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MFK Ružomberok

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MFK Ružomberok (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈruʐɔmberɔk] ⓘ) is a Slovak professional football club, playing in the city of Ružomberok.

MFK Ružomberok
Full nameMestský Futbalový klub Ružomberok
Nickname(s)Ruža (The Rose)
Founded1906; 118 years ago (1906) (as Rózsahegyi Sport Club)
GroundŠtadión pod Čebraťom,
Ružomberok
Capacity4,876
OwnerMilan Fiľo
ChairmanĽubomír Golis
Head coachOndřej Smetana
LeagueNiké Liga
2022–237th
WebsiteClub website

History edit

Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, the sponsor Mondi Business Paper SCP introduced new colours in 2005: orange, black and white.

In 1993 the club gained promotion to the Slovak Second Division for the first time and a second promotion to the Corgoň Liga in 1997. The club's trophy cabinet stayed empty until their centenary year, when in 2006 they lifted both the Corgoň Liga title and the Slovak Cup with the help of 21 goals from the league's joint top scorer Erik Jendrišek. Other stars of the team in this successful season were Jan Nezmar and Marek Sapara. The team was coached at that time by František Komňacký who in February 2007 went on to SKVO Rostov-on-Don.Corgoň liga: Komňacký v Ružomberku skončil

The league win gained them entry into the Champions league second qualifying stage, there they met Swedish side Djurgårdens IF, Ružomberok lost the first leg 1–0 but managed to pull back the deficit to win 3–2 on aggregate. The next round saw them meet Russian champions CSKA Moscow, the team lost conceding 5 goals without reply.

Events timeline edit

  • 1906 – Founded as Rózsahegyi Sport Club
  • 1948 – Merged with SBZ Ruzomberok and Sokola SBZ Ružomberok
  • 1953 – Renamed DSO Iskra Ružomberok
  • 1955 – Revocation of the merger and renamed Iskra Ružomberok
  • 1957 – Renamed TJ BZVIL Ružomberok
  • 1989 – Renamed TJ BZ Ružomberok
  • 1992 – Renamed ŠK Texicom Ružomberok
  • 1995 – Renamed MŠK Ružomberok
  • 1996 – Renamed MŠK SCP Ružomberok, Slovak 2nd League champion
  • 2001 – First European qualification, 2001–02 UEFA Cup
  • 2003 – Renamed MFK Ružomberok
  • 2006 – Slovak champion, Slovak FA Cup winner
  • 2006 – Champions League qualification, 3rd round
  • 2017 - European League qualification, 3rd round

Honours edit

Domestic edit

Slovak League top goalscorer edit

Slovak League top goalscorer since 1993–94

Year Winner G
2003–04   Roland Števko 17
2005–06   Erik Jendrišek 211
2011–12   Pavol Masaryk 18
1Shared award

Transfers edit

MFK have produced numerous players that have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Ružomberok after a few years of first-team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, mostly Czech First League (Igor Žofčák[1] and Juraj Kucka to Sparta Prague[2] in 2007 and 2009, Maroš Klimpl and Tomáš Oravec[3] to Viktoria Žižkov in 2001 and 2002, Dušan Švento to SK Slavia Prague in 2005,[4] Marián Had to Brno in 2004,[5] Marek Bakoš to Viktoria Plzeň in 2009,[6] and Tomáš Ďubek to Slovan Liberec in 2014[7]), Belgian Pro League (Martin Regáli to K.V. Kortrijk in 2023). In 2005–06 best goalscorer Erik Jendrišek moved to German Hannover 96.[8] In 2017 Michal Faško moved to Swiss Grasshopper.[9] The top transfer was agreed in 2006 when 24 years old attacking midfielder Marek Sapara moved to Norwegian champion Rosenborg BK for a fee €1.3 million.[10]

Record transfers edit

Rank Player To Fee Year
1.   Marek Sapara   Rosenborg Trondheim €1.3 million 2006[11]
2.   Tomáš Bobček   Lechia Gdańsk €0.6 million* 2023[12]
3.   Martin Regáli   K.V. Kortrijk €0.55 million* 2023[13]
4.   Ján Maslo   Volyn Lutsk €0.5 million 2011[14]
  Erik Jendrišek   1. FC Kaiserslautern €0.5 million 2007[15]
  Erik Jendrišek   Hannover 96 €0.5 million loan 2006[16]
  Dominik Kružliak   Dunajská Streda €0.5 million 2019[17]
8.   Ladislav Almási   Baník Ostrava €0.47 million 2021[18]

*-unofficial fee

Sponsorship edit

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1998–99 Erreà SCP
1999–2002 Adidas
2002–04 Diadora NEUSIEDLER
2004–07 Umbro NEUSIEDLER SCP
2007–08 Legea Mondi SCP
2008–12 Umbro
2012–13 Adidas
2013–2021 Mondi
2021-2022 TAURIS
2023- Niké

