1. FC Tatran Prešov

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FC Tatran

Full name	FC Tatran Prešov
Nickname(s)	Zeleno-Bieli (The Green-Whites) Koňare (Horsemen)
Founded	25 May 1898; 126 years ago (1898年05月25日) as ETVE Prešov
Ground	MŠK Tesla Stropkov Stadium, Tatran Arena (in reconstruction)
Capacity	2,500 6,500 (planned)
Owner	City of Prešov [1]
Chairman	Ľuboš Micheľ [1]
Head coach	Marek Petruš
League	2. liga
2023–24	2. liga, 3rd of 16
Website	1fctatran.sk
Home colours Away colours
Current season

FC Tatran Prešov (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈtatranˈpreʂɔw] ) is a Slovak football club based in the city of Prešov. Tatran Prešov is the oldest football club in Slovakia, founded on 25 May 1898. The club currently participates in the 2.liga. The "Green and Whites" played 32 seasons in the Czechoslovak top division. Tatran became the dark horse of the Czechoslovak league in the 1960s and 1970s, but never won a title. The greatest league success was the second place in the 1965 and 1973 seasons. The club also came close in the Czechoslovak Cup, losing twice in 1966 and 1992 finals.

The first official football match on the territory of present-day Slovakia took place on 25 May 1898 in Eperjes, today's Prešov, that time in Hungary, between two Budapest-based teams, Óbudai TE and Budapesti TC on the initiation of František Pethe, a gymnastic teacher in the local grammar school. On the same day the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Eperjesi TVE, lit. Gymnastic and Fencing Association of Eperjes) was founded, which is regarded as the first football club of Slovakia.

Eperjesi TVE initially competed in the Hungarian league system, achieving its best result in the 1907–08 season, when it won the Northern District Championship.^[2]

In 1920 Prešov became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, subsequently the club competed in the Czechoslovak leagues.

Prešov finished in second place in the Czechoslovak First League in 1965 and 1973, finishing the season just one point behind champions Spartak Trnava in the 1972–73 season.^[3] In the national cup the team also had success, reaching the final of the Czechoslovak Cup in 1966, where they lost to Dukla Prague and in 1992 where Sparta Prague were victorious.^[3]

The greatest legend of Tatran's Prešov history is Ladislav Pavlovič. From 1948 until 1966, he netted for Tatran Prešov 150 goals in 309 matches. He also represented Czechoslovakia national football team, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals. In 2013, he was stated to Prešov's Hall of Fame.

• Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Hungarian version), ETVE Prešov (1898)
• TVE Prešov (1920)
• Slávia Prešov (1931)
• PTS Prešov (1945)
• DSO Slavia Prešov a DSO Snaha Prešov (split from PTS Prešov) (1947)
• Sparta Dukla Prešov (1948)
• Dukla Prešov (1950)
• Dukla ČSSZ Prešov (1951)
• ČSSZ Prešov (1952)
• DSO Tatran Prešov (1953)
• TJ Tatran Prešov (1960)
• Tatran Agro Prešov (1989)
• FC Tatran Prešov (1991)
• FC Tatran Bukóza Prešov (1996)
• FC Tatran Prešov (1998)
• 1.FC Tatran Prešov (2005)
• FC Tatran Prešov (2022)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  • Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1972–73
• Czechoslovak Cup (1960–93)
  • Runners-up (2): 1965–66, 1991–92
• 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
  • Winners (2): 1979–80, 1989–90

Slovakia Slovakia

• Slovenský Pohár (Slovak Cup) (1961–)
  • Winners (1): 1992
  • Runners-up (4): 1973, 1985, 1994, 1997
• 2. liga (Slovak second division)
  • Winners (2): 2007–08, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (1): 2022-23
  • Third (3): 2003–04, 2014–15, 2023-24
• 3. liga východ (Slovak third division east)
  • Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021–22
  • Third (1): 2020–21

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

Year Winner G 1960–61 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Pavlovič 171 1962–63 Czechoslovakia Karol Petroš 19 1963–64 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Pavlovič 21

¹Shared award

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (1): 1981
• InterCup
  • Winners (1): 1978

