MFK Ružomberok

MFK Ružomberok (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɾuʒɔmbɛɾɔk] (listen)) is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Ružomberok.

MFK Ružomberok
Full nameMestský futbalový klub Ružomberok a.s.
Nickname(s)Ruža (The Rose)
Founded1906 (1906)
as Rózsahegyi Sport Club
GroundŠtadión pod Čebraťom,
Ružomberok
Capacity4,876
OwnerMilan Fiľo
ChairmanĽubomír Golis
Head coachJán Haspra
LeagueSlovak Super Liga
2019–20Slovak First Football League, 5th
WebsiteClub website

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 club's trophy cabinet stayed empty until their centenary year, when in 2006 they lifted both the Corgoň Liga title and the Slovak 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.Corgoň liga: Komňacký v Ružomberku skončil

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
  • 2017 - European League qualification, 3rd round

Honours

Domestic

Slovak League Top Goalscorer

Slovak League Top scorer since 1993–94

Year Winner G
2003–04 Roland Števko17
2005–06 Erik Jendrišek211
2011–12 Pavol Masaryk18
1Shared award

Transfers

MFK have produced numerous players that 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[1] and Juraj Kucka to Sparta Prague[2] in 2007 and 2009, Maroš Klimpl and Tomáš Oravec[3] to Viktoria Žižkov in 2001 and 2002, Dušan Švento to SK Slavia Prague in 2005,[4] Marián Had to Brno in 2004,[5] Marek Bakoš to Viktoria Plzeň in 2009,[6] and Tomáš Ďubek to Slovan Liberec in 2014[7]). In 2005–06 best goalscorer Erik Jendrišek moved to German Hannover 96.[8] In 2017 Michal Faško moved to Swiss Grasshopper.[9] The top transfer was agreed in 2006 when 24 years old attacking midfielder Marek Sapara moved to Norwegian champion Rosenborg BK for a fee €1.3 million.[10]

Record transfers
Rank Player To Fee Year
1. Marek Sapara Rosenborg BK€1.3 million2006[11]
2. Ján Maslo FC Volyn Lutsk€0.5 million2011[12]
Erik Jendrišek 1. FC Kaiserslautern€0.5 million2007[13]
Erik Jendrišek Hannover 96€0.5 million loan2006[14]

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

Club partners

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Current squad

As of 20 January 2021 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 Jakub Červeň
2 DF  SVK Alexander Mojžiš
3 DF  SVK Ján Maslo
5 DF  SVK Mário Mrva
8 MF  SVK Dalibor Takáč
9 MF  SVK Martin Regáli
11 MF  SVK Matej Kochan
13 DF  SVK Matej Madleňák
14 FW  SVK Tomáš Bobček
15 FW  SVK Štefan Gerec
18 FW  SVK Martin Boďa
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  SVK Matej Čurma
20 MF  MKD Tihomir Kostadinov
24 MF  SVK Marek Zsigmund
26 MF  SVK Timotej Múdry
28 DF  SVK Dávid Filinský
29 MF  SVK Adam Brenkus
30 MF  SVK Lukáš Kojnok
32 MF  SVK Peter Ďungel
35 GK  SVK Ivan Krajčírik
— DF  SVK Jakub Luka
— MF  SVK Oliver Luterán

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2020 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2020-21

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF  SVK Alex Holub (at Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  SVK Ladislav Almási (at Akhmat Grozny until 30 June 2021)

