FK Pohronie is a Slovak

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team, based in the town of

Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, , ; until 1920 ''Svätý Kríž'' and until 1955 ''Svätý Kríž nad Hronom'') is a city in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Name development The name of the settlement has gone through multiple developments. P ...

. The club currently competes in 2. Liga. The 2019/20 season was the first time in the club's history that the team played in Fortuna Liga, the highest level of the

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. The club avoided relegation that season, and continued in the top division for the 2020/21 season. In the 2021/22 season the team was relegated.

History

On 1 June 2012, Sokol Dolná Ždaňa and

FK Žiar nad Hronom FK Žiar nad Hronom was a Slovak football team, based in the town of Žiar nad Hronom. The club was founded in 1929. In the summer of 2012, FK Žiar nad Hronom merged with TJ Sokol Dolná Ždaňa to form FK Pohronie. The club's most notable res ...

reached an agreement regarding the running of the new club.

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were or are affiliated with FK Pohronie : * MFK Žarnovica (2018–2019) * MFK Nová Baňa (2019–2022) *

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(2022-)

Honours

Domestic

* 2. Liga (1993–present) ** ''Winners (1):'' 2018–19 (Promoted) * 3. Liga - Central (1993–present) ** ''Winners (1):''

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(Promoted)

Sponsorship

Recent seasons

Current squad

''As of 16 February, 2025'' ''For recent transfers, see

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Out on loan

Current staff

:''As of 8 March 2023''

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Reserve team

FK Pohronie B is inactive. Most recently, it had played in the Slovak 7th football level ( VII. liga DOUBLE STAR BET ObFZ ZH).

Notable players

The following notable players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Pohronie.
Notable players, who have played for predecessor clubs,

and Sokol Dolná Ždaňa, are listed with their respective clubs. *

Cedric Badolo Cédric Badolo (born 4 November 1998) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Slovak club Spartak Trnava as an attacking midfielder. Club career FK Pohronie Badolo made his Fortuna Liga debut for Pohronie in the club's premier ...

Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana (born 21 November 1997) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a forward for USM Alger Career FK Pohronie Bimenyimana had joined Slovak Super Liga club FK Pohronie in mid-August 2020, following a prolonge ...

* Willie Britto * Martin Chrien *

Alieu Fadera Alieu Fadera (born 3 November 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Como. Club career Pohronie Fadera's arrival at Slovak Fortuna Liga club FK Pohronie was announced on the club's website on 6 March 2020. ...

* Dominik Holec *

David Hrnčár David Hrnčár (born 10 December 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for Dender EH as a right midfielder. Club career ŠK Slovan Bratislava Hrnčár made his Fortuna Liga debut for Slovan Bratislava against Zemplí ...

Richard Lásik Richard Lásik (born 18 August 1992) is a Slovak football midfielder who plays for Andau. Club career Early career Born in Bratislava, Lásik began his career at Slovan Bratislava before departing in 2004 for the Jozef Vengloš Academy. Lá ...

* Yusuf Mainge *

Jaroslav Mihalík Jaroslav Mihalík (born 27 July 1994) is a Slovak Association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (association football), winger for FILJO Ladomerská Vieska. He signed for SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague from MŠK Žilina, Žilina in Jan ...

* František Plach * Muhammed Sanneh *

Lukáš Tesák Lukáš Tesák (born 8 March 1985) is a Slovak former professional international footballer who played as a left back or left midfielder. Throughout his career, he has also played for Dubnica, Žilina, Rimavská Sobota, Senica and Tatran Pre� ...

* Mateusz Zachara

Managers

Štefan Zaťko Štefan Zaťko (born 21 May 1962) is a Slovak Association football, football Manager (association football), manager who manages FK Pohronie, Pohronie on a caretaker basis. Zaťko has coached TSG Kälberau, FK Matador Púchov, Matador Púchov, ...

(2012 – May 2016) * Rastislav Štanga (May 2016 – June 2016) * Peter Černák (July 2016 – Aug 2016) * Miloš Foltán (Aug 2016 – Sept 2017) *

Milan Nemec Milan Nemec (born 14 January 1959) is a former Slovak football player and most recently a manager of Železiarne Podbrezová U19 team. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 2 times. Nemec is remembered for scoring two goals agains ...

(Sept 2017 – July 2019) * Rastislav Urgela (Aug 2019) (''car.'') *

Ján Rosinský Ján Rosinský (born 23 May 1952) is a former Slovak football player and a manager. Career Rosinský began his career in his native village of Choča, before moving to top Czechoslovak club AC Nitra. After 4 years in Nitra's first team, in ...

(Aug 2019 – Oct 2019) *

Mikuláš Radványi Mikuláš Radványi (, born 22 November 1968) is a Slovak football manager of Železiarne Podbrezová and former forward. He has previously managed Pohronie, Spartak Myjava, Komárno, SFM Senec and Dunajská Streda. Club career Radványi ma ...

(Oct 2019 – Oct. 2020) * Jan Kameník (Oct 2020 – May 2021) *

Gergely Geri Gergely Geri (born 19 January 1977) is a Slovak professional football head coach and former player and previously head coach of FC Košice. Previously, he was an assistant of Ivan Galád in Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce (; 1776 Morawce, , ) ...

(June 2021 – Aug 2021) *

(Aug 2021 – Sept 2021) (''car.'') * Pablo Villar (Oct 2021 – Dec 2021) * Martin Bittengl (Jan 2022 – April 2022) *

Peter Lérant Peter Lérant (born 30 January 1977) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks durin ...

(April 2022 – Dec 2022) * Jan Kameník (Jan 2023) * Rastislav Urgela (Jan 2023 – Dec 2023) (''car.'') * Norbert Guľa (Jan 2024 – Jun 2024) *

Vladimír Cifranič Vladimír Cifranič (born 10 January 1975) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently the assistant manager of Železiarne Podbrezová. Coaching career In September 2013, Cifranič wa ...

(Jun 2024) * Matej Čobik Ferčik (Jun 2024 – )

References

External links

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TJ Sokol Dolná Ždaňa website
(archived)
FK Žiar nad Hronom website
(archived) Pohronie Association football clubs established in 2012 2012 establishments in Slovakia Long stubs with short prose {{Slovakia-footyclub-stub