FC VSS Košice

FC VSS Košice
Full name Football Club VSS Košice
Nickname(s) žlto-modrí (yellow-blue)
VSS
Founded 1952 (as Spartak VSS Košice)
Ground Lokomotíva Stadium,
Košice
Ground Capacity 9,000
Chairman Blažej Podolák
Manager Slovakia Jozef Majoroš
League 2. liga
2015–16 DOXXbet liga, 2nd
Website Club home page

FC VSS Košice is a Slovak football club based in Košice, currently playing in second division.

The club, founded in 1952, has won the Slovak League twice, the Slovak Cup five times and the Czechoslovak Cup once. The most successful eras of the club were in the 1970s and 1990s, which they spent mostly in the top tier of Czechoslovak and Slovak Football. Two of the UEFA Euro 1976 champions, namely Dušan Galis and Jaroslav Pollák, played for Košice.

History

Early history

The first club in the city was founded in 1903 as Kassai AC; Slovak: Košický Atletický Klub; Hungarian: Kassai Atlétikai Club. The club's colours were blue and yellow. In the 1910s, the club competed in the Hungarian championship. In 1909 Kassai AC won this Championship. Later they played in eastern group in Slovak-Subcarpathian division between 1935–38. In 1939–40 the club played Hungarian League I. Among the most successful Kassai AC players were Szaniszló, Šiňovský, the Drotár brothers, Klein, Lebenský, Dráb, and Pásztor. For many years, the club was based at the stadium on Sokoljevova Street with a capacity of 16,000 spectators. The stadium was often full. After the end of World War II the city's three clubs Kassai AC, Kassai Törekvés and ČsŠK were merged into one club named Jednota Košice. Jednota began playing in the Czechoslovak League in 1945. In the first season, they ended the league as fourth in Group B. It was a nice success at the time.

VSS

VSS Košice kit.

Kassai AC and Jednota became VSS in 1952. The team was called Strojári; in English: Engineers, due to their main sponsors VSS (East-Slovakian Engineering). VSS was a stable member of the Czechoslovak First League and their best placing was second in 1970–71. In 1971 and 1973 VSS qualified for the UEFA Cup. In 1971 they won 2–1 against Spartak Moscow in the home leg and they drew 0–0 in Moscow, so that as the first team from Slovakia they progressed to the group stage of the Champions League. Two years later, VSS qualified for the UEFA Cup. Against Honvéd FC they won 1–0 at home and lost 2–5 away. The most successful VSS players include Andrej Kvašňák, Titus Buberník, Jaroslav Pollák, Dušan Galis (Euro 1976 Champions both), Anton Švajlen, Ján Pivarník, Jozef Bomba, and Jozef Desiatnik. VSS was renamed ZŤS in 1978.

1990s

The twice Slovak football champions (1997, 1998) were relegated from the premier division in 2003 after the proposed sale of the club to Italian owners[1] in 2001 by the former owner and late VSŽ steelmaking tycoon Alexander Rezeš fell through. Although Rezeš's[2] dream to turn 1. FC Košice into a top European club never came true, he managed to lift an average second division team to the first group stage of the UEFA Champions' League in 1997–98. However, the next year's failure to make the same stage of the major European competition, and failure to defend the league title, combined with the change of government which undermined the position of the Rezeš clan (Alexander Rezeš was economy minister of Vladimír Mečiar's government in 1994–97) represented the beginning of the end of the "millionaires". Their home stadium was the Všešportový areál.[3][4]

1997–98 Champions League campaign

1. FC famously became the first Slovak club to reach the lucrative UEFA Champions League Group Stages when they did so in the 1997–98 season. Also during this Champions League campaign, 1. FC Košice became the first club in the Champions League history to record no points at all in the group stage, losing all their six games.

1. FC Košice are best known outside their homeland for their two clashes with Manchester United in the 1997–98 European Champions League group stages. Manchester United won both legs with the same score, 3–0. During this brief campaign in Europe's most prestigious club competition, Kosice suffered a tragedy when midfielder Milan Čvirik was killed in a car crash at the age of 21.

