FC Košice (2018)

Not to be confused with FC VSS Košice.

FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the Niké Liga, the highest tier of Slovak football. FC Košice was founded in 2018. They merged into a new club with FK Košice-Barca.^[5]

FC Košice

Full name	Football Club Košice^[1]
Founded	27 April 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-27) (as FC Košice)
Ground	Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity	12,658^[2]
Owner	Arago group - 37%^[3] Local investors - 63%
Chairman	Dušan Trnka^[4]
Head coach	Gergely Geri
League	Niké Liga
2022–23	2. liga, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Previous names

• ŠK Vyšné Opátske (1921)
• TJ Sokol Vyšné Opátske (1948)
• TJ FK Turkon Vyšné Opátske (2006)
• TJ FK Vyšné Opátske (2014)
• FK Košice (2017, new club)
• FC Košice (merger with FK Košice-Barca) (2018–present, new club)

Logos

•  
  2014–2017

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

•   West Ham (2018–2019)
•   Slávia TU Košice (2020-)^[6]

Honours

Domestic

  Slovakia

• Slovak Second Division (1993–)
  •   Winners (1): 2022-23 (Promoted)
• Slovak Third Division (1993-)
  •   Winners (1): 2018-19 League East (Promoted)

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018–2019	Adidas	MAXIMA BROKER
2019–2021		BMW Regnum Košice
2021-2022		FASTAV
2022-2023		HELL
2023–		niké

Results

League and domestic cup history

Season	League								Slovak Cup	Top goalscorer(s)^[7]
	Division (Name)	Pos/T	Pld	W	D	L	Score	Pts		Name(s)	Goals
2018–19	3rd (3. Liga)	1/(16)	26	25	0	1	90:9	75	QF, 0–0 (3–4 p) (Spartak Trnava)	Filip Serečin	26
2019–20	2nd (2. Liga)	10/(16)	17	5	6	6	22:18	21	R4, 2–2 (1–4 p) (AS Trenčín)	Erik Liener	5
2020–21	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(15)	28	15	4	9	40:27	49	SF, 3-8 agg. (MŠK Žilina)	František Pavúk /  Boris Gáll	6
2021–22	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(16)	30	17	5	8	73:38	56	Ro16, 1–2 (Spartak Trnava)	Erik Pačinda	17
2022–23	2nd (2. Liga)	1/(16)	30	20	6	4	61:21	66	R4, 2–3 (Komárno)	Landing Sagna	15
2023–24	1st (Fortuna liga)	TBD/(12)	00	00	00	00	00:00	00	2023–24 Slovak Cup, TBD)	TBD	TBD

Current squad

As of 26 March 2024.

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 Frederik Valach 2 DF   SVK Dominik Veselý 3 DF   SVK Bernard Petrák 6 MF   ALB Kristi Qose 7 DF   SVK Ján Mizerák 8 MF   SVK Dávid Gallovič 9 FW   SVK Erik Pačinda (Vice-Captain) 10 MF   USA Zyen Jones 13 GK   POR Cristiano 15 MF   SVK Miroslav Sovič 17 DF   UKR Oleksandr Holikov 18 DF   CZE Martin Šindelář 19 DF   SVK Lukáš Fabiš 20 DF   SVK Ján Krivák (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK   SVK Matúš Kira 23 MF   SVK Michal Faško 24 DF   SVK Dominik Kružliak 28 MF   MNE Deni Hočko 31 DF   PAN Eric Davis 33 DF   SVK Michal Jonec 34 MF   SVK Lukáš Greššák 55 FW   SVN Žan Medved 66 MF   SVK Peter Varga 77 FW   GAB Moussango Obounet (on loan from Diósgyőr) 88 DF   ARG Nicolás Gorosito 90 DF   FRA Nassim Innocenti — FW   MAR Moha Rharsalla

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2023–24

Out on loan 2023–24

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF   SVK Jakub Jakubko (at Petržalka until 30 June 2024) 27 MF   SVK Erik Liener (at Petržalka until 30 June 2024) 80 FW   SEN Landing Sagna (at Vysočina Jihlava until 30 June 2024) — FW   SVK Boris Gáll (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   SVK Matúš Smieško (at Trebišov until 30 June 2024) — FW   SVK Samuel Gladiš (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2024) — DF   SVK Samuel Magda (at Komárno until 30 June 2024) — DF   SVK František Pavúk (at Trebišov until 30 June 2024)

Technical staff

Source:^[8]

Position	Staff
Manager	Gergely Geri
Assistant coach	Xavier de Sousa Simões
Assistant coach	Miroslav Guza
Goalkeeping Coach	Marián Kello
Fitness Coach	Ladislav Dragula
Sport Director	Balázs Farkas
Team chef	František Vancák
Team doctor	Ľubomír Jacko
Physiotherapist	Daniel Lippay
Masseur	Dominik Lukáč

• Last updated: 10 June 2022

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.

•   Tidjani Anaane
•   Eric Davis
•   Marián Kello
•   Ján Krivák
•   Dominik Kružliak
•   Richard Lásik
•   Erik Pačinda
•   Kristi Qose

Managers

•   Miroslav Sovič (2017 – 2019)
•   Gejza Farkaš (Jun 2019 – Aug 2019)
•   Marek Fabuľa (Aug 2019 – Oct 2020)
•   Peter Šinglár (Oct 2020 – Mar 2021) (interim)
•   Jozef Vukušič (Mar 2021 - May 2022)
•   Anton Šoltis (May 2022 - Oct 2023)
•   Ján Kozák jr. (31 Oct 2023 - 13 may 2024)
•   Gergely Geri (13 may 2024 - present)

External links

• Official club website (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Futbalnet.sk portal (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Ligy.sk portal (in Slovak) 2020-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
• FC Košice on Facebook (in Slovak)
• FC Košice on Instagram (in Slovak)

References

1. June 21, 2018
2. "Hlavná stránka". Košice Online. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
3. "Príchod lepších časov? Do FC Košice vstupuje zahraničný investor. Plánom návrat medzi elitu". 18 December 2019.
4. Všetci Spolu Silnejší. FC Košice avizuje prvú ligu do piatich rokov June 21, 2018
5. "Adresár klubov súťažný ročník 2010/2011" (PDF) (in Slovak). website FUTBALVSFZ.SK. 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-27.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Vznikol FC Košice, do piatich rokov chce byť prvoligový a bude spolupracovať s West Ham United". 22 June 2018.
7. League matches only.
8. "FC Košice | Realizačný tím".