MŠK Púchov

MŠK Púchov is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Púchov.

MŠK Púchov

Full name	Mestský Športový Klub Púchov
Founded	1920; 105 years ago (1920) as Športový klub Puchov
Ground	Mestský štadión Púchov
Capacity	6,080
President	TBA
Head coach	Marián Zimen
League	2. liga
2023–24	2. liga, 5th of 16
Website	futbal.mskpuchov.sk/sk/
Home colours Away colours

In July 2006, the club lost its main sponsor, Matador a.s., and was renamed FK Púchov. The club has two stadiums, currently unusable Mestský štadión due to disagreement with the town of Púchov, and temporary Futbalový štadión Nosice. On 24 June 2013, the official website of FK Púchov announced merging between OTJ Moravany nad Váhom and FK Púchov, as FK Púchov. The club started cooperate with the town. The town is the main sponsor of the club.

Historical names

• 1920 – Športový klub Puchov
• 1945 – ŠK Rolný Púchov
• 1948 – Sokol Makyta Púchov
• 1956 – TJ Iskra Púchov
• 1968 – TJ Gumárne 1.mája Púchov
• 1993 – ŠK Matador Púchov
• 2003 – FK Matador Púchov
• 2007 – FK Púchov
• 2015 – MŠK Púchov

Honours

• Slovak Cup (1961–)
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02
• Slovak First Football League (1993–)
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02
• Slovak second division (1993–)
  • Winners (1): 1999–00

European competition history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		Sliema Wanderers	3–0	1–2	4–2
		1. Round		SC Freiburg	0–0	1–2	1–2
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		FC Atyrau	2–0	0–0	2–0
		1. Round		Bordeaux	1–4	0–6	1–10
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		FC Sioni Bolnisi	3–0	3–0	6–0
		1. Round		FC Barcelona	1–1	0–8	1–9

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1998–2001	Erreà	MATADOR
2001–2004	Gems
2004–2006	Jako
2006–2022		none
2022		Mesto Púchov
2023–	Masita	Reinoo[1]

Current squad

As of 1 October 2024 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 Peter Pilný 2 DF  SVK Timotej Panáček 3 DF  SVK Dávid Ovšonka 4 MF  SVK Tobiáš Čongrády 5 DF  SVK Daniel Brezáni 6 DF  SVK Marián Tandara 7 FW  SVK Milan Kvocera 8 MF  SVK Ľuboslav Lévai 9 FW  SVK Štefan Holiš 11 MF  SVK Slavomir Kapusniak 12 DF  CZE Jan Kaufman 13 MF  SVK Adrián Kopičár 14 DF  SVK Patrik Mráz

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  SVK Patrik Lacko 16 MF  SVK Nicolas Martinek (on loan from Zbrojovka Brno) 17 DF  SVK Nikolas Brandis (on loan from Trenčín) 18 DF  SVK Matej Obšivan (on loan from Trenčín) 19 MF  SVK Matej Loduha 20 MF  SVK Radim Pobořil 21 DF  SVK Matej Moško 22 MF  SVK Adrián Mojžiš 23 DF  SVK Jakub Brunner 24 FW  SVK Daniel Pilný 30 GK  SVK Juraj Vavrík 31 GK  SVK Samuel Vavrúš — FW  SVK Alexej Kušík

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

Notable players

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

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

• Marek Bakoš
• Ivan Belák
• Mário Breška
• Jozef Chovanec
• Alias Lembakoali
• Ľubomír Luhový
• Milan Luhový
• Krisztián Németh
• Kornel Saláta
• Zdeno Štrba
• Ľubomír Talda
• Salomon Wisdom

Notable managers

• Anton Richtárik (1993–1994)
• Vladimír Hrivnák (1994–1996)
• Jozef Zigo (1996)
• Štefan Tománek (1996–1998)
• Jozef Šuran (1998–2002)
• František Komňacký (2003)
• Štefan Zaťko (2003)
• Milan Lešický (2003–2004)
• Pavel Vrba (2004–2005)
• Stanislav Mráz (2006–2007)
• Pavol Strapáč (2007–2010)
• Jaroslav Vágner (2010–2017)
• Stanislav Ďuriš (2017–2018)
• Eduard Pagáč (2018–2019)
• Vladimír Cifranič (2019–2020)
• Lukáš Kaplan (2020–2021)
• Marek Šimáček (2021–2022)
• Vladimír Cifranič (2022–2023)
• Marián Zimen (2023-)