AS Trenčín

AS Trenčín

Full name	Asociácia športov Trenčín a.s.[1]
Founded	1992 (1992) as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
Ground	Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín
Capacity	3,500
Owner	Tscheu La Ling
Chairman	Róbert Rybníček
Manager	Ricardo Moniz
League	Fortuna Liga
2017–18	Fortuna Liga, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Active departments of AST
Football Handball (Women's) Floorball (Men's) Badminton Tennis Footgolf

AS Trenčín (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈa: ˈɛs ˈtrɛntʃiːn] ( listen)) is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak Super Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 4,500 spectators.

History

The football team was established in 1992 as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia.^[2] Since 1997, Trenčín has continuously played in the Slovak first division.

In 2002 the club changed its name to FK Laugaricio Trenčín, and one year later became FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín).

The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the Intertoto Cup (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former Dutch international Tschen La Ling.^[3] After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season.^[2]

In July 2015, FK AS Trenčín together with women's handball team HK Štart Trenčín was merged into Asociácia športov Trenčín.^[4]

Honours

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

Year	Winner	G
1964–65	Pavol Bencz	19
1998–99	Martin Fabuš	19
2002–03	Martin Fabuš	201
2012–13	David Depetris	16
2013–14	Tomáš Malec	14
2015–16	Gino van Kessel	17

¹Shared award

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín:

• VSV TONEGIDO (2007–08)^[5]
• Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present)^[6]
• Slovan Nemšová (2012–present)^[7]
• Ajax (2012–present)^[8]
• AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–13)^[9]
• GBS Academy (2014–present) ^[10]
• FK Inter Bratislava (2016–present)^[11]

Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active ultras group. They have a fierce rivalry with Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically left-wing fans.^[12] Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech Bohemians 1905.^[13]

Sponsorship

Current squad

As of 16 September 2018^[14] 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 Denis Chudý 2 DF Lukáš Skovajsa 3 DF Keston Julien 4 MF Abdul Zubairu 5 DF Reuben Yem 6 DF Martin Šulek 7 FW Hamza Čataković 9 MF Jakub Paur 10 MF Desley Ubbink 11 MF Joey Sleegers 12 GK Libor Hrdlička 14 FW Emeka Umeh 15 MF Osman Bukari

No. Position Player 16 MF Jakub Kadák 17 MF Ante Roguljić 18 MF Philippe van Arnhem 22 DF Adrián Slávik 24 GK Igor Šemrinec (Vice-captain) 25 MF Aschraf El Mahdioui 28 DF Marián Pišoja 33 DF Erhan Mašović 37 DF Peter Kleščík (Captain) 45 FW Kule Mbombo 46 MF Milan Corryn 49 MF Milan Kvocera 77 FW Antonio Mance

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2018.

Out on loan 2018–19

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

No. Position Player — FW Erik Prekop (at FC Petržalka akadémia) — FW Issa Adekunle (at Inter Bratislava) — MF Tomáš Svečula (at Inter Bratislava)

No. Position Player — DF Jovan Pavlović (at Inter Bratislava) — GK Oleksandr Morgos (at Inter Bratislava)

Managers

Current technical staff

As of 3 June 2018

Staff	Job title
Ricardo Moniz	Manager
Vladimír Cifranič	Assistant manager
Juraj Ančic	Assistant manager
Gideon van der Wee	Tech assistant
Ľubomír Reiter	U19 coach
Tomáš Belic	Goalkeeping coach
Jozef Hollý	Team Leader
Drahoslav Bočák	Team Manager
Branislav Haviernik	Scout
Dr Jozef Takáč	Team Doctor
Peter Gašperák	Physiotherapist
Jozef Liška	Masseur

UEFA Ranking

This is the current 2018–19 (August 31) UEFA coefficient:

Rank	Team	Coefficient
157	Charleroi	6.940
158	FC Spartak Trnava	6.500
159	AS Trenčín	6.500
160	F91 Dudelange	6.250
161	Gabala FK	6.250

• Full list

Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League (Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004, František Kubík to Kuban in 2011), Belgian Pro League (Moses Simon, Haris Hajradinović (booth 2014), Rabiu Ibrahim (2016), Samuel Kalu (2017), Rangelo Janga (2018) and Philip Azango (2018) to Gent, Wesley to Club Brugge in 2016, Kingsley Madu and Aliko Bala to Zulte Waregem in 2016,2017 James Lawrence to Anderlecht in 2018), Danish Superliga (Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to FC Nordsjælland in 2015, Fanendo Adi to Copenhagen in 2013), Dutch Eredivisie (Hilary Gong to SBV Vitesse in 2018), Greece Superleague (Jairo to PAOK in 2015), Norway Tippeligaen (Tomáš Malec to Lillestrøm SK in 2016), Czech First League (Aldo Baéz to Slavia Prague in 2014 and season 2015-16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 20 years old talented midfielder Matúš Bero joined Turkish Trabzonspor for a fee €3.5 million.

Record transfers

Rank	Player	To	Fee	Year
1.	Matúš Bero	Trabzonspor	€3.5 million*	2016[15]
2.	Gino van Kessel	Slavia Prague	€1.5 million*	2016[16][17]
3.	Wesley	Club Brugge	€1.0 million*	2016[18]
4.	Moses Simon	Gent	€0.8 million*	2015[19]
	Jairo	PAOK	€0.8 million*	2015[20]

*-unofficial fee

Results

European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

^{Until 1992 played as Jednota Trenčín}

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966	Mitropa Cup
		1. Round	Admira Wien	4–0	1–2	5–2
		1/4 Final	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–0	4–1
		Semi-final	Vasas	1–0
		Final	Fiorentina		0–1
1967–68	Mitropa Cup	1 .Round	Željezničar	0–1	0–0	0–1
1998	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	1–1	4–1	5–1
		2. Round	Baltika	0–1	0–0	0–1
1999	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Pobeda	3–1	1–3	4–4 (p)
2000	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	0–3	0–1	0–4
2002	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Slaven Belupo	3–1	0–5	3–6
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	IFK Göteborg	2–1	0–0	2–1
		3Q	Astra Giurgiu	1–3	2–2	3–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Vojvodina	4–0	0–3	4–3
		3Q	Hull City	0–0	1–2	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Steaua București	0–2	3–2	3–4
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	NK Olimpija	2–3	4–3	6–6
		3Q	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–0	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Rapid Wien	0–4	2–0	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	5–1	3–0	8–1
		2Q	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	0–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Budućnost Podgorica	1−1	2−0	3–1
		2Q	Górnik Zabrze	4−1	1−0	5−1
		3Q	Feyenoord	4−0	1−1	5−1
		PO	AEK Larnaca	1−1	0−3	1−4

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		David Depetris	86
2		Pavol Bencz	72
3		Vojtech Masný	65
4		Martin Fabuš	59
5		Gino van Kessel	33

Notable players

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

For full list, see Category:FK AS Trenčín players

Managers

Previous kits

The first home Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The first away Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The typical Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.
The alternative Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.	The home FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.	The away FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.

References

External links

• Official website (in Slovak) (in English)