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 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 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
Honours
Domestic
Slovak League Top Goalscorer
Slovak League Top scorer since 1993–94
- 1Shared award
European competition history
Transfers
MFK have produced numerous players that have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Ružomberok after a few years of first-team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, mostly Czech First League (Igor Žofčák and Juraj Kucka to Sparta Prague in 2007 and 2009, Maroš Klimpl and Tomáš Oravec to Viktoria Žižkov in 2001 and 2002, Dušan Švento to SK Slavia Prague in 2005, Marián Had to Brno in 2004, Marek Bakoš to Viktoria Plzeň in 2009, and Tomáš Ďubek to Slovan Liberec in 2014). Other interesting transfers were 2005–06 best goalscorer Erik Jendrišek to German Hannover 96, Mulumba Mukendi to Russian FC Volga and Marek Sapara to Norwegian champion Rosenborg BK in 2006.
Sponsorship
Club partners
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- Stavpoč
- Tatrapeko
- Včela Lippek
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Current squad
As of 19 September 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2015–16.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Michal Kutlík (at TJ Tatran Oravské Veselé)
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Mikuláš Bumbera (at ŠKM Liptovský Hrádok) |
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Retired number(s)
Staff
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| Owner | Milan Fiľo |
| General director | Ľubomír Golis |
| Sport director | Dušan Tittel |
| Head Coach | Ladislav Pecko |
| Assistant Coach | Ján Bíreš |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Milan Penksa, Marek Rodák |
| Youth Coach | Ľuboš Hajdúch |
| Medical Staff | MUDr. František Rigo, MUDr. Tibor Letko |
| Masseur | Juraj Hervartovský |
| Custodian | Drahomír Bobák |
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for MFK.
- Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
Managers
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 Michal Bílek (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)- František Straka (June 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010)
- Ladislav Jurkemik (July 1, 2010 – Oct 15, 2010)
 Goran Milojević (Oct 16, 2010 – March 31, 2011)- Ladislav Jurkemik (April 1, 2011 – Sept 22, 2011)
- Aleš Křeček (Sept 22, 2011 – June 30, 2012)
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- Ladislav Šimčo (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
- Jozef Vukušič (July 1, 2013 – March 17, 2014)
- Jozef Chovanec (March 17, 2014 – June 30, 2014)
- Ladislav Šimčo (June 5, 2014 – Nov 17, 2014)
- Ivan Galád (November 17, 2014 – Sept 2, 2015)
- Ladislav Pecko (Sept 11, 2015–present)
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Former reserve team
MFK Ružomberok B was a Slovak football club, based in Ružomberok, formerly of the Slovak 2. liga. It was the reserve team of MFK Ružomberok. 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.
Season to season
Former managers
See also
References
External links
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