FK Senica () is a
Slovak football
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team, based in the town of
Senica
Senica (; ; ) is a town in Trnava Region, western Slovakia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the Záhorie lowland, close to the Little Carpathians.
Etymology
The name is derived from the word ''seno'' ' hay' with the suffix ''-ica'' us ...
. The club was founded in 1921.
History
FK Senica was founded in 1921. Newly created partition was rapidly progressed, but the boom dampened dark period
World War II
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. World war almost destroyed football in Senica. Pšurný Rudolf, who was the chairman has already pre-war club, but do not allow the city faded football. The club was organized matches and tournaments. After the war he began the sport Zahorie to bloom again.
The 1962 in club annals written in bold letters. Football team got to use a new stadium. He serves footballer today. Opening of the sports complex was associated with a charity match between footballers from Senica district and the then vice-champion of the world from Chile in a convoy with
Jozef Adamec.
Senica as the years gather on the sports field more and more respect. We were successful in the lower leagues even glasses. Between the absolute leader is introduced premiere in
2009–10 season, when the club began a new era.
Dušan Vrťo, the former Sporting Director of FK Senica in 2010 has offered
Dundee FC to be the
club's scout in Slovakia.
In
2018–19 season the club had set a record, that was regarded as a rather negative one. On 16 February 2019 (Matchday 19), in an away game against
AS Trenčín, played in
Myjava
Myjava (; historically also Miava, , ) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia.
Geography
It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flows through the town. It ...
, Senica fielded an entire starting line-up made up entirely of foreign players. All the substitutes were non-Slovaks as well.
Then in
2021–22 season, FK Senica was declared bankrupt. According t
sport.sk Senica is in debt with a value of up to 1 million
euro
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s. This serious financial problem even made Senica reportedly unable to pay the operational arrears on the club's official website before the
COVID-19
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pandemic. Even FK Senica official website
fksenica.euhad been disabled because the club had not paid operational bills since February 2020.
In 2025, the official domain name fksenica.eu was being auctioned o
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FK Senica's financial crisis has also caused players and club employees to reportedly not receive a salary since September 2021. As a result of the salary stagnated for seven months, it rolled out a wave of massive resignations from several players. This caused Senica to be thrown into the
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
because its license was revoked.
Clubname history
* 1921 – 1923 – Železná únia Senica
* 1923 – 1928 – Športový klub Senica
* 1928 – 1934 – AC Senica
* 1934 – 1939 – FC Senica
* 1940 – 1946 – ŠK Senica
* 1946 – 1969 – Sokol Chemické závody (ChZ)
* 1969 – 2006 – TJ/FK SH Senica (merged with FK 96 Ress Častkov)
* 2006 –2023 – FK Senica
* 2023 –present - Futbalový klub Senica
Honours
Domestic
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Slovak Super Liga
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''(1993–)''
** ''Runners-up (2):''
2010–11,
2012–13
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Slovak Cup
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''(1961–)''
** ''Runners-up (2):''
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
,
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
Slovak League Top Goalscorer
Slovak League Top scorer since 1993–94
:
1Shared award
Supporters
FK Senica ultras are known as Železná únia 1921 (on the
Stadium of FK Senica a sector B3 belong them). Fanclub was founded in winter 2013. FK Senica supporters friendly
1. FC Slovácko.
Rivalries
Today, FK Senica's biggest rival is
Spartak Myjava. The matches between the two teams are referred to as "záhorácko-kopaničiarske derby". The first derby in the Slovak highest tier, was played on 24 August 2012, and ended 0–1 in favour of Spartak Myjava.
Sponsorship
Club partners
source
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OMS Lighting
* 101 Drogerie
* NAD-RESS
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Philips
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* City of
Senica
Senica (; ; ) is a town in Trnava Region, western Slovakia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the Záhorie lowland, close to the Little Carpathians.
Etymology
The name is derived from the word ''seno'' ' hay' with the suffix ''-ica'' us ...
Affiliated clubs
The following clubs were or are currently affiliated with FK Senica:
*
Cruzeiro (2012–?)
*
Arapongas (2013–?)
*
ADO Den Haag
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(2013–?)
*
GBS Academy (2019–present)
*
Beşiktaş J.K. (2021–present)
Current squad
''As of 10 July 2022.''
