FC Spartak Trnava

Spartak Trnava

Full name	FC Spartak Trnava
Nickname(s)	Bíli andeli (The White Angels)
Founded	30 May 1923 (1923-05-30) as TŠS Trnava
Ground	Štadión Antona Malatinského
Ground Capacity	3,227 (in reconstruction)
Owner	Vladimír Poór
President	Dušan Keketi
Manager	Juraj Jarábek
League	Fortuna Liga
2013–14	Corgoň Liga, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Spartak Trnava is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in country, having won both the Czechoslovak First League and the Czechoslovak Cup five times, and reaching the semi-final of the European Cup once and the quarter-final twice. The club's official anthem is Il Silenzio.

History

The club was founded on 30 May 1923 by the merger of Šk Čechie and ČšŠk into TSS Trnava. After a communist takeover it became affiliated with the metal industry and was renamed to TJ Kovosmalt ("Metal-enamel"). In 1952, the club gained its current name.

Golden era

The Golden era of Spartak began in the 1966/67 season. The team of legendary coach Anton Malatinský was top of the league by the autumn, but by the end of the season had finished only in third place. Great success was achieved in the Mitropa Cup. Spartak beat teams like Budapest Honvéd FC, S.S. Lazio and ACF Fiorentina and in the final they defeated Újpest FC of Hungary. In the following season Spartak gained their most memorable European results. They reached the semi-final of the European Cup to face Ajax Amsterdam. It is their greatest success to date. Under the management of Ján Hucko, the team also won a second championship. In 1970/71 and 1971/72, Trnava won their third and fourth championship titles under coaches Valér Švec and Anton Malatinský. The team also reached the quarter-final of the European Cup in 1973 and 1974. The fifth and the last league title in 1972/73 beckoned the end of Spartak's golden era.

1990s

Although Spartak finished 16th (and last) in the last unified Czechoslovak league season in 1992/93, the latter half of the 90s can be considered the renaissance of football in Trnava. In the 1995/96 season, Spartak finished third and its popularity grew. The 1996/97 season was a memorable on for the fans of Spartak, Karol Pecze almost led the team to its first Slovakian league title but got beaten to it by Košice in the final week of competition. The following season, under new coach Dušan Galis the team again achieved second place and then third place in the 1998/99 season which saw the end of this recovery of footballing prowess in Trnava.

Honours

Domestic

• Czechoslovak First League
  • Winners (5): 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973

• Czechoslovak Cup
  • Winners (5): 1951, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1986

• Slovak Cup
  • Winners (5): 1971, 1975, 1986, 1991, 1998

• Slovak Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 1998

European

• European Cup
  • Semi-Final (1): 1969
  • Quarter-Final (2): 1973, 1974

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (1): 1967
  • Runner-up (1): 1968

Historical names

• ŠK Rapid Trnava (1923–39)
• TSS Trnava (1939–48)
• Sokol NV Trnava (1948–49)
• ZTJ Kovosmalt Trnava (1949–53)
• Spartak Trnava (1953–67)
• Spartak TAZ Trnava (1967–88)
• Spartak ZTS Trnava (1988–93)
• FC Spartak Trnava (1993–)

Fans

The fans are well known throughout the country for their passion. The main ultras group is called Ultras Spartak. They are universally considered to be the best fans in Slovakia. Trnava has had the highest average attendances in the republic for a long period of time.

Between 1988 and 2006, Spartak ultras had a mutual friendship with FC Baník Ostrava fans, good relations and friendship still exist to this day.

Traditionally, the club has great support in the city and its districts, but it is very popular in the whole western region of Slovakia, especially in the Hlohovec, Piešťany and Sereď areas.

Rival teams

The greatest rival is Slovan Bratislava. This rivalry has a long tradition and the yearly match between these clubs is considered as the most prestigious derby in Slovakia.