1. FC Košice kit. Orange and black symbolized of former sponsor VSŽ.

Recent history

2003–04 season, on the brink of financial collapse and relegation from the second division, the owners of 1. FC, were offered help by the president of Steel Trans Ličartovce Blažej Podolák,[5] one of the favourites to advance to the premier league that season. Steel Trans also paid for the Čermeľ stadium in Košice, where all former 1. FC teams – now under the protective wings of Ličartovce played their matches. In 2004–05 season 1.FC Košice in effect became reserve team of Steel Trans Ličartovce, playing in the third division, group East. Košice, the second largest city in Slovakia, now had no club in the top two divisions (although many can remember two in the Czechoslovak federal league). Another great team from the past, FC Lokomotíva Košice, is in the third division. It was quite difficult to predict the future of football in the city, whose major stadium is in a catastrophic condition and whose football officials turn a deaf ear to cries for help.

Reformed on 17 June 2005, FC Steel Trans Ličartovce was renamed MFK Košice. They ended the season gaining promotion back to the premier league.

Home Stadium

Main article: Lokomotíva Stadium

The stadium is in the Čermeľ district, a multi-use stadium in Košice, Slovakia. It is currently used mostly for football matches as the home ground of VSS Košice since 1997. The stadium holds 10,787 (8,787 seated) spectators and was built in 1970. Initially was the stadium used by Lokomotíva Košice and 1.FC Košice (now VSS) have played there since 1997. The Slovakia national football team played there a few matches, but the stadium does not meet UEFA criteria for international events today. The club planned construction of the new stadium for 20,000 spectators in neighbourhood of the old not used Všešportový areál stadium.[6][7][8][9] The estimated cost of the stadium is €28 million. However, the construction was not launched and it is not clear when it starts.[10]

Supporters and rivalries

VSS fans

VSS Košice's most important rivalry is with FC Lokomotíva Košice. The match between them is called, Košické Derby (Košice Derby). VSS Košice and Lokomotíva Košice include among historically the most successful football teams in the country. The next biggest rivalry is with 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Matches between these two clubs are referred to as the Východniarske derby (Eastern Slovak derby). They also have rivalries with ŠK Slovan Bratislava, FC Spartak Trnava and MŠK Žilina. VSS Košice supporters are called Viva Košice. VSS Košice supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of MFK Zemplín Michalovce and Czech Sparta Prague.[11]

Historical names

Club name Period
TJ Spartak VSS 1952–56
TJ Spartak 1956–57
TJ Jednota 1957–62
TJ VSS 1962–79
ZŤS 1979–90
ŠK Unimex Jednota VSS 1990–92
1. FC 1992–04
MFK 2005–15
FC VSS 2015–

Note: The club played 2004–05 season as Steel Trans Ličartovce reserve squad.

Honours

MFK Košice positions in the Slovak Top Division.

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.

Year Winner G
1975–76 Slovakia Ladislav Pavlovič 21
1995–96 Slovakia Róbert Semeník 29
1996–97 Slovakia Jozef Kožlej 22
2007–08 Slovakia Ján Novák 17
1Shared award

Sponsorship

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1996–1997 lotto VSŽ
1997–98 Nike
1998–1999 Kappa VSŽ Holding
1999–2000 Omini
2000–2001 Nike none
2001–2002 Erreà
2002–2003 Nike
2003–2004 RSC
2004–05 Jako STEEL TRANS
2005–07 Puma
2007–2008 Adidas
2008–09 Umbro
2009–12 Givova
2012–14 Nike
2014– Jako

Club partners

source[12]

Transfers

VSS 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 Košice after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Czech First League (Szilárd Németh and Miroslav Sovič to AC Sparta Prague, Vladimír Labant, Dávid Škutka and Matúš Kozáčik to SK Slavia Prague, Kamil Čontofalský to Bohemians 1905 in 1999; Marek Špilár to FC Baník Ostrava in 2000), Greece Superleague (Vladimír Janočko to Xanthi in 2000), German 2. Bundesliga (Jozef Kožlej to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in 1998), Israel League (Ruslan Lyubarskyi to Maccabi Netanya F.C. in 2000, Polish Ekstraklasa (Ondrej Duda to Legia Warsaw in 2014, Portugal Primeira Liga (Uroš Matić to S.L. Benfica in 2013. The top transfer was agreed in 2009 when Nemanja Matić joined English FC Chelsea for a fee of €1.75 million,.[13]

Record transfers

Rank Player To Fee Year
1.Serbia Nemanja MatićEngland FC Chelsea€1.75 million2009[14]
2.Slovakia Szilárd NémethCzech Republic AC Sparta Prague€1.3 million (35mil.CZK)1997[15]
3.Serbia Marko MilinkovićSlovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava€0.35 million*2011[16]

