FC Nitra

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FC Nitra
Club crest
Full nameFootball Club Nitra
Nickname(s)Trogári
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
as Nyitrai ÖTTSO
GroundŠtadión pod Zoborom,
Nitra
Capacity7,480
OwnerSalangana s.r.o – 58%[1]
ManagerAugustín Antalík
League4. liga
2022–2314th
WebsiteClub website

FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia.

History

Czechoslovak era

Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslovak First League with their longest stay being 5 years (1979–1984, 1986–1991). Nitra came close to clinching the title in 1962 only to lose out by 3 points to Dukla Prague. This year was most successful in club history because they reached also Mitropa Cup final. Another successful period was end of 80s when Nitra stayed on top positions in Czechoslovak First League (in 1989 they reached 3rd place) with players like Michal Hipp, Ľubomír Moravčík, Ladislav Molnár, Peter Palúch, Jozef Majoroš, Róbert Tomaschek, Miroslav Sovič. FC Nitra was the first football professional club in the former Czechoslovakia.[citation needed]

Main article: it:Coppa Mitropa 1961
Slovan Nitra
FC Bologna
Bachratý 8'
Hrnčár 76'		 Nielsen 42'
Perani 54'
FC Bologna Italy
3–0Czechoslovakia Slovan Nitra
Demarco 21'
Pascutti 46'
Nielsen 54'

Slovak era

Nitra was involved in the inaugural Slovakian championship in 1994 but was relegated to the second division after their first season. The following season they were promoted back to the first division, only for the same fate to occur and were again relegated. Roller coaster seasons became somewhat of an FC Nitra speciality during the early 90s, until the promotions stopped in 2001 where fans had to wait five long seasons before seeing their club again return to the top flight where they finished with a respectable fifth place. This was mainly due to the work of head coach Ivan Galád, who took control of the team in the winter of 2004, guiding the team to a fourth-place finish in the second division.[citation needed]

Petar Kurčubić
was appointed.

In 2021 after the club was relegated from the top flight, they did not obtain a licence for the league below and so were further demoted another level.

Events timeline

  • 1909 – Founded as Nyitrai ÖTTSO
  • 1911 – Renamed Nyitrai TVE
  • 1919 – Renamed Nyitrai SC
  • 1921 – Renamed SK Nitra
  • 1923 – Renamed AC Nitra
  • 1948 – Renamed Sokol Nitra
  • 1949 – Renamed ZSJ Sokol spojene zavody Nitra
  • 1949 – Renamed ZK KP Nitra
  • 1953 – Renamed DSO Slavoj Nitra
  • 1956 – Renamed TJ Slovan Nitra
  • 1966 – Again Renamed AC Nitra
  • 1976 – Renamed TJ Plastika Nitra
  • 1989 – First European qualification,
    1990
  • 1990 – Renamed FC Nitra

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Slovakia Slovakia

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The

Slovak League
Top scorer.

Year Winner G
1959–60 Czechoslovakia Michal Pucher 18
2005–06 Slovakia Róbert Rák 211
2009–10 Slovakia Róbert Rák 18
1Shared award

European

Sponsorship

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1998–2001 Erreà Volkswagen
2001–2002 Gems Pozemné Staviteľstvo Nitra
2002–2004 DIADORA
2004–2005 hummel Bonul security
2005–2006 Jako Dynamik
2006–2008 Bonul security
2008–2010 Bonul security
El Comp
2010–13 Bonul security
El Comp
Špeciál Izotex
2013–2016 Mesto Nitra
2017–2020 none
2020– Adidas

Current squad

Updated 5 August 2021 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Slovakia SVK Jakub Sedláček
21 DF Senegal SEN Tidiane Djiby Ba
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 GK Slovakia SVK Róbert Baláži
44 MF Slovakia SVK Ádam Mészáros
— MF Brazil BRA Fabiano Alves

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Slovakia SVK
Dukla Banská Bystrica
until 30 June 2022)
77 FW Slovakia SVK Jakub Tancík (at MFK Ružomberok until 15 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player

