FC Košice (2018)

Not to be confused with FC VSS Košice.

FC Košice

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Full name	Football Club Košice
Nickname(s)	VSS žltomodrí
Founded	27 April 2018 (2018-04-27) (as FC Košice)
Ground	Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity	12,555
Owner	Arago group - 50% Local investors - 50%
Chairman	Dušan Trnka
Head coach	Roman Skuhravý
League	Slovak First Football League
2023–24	Slovak First Football League, 10th of 12
Website	http://www.fckosice.sk/
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FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the Slovak First Football League, the highest tier of Slovak football. FC Košice was founded in 2018. They merged into a new club with FK Košice-Barca. From a historical and traditional point of view, the club follows the first football club from Košice, Kassai Athletikai Club from 1903, later known as FC VSS Košice, but from a legal point of view it is a new club with a clean slate.

Previous names

• ŠK Vyšné Opátske (1921)
• TJ Sokol Vyšné Opátske (1948)
• TJ FK Turkon Vyšné Opátske (2006)
• TJ FK Vyšné Opátske (2014)
• FK Košice (2017, new club)
• FC Košice (merger with FK Košice-Barca) (2018–present, new club)

Logos

• 2014–2017
  2014–2017

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

• West Ham (2018–2019)
• Slávia TU Košice (2020-)

Honours

Slovakia

• Slovak Second Division (1993 – Present)
  • File:Gold medal icon.svg Winners (1): 2022–23
• Slovak Third Division (1993–)
  • File:Gold medal icon.svg Winners (1): 2018–19 League East

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018–2019	Adidas	MAXIMA BROKER
2019–2021		BMW Regnum Košice
2021-2022		FASTAV
2022-2023		HELL
2023–		niké

Results

League and domestic cup history

Season	League								Slovak Cup	Top goalscorer(s)
	Division (Name)	Pos/T	Pld	W	D	L	Score	Pts		Name(s)	Goals
2018–19	3rd (3. Liga)	1/(16)	26	25	0	1	90:9	75	QF, 0–0 (3–4 p) (Spartak Trnava)	Filip Serečin	26
2019–20	2nd (2. Liga)	10/(16)	17	5	6	6	22:18	21	R4, 2–2 (1–4 p) (AS Trenčín)	Erik Liener	5
2020–21	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(15)	28	15	4	9	40:27	49	SF, 3-8 agg. (MŠK Žilina)	František Pavúk / Boris Gáll	6
2021–22	2nd (2. Liga)	5/(16)	30	17	5	8	73:38	56	Ro16, 1–2 (Spartak Trnava)	Erik Pačinda	17
2022–23	2nd (2. Liga)	1/(16)	30	20	6	4	61:21	66	R4, 2–3 (Komárno)	Landing Sagna	15
2023–24	1st (Fortuna liga)	10/(12)	32	7	6	19	27:56	27	Ro16, 2–3 (Trnava)	Žan Medved	9

Current squad

As of 6 September 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Dávid Šípoš
5	DF	SVK	Jakub Jakubko
6	DF	HUN	Szilárd Bokros (on loan from Diósgyőr)
7	FW	GRE	Giannis Niarchos (on loan from DAC Dunajská Streda)
8	MF	SVK	Dávid Gallovič
10	FW	USA	Zyen Jones
11	MF	POR	Luís Santos
17	MF	SVK	Dalibor Takáč
19	DF	SVK	Lukáš Fabiš
20	DF	SVK	Ján Krivák (Captain)
21	DF	SVK	Daniel Magda

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	SVK	Matúš Kira
23	MF	SVK	Michal Faško
24	DF	SVK	Dominik Kružliak
25	MF	SVK	Marek Zsigmund
27	MF	CRO	Karlo Miljanić
29	MF	SVK	Šimon Sabolčík
30	GK	SVK	Marek Teplan (on loan from Žilina)
55	FW	SVN	Žan Medved
66	MF	SVK	Peter Varga
88	DF	ARG	Nicolás Gorosito (Vice-captain)
90	DF	BFA	Nassim Innocenti

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SVK	Miroslav Sovič (at Tatran Prešov until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	SEN	Landing Sagna (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SVK	Boris Gáll (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	SVK	Samuel Gladiš (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025)

Technical staff

Source:

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Roman Skuhravý
Assistant Coach	Ľubomír Kordanič
Goalkeeping Coach	Marián Kello
Fitness Coach	Igor Bakaľár
Sport Director	Balázs Farkas
Team chef	Roman Šimko
Team doctor	MUDr. Ronald Polomský
Team doctor	MUDr. Peter Polan
Physiotherapist	Peter Vresilovič
Masseur	Dárius Kolodzej
Masseur	Dominik Lukáč

• Last updated: 19 August 2024

Notable players

The following players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Košice.

• Tidjani Anaane
• Eric Davis
• Marián Kello
• Ján Krivák
• Dominik Kružliak
• Richard Lásik
• Moha Rharsalla
• Erik Pačinda
• Kristi Qose

Managers

Year	Name
2017 – 2019	Miroslav Sovič
2019	Gejza Farkaš
2019 - 2020	Marek Fabuľa
2020 - 2021	Peter Šinglár (interim)
2021 - 2022	Jozef Vukušič
2022 - 2023	Anton Šoltis
2023 - 2024	Ján Kozák jr.
2024	Gergely Geri
2024 – cur.	Roman Skuhravý

External links

• Official club website (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Futbalnet.sk portal (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Ligy.sk portal (in Slovak) Archived 2020-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
• FC Košice on Facebook (in Slovak)
• FC Košice on Instagram (in Slovak)