FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.

ViOn Zlaté Moravce
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Full nameFootball Club Viliam Ondrejka Zlaté Moravce – Vráble
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
as FC ViOn
GroundViOn Aréna,
Zlaté Moravce
Capacity4,006
OwnerViliam Ondrejka
ChairmanKarol Škula
ManagerDušan Uhrin Jr.
LeagueNiké Liga
2022–2311th
WebsiteClub website

History edit

 
Stadium FC ViOn

From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions. In 2004 they were promoted to the Slovak Second Division, and then in the 2006–07 season were promoted to the Corgoň Liga, and won the Slovak Cup, beating FC Senec 4–0. This earned them place in the first qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Zlaté Moravce played their first European match on 19 July 2007 in the UEFA Cup at home against Alma-Ata, winning 3–1.[1] On 2 August 2007, they have tied in Almaty 1–1, qualifying to the second qualification round.[2]

Events timeline edit

  • 1995 – Founded as FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
  • 2016 – Renamed FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble[3]

Honours edit

Domestic edit

Affiliated clubs edit

The following clubs are affiliated with FC ViOn:

Sponsorship edit

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2004–05 Legea ViOn
2005–07 Adidas
2007–08 Jako
2008–09 Adidas
2009–10 Puma
2010–13 Legea
2013–14 Luanvi
2014–2022 Erreà
2022 Tipsport
2022- Puma

Club partners edit

source[6]

Current squad edit

As of 8 February, 2024[7]

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 Patrik Lukáč
2 DF   SVK Vladimír Majdan
3 DF   SVK Gergely Tumma
5 DF   GEO Jemali-Giorgi Jinjolava
6 MF   SVK Miroslav Gono
7 MF   GEO Iuri Tabatadze
8 DF   FRA Soufiane Dramé (on loan from FK Teplice)
9 FW   SVK Marek Svec
10 MF   SVK Karol Mészáros
11 MF   SVK Jakub Švec (on loan from České Budějovice)
14 MF   SVK Denis Duga
16 MF   SVK Karol Mondek
17 MF   SVK Branislav Sluka
18 GK   SVK Matúš Chropovský
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   GEO Levan Nonikashvili
21 FW   SVK Marek Kuzma
22 DF   SVK Samuel Suľa
23 MF   SVK Patrik Dulay
25 DF   SVK Richard Nagy
26 MF   SVK Tomáš Ďubek (captain)
29 MF   SVK Adam Brenkus
33 GK   SVK Patrik Richter
37 MF   SVK Samuel Hodúr
39 DF   SVK Matej Moško
45 FW   SVK Filip Balaj (on loan from Cracovia)
90 DF   SVK Matúš Čonka
99 MF   CRO Andrija Balić

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2023 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2023-24
.

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SVK Sebastián Rák (at Družstevník Veľké Ludince until 30 June 2024)

Management staff edit

Position Staff
Manager   Dušan Uhrin Jr.
Assistant Manager   Tomáš Ďubek
Goalkeeping coach   Martin Matlák
Fitness coach   Milan Ivanka
Team chef   Vladimír Červený
Masseur   Ján Andraško
Physioterapist   MUDr. Jozef Mada

Source:[8]

Results edit

League and Cup history edit

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals)
2000–01 3rd (2. Liga) 1 Did not enter   Jozef Piaček (11)
  Róbert Michalík (11)
2001–02 2nd (1. Liga) 16/(16) Preliminary round ?
2002–03 3rd (2. Liga) 10 Did not enter ?
2003–04 3rd (2. Liga) 2 Did not enter   Juraj Vondra (18)
2004–05 2nd (1.Liga) 8/(16) Quarter-finals   Peter Černák (6)
2005–06 2nd (1.Liga) 8/(16) Round 1   Peter Černák (5)
  Martin Chren (5)
2006–07 2nd (1.Liga) 3/(12) Winner   Marek Plichta (9)
2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 11/(12) Round 3 UC Q2 (  Zenit St. Petersburg)   Peter Černák (4)
2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 12/(12) Quarter-finals   Salomon Wisdom (4)
2009–10 2nd (DoxxBet Liga) 1/(14) Round 3   Karol Pavelka (16)
2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) Semi-finals   Peter Kuračka (7)
2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) Semi-finals   Martin Hruška (6)
2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(12) Round 3   Andrej Hodek (13)
2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 10/(12) Quarter-finals   Martin Pribula (8)
2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 5   Martin Juhar (4)
  Márius Charizopulos (4)
2015–16 1st (Fortuna Liga) 9/(12) Quarter-finals   Leandre Tawamba (11)
2016–17 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 4   Peter Orávik (5)
2017–18 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 3   Róbert Gešnábel (9)
2018–19 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round of 16   Tomáš Ďubek (9)
2019–20 1st (Fortuna Liga) 8/(12) Semi-finals   Tomáš Ďubek (8)
2020–21 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) Quarter-finals   Filip Balaj (16)
2021–22 1st (Fortuna Liga) 11/(12) Quarter-finals   Tomáš Ďubek (7)
2022–23 1st (Fortuna Liga) 11/(12) Round of 16   Adam Brenkus (7)

European competition history edit

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q   Alma-Ata 3–1 1–1 4–1
2Q   Zenit St. Petersburg 0–2 0–3 0–5

Youth program edit

The club is also particularly known for its youth program. Academy name is PFA (Požitavská futbalová akadémia).

Player records edit

Most goals edit

# Nat. Name Goals
1   Peter Orávik 32
2   Tomáš Ďubek 30
3   Peter Černák 28
  Karol Pavelka
5   Peter Kuračka 26
6   Andrej Hodek 18
7   Filip Balaj 16

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players edit

Had international caps on senior level for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC ViOn.

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

Managers edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Zlaté Moravce v Almaty remizovali a postúpili do 2. predkola Pohára UEFA – Profutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  3. ^ s, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia a. "ViOn Zlaté Moravce začne ďalšiu sezónu s novým názvom". Šport.sk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Prioritou ViOnu záchranárske práce, myslí však aj na prvú šestku | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "FC ViOn uzavrel dohodu o spolupráci s prvoligovým klubom z Talianska". mynitra.sme.sk.
  6. ^ "FC ViOn | Partneri klubu". fcvion.sk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Súpiska A-tím 2023/2024" [Squad 2023/2024]. fcvion.sk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  8. ^ "fcvion.sk". Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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