FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce - Vráble, a.s.
Full nameFootball Club Viliam Ondrejka Zlaté Moravce - Vráble
Founded1995 (1995)
as FC ViOn
GroundViOn Aréna,
Zlaté Moravce
Capacity4,006
OwnerViliam Ondrejka
ChairmanKarol Škula
ManagerĽuboš Benkovský
LeagueSlovak Super Liga
2020–215th
WebsiteClub website

History
Stadium FC ViOn

From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions. In 2004 they were promoted to the Slovak Second Division, and then in the 2006–07 season were promoted to the Corgoň Liga, and won the Slovak Cup, beating FC Senec 4–0. This earned them place in the first qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Zlaté Moravce played their first European match on 19 July 2007 in the UEFA Cup at home against Alma-Ata, winning 3–1.[1] On 2 August 2007, they have tied in Almaty 1–1, qualifying to the second qualification round.[2]

Events timeline
  • 1995 – Founded as FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
  • 2016 – Renamed FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble[3]

Honours

Domestic

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with FC ViOn:

Sponsorship
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2004–05 Legea ViOn
2005–07 Adidas
2007–08 Jako
2008–09 Adidas
2009–10 Puma
2010–13 Legea
2013–14 Luanvi
2014–present Erreà

Club partners

source[6]

Current squad
As of 13 February 2022[7]

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 Patrik Lukáč
4 DF  SVK Martin Tóth
5 MF  MKD Tomche Grozdanovski
6 DF  SVK Aaron Belmenen
7 FW  SVK Tomáš Horák
8 MF  SVK Anton Sloboda
9 FW  SVK Marek Švec
10 FW  SVK Marián Chobot (on loan from Slovan Bratislava)
12 DF  SVK Martin Chren (vice-captain)
14 MF  SVK Denis Duga
16 MF  SVK Karol Mondek
17 DF  SVK Peter Čögley
18 FW  NGA Taofiq Jibril (on loan from Žilina)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  SVK Peter Kolesár (on loan from Spartak Trnava)
21 DF  SVK Dávid Haspra
22 GK  SVK Matúš Kira
23 MF  SVK Martin Kovaľ
26 MF  SVK Tomáš Ďubek (captain)
28 MF  GRE Georgios Neofytidis
31 DF  SVK Jozef Menich
50 FW  SVK Sebastián Rák
66 DF  SVK Martin Bednár
89 MF  GRE Alexandros Kyziridis
90 DF  SVK Matúš Čonka
– DF  SVK Michal Pintér
– DF  SVK Samuel Suľa (on loan from Žilina)

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2021 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2021-22

Management staff
Position Staff
Manager Ľuboš Benkovský
Assistant coach Branislav Mráz
Goalkeeping coach Pavel Kováč
Team chef Vladimír Červený
Masseur Ján Andraško
Physioterapist MUDr. Jozef Mada

Source:[8]

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals)
2000–01 3rd (2. Liga) 1 Did not enter Jozef Piaček (11)
Róbert Michalík (11)
2001–02 2nd (1. Liga) 16/(16) Preliminary round ?
2002–03 3rd (2. Liga) 10 Did not enter ?
2003–04 3rd (2. Liga) 2 Did not enter Juraj Vondra (18)
2004–05 2nd (1.Liga) 8/(16) Quarter-finals Peter Černák (6)
2005–06 2nd (1.Liga) 8/(16) Round 1 Peter Černák (5)
Martin Chren (5)
2006–07 2nd (1.Liga) 3/(12) Winner Marek Plichta (9)
2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 11/(12) Round 3 UC Q2 ( Zenit) Peter Černák (4)
2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 12/(12) Quarter-finals Salomon Wisdom (4)
2009–10 2nd (DoxxBet Liga) 1/(14) Round 3 Karol Pavelka (16)
2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) Semi-finals Peter Kuračka (7)
2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) Semi-finals Martin Hruška (6)
2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(12) Round 3 Andrej Hodek (13)
2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 10/(12) Quarter-finals Martin Pribula (8)
2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 5 Martin Juhar (4)
Márius Charizopulos (4)
2015–16 1st (Fortuna Liga) 9/(12) Quarter-finals Leandre Tawamba (11)
2016–17 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 4 Peter Orávik (5)
2017–18 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 3 Róbert Gešnábel (9)
2018–19 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round of 16 Tomáš Ďubek (9)
2019–20 1st (Fortuna Liga) 8/(12) Semi-finals Tomáš Ďubek (8)
2020–21 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) Quarter-finals Filip Balaj (16)

European competition history
Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Alma-Ata 3–1 1–1 4–1
2Q Zenit St. Petersburg 0–2 0–3 0–5

Youth program

The club is also particularly known for its youth program. Academy name is PFA (Požitavská futbalová akadémia).

Player records

Most goals
# Nat. Name Goals
1 Peter Orávik 32
2 Peter Černák 28
Karol Pavelka
Tomáš Ďubek
5 Peter Kuračka 26
6 Andrej Hodek 18
7 Filip Balaj 16

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

Had international caps on senior level for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC ViOn.

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

Managers

References
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  2. "Zlaté Moravce v Almaty remizovali a postúpili do 2. predkola Pohára UEFA – Profutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  3. s, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia a. "ViOn Zlaté Moravce začne ďalšiu sezónu s novým názvom". Šport.sk.
  4. "Prioritou ViOnu záchranárske práce, myslí však aj na prvú šestku | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk.
  5. a.s, Petit Press. "FC ViOn uzavrel dohodu o spolupráci s prvoligovým klubom z Talianska". mynitra.sme.sk.
  6. "FC ViOn | Partneri klubu". fcvion.sk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.
  7. "Slovakia - FC Zlaté ViOn Moravce - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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