Stadium

Štadión Antona Malatinského is located in the centre of Trnava, directly behind the walls of the old town. It currently has capacity of 3,227 spectators, due to reconstruction. Formerly known simply as Spartak stadium, it was renamed in 1998 in honour of the club's most successful manager Anton Malatinský.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 5 DF Srđan Grabež 6 DF Marek Janečka (captain) 8 FW Martin Mikovič 10 MF Ján Vlasko 11 MF Ján Chovanec 13 DF Milan Bortel 14 FW Martin Vyskočil 15 DF Miloš Nikolić 16 DF Patrik Čarnota 17 MF José Casado 18 GK Ivan Kelava (on loan from Granada) 19 DF Martin Tóth 20 DF Matúš Čonka

No. Position Player 22 GK Adam Jakubech 23 DF Patrik Banovič 25 MF Erik Sabo 27 MF Kamil Kuzma 28 FW Jakub Vojtuš 29 FW Peter Sládek (on loan from Spartak Myjava) 30 MF Cléber 33 MF Marek Hlinka (on loan from Dukla Prague) 34 DF Lukáš Greššák 36 MF Erik Jirka 40 GK Bojan Knežević 41 GK Matej Strapák

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 7 MF Boris Bališ (at Michalovce until 30 June 2015) 12 MF Róbert Richnák (at Podbrezová until 31 December 2015) 26 FW Ivan Schranz (at Sparta Prague until 31 December 2015) 32 MF Tomáš Mikinič (at Zlaté Moravce until 30 June 2015) — MF Filip Tomovič (at ŠK Senec until 30 June 2015)

Retired numbers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 9 MF Ladislav Kuna (posthumous honour)

Management team

Position	Name
Manager	Juraj Jarábek
Assistant coach	Milan Ivanka
Goalkeeping coach	Roland Praj
Team chef	Igor Bališ
Doctor	Jozef Fridrich
Doctor	Viliam Vadrna
Masseur	Mário Prelovský
Physiotherapist	Patrik Gogolák
Custodian	Andrej Zamec

Reserve team

FC Spartak Trnava juniori are the reserve team of FC Spartak Trnava. They currently play in the second highest league in country.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Marek Vahalík 2 MF Jakub Krajčovič 3 DF Djiby Ba 5 DF Martin Mečiar 6 MF Jaroslav Repa 7 DF Filip Deket 8 MF Christián Steinhübel 9 MF Dominik Ujlaky 10 MF Martin Košťál

No. Position Player 12 DF Denis Horník 13 DF René Víglaský 14 MF Juraj Galba 15 DF Matej Rehák 17 DF Patrik Ondra 18 FW Stefan Durić 19 DF Miroslav Hrebík 21 FW Rastislav Baša

Position	Name
Manager	Pavol Bartoš
Manager	Miroslav Karhan
Assistant coach	Marek Ujlaky
Assistant coach	František Klinovský
Team chef	Ivan Marek

Club officials

Position	Name
Owner	Vladimír Poór
President	Dušan Keketi
General manager	Viktor Blažek
Sport director	Zoran Terzić
PR manager	Marek Ondrejka
Marketing manager	Marián Černý
Secretary	Ivan Minárčiný
Youth manager	Vojtech Žitný
Youth director	Jozef Brezovský
Safety manager	Vladimír Stúpala

UEFA Ranking

This is the current 2014–15 UEFA coefficient:

Rank	Team	Coefficient
229	Aalesunds	6.375
230	Vojvodina	6.275
231	Spartak Trnava	6.250
232	Ekranas	6.150
233	Minsk	6.150

• Full list

Records

League history

• Czechoslovak First League (1948–1993)

