AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of

Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...

, most known for its

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department. The first team currently plays in the

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after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 10,000 spectators.

History

The football team was established in 1990 as ''TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín'' and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia."Trenčín po 11 sezónach zostupuje do druhej najvyššej súťaže"
In 2002 the club changed its name to ''FK Laugaricio Trenčín'', and one year later became ''FK AS Trenčín'' (''Araver a Synot Trenčín''). The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the

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(1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former

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Tschen La Ling. After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season. In July 2015, ''FK AS Trenčín'' together with women's handball team ''HK Štart Trenčín'' was merged into ''Asociácia športov Trenčín''.

Events timeline

* 1992: Founded as ''TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín'' * 1995: Renamed ''FK Ozeta Dukla Trenčín'' * 2002: Renamed ''Laugaricio Trenčín'' * 2003: Renamed ''FK AS Trenčín'' (Araver a Synot Trenčín) * 2015: Renamed ''AS Trenčín'' (Asociácia športov Trenčín)

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia *

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''(1925–93)'' ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1962–63 ¹ ** ''Third place (1):'' 1967–68 ¹ Slovakia * Slovak League ''(1993–present)'' ** ''Winners (2):'' 2014–15, 2015–16 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2013–14 *

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''(1961–present)'' ** ''Winners (3):'' 1978¹, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Slovakian Second Division ''(1993–present)'' ** Winners (1):

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European

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** ''Runners-up (1):''

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Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín: * TONEGIDO (2007–08) * Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present) * Slovan Nemšová (2012–present) *

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(2012–present) *

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(2012–13) * GBS Academy (2014–2019) *

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(2016–present)

Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active

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group. They have a fierce rivalry with

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and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically

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fans. Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech

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Sponsorship

Club partners

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*City of

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Motor-Car Trenčín * Corgoň *Noba *

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*Party Partners *

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Current squad

''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024'' and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024-25.''

Out on loan

Managers

Current technical staff

:''As of 26 May 2023''

Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the

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. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League ( Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004, František Kubík to

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in 2011),

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( Moses Simon,

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(booth 2014), Rabiu Ibrahim (2016), Samuel Kalu (2017),

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(2018), Philip Azango (2018), Reuben Yem (2019) and Osman Bukari (2020) to K.A.A. Gent, Wesley to

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in 2016, Kingsley Madu and Aliko Bala to Zulte Waregem in 2016,2017

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in 2018),

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( Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to

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in 2015, Fanendo Adi to

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in 2013), Dutch

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( Ryan Koolwijk to

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in 2016,

Hilary Gong Hilary Gong (born 10 October 1998) is a Nigerian professional Association football, footballer who plays as Winger (association football), winger for Polish club Widzew Łódź. Club career Gong made his professional debut for AS Trenčín agai ...

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in 2018), Greece Superleague ( Jairo to

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in 2015), Norway

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(

Tomáš Malec Tomáš Malec (born 13 May 1982) is a Slovakia, Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He last played for HC Kometa Brno in the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Playing career After playing two seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, ...

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in 2016),

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( Aldo Baéz to

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in 2014 and season 2015–16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 20 years old talented winger Wesley joined Belgian

for a fee €4.2 million.

Record transfers

''*-unofficial fee''

Results

League and Cup history

''Slovak League only (1993–present)'' :

European record

^{Until 1992 played as Jednota Trenčín}

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer. :¹Shared award

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for AS Trenčín.

Managers

* Ján Hucko (1975–76) *

Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Slovak footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder. Kuna played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of appea ...

(1995–96) *

Stanislav Griga Stanislav Griga (born 4 November 1961) is a Slovak football manager and a former player. He played 34 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored eight goals. Playing career As a player of AC Sparta Prague, Griga played at the 1983 European Super Cup ...

(1 Jul 1996 – 30 Jun 1998) * Ladislav Borbély (1997–98) * Róbert Paldan (1998–00) * Alexander Bokij (2000–01) * Milan Albrecht (2001) * Anton Dragúň (2001) * Róbert Paldan (2002) * Anton Dragúň (2002–2003) * Jaroslav Jurkovič (2003) * Karol Kisel st. (2003–04) * Anton Jánoš (2004–05) *

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(2005) * Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2005 – 11 Mar 2006) * Vlastimil Palička (2006–07) * Rob McDonald (1 Jul 2007 – 30 Jun 2008) * Martin Stano (2008) * Ivan Galád (2008–09) * Vladimír Koník (1 Jul 2009 – 13 Nov 2009) * Adrián Guľa (14 Nov 2009 – 30 Jun 2013) * Ľubomír Nosický (1 Jul 2013 – 8 Sep 2013) * Martin Ševela (8 Sep 2013 – 12 Sep 2017) * Vladimír Cifranič (12 Sep 2017 – 2 Jun 2018) * Ricardo Moniz (2 Jun 2018 – 28 Oct 2018) * Vladimír Cifranič (28 Oct 2018 – 20 Mar 2019) * Matthias Kohler (20 Mar 2019 – 7 May 2019) * Ivan Galád (7 May 2019 – 20 Jun 2019) * Matthias Kohler (20 Jun 2019 – 22 Oct 2019) *

Norbert Hrnčár Norbert Hrnčár (born 9 June 1970) is a former Slovak football player and manager. Playing career Hrnčár spent two seasons in the Slovak top division with FC Nitra, appearing in 32 league matches. Managerial career He started his manageri ...

(22 Oct 2019 – 30 Jun 2020) * Stijn Vreven (17 Jul 2020 – 27 Apr 2021) * Juraj Ančic (27 Apr 2021 – 2 Jun 2021) (car.) * Peter Hlinka (2 June 2021 – 5 Dec 2021) * Juraj Ančic (21 Dec 2021 – 6 Jun 2022) *

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(12 Jun 2022 – 27 Jul 2022) *

Marián Zimen Marián Zimen (born 3 August 1980) is a Slovak professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He is currently in charge of 2. Liga (Slov ...

(28 Jul 2022 – 26 Mar 2023) *

František Straka František Straka (born 28 May 1958) is a Czech former football player and current manager of Dukla Banská Bystrica. Playing career Straka played most notably for Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to Germany and spent the rest of his playing c ...

(26 Mar 2023 – 22 May 2023) * Ilija Stolica (26 May 2023 – 10 Oct 2024) * Ivan Galád (10 Oct 2024 – present)

Previous kits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:FK AS Trencin Trenčín Trencin Trencin 1992 establishments in Slovakia Sport in Trenčín Region