FC Spartak Trnava
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| Full name | FC Spartak Trnava | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bíli andeli (The White Angels) | ||
| Founded |
30 May 1923 as TŠS Trnava | ||
| Ground | Štadión Antona Malatinského | ||
| Capacity | 19,200 | ||
| Owner | Vladimír Poór | ||
| President | Dušan Keketi | ||
| Manager | Radoslav Látal | ||
| League | Fortuna liga | ||
| 2017–18 | Fortuna Liga, 1st | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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FC Spartak Trnava (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈspartak ˈtr̩naʋa]) is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won both the Czechoslovak First League and the Czechoslovak Cup five times, and reaching the semi-final of the European Cup once and the quarter-final twice. The club's official anthem is Il Silenzio.
History
The club was founded on 30 May 1923 by the merger of Šk Čechie and ČšŠk into TSS Trnava. After a communist takeover it became affiliated with the metal industry and was renamed to TJ Kovosmalt ("Metal-enamel"). In 1952, the club gained its current name.
Previous names
- ŠK Rapid Trnava (1923–39)
- TSS Trnava (1939–48)
- Sokol NV Trnava (1948–49)
- ZTJ Kovosmalt Trnava (1949–53)
- Spartak Trnava (1953–67)
- Spartak TAZ Trnava (1967–88)
- Spartak ZTS Trnava (1988–93)
- FC Spartak Trnava (1993–)
Golden era
The Golden era of Spartak began in the 1966–67 season. The team of legendary coach Anton Malatinský was top of the league by the autumn, but by the end of the season had finished only in third place. Great success was achieved in the Mitropa Cup. Spartak beat teams like Budapest Honvéd, Lazio and Fiorentina and in the final they defeated Újpest of Hungary. In the following season Spartak gained their most memorable European results. They reached the semi-final of the European Cup to face Ajax. It is their greatest success to date.
Ajax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Under the management of Ján Hucko, the team also won a second championship. In 1970–71 and 1971–72, Trnava won their third and fourth championship titles under coaches Valér Švec and Anton Malatinský. The team also reached the quarter-final of the European Cup in 1973 and 1974. The fifth and the last league title in 1972–73 beckoned the end of Spartak's golden era. In 1976, Karol Dobiaš was in the squad that won the UEFA Euro 1976.
1990s
Although Spartak finished 16th (and last) in the last unified Czechoslovak league season in 1992–93, the latter half of the 1990s can be considered the renaissance of football in Trnava. In the 1995–96 season, Spartak finished third and its popularity grew. The 1996–97 season was a memorable on for the fans of Spartak, Karol Pecze almost led the team to its first Slovakian league title but got beaten to it by Košice in the final week of competition. The following season, under new coach Dušan Galis the team again achieved second place and then third place in the 1998–99 season which saw the end of this recovery of footballing prowess in Trnava.
2018
In Fortuna liga season 2017-18 Spartak won the league title for the first time in 45 years.
Honours
Domestic
League
- Slovak Super Liga (1993–present)
- Winners (1): 2017–18
Cups
- Czechoslovak Cup (1961–1993)
- Winners (5): 1951, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1986
- Slovak Cup (1961–present)
- Winners (5): 1971, 1975, 1986, 1991, 1997–98
- Slovak Super Cup (1993–2016)
- Winners (1): 1998
Top goalscorers
The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.
| Year | Winner | G |
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| 1966–67 |  | 21 |
| 1967–68 | | 18 |
| 1969–70 | | 16 |
| 1970–71 | | 161 |
| 1997–98 |  | 17 |
- 1Shared award
European
- European Cup (UEFA Champions League)
- Mitropa Cup
UEFA Ranking
This is the current 2018–19 (August 31) UEFA coefficient:
| Rank | Team | Coefficient |
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| 156 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 6.940 |
| 157 | | 6.940 |
| 158 | | 6.500 |
| 159 | | 6.500 |
| 160 |  | 6.250 |
Affiliated clubs
The following clubs are currently affiliated with Spartak Trnava:
Sponsorship
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Club partnerssource[2]
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Support
The fans are well known throughout the country for their passion. The main ultras group is called Ultras Spartak. They are universally considered to be the best fans in Slovakia. Trnava has had the highest average attendances in the republic for a long period of time.
Between 1988 and 2006, Spartak ultras had a mutual friendship with Baník Ostrava fans, good relations and friendship still exist to this day.
Traditionally, the club has great support in the city and its districts, but it is very popular in the whole western region of Slovakia, especially in the Hlohovec, Piešťany and Sereď areas.
Rivalries
The greatest rival is Slovan Bratislava. This rivalry has a long tradition and the yearly match between these clubs is considered as the most prestigious derby match in Slovakia.
Stadium
Štadión Antona Malatinského is located in the centre of Trnava, directly behind the walls of the old town. It has capacity of 19,200 spectators. Formerly known simply as Spartak stadium, it was renamed in 1998 in honour of the club's most successful manager Anton Malatinský.
Transfers
Spartak 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 Spartak after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Austrian Football Bundesliga (Július Šimon to FK Austria Wien in 1997, season 1997-98 topscorer Ľubomír Luhový to Grazer AK in 1998), Greece Superleague (Erik Sabo to PAOK in 2015, Peter Doležaj to Olympiacos Volos in 2011), French Ligue 1 (Koro Koné to Dijon FCO in 2012, Adam Jakubech to Lille OSC in 2017), Czech First League (Vladimír Leitner to FK Teplice in 2000, Kamil Susko to FC Baník Ostrava in 2000), Cypriot First Division (Dušan Tittel to AC Omonia in 1999), Norway Tippeligaen (Martin Husár to Lillestrøm SK in 2006), Polish Ekstraklasa (Erik Jendrišek to Crakovia in 2015, Ján Vlasko to Zagłębie Lubin in 2015, Dobrivoj Rusov to Piast Gliwice in 2014, and Ľuboš Kamenár to Śląsk Wrocław in 2016. The top transfer was agreed in 1999 when Miroslav Karhan joined Spanish Real Betis for a fee €2.3 million.