Season	League	Pos./Teams	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Score	Points	Managers
1964–65	Czechoslovak First League	10th/14	26	8	8	10	33:36	24
1965–66	Czechoslovak First League	6th/14	26	12	3	11	34:26	27
1966–67	Czechoslovak First League	3rd/14	26	16	2	8	53:26	34
1967–68	Czechoslovak First League	1st/14	26	15	5	6	57:26	35
1968–69	Czechoslovak First League	1st/14	26	17	5	4	50:21	39
1969–70	Czechoslovak First League	2nd/16	30	15	10	5	55:23	40
1970–71	Czechoslovak First League	1st/16	30	17	6	7	52:27	40
1971–72	Czechoslovak First League	1st/16	30	17	10	3	60:25	44
1972–73	Czechoslovak First League	1st/16	30	16	7	7	47:20	39
1973–74	Czechoslovak First League	7th/16	30	8	13	9	32:31	29
1974–75	Czechoslovak First League	6th/16	30	12	6	12	32:36	30
1975–76	Czechoslovak First League	10th/16	30	12	5	13	35:32	29
1976–77	Czechoslovak First League	14th/16	30	9	8	13	26:47	26
1977–78	Czechoslovak First League	9th/16	30	8	12	10	26:31	28
1978–79	Czechoslovak First League	12th/16	30	7	13	10	34:37	27
1979–80	Czechoslovak First League	7th/16	30	11	10	9	35:35	32
1980–81	Czechoslovak First League	10th/16	30	13	3	14	36:43	29
1981–82	Czechoslovak First League	14th/16	30	10	4	16	31:41	24
1982–83	Czechoslovak First League	8th/16	30	12	6	12	29:39	30
1983–84	Czechoslovak First League	8th/16	30	12	6	12	29:39	30
1983–84	Czechoslovak First League	7th/16	30	11	7	12	43:50	29
1984–85	Czechoslovak First League	9th/16	30	10	9	11	33:39	29
1985–86	Czechoslovak First League	10th/16	30	9	9	12	25:32	27
1986–87	Czechoslovak First League	11th/16	30	12	3	15	41:52	27
1987–88	Czechoslovak First League	10th/16	30	11	7	12	38:42	29
1988–89	Czechoslovak First League	12th/16	30	10	7	13	36:46	27
1989–90	Czechoslovak First League ↓	15th/16	30	4	10	16	23:62	21
1990–91	Slovak National League ↑	1st
1991–92	Czechoslovak First League	14th/16	30	6	9	15	21:59	21
1992–93	Czechoslovak First League ↓	16th/16	30	3	10	17	24:60	16

• Slovak Super Liga (1993–present)

Season	League	Pos./Teams	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Score	Points	Managers
1993–94	Slovak Super Liga	7th/12	32	8	12	12	25:32	28	Ladislav Jurkemik, Justín Javorek
1994–95	Slovak Super Liga	6th/12	32	12	8	12	43:35	44	Karol Pecze
1995–96	Slovak Super Liga	3rd/12	32	19	6	7	54:32	63	Karol Pecze
1996–97	Slovak Super Liga	2nd/16	30	21	6	3	66:24	69	Karol Pecze
1997–98	Slovak Super Liga	2nd/16	30	20	6	4	61:34	66	Dušan Galis
1998–99	Slovak Super Liga	3rd/16	30	19	7	4	59:20	64	Dušan Galis, Peter Zelenský
1999–00	Slovak Super Liga	4th/16	30	15	8	7	38:21	53	Anton Jánoš
2000–01	Slovak Super Liga ↓	10th/10	36	8	10	18	39:62	34	Anton Jánoš, Peter Zelenský, Stanislav Jarábek
2001–02	2nd league ↑	1st/16	30	18	7	5	61:22	61	Ladislav Molnár, Rastislav Vincúr, Jozef Adamec
2002–03	Slovak Super Liga	4th/10	36	15	11	10	55:47	56	Jozef Adamec
2003–04	Slovak Super Liga	4th/10	36	15	8	13	46:46	53	Miroslav Svoboda, Stanislav Jarábek, Vladimír Ekhardt
2004–05	Slovak Super Liga	5th/10	36	12	10	14	39:37	46	Jozef Vukušič, Milan Lešický
2005–06	Slovak Super Liga	3rd/10	36	21	5	10	57:31	68	Jozef Adamec
2006–07	Slovak Super Liga	9th/12	36	13	10	13	40:46	49	Jozef Bubenko, Jozef Adamec, Jozef Šuran, Ivan Hucko
2007–08	Slovak Super Liga	4th/12	33	15	7	11	52:40	52	Josef Mazura, Jozef Adamec
2008–09	Slovak Super Liga	3rd/12	33	15	10	8	45:38	55	Vladimir Vermezović, Karol Pecze
2009–10	Slovak Super Liga	7th/12	33	12	5	16	52:46	41	Karol Pecze, Peter Zelenský, Ľuboš Nosický, Milan Malatinský, Peter Zelenský
2010–11	Slovak Super Liga	4th/12	33	13	10	10	40:30	49	Dušan Radolský, Peter Zelenský
2011–12	Slovak Super Liga	2nd/12	33	19	8	6	44:22	65	Pavel Hoftych
2012–13	Slovak Super Liga	11th/12	33	8	11	14	34:51	35	Pavel Hoftych, Peter Zelenský, Vladimír Ekhardt
2013–14	Slovak Super Liga	3rd/12	33	16	5	12	47:42	53	Juraj Jarábek

