FC Nitra explained

Clubname:FC Nitra
Upright:0.75
Fullname:Football Club Nitra
Nickname:Trogári
Founded:
as Nyitrai ÖTTSO
Ground:Štadión pod Zoborom,
Nitra
Capacity:7,480
Owner:Salangana s.r.o – 58%[1]
Manager:Augustín Antalík
League:4. liga
Season:2022–23
Position:14th
Website:https://fcnitra.com/
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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.

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.

Róbert Rák became the top goal scorer both in the second division in the 2004/2005 season and (together with Erik Jendrišek) in the first division in the 2005/2006 season. In the beginning of the next season he was transferred to MFK Ružomberok. Galád coached the team very defensively (as according to his words no good striker was in the team). Galád lost his job after not much good results of the team at the end of 2006/2007 season (many losses and draws). The former Czech player Pavel Hapal was named as the head coach of the team for the 2007/2008 season. His way of coaching brought almost immediately very good results and the team finished 3rd (the best in the history of the club). After the season Hapal decided to leave the club to accept an offer from the top Czech club FK Mladá Boleslav. Pavel Malura, another coach from the Czech Republic, has taken the job. In spring 2009 the new manager 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

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

Slovakia

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

YearWinnerG
1959–6018
2005–06211
2009–1018

1Shared award

European

Sponsorship

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
1998–2001ErreàVolkswagen
2001–2002GemsPozemné Staviteľstvo Nitra
2002–2004DIADORA
2004–2005hummelBonul security
2005–2006JakoDynamik
2006–2008Bonul security
2008–2010Bonul security
El Comp
2010–13Bonul security
El Comp
Špeciál Izotex
2013–2016Mesto Nitra
2017–2020none
2020–Adidas

Current squad

Updated 5 August 2021

Current technical staff

Updated 2 March 2023

StaffJob title
Dušan BorkoManager
Igor ObertAssistant manager
Henrich BenčíkSport Director
Miroslav KönigGoalkeeping coach
Augustín AntalíkTeam Leader
MUDr. Ivan ŠtefanovTeam Doctor
Jozef UrminskýPhysiotherapist
Róbert GyepesMasseur

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

SeasonDivision (Name)Pos./TeamsPl.WDLGSGAPSlovak CupEuropeTop Scorer (Goals)
1993–941st (Mars Superliga)align=center bgcolor=red12/(12)3212317394627Round 3
1994–952nd (1. liga)align=center bgcolor=green1/(16)301956582962Round 2 Prochászka (13)
1995–961st (Mars Superliga)11/(12) 327520305926Round 1 Norbert Hrnčár (7)
1996–971st (Mars Superliga)align=center bgcolor=red16/(16)305520224820Round 1
1997–982nd (1. liga)align=center bgcolor=green1/(16)342086733668Round 2 Peter Hodúr (18)
1998–991st (Mars Superliga)12/(16)307716284828Round 2 Marián Klago (8)
1999–001st (Mars Superliga)align=center bgcolor=red13/(16)308418244428Round 2 Róbert Jež (4)
Jozef Jelšic (4)
2000–012nd (1. Liga)2/(18)3421310772766Round 1 Mário Breška (23)
2001–022nd (1. Liga)7/(16)3012711413443Round 1 Jozef Jelšic (17)
2002–032nd (1. Liga)12/(16)3011514362938Quarter-finals Jozef Jelšic (15)
2003–042nd (1. Liga)4/(16)3015312453248Round 2 Róbert Rák (13)
2004–052nd (1. Liga)align=center bgcolor=green1/(16)362163491669Round 2 Róbert Rák (27)
2005–061st (Corgoň Liga)5/(10)3612915424845Semi-finalsUI2.R ( Dnipro) Róbert Rák (21)
2006–071st (Corgoň Liga)6/(12)289415213331Quarter-finals Andrej Hesek (6)
2007–081st (Corgoň Liga)align=center bgcolor=tan3/(12)3317610402657Quarter-finalsUI1.R ( Neftçi Baku) Andrej Hesek (5)
Jan Gruber (5)
2008–091st (Corgoň Liga)11/(12)339816345335Round 2 Róbert Rák (9)
2009–101st (Corgoň Liga)4/(12)3314613424048Round 3 Róbert Rák (18)
2010–111st (Corgoň Liga)8/(12)3311715305140Quarter-finalsELQ1 ( ETO Győr) Róbert Rák (9)
2011–121st (Corgoň Liga)8/(12)3391212333939Round 3 Vratislav Gajdoš (5)
2012–131st (Corgoň Liga)10/(12)3311616395436Round 3 Cléber (11)
2013–141st (Corgoň Liga)align=center bgcolor=red12/(12)336819336326Round 2 Cléber (7)
2014–152nd (DOXXbet Liga)5/(24)22877262531Round 5 Matúš Paukner (21)
2015–162nd (DOXXbet Liga)7/(24)3013710543646Round 4 Matúš Paukner (17)
2016–172nd (DOXXbet liga)align=center bgcolor=green2/(24)301857573259 Round 5 Filip Balaj (20)
2017–181st (Fortuna Liga)align=center 7/(12)3110129282742align=center Round 5 Filip Balaj (6)
Tomáš Vestenický (6)
2018–191st (Fortuna Liga)align=center 9/(12)3281014424834align=center Quarter-finals Tomáš Vestenický (10)
2019–201st (Fortuna Liga)align=center 12/(12)277416233625align=center Quarter-finals Milan Ristovski (12)
2020–211st (Fortuna Liga)align=center bgcolor=red12/(12)1327619265527Round 3 Michal Faško (8)
2021–223rd (III. liga)align=center bgcolor=red16/(18)348224427526Round 2 Adrián Mokoš (10)
2022–234rd (IV. liga)14/(16)308616375130Did not enter Radovan Lipovský (7)
2023–24align=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=blackalign=center bgcolor=black
1 FC Nitra did not obtain a licence for the 2021–22 season

