FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová

Podbrezová

Full name	FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová
Nickname(s)	Železiari (Ironmongers)
Founded	1920
Ground	Stadium Kolkáreň, Podbrezová
Ground Capacity	4,500
President	Július Kriváň
Head coach	Jozef Mores
League	Fortuna Liga
2013–14	2. liga, 1st (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

ŽP Šport Podbrezová is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Podbrezová.

History

Podbrezová was formed in 1920 as RTJ Podbrezová. The club is also particularly famous for its youth program that has produced many Slovak talents over the years, including Juraj Kucka, Michal Breznaník, Róbert Pich, Peter Štyvar and Marek Bažík. Podbrezová has been cooperating with the Italian club Inter, in a worldwide social project - Inter Campus since 2002. Argentine midfielder Pablo Podio, who currently plays for Podbrezová, is a product of the Inter Campus project. Major achievements in the history of the club include: second place in the I. liga in the 2007/2008 season and the semifinals of the Slovak Cup in the 2001/2002 season. In 2009-10, the club withdrew from the Slovak First League.^[1]

Fortuna Liga

In 2013-2014, Podbrezová were promoted to the top flight of Slovak football for the first time in their history. The success was born under the leadership of coach Jaroslav Kentoš. The keys players were Vratislav Greško, Blažej Vaščák, Jozef Hanák, Michal Pančík and others.

Current squad

As of 20 March 2015^[2]
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 Jozef Hanák (captain) 2 DF Milan Harvilko 3 MF Peter Gál-Andrezly 4 MF Tomáš Galo 5 DF Ivan Minčič (vice-captain) 6 FW Dávid Škutka 7 DF Lukáš Migaľa 8 MF Blažej Vaščák 9 MF Pablo Podio 10 DF Nikola Andrić 11 MF Matej Kochan

No. Position Player 12 DF Ľuboš Kupčík 13 DF Vratislav Greško (vice-captain) 14 MF Róbert Richnák 17 MF Juraj Pančík 18 FW Peter Nworah 19 MF Michal Pančík 20 DF Ján Nosko 21 FW Martin Šlapák 22 MF Juraj Hovančík 27 GK Juraj Baláž 30 GK Pavol Penksa

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2014–15.

Out on Loan 2014–15

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

No. Position Player DF Ivan Očenáš (at Pohronie) MF Július Szöke (at Prešov)

No. Position Player FW Hector Tubonemi (at Michalovce) FW Michal Mózer (at Liptovský Mikuláš)

Staff

Current technical staff

As of 7 March 2015

Staff	Job title
Jozef Mores	Manager
Branislav Benko	Assistant manager
Radoslav Kupec	Team Leader
MUDr. Miroslav Košík	Team Doctor
Roman Snopko	Fitness trainer

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries

For full list, see Category:ŽP Šport Podbrezová players

• Michal Breznaník
• Vratislav Greško
• Juraj Kucka
• Michal Pančík
• Štefan Rusnák
• Siradji Sani
• Peter Štyvar
• Blažej Vaščák

Notable Managers

External links

• Official website (Slovak)
• FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová on Facebook

References