European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1960	Mitropa Cup	Group	Roma	2–0	0–1
1962	Mitropa Cup	Group	Vojvodina	0–0	1–0
		Group	Vasas	2–2	0–5
		Group	Fiorentina	1–6	3–4
1966–67	Mitropa Cup	First round	Budapest Honvéd	4–0	1–1	5–1
		Quarter-finals	Lazio	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Semi-finals	Fiorentina	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Final	Újpesti Dózsa	3–1	2–3	5–4
1967–68	Mitropa Cup	First round	Roma	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Quarter-finals	Željezničar Sarajevo	2–1	2–2	4–3
		Semi-finals	Vardar	4–1	2–2	6–3
		Final	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	1–4	2–4
1967–68	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Lausanne Sports	2–0	2–3	4–3
		Second round	Torpedo Moscow	1–3	0–3	1–6
1968–69	European Cup	First round	Steaua București	4–0	1–3	5–3
		Second round	Reipas Lahti	7–1	9–1	16–2
		Quarter-finals	AEK Athens	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Semi-finals	Ajax	2–0	0–3	2–3
1969–70	European Cup	First round	Hibernians	4–0	2–2	6–2
		Second round	Galatasaray	1–0	0–1	1–1 (cf)
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Marseille	2–0	0–2	2–2 (4–3) (p)
		Second round	Hertha	3–1	0–1	3–2
		Third round	Köln	0–1	0–3	0–4
1971–72	European Cup	First round	Dinamo București	2–2	0–0	2–2 (ag)
1972–73	European Cup	Second round	Anderlecht	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Quarter-finals	Derby County	1–0	0–2	1–2
1973–74	European Cup	First round	Viking	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Second round	Zorya Voroshilovgrad	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Quarter-finals	Újpesti Dózsa	1–1	1–1	2–2 (3–4) (p)
1974	Intertoto cup	Group	Wisła Kraków	0–0	2–2
		Group	AIK	2–1	1–0
		Group	VÖEST Linz	2–1	0–1
1975	Intertoto cup	Group	KB	6–1	5–1
		Group	Belenenses	2–2	1–2
		Group	Amsterdam	2–0	1–1
1975–76	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Boavista	0–0	0–3	0–3
1976	Intertoto cup	Group	Åtvidaberg	3–1	3–1
		Group	Lillestrøm	5–1	1–1
		Group	Austria Salzburg	2–0	3–1
1979	Intertoto cup	Group	Esbjerg	2–0	1–0
		Group	Kalmar	1–0	1–0
		Group	First Vienna	3–0	1–1
1984	Intertoto cup	Group	Zürich	2–0	1–2
		Group	Ferencváros	1–1	1–3
		Group	Austria Klagenfurt	3–1	4–2
1986–87	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Stuttgart	0–0	0–1	0–1
1996	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group	Čukarički Stankom	3–0
		Group	Daugava		6–0
		Group	Karlsruhe	1–1
		Group	Universitatea Craiova		1–2
1997–98	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Birkirkara	3–1	1–0	4–1
		Second qualifying round	PAOK	0–1	3–5	3–6
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Vardar	2–0	1–0	3–0
		First round	Beşiktaş	2–1	0–3	2–4
1999–00	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Vllaznia Shkodër	2–0	1–1	3–1
		First round	Grazer	2–1	0–3	2–4
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Pobeda	1–5	1–2	2–7
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Debrecen	3–0	1–4	4–4 (ag)
		Second round	Sloboda Tuzla	2–1	1–0	3–1
		Third round	Slaven Belupo	2–2	0–0	2–2 (ag)
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Karvan	0–1	0–1	0–2
2008–09	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	WIT Georgia	2–2	0–1	2–3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Inter Baku	2–1	3–1	5–2
		Second qualifying round	Sarajevo	1–1	0–1	1–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Zeta	3–0	1–2	4–2
		Second qualifying round	Tirana	3–1	0–0	3–1
		Third qualifying round	Levski Sofia	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–4) (p)
		Play-off round	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	0–2	1–3
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Sligo Rovers	3–1	1–1	4–1
		Third qualifying round	Steaua București	0–3	1–0	1–3
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Hibernians	5–0	4–2	9–2
		Second qualifying round	Zestafoni	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Third qualifying round	St. Johnstone	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Play-off round	Zürich	1–3	1–1	2–4