European competition history

UEFA-administered

SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryClubHomeAwayAggregate
1961–62Mitropa CupGroup
Slovnaft Bratislava4–3
Torino5–1
SV Stickstoff4–4
Semi-FinalsUdinese4–31–15–4
FinalsBologna2–20–32–5
1989–90UEFA CupR11. FC Köln0–11–41–5
2006Intertoto CupR1Grevenmacher6–26–012–2
R2Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2–10–22–3
2008Intertoto CupR1Neftchi Baku3–10–23–3 (a)
2010–11UEFA Europa LeagueQR1ETO Győr2–21–33–5

Not UEFA-administered

SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryClubHomeAway
1962–63Intertoto CupGroup A4Sarajevo5–12–3
Servette0–01–2
Olympique Nîmes4–10–2
1972Intertoto CupGroup 1SSV Innsbruck4–11–0
Örgryte3–06–2
AB Copenhagen2–03–2
1973Intertoto CupGroup 9Amsterdam4–13–2
Eintracht Braunschweig1–12–1
Vejle BK4–14–1
1980Intertoto CupGroup 5LASK Linz0–12–1
Esbjerg2–01–0
Polonia Bytom4–00–1
1982Intertoto CupGroup 3Werder Bremen3–53–3
Aarhus3–40–1
Sturm Graz5–32–0
1987Intertoto CupGroup 6AIK Stockholm1–00–0
Lyngby4–11–2
Lech Poznań2–10–3
1989Intertoto CupGroup 2Hansa Rostock3–01–1
Boldklubben 19031–31–3
Malmö FF1–10–0
1990Intertoto CupGroup 7Tatabánya4–00–0
Luzern0–21–1
Örebro1–00–0

Player records

Most goals

Nat.NameGoals
1Róbert Rák100
2Michal Pucher57
3Dušan Borko42
4Matúš Paukner38
5Filip Balaj32
6 Ľubomír Moravčík30
Vladimír Ternény
7Igor Klejch29
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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FC Nitra – rozdielne pohľady ešte aj na výšku dlhu. 21 August 2020. 14 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614153617/https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/457181/fc-nitra-rozdielne-pohlady-este-aj-na-vysku-dlhu/. live.

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