''For recent transfers, see
List of Slovak football transfers summer 2021 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2021–22''
Current staff
Results
League and Cup history
''Slovak League only (1993–present)''
:
1 FK Senica did not obtain a licence for the 2022–23 season
European competition history
First international match versus FC Red Bull Salzburg
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Player records
Most goals
Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.
Notable players
List of players which had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Senica.
:''Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found
here
Here may refer to:
Music
* ''Here'' (Adrian Belew album), 1994
* ''Here'' (Alicia Keys album), 2016
* ''Here'' (Cal Tjader album), 1979
* ''Here'' (Edward Sharpe album), 2012
* ''Here'' (Idina Menzel album), 2004
* ''Here'' (Merzbow album), ...
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AFC
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Egy Maulana Vikri
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Witan Sulaeman
CAF
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Edmund Addo
*
Kay
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Cyriaque Mayounga
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Patrick Asmah
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Eneji Moses
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Wisdom Mutasa
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Désiré Segbé Azankpo
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Zezinho
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Juvhel Tsoumou
CONCACAF
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Kris Twardek
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Pedro Leal
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Rolando Blackburn
CONMEBOL
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*
Eric Ramírez
UEFA
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*
Ladislav Almási
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Marián Bochnovič
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Erich Brabec
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Juraj Chvátal
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Jaroslav Černý
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Erik Čikoš
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Martin Ďurica
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Martin Frýdek
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Andrej Hesek
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Filip Hlohovský
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Dominik Holec
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Jakub Hromada
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Luboš Hušek
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Michal Jonáš
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Juraj Kotula
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Tomáš Kóňa
Tomáš Kóňa (born 1 March 1984) is a Slovakia, Slovak Association football, football midfielder who currently plays for Spartak Myjava.
Club career
Kóňa, a native of Nitra, began playing football at the local club FC Nitra. He made his deb ...
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Matej Krajčík
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Filip Lukšík
*
Róbert Mazáň
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Samir Merzić
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*
Samuel Mráz
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Juraj Piroska
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František Plach
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Tomas Radzinevičius
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Michal Šulla
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Lukáš Tesák
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Michal Tomič
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Blažej Vaščák
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Dušan Vrťo
Managers
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Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2009 – 11 Feb 2010)
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Radim Necas (12 Feb 2010 – 31 May 2010)
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Stanislav Griga (1 Jul 2010 – 26 Apr 2012)
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Zdeněk Psotka (1 Jul 2012 – 31 Dec 2012)
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Vladimír Koník (1 Jan 2013 – 30 Jun 2013)
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Eduard Pagáč (3 Jun 2013 – 12 Mar 2014)
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Pavel Hapal (12 Mar 2014 – 23 Dec 2014)
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Jozef Kostelník (4 Jan 2015 – 8 May 2015)
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Eduard Pagáč (8 May 2015 – 8 Sep 2015)
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Juraj Sabol (8 Sep 2015 –26 May 2016 )&
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Dušan Vrťo (8 Sep 2015 –30 May 2016 )
* Aleš Čvančara (30 May 2016 – 19 Jul 2016 )
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Miroslav Mentel (19 Jul 2016 – 16 Jun 2017 )
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Ivan Vrabec (16 Jun 2017 – 11 Sep 2017)
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Ladislav Hudec (11 Sep 2017 – 8 Feb 2018)
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Ton Caanen (8 Feb 2018 – 3 Aug 2018)
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Frederico Ricardo (3 Aug 2018 – 9 Jan 2019)
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Ricardo Chéu (9 Jan 2019 – 7 Jun 2019)
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Michal Ščasný (8 Jul 2019 – 12 Feb 2020)
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Eduard Pagáč (16 Feb 2020 – 18 Feb2020)
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Patrik Durkáč (18 Feb 2020 – 7 Mar 2020)
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Ján Bíreš (7 Mar 2020 – 30 Jun 2020)
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Patrik Durkáč (30 Jun 2020 – 14 Jul 2020)
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Anton Šoltis (14 Jul 2020 – 20 Feb 2021)
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Karol Praženica (23 Feb 2021 – 2 Jun 2021)
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Pavel Šustr (2 Jun 2021 – 16 April 2022)
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Libor Fašiang (16 April 2022 – present)
References
External links
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Senica, FK
Association football clubs established in 1921
1921 establishments in Slovakia