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(12)	32	10	14	8	47	43	34	Runner-up
1994–95	1st (Mars Superliga)	9/(12)	32	9	10	13	42	49	37	1/2 finals	UC	2R (Spain Real Zaragoza)
1995–96	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(12)	32	12	7	13	34	36	43	1/32 finals
1996–97	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	12	7	11	37	38	43	Runner-up
1997–98	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(16)	30	9	9	12	29	39	36	1/4 finals	Slovakia Milan Jambor (5)
1998–99	1st (Mars Superliga)	8/(16)	30	11	10	9	38	35	43	1/16 finals	Slovakia Vladimír Kožuch (7) Slovakia Anton Šoltis (7)
1999–00	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	14	5	11	38	42	47	1/16 finals	Slovakia Vladimír Kožuch (8)
2000–01	1st (Mars Superliga)	7/(10)	36	10	10	16	44	54	40	1/32 finals	Slovakia Marek Petruš (7) Slovakia Július Lelkeš (7)
2001–02	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(10)	36	8	7	21	35	66	40	1/16 finals	Slovakia Ján Šlahor (7)
2002–03	2nd (1. liga)	9/(16)	30	11	6	13	40	37	39	1/4 finals	Slovakia Lukáš Hricov (7)
2003–04	2nd (1. liga)	3/(16)	30	15	7	8	54	35	52	1/8 finals	Slovakia Martin Jakubko (13)
2004–05	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	12	8	10	38	33	44	1/32 finals	Slovakia Ľubomír Pagor (7)
2005–06	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	15	7	8	37	22	52	1/32 finals	Slovakia Peter Iskra (6)
2006–07	2nd (1. liga)	5/(12)	36	16	14	6	55	25	62	1/8 finals	Slovakia Tomáš Kaplan (8)
2007–08	2nd (1. liga)	1/(12)	33	23	8	2	64	14	77	1/4 finals	Slovakia Ľuboš Belejík (7)
2008–09	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(12)	33	10	11	12	40	50	41	1/16 finals	Slovakia Peter Katona (7)
2009–10	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(12)	33	11	5	17	32	38	38	1/8 finals	Slovakia Peter Katona (5)
2010–11	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	33	9	6	18	30	49	33	1/16 finals	Brazil Jhonatan (5)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	10/(12)	33	7	12	14	23	35	33	1/4 finals	Slovakia Peter Katona (5)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	33	8	9	16	21	41	33	1/16 finals	Ukraine Andriy Shevchuk (3) Slovakia Matúš Marcin (3)
2013–14	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	4/(12)	33	18	6	9	56	28	60	1/4 finals	Slovakia Dávid Leško (11)
2014–15	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	3/(24)	22	10	6	6	32	24	36	1/32 finals	Slovakia Pavol Šafranko (11)
2015–16	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	1/(24)	30	16	10	4	61	26	58	1/16 finals	Slovakia Dávid Leško (16)
2016–17	1st (Fortuna Liga)	11/(12)	30	3	10	17	17	63	19	1/8 finals	Nigeria Musefiu Ashiru (5)
2017–18	1st (Fortuna Liga)	12/(12)	31	4	11	16	20	55	23	1/32 finals	Slovakia Roland Černák (7)
2018–19	2nd (II. liga)	15/(16)	30	7	6	17	30	41	27	1/32 finals	Slovakia Lukáš Hricov (3)
2019–20	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	17	14	1	2	52	14	43	1/32 finals	Slovakia Kristián Hirka (12)
2020–21	3rd (III. liga)	3/(16)	15	10	1	4	40	15	31	1/32 finals	Slovakia Samuel Gladiš (7)
2021–22	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	30	25	2	3	103	20	77	1/32 finals	Slovakia Jozef Dolný (41)
2022–23	2nd (2. liga)	2/(16)	30	19	2	8	49	24	62	1/4 finals	Slovakia Jozef Dolný (19)
2023-24	2nd (2. liga)	3/(16)	30	19	6	5	53	21	63	1/32 finals	Slovakia Jozef Dolný (18)

