FK Pohronie

FK Pohronie is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Žiar nad Hronom. The club currently competes in 2. Liga. The 2019/20 season was the first time in the club's history that the team played in Fortuna Liga, the highest level of the Slovak football league system. The club avoided relegation that season, and continued in the top division for the 2020/21 season. In the 2021/22 season the team was relegated.

FK Pohronie

Full name	Futbalový klub Pohronie Žiar nad Hronom Dolná Ždaňa[1]
Founded	2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Ground	Mestský štadión, Žiar nad Hronom
Capacity	2,309
Owner	City of Žiar nad Hronom 50% Municipality of Dolná Ždaňa 50%[2]
Chairman	Igor Rozenberg
Manager	Matej Čobik Ferčik
League	2. liga
2023–24	2. liga, 10th of 16
Website	http://fkpohronie.sk/
Home colours Away colours

History

On 1 June 2012, Sokol Dolná Ždaňa and FK Žiar nad Hronom reached an agreement regarding the running of the new club.^[3]

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were or are affiliated with FK Pohronie :

• MFK Žarnovica (2018–2019)^[4]
• MFK Nová Baňa (2019–2022)^[5]
• FK Železiarne Podbrezová (2022-)^[6]

Honours

Domestic

• 2. Liga (1993–present)
  • Winners (1): 2018–19 (Promoted)
• 3. Liga - Central (1993–present)
  • Winners (1): 2012–13 (Promoted)

Sponsorship

^[7]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2012–13	Jako	REMESLO
2012–13	Joma	none
2014–17	Adidas
2017–	Erreà	REMESLO

Recent seasons

Year	Division (name)	Position	Domestic cup	Topscorer/goals
2012–13	(III) 3. liga	1/(16)	2nd round	Michal Páleník (12)
2013–14	(II) 2. liga	9/(12)	2nd round	Michal Páleník (9)
2014–15	(II) DOXXbet liga	1st Relegation Gr. West	3rd round	Patrik Abrahám (15)
2015–16	(II) DOXXbet liga	6th	Round of 16	Patrik Abrahám (8)
2016–17	(II) DOXXbet liga	9th	3rd Round	Marek Frimmel (15)
2017–18	(II) DOXXbet liga	9/(16)	3rd round	Marek Frimmel (6)
2018–19	(II) 2. liga	1/(16)	5th Round	Peter Ďungel (8)
2019–20	(I) Fortuna Liga	11/(12)	Round of 16	Patrik Abrahám (5)
2020–21	(I) Fortuna Liga	9/(12)	Round of 16	Adler Da Silva (6) James Weir (6)
2021–22	(I) Fortuna Liga	12/(12)	Quarter-finals	Miloš Lačný (8)
2022–23	(II) 2. Liga	5/(16)	5th Round	Jakub Čunta (5) Christián Steinhübel (5)
2023–24	(II) MONACObet liga	10/(16)	Round of 16	Peter Mazan (15)
2024–25	(II) MONACObet liga	12/(14)	3rd round	Ousman Kujabi (7)

Current squad

As of 16 February, 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 Lukas Domanisky 2 MF  SVK Dominik Mihalik 3 DF  SVK Daniel Macej (on loan from Podbrezová) 5 MF  GAM Yusupha Kambi 6 MF  GAM Muhammed Hydara 7 FW  SVK Andy Masaryk 8 MF  MKD Martin Talakov 9 FW  SVK Samuel Maslej 10 MF  SVK Jakub Jordan Jokel 11 FW  GAM Ousman Kujabi 12 DF  UKR Andriy Cheprakov

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  SVK Simon Ivan 14 FW  UKR Maksym Khyminets 16 MF  ESP Jorge Velasco (on loan from Podbrezová) 17 MF  CZE Filip Šilhart 18 MF  SVK Jozef Špyrka 20 GK  SVK Patrik Lučaník 21 FW  SVK Adrian Lutka 22 MF  SVK Juraj Teplan — MF  SVK Martin Parilla 30 GK  SVK Igor Šemrinec 66 MF  SVK Peter Varga

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2025.

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 19 FW  SVK Samuel Maslej (at Podbrezová until 30 June 2025)

Current staff

As of 8 March 2023

Staff	Job title
Matej Čobik Ferčik	Caretaker manager
Erik Grendel	Assistant manager
Róbert Jež	General manager
Filip Rozenberg	Team leader
Michal Polačko	Fitness trainer
MUDr. Stanislav Šperka	Team Doctor
Imrich Kalmár	Physiotherapist

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		Patrik Abrahám	39
2		Marek Frimmel	28
3		Peter Mazan	24
4		Patrik Blahút	21
		Michal Páleník
5		Lukáš Pelegríni	17
6		Peter Ďungel	14

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Reserve team

FK Pohronie B is inactive. Most recently, it had played in the Slovak 7th football level ( VII. liga DOUBLE STAR BET ObFZ ZH).

Notable players

The following notable players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Pohronie.
Notable players, who have played for predecessor clubs, FK Žiar nad Hronom and Sokol Dolná Ždaňa, are listed with their respective clubs.

• Cedric Badolo
• Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana
• Willie Britto
• Martin Chrien
• Martin Dobrotka
• Alieu Fadera
• Dominik Holec
• David Hrnčár
• Richard Lásik
• Yusuf Mainge
• Jaroslav Mihalík
• František Plach
• Muhammed Sanneh
• Lukáš Tesák
• Mateusz Zachara

Managers

• Štefan Zaťko (2012 – May 2016)
• Rastislav Štanga (May 2016 – June 2016)
• Peter Černák (July 2016 – Aug 2016)
• Miloš Foltán (Aug 2016 – Sept 2017)
• Milan Nemec (Sept 2017 – July 2019)
• Rastislav Urgela (Aug 2019) (car.)
• Ján Rosinský (Aug 2019 – Oct 2019)
• Mikuláš Radványi (Oct 2019 – Oct. 2020)
• Jan Kameník (Oct 2020 – May 2021)
• Gergely Geri (June 2021 – Aug 2021)
• Štefan Zaťko (Aug 2021 – Sept 2021) (car.)
• Pablo Villar (Oct 2021 – Dec 2021)
• Martin Bittengl (Jan 2022 – April 2022)
• Peter Lérant (April 2022 – Dec 2022)
• Jan Kameník (Jan 2023)
• Rastislav Urgela (Jan 2023 – Dec 2023) (car.)
• Norbert Guľa (Jan 2024 – Jun 2024)
• Vladimír Cifranič (Jun 2024)
• Matej Čobik Ferčik (Jun 2024 – )