MFK Ružomberok

MFK Ružomberok () is a Slovak professional football club playing in the city of Ružomberok.

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-Donbr>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 ''Concordia Ružomberok''
* 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
* 2024 - Europa Conference League play-off
* 2024 – Slovak FA Cup winner

Honours

Domestic

* Slovak First Football League ''(1993–)''
** ''Winners (1):'' 2005–06
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2021–22
* Slovenský Pohár ''(Slovak Cup)''
** ''Winners (2):'' 2005–06, 2023–24
** ''Runners-up (4):'' 2000–01, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2024–25

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 and Juraj Kucka to Sparta Prague in 2007 and 2009, Maroš Klimpl and Tomáš Oravec to Viktoria Žižkov in 2001 and 2002, Dušan Švento to SK Slavia Prague in 2005, Marián Had to Brno in 2004, Marek Bakoš to Viktoria Plzeň in 2009, and Tomáš Ďubek to Slovan Liberec in 2014), Belgian Pro League ( Martin Regáli to K.V. Kortrijk in 2023). In 2005–06 best goalscorer Erik Jendrišek moved to German Hannover 96. In 2017 Michal Faško moved to Swiss Grasshopper. 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.

Record transfers

''*-unofficial fee''

Sponsorship

Club partners

source

* Mondi SCP
*ECO-INVEST
*Harmony

*TAURIS
*Harmanec-Kuvert
*City of Ružomberok

*Stavpoč
*Tatrapeko
*Včela Lippek

Current squad

''Updated 10 September 2024''

(''on loan from Sparta Prague'')

(''on loan from Dunajská Streda'')
(''on loan from Mladá Boleslav'')

(''on loan from Slovan Liberec'')

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

Out on loan 2023–24

Retired number(s)

* 12 – ''Concordia 1906'' (the 12th Man)

Staff

Results

League and Cup history

''Slovak League only (1993–present)''
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European competition history

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Slovak League top goalscorer

'' Slovak League top goalscorer since 1993–94''

:¹Shared award

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

* Ladislav Jurkemik (1998–99)
* Mikuláš Komanický (2001–02)
* Jozef Vukušič (2003–04)
* Ľubomír Moravčík (2004–05)
* František Komňacký (2005–07)
* Petr Uličný (2007)
* Přemysl Bičovský (2007–08)
* Ladislav Jurkemik (2008)
* Michal Bílek (1 July 2008 – 30 Jun 2009)
* František Straka (1 Jun 2009 – 30 Jun 2010)
* Ladislav Jurkemik (1 July 2010 – 15 Oct 2010)
* Goran Milojević (16 Oct 2010 – 31 Mar 2011)
* Ladislav Jurkemik (1 Apr 2011 – Sep 22, 2011)
* Aleš Křeček (Sept 22, 2011 – 30 June 2012)
* Ladislav Šimčo (1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013)
* Jozef Vukušič (1 July 2013 – 17 March 2014)
* Jozef Chovanec (17 Mar 2014 – 30 Jun 2014)
* Ladislav Šimčo (5 June 2014 – 17 Nov 2014)
* Ivan Galád (17 Nov 2014 – Sept 2, 2015)
* Ladislav Pecko (Sept 11, 2015 – 30 May 2016)
* Norbert Hrnčár (30 May 2016 – 30 May 2018)
* David Holoubek (4 June 2018 – May 2019)
* Ján Haspra (May 2019 - 27 May 2021)
* Peter Struhár (31 May 2021 – 29 May 2023)
* Peter Tomko (5 June 2023 – 24 Oct 2023)
* Ondřej Smetana (24 Oct 2023 – 13 Nov 2024)
* Radim Kučera (13 Nov 2024 – 20 Dec 2024)
* Norbert Hrnčár (20 Dec 2024 – 8 Apr 2025)
* Ondřej Smetana (9 Apr 25 – present)

Reserve team

MFK Ružomberok B is the reserve team of MFK Ružomberok.

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.

Season to season

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*4 seasons in '' Slovak 2. liga''

Former managers

* Ivan Hucko (2004–05)
* Ladislav Molnár (2008)
* Roman Berta
* Ján Haspra
* Vladimír Rusnák (2011–12)
* Viliam Hýravý

See also

* Slovak football clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official website:

MFK Ružomberok official website

Other useful links:

FB website of MFK Ružomberok


FB website of Concordia 1906 – Ružafans supporters


FB discussion of Concordia 1906 – Ružafans supporters


Website of Orange White Division supporters


Youtube channel of Concordia 1906 – Ružafans supporters


Youtube channel of Orange White Division supporters

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Football clubs in Slovakia
MFK Ruzomberok
Association football clubs established in 1906
1906 establishments in Slovakia
Sport in Žilina Region