Club partners edit

source[19]

Current squad edit

Updated 1 March 2024[20] 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 Dominik Ťapaj
3 DF   SVK Ján Maslo
4 MF   SVK Oliver Luterán
6 MF   SVK Timotej Múdry
7 MF   SVK Kevin Švehla
8 MF   SVK Kristóf Domonkos
10 MF   SVK Samuel Šefčík
11 MF   SVK Samuel Lavrinčík
13 FW   SVK David Jackuliak
14 FW   CZE Jan Hladík
15 FW   SVK Štefan Gerec
17 MF   SVK Adam Tučný
18 FW   SVK Martin Boďa
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   SVK Marián Chobot
22 DF   CZE Šimon Gabriel
23 DF   SVK Giuliano Antonio Marek
24 MF   SVK Marek Zsigmund (captain)
25 DF   SVK Alexander Mojžiš
28 DF   SVK Alexander Selecký
30 MF   SVK Martin Chrien
32 DF   SVK Matúš Malý
33 GK   SVK Branislav Sokol
34 GK   SVK Tomáš Frühwald
38 MF   SVK Viktor Úradník
39 DF   SVK Juraj Kotula
— MF   SVK Matej Kochan

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2023.

Out on loan 2023–24 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
29 DF   SVK Jakub Luka (at Nõmme United until 31 December 2024)
— MF   SVK Tobias Bujňaček (at Slavoj Trebišov until 30 June 2024)
— MF   SVK Gabriel Halabrín (at Spartak Myjava until 30 June 2024)
— DF   SVK Matej Madleňák (at České Budějovice until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SVK Adrián Macejko (at Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš until 30 June 2024)
— MF   SVK Matúš Matej (at Rimavská Sobotaš until 30 June 2024)
— FW   SVK Marko Kelemen (at   Haladás until 30 June 2024)

Retired number(s) edit

Main article: Retired numbers in football

Staff edit

Position Name
Owner   Milan Fiľo
General director   Ľubomír Golis
Sport director   Dušan Tittel
Manager   Ondřej Smetana
Assistant coach   Peter Tomko
Assistant coach   Jozef Kapláň
Goalkeeping coach   Milan Penksa, Marek Rodák
Youth coach   Ľuboš Hajdúch
Medical Staff   MUDr. František Rigo, MUDr. Tibor Letko
Masseur   Juraj Hervartovský
Custodian   Drahomír Bobák

Results edit

League and Cup history edit

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 2nd (1. Liga) 11/(16) 30 12 5 13 48 53 29 First round
1994–95 2nd (1. Liga) 6/(16) 30 14 2 14 47 33 44 First round
1995–96 2nd (1. Liga) 6/(16) 30 14 5 11 54 44 47 First round   Eduard Mydliar (13)
1996–97 2nd (1. Liga) 1/(18) 34 23 5 6 78 19 78 Semi-finals   Viliam Hýravý (18)
1997–98 1st (Mars Superliga) 11/(16) 30 9 9 12 35 49 36 First round   Eduard Mydliar (7)
1998–99 1st (Mars Superliga) 7/(16) 30 12 10 8 31 31 46 Quarter-finals   Eduard Mydliar (9)
1999–00 1st (Mars Superliga) 7/(16) 30 13 7 10 29 26 46 Second round   Eduard Mydliar (7)
2000–01 1st (Mars Superliga) 3/(10) 36 15 10 11 51 48 55 Runners-up   Tomáš Oravec (11)
2001–02 1st (Mars Superliga) 4/(10) 36 15 9 12 49 41 54 Second round UC R1 (  Troyes)   Tomáš Oravec (9)
2002–03 1st (Slovak Super Liga) 8/(10) 36 12 7 17 45 60 43 First round   Roland Števko (12)
2003–04 1st (Corgoň Liga) 3/(10) 36 15 10 11 53 47 55 First round   Roland Števko (22)
2004–05 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(10) 36 11 10 15 50 57 43 Second round   Roland Števko (11)
2005–06 1st (Corgoň Liga) 1/(10) 36 26 2 8 65 28 80 Winners   Erik Jendrišek (21)
2006–07 1st (Corgoň Liga) 4/(12) 28 10 7 11 25 29 37 Second round CL
UC 		QR3 (  CSKA Moscow)
R1   (Club Brugge) 		  Róbert Rák (11)
2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) 33 10 14 9 46 43 44 Third round   Marek Bakoš (10)
2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 12 11 10 48 34 47 Semi-finals   Miloš Lačný (11)
2009–10 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 13 8 12 33 35 47 Third round   Oleksandr Pyschur (11)
2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) 33 10 11 12 23 33 41 Quarter-finals   Karel Kroupa (5)
2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) 33 11 11 11 39 34 44 Second round   Pavol Masaryk (18)
2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) 33 12 9 12 36 46 45 Quarter-finals   Tomáš Ďubek (13)
2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 4/(12) 33 15 5 13 56 51 50 Semi-finals   Léandre Tawamba (13)
2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 7/(12) 33 10 10 13 41 45 40 Second round   Pavol Masaryk (9)
2015–16 1st (Fortuna Liga) 6/(12) 33 12 9 12 42 41 45 Semi-finals   Miloš Lačný (10)
2016–17 1st (Fortuna Liga) 3/(12) 30 15 7 8 55 38 52 Fifth Round   Jakub Mareš (14)
2017–18 1st (Fortuna Liga) 6/(12) 31 10 10 11 36 35 40 Runners-up EL Q3 (  Everton)   Nermin Haskić (7)
2018–19 1st (Fortuna Liga) 3/(12) 32 15 11 6 50 31 56 Fifth Round   Ismar Tandir (9)
  Kristi Qose (9)
2019–20 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) 27 7 11 9 28 33 32 Runners-up EL Q1 (  Levski Sofia)   Filip Twardzik (7)
2020–21 1st (Fortuna Liga) 8/(12) 32 10 9 13 41 44 39 Round of 16 EL Q1 (  Servette)   Martin Regáli (11)
2021–22 1st (Fortuna Liga) 2/(12) 32 17 12 3 58 23 63 Round of 16   Martin Regáli (10)
2022–23 1st (Fortuna Liga) 7/(12) 32 12 11 9 43 31 47 Round of 16 ECL Q2 (  Riga FC)   Štefan Gerec (9)

