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 nameFootball Club Košice[1]
Nickname(s)VSS
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Founded27 April 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-27) (as FC Košice)
GroundKošická futbalová aréna
Capacity12,555[2]
OwnerArago group - 50% Local investors - 50%
ChairmanDušan Trnka[3]
Head coachRoman Skuhravý
LeagueSlovak First Football League
2023–24Slovak First Football League, 10th of 12
Websitehttp://www.fckosice.sk/

Previous names

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  • 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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Affiliated clubs

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The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

Honours

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  Czechoslovakia

  Slovakia

European

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Sponsorship

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

Results

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League and domestic cup history

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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

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As of 6 September 2024.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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
10 FW   USA Zyen Jones
11 MF   POR Luís Santos
17 MF   SVK Dalibor Takáč
19 DF   SVK Lukáš Fabiš
20 DF   SVK Ján Krivák (Captain)
21 DF   SVK Daniel Magda
No. Pos. Nation Player
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
29 MF   SVK Šimon Sabolčík
30 GK   SVK Marek Teplan (on loan from Žilina)
55 FW   SVN Žan Medved
66 MF   SVK Peter Varga
88 DF   ARG Nicolás Gorosito (Vice-captain)
90 DF   BFA Nassim Innocenti

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

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SVK Miroslav Sovič (at Tatran Prešov until 31 December 2024)
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

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Source:[7]

Position Staff
Head Coach   Gergely Geri
Assistant Coach   Ľubomír Kordanič
Goalkeeping Coach   Marián Kello
Fitness Coach   Igor Bakaľár
Sport Director   Balázs Farkas
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

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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.

Managers

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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
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References

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  1. ^ Všetci Spolu Silnejší, FC Košice bude úzko spolupracovať s West Hamom United June 21, 2018
  2. ^ "Košická Futbalová Aréna".
  3. ^ Všetci Spolu Silnejší. FC Košice avizuje prvú ligu do piatich rokov June 21, 2018
  4. ^ "Adresár klubov súťažný ročník 2010/2011" (PDF) (in Slovak). website FUTBALVSFZ.SK. 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-27.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Vznikol FC Košice, do piatich rokov chce byť prvoligový a bude spolupracovať s West Ham United". 22 June 2018.
  6. ^ League matches only.
  7. ^ "FC Košice | Realizačný tím".