Current technical staff

Updated 2 March 2023
Staff Job title
Slovakia Dušan Borko Manager
Slovakia Igor Obert Assistant manager
Slovakia Henrich Benčík Sport Director
Slovakia Miroslav König Goalkeeping coach
Slovakia Augustín Antalík Team Leader
Slovakia MUDr. Ivan Štefanov Team Doctor
Slovakia Jozef Urminský Physiotherapist
Slovakia Róbert Gyepes Masseur

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94 1st (
Mars Superliga
) 		12/(12) 32 12 3 17 39 46 27 Round 3
1994–95
 2nd (1. liga) 1/(16) 30 19 5 6 58 29 62 Round 2 Slovakia Prochászka (13)
1995–96 1st (
Mars Superliga
) 		11/(12) 32 7 5 20 30 59 26 Round 1 Slovakia Norbert Hrnčár (7)
1996–97 1st (
Mars Superliga
) 		16/(16) 30 5 5 20 22 48 20 Round 1
1997–98
 2nd (1. liga) 1/(16) 34 20 8 6 73 36 68 Round 2 Slovakia Peter Hodúr (18)
1998–99 1st (
Mars Superliga
) 		12/(16) 30 7 7 16 28 48 28 Round 2 Slovakia Marián Klago (8)
1999–00 1st (
Mars Superliga
) 		13/(16) 30 8 4 18 24 44 28 Round 2 Slovakia Róbert Jež (4)
Slovakia Jozef Jelšic (4)
2000–01
 2nd (1. Liga) 2/(18) 34 21 3 10 77 27 66 Round 1 Slovakia Mário Breška (23)
2001–02
 2nd (1. Liga) 7/(16) 30 12 7 11 41 34 43 Round 1 Slovakia Jozef Jelšic (17)
2002–03
 2nd (1. Liga) 12/(16) 30 11 5 14 36 29 38 Quarter-finals Slovakia Jozef Jelšic (15)
2003–04
 2nd (1. Liga) 4/(16) 30 15 3 12 45 32 48 Round 2 Slovakia Róbert Rák (13)
2004–05
 2nd (1. Liga) 1/(16) 36 21 6 3 49 16 69 Round 2 Slovakia Róbert Rák (27)
2005–06
 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		5/(10) 36 12 9 15 42 48 45 Semi-finals UI 2.R (Ukraine Dnipro) Slovakia Róbert Rák (21)
2006–07 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		6/(12) 28 9 4 15 21 33 31 Quarter-finals Slovakia Andrej Hesek (6)
2007–08 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		3/(12) 33 17 6 10 40 26 57 Quarter-finals UI 1.R (Azerbaijan Neftçi Baku) Slovakia Andrej Hesek (5)
Czech Republic Jan Gruber (5)
2008–09 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		11/(12) 33 9 8 16 34 53 35 Round 2 Slovakia Róbert Rák (9)
2009–10 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		4/(12) 33 14 6 13 42 40 48 Round 3 Slovakia Róbert Rák (18)
2010–11 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		8/(12) 33 11 7 15 30 51 40 Quarter-finals EL Q1 (Hungary ETO Győr) Slovakia Róbert Rák (9)
2011–12 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		8/(12) 33 9 12 12 33 39 39 Round 3 Slovakia Vratislav Gajdoš (5)
2012–13 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		10/(12) 33 11 6 16 39 54 36 Round 3
Cléber
(11)
2013–14 1st (
Corgoň Liga
) 		12/(12) 33 6 8 19 33 63 26 Round 2
Cléber
(7)
2014–15 2nd (DOXXbet Liga) 5/(24) 22 8 7 7 26 25 31 Round 5 Slovakia Matúš Paukner (21)
2015–16 2nd (DOXXbet Liga) 7/(24) 30 13 7 10 54 36 46 Round 4 Slovakia Matúš Paukner (17)
2016–17 2nd (DOXXbet liga) 2/(24) 30 18 5 7 57 32 59 Round 5 Slovakia Filip Balaj (20)
2017–18 1st (
Fortuna Liga
) 		7/(12) 31 10 12 9 28 27 42 Round 5 Slovakia Filip Balaj (6)
Slovakia Tomáš Vestenický (6)
2018–19 1st (
Fortuna Liga
) 		9/(12) 32 8 10 14 42 48 34 Quarter-finals Slovakia Tomáš Vestenický (10)
2019–20 1st (
Fortuna Liga
) 		12/(12) 27 7 4 16 23 36 25 Quarter-finals North Macedonia Milan Ristovski (12)
2020–21 1st (
Fortuna Liga
) 		12/(12)1 32 7 6 19 26 55 27 Round 3 Slovakia Michal Faško (8)
2021–22 3rd (III. liga) 16/(18) 34 8 2 24 42 75 26 Round 2 Slovakia Adrián Mokoš (10)
2022–23 4rd (IV. liga) 14/(16) 30 8 6 16 37 51 30 Did not enter Slovakia Radovan Lipovský (7)

