MFK Ružomberok

MFK Ružomberok
Full name MFK Ružomberok
Nickname(s) Ruža (The Rose)
Founded 1906
Ground MFK Ružomberok Stadium,
Ružomberok
(Capacity: 4,817)
Owner Milan Fiľo
Manager Aleš Křeček
League Corgoň Liga
2010–11 7th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

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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.

Events timeline

Honours

Domestic

European

Current squad

As of 10 October 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Jaroslav Beláň (on loan from FK Bohemians)
2 DF Michal Gallo
3 DF Tomáš Huber
4 DF Jaroslav Kostelný (vice-captain)
5 MF Lukáš Bielák
6 DF Lukáš Greššák
8 DF Martin Jurkemik
10 MF Anton Sloboda
11 MF Peter Hoferica
12 FW Andrej Lovás
13 MF Juraj Vavrík
No. Position Player
15 MF Ján Chovanec
17 DF Peter Maslo
18 FW Jiří Skalák (on loan from Sparta Prague)
19 FW Štefan Pekár
20 FW Pavol Masaryk (captain)
21 DF Oliver Práznovský
23 MF Ivan Kotora
24 FW Tomáš Krbeček
25 FW Filip Serečin
26 MF Tomáš Ďubek
30 GK Roman Smieška
33 GK Libor Hrdlička

Reserve team

Staff

Head Coach

Assistant Coach

Goalkeeping Coach

Medical Staff

Masseurs

Custodian

Famous players

External links