MFK Ružomberok

MFK Ružomberok

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Full name	Mestský futbalový klub Ružomberok a.s.
Nickname(s)	Ruža (The Rose)
Founded	1906
Ground	Štadión pod Čebraťom, Ružomberok
Ground Capacity	4,817
Owner	Milan Fiľo
Chairman	Ľubomír Golis
Head coach	Ladislav Pecko
League	Fortuna Liga
2014–15	Fortuna Liga, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

MFK Ružomberok is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Ružomberok.

History

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 clubs trophy cabinet stayed empty until their centenary year, when in 2006 they lifted both the Corgoň Liga title and the Slovakian 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.[1]

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

• 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

Honours

Domestic

• Corgoň Liga (1993–)
  • Winners (1): 2006
• Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup)
  • Winners (1): 2006
  • Runners-Up (1): 2001

Slovak League Top Goalscorer

Slovak League Top scorer since 1993-94

Year	Winner	G
2003-04	Roland Števko	17
2005-06	Erik Jendrišek	211
2011-12	Pavol Masaryk	18

¹Shared award

European competition history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying Round		FC Belshina Bobruisk	3–1	0–0	3–1
		1. Round		Troyes AC	1–0	1–6	2–6
2006–07	Champions League	2nd Qualifying Round		Djurgarden	0–1	3–1	3–1
		3rd Qualifying Round		CSKA Moscow	0–2	0–3	0–5
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1. Round		Club Brugge	0–1	1–1	1–2

Transfers

MFK have produced numerous players who 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 and Juraj Kucka to Sparta Prague in 2007 and 2009, Maroš Klimpl and Tomáš Oravec to Viktoria Žižkov in 2001 and 2002, Dušan Švento to SK Slavia Prague in 2005, Marián Had to Brno in 2004, Marek Bakoš to Viktoria Plzeň in 2009, and Tomáš Ďubek to Slovan Liberec in 2014). Other intresting transfers were 2005-06 best goalscorer Erik Jendrišek to German Hannover 96, Mulumba Mukendi to Russian FC Volga or Marek Sapara to Norwegian champion Rosenborg BK in 2006.

Sponsorship

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–		MAESTRO

Current squad

As of 19 September 2015

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Dominik Kružliak 3 DF Ján Maslo 4 MF Milan Ferenčík 6 MF Michal Faško 7 MF Anatol Cheptine 8 MF Tomáš Gerát 9 MF Tomáš Ďubek 10 MF Martin Nagy (Captain) 11 FW Andrej Lovás 13 MF Juraj Vavrík 14 MF Lukáš Lupták 16 DF Lukáš Ondrek 17 DF Peter Maslo

No. Position Player 18 MF Štefan Zošák 19 DF Gagik Daghbashyan 21 MF Viktor Miklós 22 DF Antonín Rosa 23 MF Ivan Kotora 24 DF Martin Boszorád 26 FW Martin Jakubko 27 MF Marek Sapara 30 GK Darko Tofiloski 31 FW Miloš Lačný 33 GK Matúš Macík 35 GK Matej Šavol TBA GK Ľuboš Hajdúch TBA MF Peter Gál-Andrezly

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2015–16.

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 4 MF Milan Ferenčík (at MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš) GK Tomáš Pažítka (at ŠK Tvrdošín)

No. Position Player DF Michal Kutlík (at TJ Tatran Oravské Veselé) MF Mikuláš Bumbera (at ŠKM Liptovský Hrádok)

Retired number(s)

Main article: Retired numbers in football

• 12 – Concordia 1906 (the 12th Man)

Staff

Position	Name
Owner	Milan Fiľo
General director	Ľubomír Golis
Sport director	Dušan Tittel
Head Coach	Ladislav Pecko
Assistant Coach	Ján Bíreš
Goalkeeping Coach	Milan Penksa, Marek Rodák
Youth Coach	Ľuboš Hajdúch
Medical Staff	MUDr. František Rigo, MUDr. Tibor Letko
Masseur	Juraj Hervartovský
Custodian	Drahomír Bobák

Notable players

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.

• Peter Babnič
• Marek Bakoš
• Eybir Bonaga
• Gagik Daghbashyan
• Ondrej Debnár
• Tomáš Ďubek
• Marián Had
• Ľuboš Hajdúch
• Viliam Hýravý
• Ivan Hodúr
• Anatol Cheptine
• Martin Jakubko

• Erik Jendrišek
• Maroš Klimpl
• Uladzimir Karytska
• Pavel Kováč
• Ivan Kozák
• Juraj Kucka
• Richard Lásik
• Jiří Novotný
• Patrick Oboya
• Tomáš Oravec
• Marek Sapara
• Štefan Senecký

• Valery Strypeykis
• Dušan Švento
• Rudolf Urban
• Viktor Tegelhoff
• Darko Tofiloski
• Ivan Trabalík
• Tibor Zátek
• Adam Zreľák
• Vladislav Zvara
• Igor Žofčák

Managers

• Ladislav Jurkemik (1998–99)
• Jozef Vukušič (2003–04)
• Ľubomír Moravčík (2004–05)
• František Komňacký (2005–07)
• Petr Uličný (2007)
• Přemysl Bičovský (2007–08)

• Michal Bílek (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• František Straka (June 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
• Ladislav Jurkemik (July 1, 2010 – Oct 15, 2010)
• Goran Milojević (Oct 16, 2010 – March 31, 2011)
• Ladislav Jurkemik (April 1, 2011 – Sept 22, 2011)
• Aleš Křeček (Sept 22, 2011 – June 30, 2012)

• Ladislav Šimčo (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
• Jozef Vukušič (July 1, 2013 – March 17, 2014)
• Jozef Chovanec (March 17, 2014 – June 30, 2014)
• Ladislav Šimčo (June 5, 2014 – Nov 17, 2014)
• Ivan Galád (November 17, 2014 – Sept 2, 2015)
• Ladislav Pecko (Sept 11, 2015–present)

Former reserve team

MFK Ružomberok B was a Slovak football club, based in Ružomberok, formerly of the Slovak 2. liga. It was the reserve team of MFK Ružomberok. 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

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

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• 4 seasons in Slovak 2. liga

Former managers

• Ivan Hucko (2004–05)
• Ladislav Molnár (2008)
• Roman Berta
• Ján Haspra
• Vladimír Rusnák (2011–12)
• Viliam Hýravý

See also

• Slovak football clubs in European competitions

External links

• MFK Ružomberok official website (Slovak)
• MFK Ružomberok fans' website (Slovak)
• MFK Ružomberok on Facebook