FC Baník Horná Nitra

FC Baník Horná Nitra

Full name	FC Baník Horná Nitra Prievidza & Handlová
Founded	1919
Ground	Futbalový štadión Prievidza, Prievidza
Capacity	7,500
President	Robert Šuník
Coach	Peter Černák
League	3. Liga
2014–15	4. liga , 1st (promoted)
Website	Club home page

FC Baník Horná Nitra is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Prievidza. Between 1993 and 2000, Prievidza played in the highest level of Slovak football, the Corgoň liga.

Following the 2006–07 season, HFK Prievidza was promoted to the Slovak First League (second level of Slovak football). The club finished in 6th place for the 2007–08 season.^[1] Beginning with the 2008–09 season, the club changed its name to FK Mesto Prievidza.^[2] In 2009–10, the club withdrew from the Slovak First League.

Club history

• 1919 – PAC Prievidza
• 1929 – ŠK Prievidza
• 1943 – SOHG Prievidza
• 1948 – Sokol Prievidza
• 1949 – Sokol Carpatia Prievidza
• 1954 – Merger of Baník Novaky and Baník Prievidza
• 1961 – TJ Baník Prievidza
• 1994 – MFK Prievidza
• 1995 – FK Petrimex Prievidza
• 1998 – FK Baník Prievidza
• 2003 – HFK Prievidza (resulted from the merger of MŠK TOPVAR, Horná Nitra Topoľčany and FK Baník Prievidza)
• 2008 – FK Mesto Prievidza
• 2011 – FC Baník Horná Nitra (ŠKF Baník Handlová merged with FK Prievidza 2010)

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
  • Winners (1): 1971–72

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are currently affiliated with FC Baník Horná Nitra:

• AS Trenčín (2011–present)^[3]
• MŠK Žilina (2013–present)^[4]

Current squad

As of 23 August 2015 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 Mário Lacko 2 Tiep Pham Thanh 3 Tomáš Kapusta 3 Ľuboslav Kopál 4 DF Juraj Pekár (captain) 5 DF Matúš Hubočan 6 Marek Belanec 7 Miroslav Oškrobaný 8 MF Dušan Bublák 9 FW Juraj Viktory

No. Position Player 10 MF Andrej Turančík 11 Matúš Matuškovič 12 Vladimír Drozd 13 Peter Halmeš 14 MF Branislav Obžera 15 Marek Búry 16 Alexander Kováčik 17 DF Lukáš Zelenický 18 GK Anton Kováčik

Notable players

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

For full list, see Category: FC Baník Horná Nitra players

Ivan Belák Karol Dobiaš Karol Jokl Patrik Hrošovský Miloš Krško František Kubík

Juraj Kucka Anton Malatinský Ján Mucha (footballer born 1978) Peter Németh Branislav Obžera Ladislav Petráš

Martin Petráš Martin Škrteľ Anton Švajlen Ján Vlasko Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1939)

Notable managers

• Milan Albrecht
• Vladimír Goffa
• Vladimír Ilko
• Vladimír Rusnák

References

1. "Slovakia 2007/08". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
2. "Nový názov klubu". FK Mesto Prievidza. 2008-06-17.
3. "FC Baník Horná Nitra sa stal partnerom prvoligového klubu AS Trenčín". prievidza.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2011-08-27.
4. "Klubové partnerstvo medzi MŠK Žilina a FC Baník Horná Nitra". mskzilina.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2013-09-26.

External links

• Official site (Slovak)