FC Košice (2018) explained

FC Košice (2018) should not be confused with FC VSS Košice.

Clubname:FC Košice
Fullname:Football Club Košice[1]
Founded: (as FC Košice)
Nickname:VSS
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Ground:Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity:12,658[2]
Owner:Arago group - 50% Local investors - 50%
Chairman:Dušan Trnka[3]
Manager:Gergely Geri
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Season:2023–24
Position:Slovak First Football League, 10th of 12
Website:http://www.fckosice.sk/
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FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the Slovak First Football League, 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]

Previous names

Logos

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

Honours

Domestic

Slovakia

Sponsorship

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
2018–2019AdidasMAXIMA BROKER
2019–2021BMW Regnum Košice
2021-2022FASTAV
2022-2023HELL
2023–niké

Results

League and domestic cup history

SeasonLeagueSlovak CupTop goalscorer(s)[6]
Division (Name)Pos/TPldWDLScorePtsName(s)Goals
2018–193rd (3. Liga)1/(16)26250190:975QF, 0–0 (Spartak Trnava) Filip Serečin26
2019–202nd (2. Liga)10/(16)1756622:1821R4, 2–2 (AS Trenčín) Erik Liener5
2020–212nd (2. Liga)5/(15)28154940:2749SF, 3-8 agg. (MŠK Žilina) František Pavúk / Boris Gáll6
2021–222nd (2. Liga)5/(16)30175873:3856Ro16, 1–2 (Spartak Trnava) Erik Pačinda17
2022–232nd (2. Liga)1/(16)30206461:2166R4, 2–3 (Komárno) Landing Sagna15
2023–241st (Fortuna liga)10/(12)32761927:5627Ro16, 2–3 (Trnava) Žan Medved9

Current squad

As of 25 July 2024.

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024

Out on loan 2024–25

Technical staff

Source:[7]

PositionStaff
Head Coach Gergely Geri
Assistant Coach Ľubomír Kordanič
Goalkeeping Coach Marián Kello
Fitness Coach Igor Bakaľár
Sport Director Balázs Farkas
Team chef Roman Šimko
Team doctor MUDr. Ronald Polomský
Team doctor MUDr. Peter Polan
Physiotherapist Peter Vresilovič
Masseur Dárius Kolodzej
Masseur Dominik Lukáč

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

YearName
2017 – 2019
2019 Gejza Farkaš
2019 - 2020 Marek Fabuľa
2020 - 2021 Peter Šinglár (interim)
2021 - 2022 Jozef Vukušič
2022 - 2023 Anton Šoltis
2023 - 2024
2024 – cur.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20180621221300/https://profutbal.sk/clanok/227181-vsetci-spolu-silnejsi-fc-kosice-bude-uzko-spolupracovat-s-west-hamom-united Všetci Spolu Silnejší, FC Košice bude úzko spolupracovať s West Hamom United
  2. News: Hlavná stránka . Košice Online . 3 January 2024 . 3 January 2024.
  3. https://www.kosiceonline.sk/vsetci-spolu-silnejsi-fc-kosice-avizuje-prvu-ligu-do-piatich-rokov Všetci Spolu Silnejší. FC Košice avizuje prvú ligu do piatich rokov
  4. Web site: Adresár klubov súťažný ročník 2010/2011 . 2011-03-27 . 2011-03-27 . website FUTBALVSFZ.SK . sk .
  5. Web site: Vznikol FC Košice, do piatich rokov chce byť prvoligový a bude spolupracovať s West Ham United. 22 June 2018.
  6. League matches only.
  7. Web site: FC Košice | Realizačný tím.