European competition history edit

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round   Belshina Bobruisk 3–1 0–0 3–1
First round   Troyes 1–0 1–6 2–6
2006–07 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round   Djurgarden 3–1 0–1 3–2
Third qualifying round   CSKA Moscow 0–2 0–3 0–5
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round   Club Brugge 0–1 1–1 1–2
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round   Vojvodina Novi Sad 2–0 1–2 3–2
Second qualifying round   Brann 0–1 2–0 2–1
Third qualifying round   Everton 0–1 0–1 0–2
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round   Levski Sofia 0–2 0–2 0–4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round   Servette — 0−3 —
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League First qualifying round   Kauno Žalgiris 2–0 0–0 2–0
Second qualifying round   Riga 0–3 1–2 1–5

Player records edit

Most goals edit

# Nat. Name Goals
1   Roland Števko 59
2   Tomáš Ďubek 45
3   Miloš Lačný 44
4   Eduard Mydliar 36
5   Ján Maslo 31
6   Erik Jendrišek 30
  Martin Regáli
7   Pavol Masaryk 28
  Štefan Gerec
8   Štefan Zošák
8    Viliam Hýravý 26
10   Jan Nezmar 24

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players edit

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

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

Managers edit

Reserve team edit

MFK Ružomberok B is the reserve team of MFK Ružomberok. The team was

History edit

Ružomberok B's best result in Slovak 2. liga was a 7th position in 2009–10 season and 2011–12 season. In May 2012 the club withdrew from the Slovak 2. liga. Their place in the league was taken by FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín. Notable former players which later played First league were: Štefan Pekár, Libor Hrdlička, Juraj Dovičovič, Lukáš Greššák, Juraj Dovičovič and Roland Števko.

Season to season edit

Season Division Place
2007–08 3. liga 1st (promoted)
2008–09 2. liga 8th
2009–10 2. liga 7th
2010–11 2. liga 10th
2011–12 2. liga 7th

Former managers edit

See also edit

References edit

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  9. ^ "Michal Faško prestúpil z MFK Ružomberok do Grasshopperu Zürich". 22 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Azet.sk - vaše správy a informácie na jednom mieste".
  11. ^ "Bir diğer Slovak oyuncu Sapara!". 2 September 2011.
  12. ^ "ROZHOVOR Tomáš Bobček - prileteli si poňho do Popradu". 8 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Martin Regáli sa dočkal prestupu do atraktívnej ligy: Zbalil som si strelecké kopačky". 6 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Ján Maslo podpísal 3-ročnú zmluvu s FC Volyň Luck". 19 July 2011.
  15. ^ "Überblick: Transfers des 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Saison 2007/2008".
  16. ^ "Hannover odmieta Jendrišeka". 17 May 2007.
  17. ^ "Ružomberok leaves a captain: I have chosen foreign countries in Slovakia".
  18. ^ "Útočník Almási tlačí Ostravu na čelo českej ligy: Dvojmetrový obor sa derie do repre!". 20 August 2021.
  19. ^ "MFK Ružomberok | Partneri". mfkruzomberok.sk.
  20. ^ "SÚPISKA A-TÍM 2023/2024" [First Team 2023/2024]. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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