FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.

ViOn Zlaté Moravce

Full name	Football Club Viliam Ondrejka Zlaté Moravce – Vráble
Founded	1995; 28 years ago (1995) as FC ViOn
Ground	ViOn Aréna, Zlaté Moravce
Capacity	4,006
Owner	Viliam Ondrejka
Chairman	Karol Škula
Manager	Ivan Galád
League	Slovak Super Liga
2021–22	11th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

 

Stadium FC ViOn

From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions. In 2004 they were promoted to the Slovak Second Division, and then in the 2006–07 season were promoted to the Corgoň Liga, and won the Slovak Cup, beating FC Senec 4–0. This earned them place in the first qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Zlaté Moravce played their first European match on 19 July 2007 in the UEFA Cup at home against Alma-Ata, winning 3–1.^[1] On 2 August 2007, they have tied in Almaty 1–1, qualifying to the second qualification round.^[2]

Events timeline

• 1995 – Founded as FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
• 2016 – Renamed FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble^[3]

Honours

Domestic

• Slovak Cup (1961–)
  •   Winners (1): 2006–07
• Slovak Second Division (1993–)
  •   Winners (2): 2006–07, 2009–10

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with FC ViOn:

•   São Bernardo Futebol Clube (2017–)^[4]
•   SPAL (2019–present)^[5]

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2004–05	Legea	ViOn
2005–07	Adidas
2007–08	Jako
2008–09	Adidas
2009–10	Puma
2010–13	Legea
2013–14	Luanvi
2014–2022	Erreà
2022		Tipsport
2022-	Puma

Club partners

source^[6]

ViOn Hydina Súlovce Kameň Slovakia

KTL Nitrazdroj Novoprint

Svet minerálov Slovanet Financie Complet

Current squad

As of 9 August 2022^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SVK Patrik Lukáč 5 MF   MKD Tomche Grozdanovski 6 MF   SVK Timotej Múdry (on loan from Ružomberok) 7 FW   SVK Tomáš Horák 8 MF   SVK Anton Sloboda 9 FW   SVK Tomáš Vestenický 14 MF   SVK Denis Duga 16 MF   SVK Karol Mondek 18 GK   SVK Matúš Chropovský 20 FW   SVK Patrik Pinte

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF   SVK Tomáš Ďubek (captain) 27 DF   BRA Stephano Almeida 29 MF   SVK Adam Brenkus 37 DF   BIH Alden Šuvalija 42 DF   SVK Michal Pintér 50 FW   SVK Sebastián Rák 66 DF   SVK Martin Bednár 90 DF   SVK Matúš Čonka — DF   CZE Martin Toml TBA FW   SVK Lucas Demitra (on loan from AS Trenčín)

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2022
and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2022-23.

Management staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Ivan Galád
Assistant Manager	Gergely Geri
Goalkeeping coach	Pavel Kováč
Team chef	Vladimír Červený
Masseur	Ján Andraško
Physioterapist	MUDr. Jozef Mada

Source:^[8]

