MFK Ružomberok
MFK Ružomberok is a Slovak 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-Don.
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 Super Liga '
- * Winners : 2005-06
- Slovenský Pohár '
- * Winners : 2005-06
- * Runners-up : 2000-01, 2017-18, 2019-20
Slovak League Top Goalscorer
Year | Winner | G |
2003–04 | Roland Števko | 17 |
2005–06 | Erik Jendrišek | 211 |
2011–12 | Pavol Masaryk | 18 |
Sponsorship
Club partners
source- Mondi SCP
- ECO-INVEST
- Harmony
- TAURIS
- Harmanec-Kuvert
- City of Ružomberok
- Stavpoč
- Tatrapeko
- Včela Lippek
Current squad
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2019–20
and List of Slovak football transfers summer 2019.
Out on loan
Retired number(s)
- 12 – Concordia 1906
Staff
Position | Name |
Owner | :sk:Milan Fiľo|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 onlyEuropean competition history
Player records
Most goals
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.Managers
- Ladislav Jurkemik
- Mikuláš Komanický
- Jozef Vukušič
- Ľubomír Moravčík
- František Komňacký
- Petr Uličný
- Přemysl Bičovský
- Michal Bílek
- František Straka
- Ladislav Jurkemik
- Goran Milojević
- Ladislav Jurkemik
- Aleš Křeček
- Ladislav Šimčo
- Jozef Vukušič
- Jozef Chovanec
- Ladislav Šimčo
- Ivan Galád
- Ladislav Pecko
- Norbert Hrnčár
- David Holoubek
- Ján Haspra
Reserve team
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 2020For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2019.
Season to season
----- 4 seasons in Slovak 2. liga
Former managers
- Ivan Hucko
- Ladislav Molnár
- Roman Berta
- Ján Haspra
- Vladimír Rusnák
- Viliam Hýravý