*-unofficial fee

Players

Current squad

As of 8 September 2016.[17] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Slovakia GK Matúš Ružinský
2 Slovakia DF Michal Jonec
3 Slovakia MF František Vancák
5 France DF Jean-Pierre Morgan
6 Slovakia MF Roman Begala
7 Slovakia DF Tomáš Kubík
8 Slovakia MF Dalibor Takáč
10 Slovakia MF Peter Šinglár (Captain)
11 Slovakia FW Jakub Bavoľár
13 Slovakia DF Zoltán Žebík
14 Serbia MF Stefan Čikić
15 Slovakia DF Mikuláš Tóth
16 Slovakia DF Dávid Želinský
No. Position Player
17 Russia MF Sergei Ivanov
18 Slovakia DF Ladislav Hirjak
21 Czech Republic GK Jakub Kotěra
22 Serbia FW Nikola Đorđević
23 Croatia DF Karlo Bilić
25 Slovakia GK Patrik Krupa
27 Russia MF Nikita Andreyev
27 Slovakia MF Ivan Betík
28 Slovakia FW Kristián Kuták
29 Slovakia MF Patrik Grega
77 Slovakia FW Mojmír Trebuňák
–– Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Mulumba Mukendi

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2016.

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

Current technical staff

Position Staff
First coach Slovakia Jozef Majoroš
Assistant coach Slovakia Peter Šinglár
Fitness Coach Slovakia Rastislav Švický
Goalkeeping Coach Slovakia Michal Hurtuk
Youth manager Slovakia Ladislav Šimčo
Team chefSlovakia Roman Šimko
Team doctor Slovakia Ľubomír Jacko
Team doctor Slovakia Ján Michalko
Team doctor Slovakia Bartolomej Magyar
Masseur Slovakia Zoltán Zimmermann
Masseur Slovakia Karol Orban

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94 1st (Mars Superliga) 6/(12) 32 8 11 13 35 54 27 ? CWC 1R (Turkey Beşiktaş J.K.) ?
1994–95 1st(Mars Superliga) 2/(12) 32 15 7 10 54 42 50 Quarter-finals UI Group 10 (2nd) Slovakia Pavol Diňa (13)
1995–96 1st (Mars Superliga) 2/(12) 32 21 2 9 62 33 65 ? UC PR (Hungary Újpest FC) Slovakia Róbert Semeník (29)
1996–97 1st (Mars Superliga) 1/(16) 30 21 7 2 61 19 70 ? UC 1QR (Scotland Celtic F.C.) Slovakia Jozef Kožlej (22)
1997–98 1st (Mars Superliga) 1/(16) 30 21 5 4 71 24 68 Runners-up CL Group stage (Group B,4th) Slovakia Jozef Kožlej (14)
1998–99 1st (Mars Superliga) 4/(16) 30 19 4 7 51 26 61 2nd Round CL
UC		 2QR (Denmark Brøndby IF)
1R (England Liverpool F.C.)		 Ukraine Ruslan Lyubarskyi (12)
1999–00 1st (Mars Superliga) 2/(16) 30 19 4 7 57 31 61 Runners-up Ukraine Ruslan Lyubarskyi (15)
2000–01 1st (Mars Superliga) 9/(10) 36 10 7 19 42 61 37 1st Round UC 1R (Austria Grazer AK) Slovakia Vladislav Zvara (8)
2001–02 1st (Mars Superliga) 9/(10) 36 6 13 17 30 62 31 1st Round Slovakia Radoslav Zabavník (6)
2002–03 1st (Slovak Super Liga) 10/(10) 36 6 12 18 41 64 30 2nd Round Slovakia Ľubomír Mati (10)
2003–04 2nd (1. Liga) 16/(16) 30 4 5 21 36 75 17 1st Round ?
2004–05 3rd (2. Liga) Did not enter ?
2005–06 2nd (1. Liga) 1/(16) 30 23 4 3 67 12 73 2nd Round Slovakia Pavol Piatka (22)
2006–07 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 28 10 5 13 31 35 35 2nd Round Slovakia Jaroslav Kolbas (7)
2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) 33 13 6 14 45 44 45 Semi-finals Slovakia Ján Novák (17)
2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 4/(12) 33 14 10 9 48 42 52 Winner Slovakia Ján Novák (12)
2009–10 1st (Corgoň Liga) 11/(12) 33 8 9 13 32 57 33 Quarter-finals EL P-O (Italy A.S. Roma) Slovakia Ján Novák (12)
2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 10/(12) 33 8 9 16 28 44 33 2nd Round Serbia Marko Milinković (5)
2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 11/(12) 33 6 11 16 25 40 29 Quarter-finals Slovakia Erik Pačinda (6)
2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 12 11 10 38 33 47 Quarter-finals Slovakia Dávid Škutka (13)
2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 13 7 13 41 40 46 Winners Slovakia Erik Pačinda (8)
2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 6/(12)1 33 11 8 14 43 48 41 Quarter-finals EL 2QR (Czech Republic Liberec) Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Haskić (10)
2015–16 2nd (DOXXbet liga) 2/(24) 30 18 5 7 48 23 56 2 Quarter-finals Slovakia Kamil Karaš (10)

1 MFK Košice did not obtain a licence for the 2015–16 season 2 VSS Košice was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations.