1 FC Nitra did not obtain a licence for the 2021–22 season

European competition history

UEFA-administered

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 Mitropa Cup Group
Czechoslovakia Slovnaft Bratislava 4–3
Italy
Torino
 5–1
Austria SV Stickstoff 4–4
Semi-Finals Italy Udinese 4–3 1–1 5–4
Finals Italy
Bologna
 2–2 0–3 2–5
1989–90
UEFA Cup
 R1 Germany 1. FC Köln 0–1 1–4 1–5
2006
Intertoto Cup
 R1 Luxembourg Grevenmacher 6–2 6–0 12–2
R2 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–1 0–2 2–3
2008
Intertoto Cup
 R1 Azerbaijan
Neftchi Baku
 3–1 0–2 3–3 (a)
2010–11
 UEFA Europa League QR1 Hungary ETO Győr 2–2 1–3 3–5

Not UEFA-administered

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1962–63
Intertoto Cup
 Group A4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo 5–1 2–3
Switzerland Servette 0–0 1–2
France Olympique Nîmes 4–1 0–2
1972
Intertoto Cup
 Group 1 Austria SSV Innsbruck 4–1 1–0
Sweden Örgryte 3–0 6–2
Denmark AB Copenhagen 2–0 3–2
1973
Intertoto Cup
 Group 9 Netherlands Amsterdam 4–1 3–2
Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 2–1
Denmark Vejle BK 4–1 4–1
1980
Intertoto Cup
 Group 5 Austria
LASK Linz
 0–1 2–1
Denmark Esbjerg 2–0 1–0
Poland Polonia Bytom 4–0 0–1
1982
Intertoto Cup
 Group 3 Germany Werder Bremen 3–5 3–3
Denmark Aarhus 3–4 0–1
Austria Sturm Graz 5–3 2–0
1987
Intertoto Cup
 Group 6 Sweden AIK Stockholm 1–0 0–0
Denmark Lyngby 4–1 1–2
Poland Lech Poznań 2–1 0–3
1989
Intertoto Cup
 Group 2 East Germany Hansa Rostock 3–0 1–1
Denmark Boldklubben 1903 1–3 1–3
Sweden Malmö FF 1–1 0–0
1990
Intertoto Cup
 Group 7 Hungary Tatabánya 4–0 0–0
Switzerland Luzern 0–2 1–1
Sweden Örebro 1–0 0–0

Player records

Most goals

# Nat. Name Goals
1 Slovakia Róbert Rák 100
2 Czechoslovakia Michal Pucher 57
3 Czechoslovakia Dušan Borko 42
4 Slovakia Matúš Paukner 38
5 Slovakia Filip Balaj 32
6 Czechoslovakia Slovakia Ľubomír Moravčík 30
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Ternény
7 Czechoslovakia Igor Klejch 29
Czechoslovakia Slovakia Milan Lednický

Notable players

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

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

Former managers

References

  1. ^ "FC Nitra – rozdielne pohľady ešte aj na výšku dlhu".

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