ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a Slovak sports club, based in Bratislava. It is best known for its football team. It was founded in 1919 and is the most successful Slovak football club. The club became the third Central European team to win a major European trophy, winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1969 (FTC won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965 as first, and Dinamo Zagreb in 1967 as second).

History

Slovan and its predecessors, NV Bratislava and ŠK Bratislava, won the Czechoslovak title eight times and the Slovak title eight times as well. Club's home ground is Tehelné pole stadium. Slovan's major rivals in Bratislava are Inter Bratislava. Formerly the two clubs were the same team but split up just after 1965. Along with Spartak Trnava, Slovan were the only real Slovak challengers in the Czechoslovak championship and the two clubs have a bitter rivalry, the game is considered the most prestigious match in the Slovakian football calendar.

The club suffered a major blow in 2004 after being relegated to the Slovakian 2nd division. The club acquired Jozef Jankech, the former manager of the Slovakia national football team and returned to the First League. Their first "comeback" season can be considered as a success, the club finished 3rd and qualified for the Intertoto Cup. After the 2006-07 season manager Jankech left the club and was replaced by former club player Boris Kitka.

Slovan have had several successful players grabbed by larger European clubs in recent years; Szilárd Németh (to Middlesbrough) and Peter Dubovský (to Real Madrid) to name but a few. Slovan's most recent youth product is national team player Robert Vittek who moved away from the club to German side 1.FC Nürnberg on Slovan's relegation.

Historical names

• 1919 - 1939 : 1. ČsŠK Bratislava
• 1939 - 1948 : ŠK Bratislava
• 1948 - 1953 : Sokol NV Bratislava
• 1953 - 1961 : ÚNV Slovan Bratislava
• 1961 - 1990 : Slovan CHZJD Bratislava
• 1990 - : ŠK Slovan Bratislava

Honours

Domestic

• Slovakian League (1993 - Present)
• Winners (4): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999

• Slovakian League (1939 - 1944)
• Winners (4): 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944

• Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup)
• Winners (10): 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999

• Pribina Cup (Slovakian Super Cup)
• Winners (3): 1994, 1995, 1996

• Czechoslovakian League (1945 - 1992)
• Winners (8): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1992

• Ceskoslovenský Pohár (Czechoslovakian Cup)
• Winners (5): 1962, 1963, 1968, 1974, 1982

• Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy
• Winners (1): 1974

• Ciudad de Cartagena Trophy
• Winners (1): 1996

European

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• Winners (1): 1969

• Intertoto Cup
• Winners (2): 1962, 1963

Rival teams

The greatest rival is Spartak Trnava. This rivalry has a long tradition and the matches between these clubs are considered as the most prestigious derby in Slovakia.

Current squad

As of August 28, 2008

2008-09 summer signings

In

• Martin Švestka (from MŠK Žilina)
• Matej Ižvolt (from FK ZTS Dubnica)
• Ján Mucha (from FC Viktoria Plzeň)

Out

• Michal Gottwald, unknown
• Vojin Prole, end of career

Slovan in Europe

Famous players

• Ján Arpáš
• Ľudovít Cvetler
• Štefan Čambal
• Ján Čapkovič
• Jozef Čapkovič
• Peter Dubovský
• Miloš Glonek
• Koloman Gogh
• Alexander Horváth
• Ivan Hrdlička
• Vladimír Hrivnák
• Karol Jokl
• Vladimír Kinder
• Ladislao Kubala
• Marián Masný
• Pavol Molnár
• Anton Moravčík
• Fabio Nigro
• Jozef Obert
• Anton Ondruš
• Emil Pažický
• Ladislav Pecko
• Ján Pivarník
• Ján Popluhár
• Teodor Reimann
• Viliam Schrojf
• Tomáš Stúpala
• Gejza Šimanský
• Pavol Šoral
• Ján Švehlík
• Viktor Tegelhoff
• Dušan Tittel
• Róbert Tomaschek
• Anton Urban
• Alexander Vencel (footballer born 1942)
• Alexander Vencel (footballer born 1967)
• Ján Zlocha
• Ľudovít Zlocha

Famous coaches

• József Braun
• Anton Bulla
• Dušan Galis
• Stanislav Griga
• Ján Hucko
• Jozef Jankech
• Leopold Šťastný
• Jozef Vengloš
• Michal Vičan

Stadium

Tehelné pole (meaning "Brickfield") is home stadium for Slovan Bratislava and the regular home for the Slovakia national team. The stadium has a capacity of 30,085 spectators,[1] and is 105 m long and 68 m wide.[2] The stadium was built during the first Slovak Republic, when Nazi Germany occupied Petržalka in 1938 and Bratislava lost almost all of its sporting facilities.[3] The construction lasted from 1939 to 1944 and the stadium became home ground for Slovan Bratislava. The stadium was officially opened in September 1940 with 25,000 places, and the first international match was played on 27 October 1940, with Slovan Bratislava playing against Hertha Berlin, ending in 2–2 tie. The old stadium underwent reconstruction in 1961, which added second tribune, boosting its capacity to 45,000 and modernising by adding score table, artificial light and revamping the field.

In First Division

Slovak First Division 1939-44

• 5 seasons
• 110 77 14 19 469:152 168

Czechoslovak First Division

• 49 seasons
• 1292 585 302 405 2234:1641 1472

Slovak First Division

• 13 seasons
• 429 216 108 105 718:441 838

Statistics

Most goals

• Jozef Adamec 170
• Emil Pažický 123
• Anton Moravčík 109
• Marián Masný 103
• Ján Čapkovič 100

Best scorers

• Emil Pažický 19 (1954/55)
• Ján Čapkovič 19 (1971/72)
• Marián Masný 16 (1980/81)
• Peter Dubovský 22 (1991/92), 23 (2992/93)

Most matches in national team

• Marián Masný 75
• Ján Popluhár 62
• Szilárd Németh 59
• Anton Ondruš 58
• Dušan Tittel 55
• Koloman Gogh 55

References

External links

• Official website