MŠK Žilina

MŠK Žilina

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Full name	MŠK Žilina
Nickname(s)	Šošoni
Founded	1908
Ground	Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina
Capacity	9,576
Chairman	Jozef Michalko
Manager	Pavel Vrba
League	Corgoň Liga
2006-07	First Division, 1st
Home colours Away colours

MŠK Žilina is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Žilina and is one of the most successful teams in Slovak top division (since 1993), having won 4 titles and 2 runner-ups in last 7 years.

History

The club was founded towards the end of 1908 under the Hungarian name Zsolnai testgyakorlók köre. Between the two world wars, when for a brief time Slovakia became an independent nation, the club won Slovakian championship twice, in 1928 and 1929. The club played 31 seasons in the First Division of the Czechoslovakian League.

In 1961 Žilina reached the final of the nationalcup, where they lost to Dukla Prague, the eventual Czechoslovakian champion. In spite of the defeat Žilina gained entry into Europe for the first time and competed in the Cup winners' cup. In their first venture into European, Žilina made the quarter-final, but were defeated by Fiorentina. At home Žilina won 3-2, but in Italy, Fiorentina proved to be too strong and won the game 2-0. In 1969.

In 1996 Žilina was promoted from the second division after spending just a season there. In 1997, the club gained entry to the Intertoto Cup, but only came fourth in a group of five. Again they entered the Intertoto Cup in 1999 but just as last time failed to make any impression, being beaten 4-2 by FC Metz in the second round.

In the autumn of 2000, coach Ladislav Jurkemik joined the club only to depart halfway through the 2001/02 season to become coach of the Slovak national team. Nevertheless the team continued with its winning mentality and became national champions with the help of new coach, Leoš Kalvoda.

In 2002/03 the season, now under the management of Milan Lešický, the club succeeded in retaining its national championship. The following season began in a disappointing way and coach Lešický with Ladislav Jurkemik, for his second spell in charge. He led the club to 10 successive victories and just clinched the title due to goal difference.

One of the club's most notable players of the modern time is Marek Mintál, in two successive seasons he was the top goal scorer in the league with 21 and 20 goals respectively, and was a major contributor to Žilina winning their three Slovakian titles and earning himself a move to 1. FC Nuremberg of Germany.

Events timeline

• 1909 - Founded as ZsTK Zsolna
• 1910 - Renamed ZsTS Zsolna
• 1919 - Renamed SK Žilina
• 1948 - Renamed Sokol Slovena Žilina
• 1953 - Renamed Jiskra Slovena Žilina
• 1956 - Renamed DSO Dynamo Žilina
• 1961 - First European qualification, 1961/62
• 1963 - Renamed Jednota Žilina
• 1967 - Renamed TJ ZVL Žilina
• 1990 - Renamed ŠK Žilina
• 1995 - Renamed MŠK Žilina

Current Squad

As of 12.February 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Miroslav Seman
2	MF	SVK	Lukáš Tesák
3	DF	SVK	Mário Pečalka
4	DF	CZE	Benjamín Vomáčka
5	FW	SVK	Ivan Lietava
6	MF	SVK	Zdeno Štrba
7	DF	SVK	Vladimir Leitner
8	MF	CZE	Pavel Devatý
9	MF	SVK	Juraj Ančic
10	FW	BRA	Evandro Adauto da Silva
11	DF	SVK	Peter Pekarík
12	MF	SVK	Róbert Jež

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	SVK	Peter Štyvar
15	DF	BIH	Velimir Vidić
17	FW	SVK	Andrej Porázik
18	MF	BIH	Eldar Hasanović
19	MF	SVK	Ivan Belák
20	MF	SVK	Pavol Poliaček
22	GK	SVK	Dusan Kuciak
23	DF	SVK	Szórád Csaba
25	MF	BIH	Admir Vladavić
26	MF	SVK	Martin Ďurica
30	GK	SVK	Martin Dúbravka
37	MF	SVK	Mário Breška

Honours

• Corgoň Liga (Slovakian League) (1993 - Present)
  • Winners (4): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
  • Runners-up (2) Corgon Liga 2005,2002

• Zvazové Majstrovstvá Slovenska (Slovakian League) (1925 - 1933)
  • Winners (2): 1928, 1929

External links

• Official website