVK Oliver Klimpl 31 GK  SVK Michal Lukáč 36 GK  SVK Michal Trnovský 41 DF  SVK Ľubomír Willwéber (vice-captain) — DF  SVK Adam Kopas — DF  NGA Kazeem Bolaji — FW  SVK Oliver Reiter — FW  SRB Boris Krstič

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

Staff

Current technical staff

As of 12 June 2025

Staff	Job title
Juraj Jarábek	Manager
Marek Bažík	Assistant Manager
Norbert Juračka	Goalkeeping coach
Dušan Šavel	Physiotherapist
Andrej Caban David Brunn	Fitness coach
Marek Jobko	Team Leader
Peter Straňák Jakub Bača Martin Križanský	Doctor
Peter Pošta	Masseur

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–2017)

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Slovak Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94	1st (Mars Superliga)	9/(12)	32	9	9	14	31	43	27	Quarter-finals
1994–95	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(12)	32	12	8	12	53	44	44	Round 1			Róbert Semeník (18)
1995–96	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(12)	32	12	11	9	39	36	47	Semi-finals			Norbert Toman (6)
1996–97	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(16)	30	13	5	12	48	37	44	Round 2			Ivan Lapšanský (9)
1997–98	1st (Mars Superliga)	13/(16)	30	7	9	14	32	46	30	Quarter-finals			Štefan Rusnák (8)
1998–99	1st (Mars Superliga)	11/(16)	30	8	10	12	34	46	34	Runners-up			Štefan Rusnák (11) Ľubomír Faktor (11)
1999–00	1st (Mars Superliga)	15/(16)	30	7	2	21	27	53	23	Semi-finals	UC	1.R ( AFC Ajax)	Ľubomír Faktor (6)
2000–01	2nd (1. Liga)	11/(18)	34	13	7	14	39	32	46	Quarter-finals			Eugen Bari (4) Jaroslav Kamenský (4)
2001–02	2nd (1. Liga)	6/(16)	30	11	11	8	44	32	44	Round 1			Ivan Bartoš (17)
2002–03	2nd (1. Liga)	1/(16)	30	21	6	3	53	18	69	Round 1			Ivan Bartoš (10)
2003–04	1st (Corgoň Liga)	2/(10)	36	17	13	6	58	36	64	Round 2			Róbert Semeník (15)
2004–05	1st (Corgoň Liga)	3/(10)	36	13	13	10	45	38	52	Winner	UC	1.R ( S.L. Benfica)	Martin Jakubko (14)
2005–06	1st (Corgoň Liga)	6/(10)	36	12	6	18	37	42	42	Round 2	UC	Q2 ( Groclin Grodzisk)	Róbert Semeník (18)
2006–07	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(12)	28	7	6	15	24	46	27	Quarter-finals			Ivan Lietava (9)
2007–08	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(12)	33	10	9	14	41	37	39	Round 2			Michal Ďuriš (6)
2008–09	1st (Corgoň Liga)	10/(12)	33	9	8	16	30	39	35	Round 2			Dušan Uškovič (8)
2009–10	1st (Corgoň Liga)	3/(12)	33	15	11	7	45	30	56	Round 2			Dušan Uškovič (7)
2010–11	1st (Corgoň Liga)	5/(12)	33	13	9	11	39	32	48	Round 3	UC	Q2 ( FC Zestaponi)	Róbert Pich (7)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	9/(12)	33	9	10	14	37	44	37	Round 1			Martin Jakubko (10)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	9/(12)	33	9	11	13	28	32	38	Quarter-finals			Matúš Turňa (6)
2013–14	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(12)	33	11	9	13	48	48	42	Round 2			Pavol Jurčo (8) Fabián Slančík (8)
2014–15	1st (Fortuna Liga)	12/(12)	33	4	10	19	29	57	22	Semi-finals			Patrik Vajda (7)
2015–16	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	13/(24)	32	16	5	11	45	33	53	Round 3			Endy Opoku Bernadina (7)
2016–17	2nd (DOXXbet liga)	17/(24)	32	10	6	16	36	55	36	Round 3			Radoslav Ďanovský (12)
2017–18	3rd (TIPOS III.liga Middle)	1/(16)	30	21	6	3	60	18	69	Did not enter			Lukáš Laksik (17)
2018–19	2nd (II. liga)	6/(16)	30	12	10	8	49	35	46	Round 3			Róbert Polievka (9)
2019–20	2nd (II. liga)	2/(16)	20	14	3	3	52	23	45	1/8 Fin			Róbert Polievka (12)
2020–21	2nd (II. liga)	2/(16)	28	17	5	6	70	38	56	Semi-finals			Miladin Vujošević (17)
2021–22	2nd (II. liga)	2/(16)	30	21	6	3	62	24	69	Round 3			Róbert Polievka (18)
2022–23	1st (Fortuna Liga)	5/(12)	32	13	5	14	50	56	44	Round of 16			Róbert Polievka (15)
2023–24	1st (Niké Liga)	7/(12)	32	14	9	9	50	41	51	Round 4			Róbert Polievka (13)
2024–25	1st (Niké Liga)	12/(12)	32	5	7	20	35	60	22	Semi-finals			Martin Rymarenko (13)

