MFK Ružomberok

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MFK Ružomberok

Full name

MFK Ružomberok

Nickname(s)

Ruža

Founded

1906

Ground

MFK Ružomberok Stadium
(Capacity 4817)

Chairman

Jozef Rošták

Manager

Ladislav Jurkemik

League

Corgoň Liga

2005-06

Champions, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

MFK Ružomberok is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Ružomberok.

1 History
- 1.1 Events timeline
2 Honours
- 2.1 Domestic
- 2.2 European
3 Current Squad
4 Staff
- 4.1 Famous players
5 External links

[edit] 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 clubs trophy cabinet stayed empty until their centenary year, when in 2006 they lifted both the Corgoň Liga title and the Slovakian 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 FC SKA Rostov-on-Don.[1]

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.

Currently, Přemysl Bičovský is the team manager and Viliam Hýravý is his assistant. The biggest stars of the current team are Ľuboš Hajdúch and Igor Žofčák.

[edit] Events timeline

1906 - Founded as ŠK 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, UEFA Cup 2001-02
2003 - Renamed MFK Ružomberok
2006 - Slovak champion, Slovak FA Cup winner
2006 - Champions League qualification, 3rd round

[edit] Honours

[edit] Domestic

Slovakian League (1993 - Present)
- Winners (1): 2006

Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup)
- Winners (1): 2006

[edit] European

UEFA Champions League
- Third qualifying round, 2006-07

UEFA Cup
- First round, 2001-02, 2006-07

[edit] Current Squad

As of July 2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Matej Šavol
2	DF	Michal Gallo
3	DF	Ján Maslo
4	DF	Tomáš Gejdoš
5	DF	Daniel Jurč
6	MF	Viliam Macko
7	FW	Vladimír Kukoľ
8	DF	Jiří Novotný
12	MF	Michal Demeter
13	DF	Martin Laurinc
14	DF	Milomir Sivčevič
15	MF	Miroslav Božok
16	MF	Miloš Lačný
17	MF	Peter Maslo
18	MF	Štefan Zošák
19	DF	Roman Balaško

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Pavol Pilár
21	GK	Ľuboš Hajdúch
22	DF	Matej Siva
23	FW	Marek Bakoš
24	DF	Ján Králik
25	FW	Miroslav Kasaj
26	DF	Tomáš Ďubek
27	MF	Anton Sloboda
28	DF	Lukáš Bakoš
29	FW	Tomáš Chovanec
30	GK	Roman Smieška
31	FW	Dávid Baláž
33	MF	Juraj Kucka
34	DF	Jakub Bureš
36	MF	Roland Števko