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Slovak Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
2000–01	3rd (2. Liga)	1	Did not enter			Jozef Piaček (11)   Róbert Michalík (11)
2001–02	2nd (1. Liga)	16/(16)	Preliminary round			?
2002–03	3rd (2. Liga)	10	Did not enter			?
2003–04	3rd (2. Liga)	2	Did not enter			Juraj Vondra (18)
2004–05	2nd (1.Liga)	8/(16)	Quarter-finals			Peter Černák (6)
2005–06	2nd (1.Liga)	8/(16)	Round 1			Peter Černák (5)   Martin Chren (5)
2006–07	2nd (1.Liga)	3/(12)	Winner			Marek Plichta (9)
2007–08	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	Round 3	UC	Q2 (  Zenit St. Petersburg)	Peter Černák (4)
2008–09	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	Quarter-finals			Salomon Wisdom (4)
2009–10	2nd (DoxxBet Liga)	1/(14)	Round 3			Karol Pavelka (16)
2010–11	1st (Corgoň Liga)	6/(12)	Semi-finals			Peter Kuračka (7)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(12)	Semi-finals			Martin Hruška (6)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(12)	Round 3			Andrej Hodek (13)
2013–14	1st (Corgoň Liga)	10/(12)	Quarter-finals			Martin Pribula (8)
2014–15	1st (Fortuna Liga)	10/(12)	Round 5			Martin Juhar (4)   Márius Charizopulos (4)
2015–16	1st (Fortuna Liga)	9/(12)	Quarter-finals			Leandre Tawamba (11)
2016–17	1st (Fortuna Liga)	10/(12)	Round 4			Peter Orávik (5)
2017–18	1st (Fortuna Liga)	10/(12)	Round 3			Róbert Gešnábel (9)
2018–19	1st (Fortuna Liga)	10/(12)	Round of 16			Tomáš Ďubek (9)
2019–20	1st (Fortuna Liga)	8/(12)	Semi-finals			Tomáš Ďubek (8)
2020–21	1st (Fortuna Liga)	5/(12)	Quarter-finals			Filip Balaj (16)
2021–22	1st (Fortuna Liga)	11/(12)	Quarter-finals			Tomáš Ďubek (7)

European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q		Alma-Ata	3–1	1–1	4–1
		2Q		Zenit St. Petersburg	0–2	0–3	0–5

Youth program

Main article: PFA (football academy)

The club is also particularly known for its youth program. Academy name is PFA (Požitavská futbalová akadémia).

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		Peter Orávik	32
2		Tomáš Ďubek	30
3		Peter Černák	28
		Karol Pavelka
5		Peter Kuračka	26
6		Andrej Hodek	18
7		Filip Balaj	16

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

Had international caps on senior level for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC ViOn.

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

•   Stefan Cebara
•   Martin Dobrotka
•   Tomáš Ďubek
•   Martin Fabuš
•   Mohd Irfan Fazail
•     Miloš Glonek
•   Tomche Grozdanovski
•   Wan Zack Haikal
•   Dominik Holec
•   Tomáš Hubočan
•   Jésus Konnsimbal
•   Tihomir Kostadinov
•   Pavel Kováč
•   Štefan Maixner
•   Pavol Majerník
•   Lamin Samateh
•   Fadhli Shas
•   Milan Škriniar
•   Michal Škvarka
•   Léandre Tawamba
•   Marek Ujlaky
•   Egy Maulana Vikri
•   Salomon Wisdom

Managers

•   Ján Rosinský (2005–08)
•   Ľubomír Moravčík (1 July 2008 – 30 Nov 2008)
•   Štefan Horný (1 Dec 2008 – 5 Oct 2009)
•   Juraj Jarábek (5 Oct 2009 – 30 May 2013)
•   Branislav Mráz (May 2013 – June 2015)
•   Milko Djurovski (15 June 2015 – 23 Aug 2015)
•   Libor Fašiang (23 Aug 2015 – 23 May 2016)
•   Peter Gergely (23 May 2016 – 6 Nov 2016)
•   Juraj Jarábek (6 Nov 2016 – 5 Nov 2018)
•   Branislav Mráz (carateker) (5 Nov 2018 – 13 Dec 2018)
•   Karol Praženica (13 Dec 2018 – 30 June 2020)
•   Branislav Mráz (carateker) (1 July 2020 – 11 July 2020)
•   Ľuboš Benkovský (11 July 2020 – 5 May 2022)
•   Ján Kocian (5 May 2022 – 4 October 2022)
•   Ivan Galád (5 October 2022 – ongoing)

References

1. . Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
2. . Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
3. s, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia a. "ViOn Zlaté Moravce začne ďalšiu sezónu s novým názvom". Šport.sk.
4. "Prioritou ViOnu záchranárske práce, myslí však aj na prvú šestku | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk.
5. a.s, Petit Press. "FC ViOn uzavrel dohodu o spolupráci s prvoligovým klubom z Talianska". mynitra.sme.sk.
6. . fcvion.sk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.
7. "Slovakia – FC Zlaté ViOn Moravce – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
8. . Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

External links

• (in Slovak)
• FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce on Facebook
• FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce's channel on YouTube