European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

UEFA-administered

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
1984–85	UEFA Cup	1		Mönchengladbach	2–3	1–4	3–7
1999–00	UEFA Cup	1		Ajax	1–3	1–6	2–9
2004–05	UEFA Cup	Q1		Qarabağ FK	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Q2		FC Wil	3–1	1–1	4–2
		1		Benfica	0–3	0–2	0–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Q2		Groclin Grodzisk	0–0	1–4	1–4
2010–11	Europa League	Q2		FC Zestaponi	1–0	0–3	1–3

Not UEFA-administered

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1991	Intertoto Cup	Group 4		Silkeborg IF	2–0	4–1
				Hammarby IF	0–1	2–1
				FC Energie Cottbus	1–0	2–0

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		Róbert Polievka	80
2		Milan Nemec	74
3		Róbert Semeník	72
4		Pavol Diňa	59
5		Martin Jakubko	38
6		Štefan Rusnák	34
7		Martin Rymarenko	31
7		Dušan Uškovič	27

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 1968–69 Ladislav Petráš 20 1994–95 Robert Semenik 18 2023–24 Róbert Polievka 131

¹Shared award

Notable players

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

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

• Milan Albrecht
• Peter Babnič
• Marián Bochnovič
• Vladimír Borovička
• Marián Brezina
• Jozef Bubenko
• Ivan Bilský
• Martin Chrien
• Miroslav Chvíla
• Ondrej Daňko
• Pavol Diňa
• Ondrej Debnár
• David Depetris
• Michal Ďuriš
• Peter Dzúrik
• Martin Fabuš
• Ľubomír Faktor
• Peter Fieber
• Michal Filo
• Vratislav Greško
• Norbert Gyömbér
• Marián Had
• Andrej Hesek
• Viliam Hýravý
• Martin Jakubko
• Ladislav Jurkemik
• Marek Kaščák
• Dušan Keketi
• Vladimír Kinier
• Jan Kliment
• Maroš Klimpl
• Ján Kocian
• Tihomir Kostadinov
• Ivan Kozák
• Karel Kula
• František Kunzo
• Marián Kurty
• Vladimír Labant
• Vladimír Leitner
• Ľubomír Luhový
• Filip Lukšík
• Tomáš Malec
• Marián Masný
• Cyriaque Mayounga
• Ivan Mesík
• Pavol Michalík
• Rastislav Michalík
• Stanislav Moravec
• Peter Mráz
• Milan Nemec
• Martin Obšitník
• Branislav Obžera
• Anton Ondruš
• Michal Pančík (born 1971)
• Michal Pančík (born 1982)
• Viktor Pečovský
• Dejan Peševski
• Marek Penksa
• Ladislav Petráš
• Jozef Pisár
• Ján Pivarník
• Róbert Polievka
• Martin Poljovka
• Jaroslav Pollák
• Karol Praženica
• Štefan Rusnák
• Kornel Saláta
• Pavol Sedlák
• Stanislav Seman
• Róbert Semeník
• Ján Solár
• Miroslav Sovič
• Zdeno Štrba
• Tomáš Stúpala
• Dionatan Teixeira
• Dušan Tóth
• Dušan Vrťo
• Tibor Zátek
• Peter Zelenský

Managers

• Arnošt Hložek (1966–67)
• Bohumil Musil (1969–71)
• Oldřich Bříza (197?–79)
• Juraj Lakota (1980)
• Jozef Adamec (1981–87)
• Anton Dragúň (1987–89)
• Stanislav Jarábek (1989–91)
• Jozef Adamec (1991)
• Anton Hrušecký (1991–9?)
• Anton Jánoš (1993–95)
• Ján Ilavský (199?–96)
• Ján Kocian (1996–97)
• Peter Benedik (1996–97)
• Stanislav Jarábek (1998–99)
• Miloš Tagos (1999–00)
• Igor Novák (2000–01)
• Anton Jánoš (2001–03)
• Ladislav Molnár (2003–04)
• Václav Daněk (2004–05)
• Jozef Prochotský (2005–06)
• Dušan Radolský (2006)
• Ladislav Molnár (2007)
• Štefan Horný (25 Sept 2007 – 27 Aug 2008)
• Anton Jánoš (26 Aug 2008 – 30 Nov 2008)
• Jozef Jankech (1 Dev 2008 – 30 June 2010)
• Karol Marko (1 July 2010 – 8 Nov 2010)
• Štefan Zaťko (8 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
• Norbert Hrnčár (1 July 2012 – 9 Oct 2014)
• Štefan Rusnák (9 Oct 2014 – 26 June 2015)
• Ľubomír Faktor (26 June 2015 – 18 Oct 2016)
• Dušan Tóth (18 Oct 2016 – 26 Sep 2018)
• Stanislav Varga (26 Sep 2018 – 1 July 2022)
• Michal Ščasný (2 July 2022 – 25 Oct 2023)
• Mário Auxt (25 Oct 2023 – 16 Jun 2024)
• Marek Bažík (16 Jun 2024 – Dec 2024)
• Martin Poljovka (Dec 2024 – March 2025)
• František Straka (March 2025 – May 2025)
• Juraj Jarábek (May 2025 - present)