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966–67	Cup Winners' Cup	1.	Germany	Bayern Munich	1–1	2–3	3–4
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1.	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Velež Mostar	4–2	1–1	5–3
		2.	Germany	VfB Stuttgart	3–5(aet)	1–3	4–8
1980–81	Mitropa Cup	RR	Hungary	Csepel SC	0–0	0–3
			Italy	Calcio Como	4–1	0–1
			Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	NK Zagreb	2–1	5–1
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	Q	Northern Ireland	Bangor F.C.	4–0	1–0	5–0
		1.	Scotland	Dundee United	3–1	2–3	5–4
		2.	Spain	Real Zaragoza	0–4	1–2	1–6

Tatran's biggest rivals are FC Košice, and the matches between the two teams are referred to as "Eastern Slovak derby" (Slovak: Východniarske derby).^[4]
They also have rivalry with MFK Zemplín Michalovce and FC Spartak Trnava. 1. FC Tatran Prešov supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of the Polish side JKS Czarni 1910 Jasło.^[5]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1998–2000	ATAK Sportswear	OTF
2000–2003		ŠARIŠ
2004		Opel
2005		none
2005–2008		Poštová banka
2008–2010		Auto Leas
2010–2011	Adidas	none
2011–2012		IMPA
2012–2013		DÚHA
2013–2021	ATAK Sportswear
2021–2022	3b	INTRAVENA
2022–2023		Niké
2023	Nike
2024-	Adidas

source^[6]

• DÚHA
• Ekofin

Updated 20 September 2024.^[7] 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 Slovakia SVK Adrián Knurovský 4 DF Slovakia SVK Patrik Šimko (captain) 7 MF Slovakia SVK Lukáš Jendrek 9 MF Slovakia SVK Boris Gáll 10 FW Nigeria NGA David Fadairo 11 FW Slovakia SVK Stanislav Olejník 15 MF Slovakia SVK Miroslav Sovič 17 MF Slovakia SVK Denis Potoma 18 MF Slovakia SVK Dominík Veselý (on loan from Košice ) 21 MF Spain ESP Óscar Castellano 22 DF Slovakia SVK Richard Župa

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF Slovakia SVK Jakub Michlík 24 MF Slovakia SVK Samuel Gladiš 25 DF Slovakia SVK Richard Nagy 27 FW Brazil BRA Arthur Legnani 31 DF Slovakia SVK Jozef Menich 33 GK Slovakia SVK Alex Fojtíček 44 MF Armenia ARM Abov Avetisyan 77 FW Slovakia SVK Matej Franko (on loan from MFK Karviná ) 80 FW Senegal SEN Landing Sagna 99 FW Senegal SEN Aliou Diao

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.

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 2 MF Slovakia SVK Klaudio Slebodník (at MŠK Tesla Stropkov until 30 June 2025)

1. FC Tatran Prešov juniori was the reserve team of 1. FC Tatran Prešov. They mostly played in the Slovak 3. Liga (Eastern division).

Updated 31 October 2023

Staff	Job title
Slovakia Marek Petruš	Assistant manager
Slovakia Peter Baláž	Manager
Slovakia Peter Barna	Team manager
Slovakia Maroš Ferenc	Goalkeeping coach
Slovakia Jozef Vaño	Team Leader
Slovakia MUDr. Ján Mirilovič	Team Doctor
Slovakia MUDr. Július Svätojánsky	Team Doctor
Slovakia MUDr. Peter Cvengroš	Team Doctor
Serbia Igor Stojimirović	Masseur
Slovakia Vladimír Papp	Physiotherapist
Slovakia Dávid Balucha	Physiotherapist

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1	Czechoslovakia	Ladislav Pavlovič	150
2	Slovakia	Jozef Dolný	82
3	Czechoslovakia	Karol Petroš	67
4	Slovakia Czechoslovakia	Jozef Kuchár	56
5	Czechoslovakia	Gejza Šimanský	44
6	Slovakia	Dávid Leško	40
7	Slovakia	Peter Katona	39

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

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

For full list, see Category:1. FC Tatran Prešov players

• Czech Republic Milan Timoš (1948–2012^[8] )

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2021年01月03日)

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