European competition

UEFA-administered

Season Competition Round Opponent Agg. Home leg Away leg
1971–72 UEFA Cup 1st. Round Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 2–3 2–1 0–2
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1st. Round Hungary Budapest Honvéd 3–5 1–0 2–5
1993–94 Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying Lithuania FK Žalgiris 3–1 2–1 1–0
1st. Round Turkey Beşiktaş 2–3 2–1 0–2
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group Stage England Wimbledon 1–1
Israel Beitar Jerusalem 5–3
Belgium Charleroi 3–2
Turkey Bursaspor 1–1
1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary Hungary Újpest 1–3 0–1 1–2
1996–97 UEFA Cup Preliminary Albania KS Teuta 6–2 2–1 4–1
Qualifying Scotland Celtic 0–1 0–0 0–1
1997–98 Champions League 1st. Qualifying Iceland ÍA 4–0 3–0 1–0
2nd. Qualifying Russia Spartak Moscow 2–1 2–1 0–0
Group Stage England Manchester United 0–3 0–3
Italy Juventus 0–1 2–3
Netherlands Feyenoord 0–1 0–2
1998–99 Champions League 1st. Qualifying Northern Ireland Cliftonville 13–1 8–0 5–1
2nd. Qualifying Denmark Brøndby 1–2 0–2 1–0
UEFA Cup 1st. Round England Liverpool 0–8 0–3 0–5
2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying Armenia Ararat 4–3 1–1 3–2
1st. Round Austria Grazer AK 2–3 2–3 0–0
2009–10 Europa League 3rd. Qualifying Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Slavija 5–1 3–1 2–0
Play-off Italy Roma 4–10 3–3 1–7
2014–15 Europa League 2nd. Qualifying Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0–4 0–1 0–3
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
Champions League 14 6 1 7 22 17 +5
Europa League 4 2 1 1 9 11 −2
UEFA Cup 16 5 3 8 18 28 −10
Cup Winners' Cup 4 3 0 1 5 4 +1
UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 2 2 0 10 7 +3
Total 42 18 7 17 64 67 –3

Key – Pld: Played, W: Won, D: Drawn, L: Lost, GF: Goals For, GA: Goals Against, GD: Goal Difference.

Not UEFA-administered

Season Competition Round Opponent Home leg Away leg
1964–65 Intertoto Cup Group B3 Poland Szombierki Bytom 4–2 0–3
East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 0–0 3–0
Austria Wiener Sportclub 3–2 1–1
1965–66 Intertoto Cup Group B2 East Germany Empor Rostock 0–3 0–1
Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4–3 0–3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 2–7 2–0
1966–67 Intertoto Cup Group B5 East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 1–3 4–0
Sweden Elfsborg 3–0 0–6
Germany Borussia Neunkirchen 2–0 2–2
1967 Intertoto Cup Group B6 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 0–0 2–1
Sweden AIK 4–0 1–1
Denmark AGF 3–1 1–1
1968 Intertoto Cup Group B4 Poland Szombierki Bytom 2–3 2–0
Sweden Djurgårdens 1–0 3–2
Germany Werder Bremen 1–0 3–1
1969 Intertoto Cup Group 8 Poland Wisła Kraków 0–4 4–0
Belgium Lierse 2–1 1–1
Denmark EfB 3–1 4–0
1970 Intertoto Cup Group A5 Sweden Åtvidaberg 0–1 2–0
Germany MSV Duisburg 1–1 3–0
Netherlands Holland Sport Haag 4–1 2–0
1974 Intertoto Cup Group 9 Poland ŁKS Łódź 1–1 1–3
Denmark Randers Freja 6–1 3–1
Austria Sturm Graz 6–0 2–2
1976 Intertoto Cup Group 11 Poland Widzew Łódź 0–1 0–2
Denmark KB 1–2 2–3
Norway Start 2–0 1–0

Reserve team

MFK Košice B was the reserve team of MFK Košice. They recently played in the Slovak 3. Liga (Eastern division). MFK Košice "B" played home matches at Barca stadium, near Košice. MFK Košice"B" withdrew from the league before 2014/2015 season.

