FC Košice (2018)

FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the Niké Liga, 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]

Not to be confused with FC VSS Košice.
FC Košice
Full nameFootball Club Košice[1]
Nickname(s)VSS
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Founded27 April 2018 (2018-04-27) (as FC Košice)
GroundKošická futbalová aréna
Capacity12,658[2]
OwnerArago group - 50% Local investors - 50%
ChairmanDušan Trnka[3]
Head coachGergely Geri
LeagueNiké Liga
2023–24Niké Liga, 10th of 12
WebsiteClub website

Previous names
  • 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
  • 2014–2017

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

Honours

Domestic

Slovakia

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

Results

League and domestic cup history
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

As of 26 March 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 Frederik Valach
2 DF  SVK Dominik Veselý
3 DF  SVK Bernard Petrák
6 MF  ALB Kristi Qose
7 DF  SVK Ján Mizerák
8 MF  SVK Dávid Gallovič
9 FW  SVK Erik Pačinda (Vice-Captain)
10 MF  USA Zyen Jones
13 GK  POR Cristiano
15 MF  SVK Miroslav Sovič
17 DF  UKR Oleksandr Holikov
18 DF  CZE Martin Šindelář
19 DF  SVK Lukáš Fabiš
20 DF  SVK Ján Krivák (Captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  SVK Matúš Kira
23 MF  SVK Michal Faško
24 DF  SVK Dominik Kružliak
28 MF  MNE Deni Hočko
31 DF  PAN Eric Davis
33 DF  SVK Michal Jonec
55 FW  SVN Žan Medved
66 MF  SVK Peter Varga
77 FW  GAB Moussango Obounet (on loan from Diósgyőr)
88 DF  ARG Nicolás Gorosito
90 DF  FRA Nassim Innocenti
— FW  MAR Moha Rharsalla
TBA MF  SVK Marek Zsigmund
TBA DF  SVK Daniel Magda

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2023–24

Out on loan 2023–24

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF  SVK Jakub Jakubko (at Petržalka until 30 June 2024)
27 MF  SVK Erik Liener (at Petržalka until 30 June 2024)
80 FW  SEN Landing Sagna (at Vysočina Jihlava until 30 June 2024)
— FW  SVK Boris Gáll (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  SVK Matúš Smieško (at Trebišov until 30 June 2024)
— FW  SVK Samuel Gladiš (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2024)
— DF  SVK Samuel Magda (at Komárno until 30 June 2024)
— DF  SVK František Pavúk (at Trebišov until 30 June 2024)

Technical staff

Source:[7]

Position Staff
Manager Gergely Geri
Assistant coachvacant
Assistant coachvacant
Goalkeeping Coach Marián Kello
Fitness Coach Rastislav Švický
Sport Director Balázs Farkas
Team chef Roman Šimko
Team doctor MUDr. Ronald Polomský
Team doctor MUDr. Peter Polan
Physiotherapist Bohuslav Antolík
Physiotherapist Miroslav Iľko
Masseur Dominik Lukáč
  • Last updated: 10 June 2022

Notable players

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
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 – cur. Gergely Geri

References
  1. Všetci Spolu Silnejší, FC Košice bude úzko spolupracovať s West Hamom United June 21, 2018
  2. "Hlavná stránka". Košice Online. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  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.
  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".
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