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 (1920) as Športový klub Puchov
Ground	Mestský štadión Púchov
Capacity	6,080
President	TBA
Head coach	Vladimír Cifranič
League	2. liga
2023–24	2. liga, 5th of 16
Website	http://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 Super Liga (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

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–present)

External links

• Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
• MŠK Púchov on Facebook (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Futbalnet portal (in Slovak)