Record transfers
| Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
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| 1. | |  | €2.3 million | 1999[3] |
| 2. | |  | €1.0 million* | 2017 |
| 3. | |  | €0.75 million* | 2018[4] |
| 4. | |  | €0.6 million* | 2006[5] |
|  | €0.6 million* | 2015[6] | |
*-unofficial fee
Players
Current squad
- As of 23 September 2018[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2018.
Retired numbers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current technical staff
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| Masseur | |
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| Custodian | |
| Doctor | |
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Reserve team
FC Spartak Trnava juniori are the reserve team of FC Spartak Trnava. They currently play in the third division.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current technical staff
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Club officials
| Position | Name |
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| PR manager | |
| Youth manager | |
| Youth director | |
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Records
League history
- Czechoslovak First League (1948–93)
- Slovak Super Liga (1993–present)
European competitions
Accurate as of 7 August 2018
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1960 | Mitropa Cup | Group |  | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 1962 | Mitropa Cup | Group | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Group |  | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–7 | ||
| Group | | 1–6 | 3–4 | 4–10 | ||
| 1966–67 | Mitropa Cup | First round | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Quarter-finals | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| Semi-finals | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | ||
| Final | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–4 | ||
| 1967–68 | Mitropa Cup | First round | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Quarter-finals | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | ||
| Semi-finals | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 | ||
| Final | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | ||
| 1967–68 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round |  | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–3 |
| Second round |  | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | ||
| 1968–69 | European Cup | First round |  | 4–0 | 1–3 | 5–3 |
| Second round |  | 7–1 | 9–1 | 16–2 | ||
| Quarter-finals | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||
| Semi-finals |  | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | ||
| 1969–70 | European Cup | First round |  | 4–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
| Second round |  | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (cf) | ||
| 1970–71 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 (4–3) (p) |
| Second round |  | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | ||
| Third round | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | ||
| 1971–72 | European Cup | First round | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 (ag) |
| 1972–73 | European Cup | Second round | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Quarter-finals |  | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | ||
| 1973–74 | European Cup | First round | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Second round | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Quarter-finals | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 (3–4) (p) | ||
| 1974 | Intertoto cup | Group |  | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Group |  | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||
| Group |  | 2–1 | 0–1 | |||
| 1975 | Intertoto cup | Group |  | 6–1 | 5–1 | |
| Group |  | 2–2 | 1–2 | |||
| Group | | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||
| 1975–76 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| 1976 | Intertoto cup | Group | | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Group | | 5–1 | 1–1 | |||
| Group | | 2–0 | 3–1 | |||
| 1979 | Intertoto cup | Group | | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Group | | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
| Group | | 3–0 | 1–1 | |||
| 1984 | Intertoto cup | Group | | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Group | | 1–1 | 1–3 | |||
| Group | | 3–1 | 4–2 | |||
| 1986–87 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 1996 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Group |  | 3–0 | ||
| Group |  | 6–0 | ||||
| Group | | 1–1 | ||||
| Group | | 1–2 | ||||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Second qualifying round | | 0–1 | 3–5 | 3–6 | ||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Qualifying round |  | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| First round | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | ||
| 1999–00 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round |  | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| First round | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | ||
| 2003 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–7 |
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–4 (ag) |
| Second round |  | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| Third round |  | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 (ag) | ||
| 2006–07 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round |  | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round |  | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| Second qualifying round | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round |  | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Second qualifying round | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | ||
| Third qualifying round |  | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 (5–4) (p) | ||
| Play-off round |  | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | ||
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round |  | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Third qualifying round | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | ||
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | | 5–0 | 4–2 | 9–2 |
| Second qualifying round | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
| Third qualifying round |  | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
| Play-off round | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | ||
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) |
| Second qualifying round |  | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | ||
| Third qualifying round | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | |
3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| Second qualifying round |  |
2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Third qualifying round | |
0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 (4–5) (p) | ||
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | First qualifying round | |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Second qualifying round | |
0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| Third qualifying round | |
1–2 (a.e.t) | 1–1 | 2–3 | ||
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off round |  |
1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Group D | |
1–0 | – | – | ||
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed with a bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak.
- Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
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Player records
Most appearances
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Most goals
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Manager history
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References
- ↑ http://www.futbalportal.net/?q=clanok/38359/v-trnave-vyhodna-dohoda-dvoch-klubov-spartaka-a-lokomotivy
- ↑ http://www.spartak.sk/
- ↑ http://www.pluska.sk/sport/futbal/trnava-prestupom-saba-pekne-zarobila-tromfne-niekto-rekord-hubocana.html
- ↑ http://informer.rs/sport/c-zvezda/395902/jirka-na-marakani-za-750-000-evra-poznati-svi-detalji-transfera-slovaka
- ↑ http://www.futbalportal.net/?q=clanok/35848/kader-pod-drobnohladom-spartak-trnava
- ↑ http://www.pluska.sk/sport/futbal/z-trnavy-do-soluna-za-600-tisic-za-koho-dostane-spartak-peknu-sumu.html
- ↑ "SÚPISKA A-TÍM 2018/2019". spartak.sk. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Slovak)