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.

Managerial history

Name Nationality Period
Jozef Vengloš Czechoslovakia 1969–73
Jozef Jankech Czechoslovakia 1973–75
Štefan Jačiansky Czechoslovakia 1975–76
Alexander Felszeghy Czechoslovakia 1976–77
Jozef Karel Czechoslovakia 1980–81
Vladimír Hrivnák Czechoslovakia 1982
František Skyva Czechoslovakia 1983
Michal Baránek Czechoslovakia 1984
Andrej Ištók Czechoslovakia 1985
Jozef Jankech Czechoslovakia 1991
Jozef Móder Czechoslovakia 1992
Ján Zachar Slovakia 1993
Stanislav Seman Slovakia 1994
Jozef Obert Slovakia 1994
Ján Zachar Slovakia 1994
Dušan Radolský Slovakia 1995–96
Ján Kozák Slovakia 1996–97
Karol Pecze Slovakia 1997–98
Ján Kozák Slovakia 1998–99
Name Nationality Period
Ján Zachar Slovakia 1999
Ladislav Molnár Slovakia 1999–00
Jozef Valovič Slovakia 2000–01
Erik Bogdanovský Slovakia 2001–02
Jaroslav Gürtler Czech Republic 2002
Ondrej Daňko Slovakia 2002–03
Bohumil Andrejko Slovakia 2003
Ján Kozák Slovakia July 1, 2005 – Jan 5, 2010
Goran Milojević Serbia Jan 12, 2010 – June 30, 2010
Žarko Đurović Serbia July 1, 2010 – Sept 28, 2010
Štefan Tarkovič Slovakia Sept 28, 2010 – June 30, 2011
Ladislav Šimčo Slovakia July 1, 2011 – April 29, 2012
Ján Kozák Slovakia April 30, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Jaroslav Galko Slovakia July 1, 2013 – Sept 13
Radoslav Látal Czech Republic Sept 19, 2013 – Nov 29, 2014
Marek Fabuľa Slovakia Jan 7, 2015 – Sep 21, 2015
Jozef Vukušič Slovakia Sep 22, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015
Jaroslav Galko Slovakia Jan 25, 2016 – May 4, 2016
Ivan Lapšanský Slovakia May 4, 2016 – June 10, 2016
Jozef Majoroš Slovakia July 7, 2016-

References

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  2. ↑ "Rezešovci majú Spartu a už aj 1. FC Košice" (in Slovak). sme.sk. 23 June 1997.
  3. ↑ "Ani chrám futbalu, ba ani drevená dedina" (in Slovak). cassovia.sk. 7 March 2005.
  4. ↑ "VŠA-chatrajuci stánok" (in Slovak). fansvss.blog.cz. 7 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "1. FC Košice zmizol z futbalovej mapy" (in Slovak). sme.sk. 2 August 2004.
  6. ↑ "Nový štadión vyrastie na blšáku" (in Slovak). mfkkosice.sk. 22 July 2005.
  7. ↑ "Nový štadión už má svoju štúdiu" (in Slovak). mfkkosice.sk. 21 December 2007.
  8. ↑ "Štadión má zelenú – MFK dostal pozemky do prenájmu na 50 rokov!" (in Slovak). mfkkosice.sk. 21 December 2007.
  9. ↑ "Nový košický štadión s kapacitou takmer 20 000" (in Slovak). profutbal. 2009-02-26.
  10. ↑ "Štadión sa v dohľadnom čase nezačne stavať" (in Slovak). MFK Košice official website. 2010-07-27.
  11. ↑ http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/360981/futbalovi-chuligani-kto-do-koho-kope/
  12. ↑ http://www.fcvss.sk/c/portal_public/layout?p_l_id=21.10
  13. ↑ http://sport.sme.sk/c/7068403/do-kosic-prisiel-zadarmo-chelsea-stal-matic-desiatky-milionov-eur.html
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  15. ↑ http://madari.sk/magazin/sport/pan-futbalista-ktory-posobil-aj-v-anglicku-vo-francuzsku-a-v-nemecku
  16. ↑ http://sport.aktuality.sk/c/218218/milinkovic-si-nasiel-novy-klub-prestupil-do-turecka/
  17. ↑ First team squad list

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