Retired number(s)
Main article: Retired numbers in football

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

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 2nd (1. Liga) 11/(16) 30 12 5 13 48 53 29
1994–95 2nd (1. Liga) 6/(16) 30 14 2 14 47 33 44 First round
1995–96 2nd (1. Liga) 6/(16) 30 14 5 11 54 44 47 First round Eduard Mydliar (13)
1996–97 2nd (1. Liga) 1/(18) 34 23 5 6 78 19 78 Semi-finals Viliam Hýravý (18)
1997–98 1st (Mars Superliga) 11/(16) 30 9 9 12 35 49 36 First round Eduard Mydliar (7)
1998–99 1st (Mars Superliga) 7/(16) 30 12 10 8 31 31 46 Quarter-finals Eduard Mydliar (9)
1999–00 1st (Mars Superliga) 7/(16) 30 13 7 10 29 26 46 Second round Eduard Mydliar (7)
2000–01 1st (Mars Superliga) 3/(10) 36 15 10 11 51 48 55 Runners-up Tomáš Oravec (11)
2001–02 1st (Mars Superliga) 4/(10) 36 15 9 12 49 41 54 Second round UC R1 ( Troyes) Tomáš Oravec (9)
2002–03 1st (Slovak Super Liga) 8/(10) 36 12 7 17 45 60 43 First round Roland Števko (12)
2003–04 1st (Corgoň Liga) 3/(10) 36 15 10 11 53 47 55 First round Roland Števko (22)
2004–05 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(10) 36 11 10 15 50 57 43 Second round Roland Števko (11)
2005–06 1st (Corgoň Liga) 1/(10) 36 26 2 8 65 28 80 Winners Erik Jendrišek (21)
2006–07 1st (Corgoň Liga) 4/(12) 28 10 7 11 25 29 37 Second round CL
UC		 QR3 ( CSKA Moscow)
R1 (Club Brugge)		 Róbert Rák (11)
2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) 33 10 14 9 46 43 44 Third round Marek Bakoš (10)
2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 12 11 10 48 34 47 Semi-finals Miloš Lačný (11)
2009–10 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 13 8 12 33 35 47 Third round Oleksandr Pyschur (11)
2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) 33 10 11 12 23 33 41 Quarter-finals Karel Kroupa (5)
2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) 33 11 11 11 39 34 44 Second round Pavol Masaryk (18)
2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) 33 12 9 12 36 46 45 Quarter-finals Tomáš Ďubek (13)
2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 4/(12) 33 15 5 13 56 51 50 Semi-finals Léandre Tawamba (13)
2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 7/(12) 33 10 10 13 41 45 40 Second round Pavol Masaryk (9)
2015–16 1st (Fortuna Liga) 6/(12) 33 12 9 12 42 41 45 Semi-finals Miloš Lačný (10)
2016–17 1st (Fortuna Liga) 3/(12) 30 15 7 8 55 38 52 Fifth Round Jakub Mareš (14)
2017–18 1st (Fortuna Liga) 6/(12) 31 10 10 11 36 35 40 Runners-up EL Q3 ( Everton F.C.) Nermin Haskić (7)
2018–19 1st (Fortuna Liga) 3/(12) 32 15 11 6 50 31 65 Fifth Round Izzy Tandir (9)
Kristi Qose (9)
2019–20 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) 27 7 11 9 28 33 32 Runners-up EL Q1 ( Levski Sofia) Filip Twardzik (7)

European competition history
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round FC Belshina Bobruisk 3–1 0–0 3–1
First round Troyes AC 1–0 1–6 2–6
2006–07 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round Djurgarden 3–1 0–1 3–2
Third qualifying round CSKA Moscow 0–2 0–3 0–5
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round Club Brugge 0–1 1–1 1–2
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round FK Vojvodina 2–0 1–2 3–2
Second qualifying round SK Brann 0–1 2–0 2–1
Third qualifying round Everton 0–1 0–1 0–2
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Levski Sofia 0–2 0–2 0–4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Servette N/A 0−3 N/A

Player records

Most goals
# Nat. Name Goals
1 Roland Števko 59
2 Tomáš Ďubek 45
3 Miloš Lačný 44
4 Eduard Mydliar 36
5 Erik Jendrišek 30
6 Pavol Masaryk 28
7 Štefan Zošák 27
8 Viliam Hýravý 26

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

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.

Managers

Reserve team

MFK Ružomberok B is the reserve team of MFK Ružomberok. They currently play in the Slovak 2. liga.

History

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.

Current squad

As of 25 February 2020 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SVK Pavol Kohár
2 DF  SVK Martin Huba
4 DF  SVK Vladimír Bajtoš
— DF  SVK Tomáš Filipiak
— DF  SVK Dávid Filinský
— DF  SVK Matej Madleňák
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  SVK Lukáš Ondrek
— MF  SVK Miroslav Almaský
— MF  SVK Jakub Kudlička
— MF  SVK Peter Ďungel
— FW  SVK Rastislav Kružliak
— FW  SVK Rastislav Švec

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2019.

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

Former managers

See also

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