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak.

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

Jozef Adamec Igor Bališ Miroslav Barčík Michal Benedikovič Mário Bicák Július Bielik František Bolček Nauris Bulvītis Marek Čech (Czech footballer) Boubacar Diallo (footballer) Karol Dobiaš Peter Doležaj Lukáš Došek Václav Drobný Jean Paul Farrugia Miloš Glonek Vladimír Hagara Ľuboš Hanzel Jaroslav Hrabal Anton Hrušecký Sergej Jakirović Stanislav Jarábek Erik Jendrišek

Dušan Kabát Ľuboš Kamenár Miroslav Karhan Marek Kaščák Ivan Kelava Dušan Keketi Miroslav König Kamil Kopúnek Rastislav Kostka Jaroslav Kravárik Vladimír Kožuch Ivica Kralj Ladislav Kuna Vladimír Labant Vladimír Leitner Martin Lipčák Ľubomír Luhový Kamil Majerník Anton Malatinský Milan Malatinský Jozef Marko Jaroslav Masrna Rastislav Michalík

Stanislav Moravec Stevo Nikolić Tomáš Oravec Martin Poljovka Roman Procházka Branislav Rzeszoto Erik Sabo Július Šimon Dušan Sninský Imrich Stacho Jozef Štibrányi Peter Štyvar Kamil Susko Jaroslav Timko Dušan Tittel Marek Ujlaky Vojtěch Varadín Peter Zelenský Ján Zlocha Vladislav Zvara

Player records

Most appearances

#		Name	Appearances
1		Ladislav Kuna	428
2		Marek Ujlaky	366
3		Jozef Adamec	328
4		Dušan Kéketi	309
5		Dušan Kabát	285
6		Karol Dobiaš	279
.		Anton Hrušecký	279
8		Jaroslav Hrabal	275
9		Michal Gašparík	260
10		Stanislav Jarábek	258

Most goals

#		Name	Goals
1		Jozef Adamec	139
2		Marek Ujlaky	87
3		Ladislav Kuna	85
4		Valér Švec	65
5		Anton Malatinský	64
6		Vladimír Kožuch	62
7		Michal Gašparík	53
8		František Bolček	51
9		Ján Šturdík	48
10		Karol Tibenský	42
.		Viliam Jakubčík	42

Manager history

External links

• Official website (Slovak)
• Spartak youtube channel (Slovak)
• Ultras Spartak (Slovak)
• FC Spartak Trnava on Facebook

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