ŠK SLOVAN BRATISLAVA

:''This article is about the Slovan football club. For the ice hockey club, see HC Slovan Bratislava.''
'ŠK Slovan Bratislava' is a Slovak sports club, based in Bratislava. It is best known for its football team. It was founded in 1919 and is the most successful slovak football club.^[1] The club became the second Central European team to win a major European trophy, winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1969 (Dinamo Zagreb won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1967).

Contents

History

Current roster

2007-08 summer signings

In

Out

Famous Players

Honours

Domestic

European

References

External links

History

Slovan and its predecessors, NV Bratislava and ŠK Bratislava, won the Czechoslovak title eight times and the Slovak title eight times as well. Club's home ground is Tehelné pole stadium. Slovan's major rivals in Bratislava are Inter Bratislava. Formerly the two clubs were the same team but split up just after 1965. Along with Spartak Trnava, Slovan were the only real Slovak challengers in the Czechoslovak championship and the two clubs have a bitter rivalry, the game is considered the most prestigious match in the Slovakian football calendar.
The club suffered a major blow in 2004 after being relegated to the Slovakian 2nd division. The club acquired Jozef Jankech, the former manager of the Slovakia national football team and returned to the First League. Their first "comeback" season can be considered as a success, the club finished 3rd and qualified for the Intertoto Cup. After the 2006-07 season manager Jankech left the club and was replaced by former club player Boris Kitka. ^[2]
Slovan have had several successful players grabbed by larger European clubs in recent years; Szilárd Németh (to Middlesbrough) and Peter Dubovský (to Real Madrid) to name but a few. Slovan's most recent youth product is national team player Robert Vittek who moved away from the club to German side 1.FC Nürnberg on Slovan's relegation.

Current roster

''As of July 7, 2007'' [2] [3]

2007-08 summer signings

In

★ Martin Švestka ''(from MŠK Žilina)'' [4]

★ Matej Ižvolt ''(from FK ZTS Dubnica)'' [5]

★ Ján Mucha ''(from FC Viktoria Plzeň)'' [6]

Out

★ Michal Gottwald, ''unknown'' [7]

★ Vojin Prole,'' end of career''

Famous Players

★ Jozef Adamec

★ Ján Čapkovič

★ Jozef Čapkovič

★ Peter Dubovský

★ Koloman Gögh

★ Marek Krajčík

★ Karol Jokl

★ László Kubala

★ Marián Masný

★ Ladislav Móder

★ Anton Ondruš

★ Ján Pivarník

★ Ján Popluhár

★ Ján Švehlík

★ Dušan Tittel

★ Robert Tomaschek

★ Jozef Vengloš

Honours

Domestic

★ 'Slovakian League' ''(1993 - Present)''

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★ ''Winners (4):'' 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999

★ 'Slovakian League' (1939 - 1944)

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★ ''Winners (4):'' 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944

★ 'Slovenský Pohár' ''(Slovakian Cup)''

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★ ''Winners (10):'' 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999

★ 'Pribina Cup' ''(Slovakian Super Cup)''

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★ ''Winners (3):'' 1994, 1995, 1996

★ 'Czechoslovakian League' ''(1945 - 1992)''

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★ ''Winners (8):'' 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1992

★ 'Ceskoslovenský Pohár' ''(Czechoslovakian Cup)''

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★ ''Winners (5):'' 1962, 1963, 1968, 1974, 1982

European

★ 'UEFA Cup Winners' Cup'

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★ ''Winners (1):'' 1969

★ 'Intertoto Cup'

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★ ''Winners (6):'' 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977

References

1. http://www.slovanfutbal.com/sk/?go=klub_historia&show=obdobie1
2. Slovan annaunces new manager

External links

★ Official website