1. FC Tatran Prešov

Tatran Prešov
	Tatran Prešov
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Basic data
Surname	1. FC Tatran Prešov as
Seat	Prešov
founding	May 25, 1898
Colours	green white
president	Miroslav Remeta (Chairman)
Website	1fctatran.sk
First soccer team
Head coach	Peter Petráš
Venue	NTC Poprad
Places	5,700
league	3rd league
2018/19	▼ 15th place, 2nd division
home	Away

Tatran Prešov is a Slovak football club from Prešov . Its predecessor, Eperjesi TVE, was founded in 1898. Between 1945 and 1993 Tatran Prešov played a total of 34 years in the top Czechoslovak league. The greatest success was a second place in each case in 1965 and 1973. In 1992 Tatran Prešov won the Slovak Cup . In the all-time table of the Czechoslovak League, Tatran Prešov occupies eighth place as the third-best Slovak club.

Club history

The first football club in Prešov was the Hungarian club Eperjesi Torna és Vivó Egyesület , or ETVE for short. This sports club existed since 1896, on May 25, 1898 a football department was founded. Until the dissolution of the association in 1939, he could not celebrate any national successes.

In 1931 a Slovak sports club called Slávia Prešov was established . Slavia took part in the Slovak championship between 1939 and 1944 with moderate success. In 1945 the Slávia Prešov and Snaha Prešov associations merged , resulting in the Prešovský telovýchovný spolok , or PTS for short . The union was dissolved in 1947, but in 1948 the two clubs merged again and now formed Sparta Dukla Prešov . The club was renamed Dukla Prešov in 1950 and rose to the highest Czechoslovak league.

1953 in Tatran Prešov the team was renamed in the season 1964/65 with seven points behind Sparta Prague Czechoslovak runners-up after they could already be third in the previous season. In 1966 Prešov advanced to the final of the Czechoslovak Cup , but had to admit defeat to Master Dukla Prague . The league season ended Tatran in last place and had to relegate.

As a second division, they took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1966/67 , but had to admit defeat to eventual winners FC Bayern Munich in the first round 1: 1 and 2: 3 .

The return to the 1st Czechoslovak League succeeded Tatran Prešov in 1969, this time they could only hold five seasons and were relegated in 1974. In 1973 the team had again won the runner-up and took part in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup . In the first round, the Slovaks defeated the Yugoslav representative Velež Mostar 4: 2 and 1: 1. In the second round they met VfB Stuttgart and had to admit defeat 1: 3 in the Neckar Stadium . In Prešov it was 3-1 for the home team after 90 minutes, but they collapsed completely in overtime and conceded four goals.

1977 Tatran Prešov qualified for the 1st division and finished the 1977/78 season in seventh place. In the Intertoto Cup 1978 Prešov won his group, leaving Esbjerg fB , the Wiener Sportclub and the Young Boys Bern behind. Traditionally, success was followed by a fall. The penultimate place in the 1978/79 season meant relegation, but after only a year Tatran Prešov was back in the first division.

In 1981 Tatran Prešov took part in the meanwhile insignificant Mitropapokal and won it after successes over Como Calcio (4: 1 and 0: 1), NK Zagreb (2: 1 and 5: 1) and Csepel SC (0: 0 and 3: 0) win.

While it was not enough to place in the top ranks in the first division, they made it into the Slovak Cup final in 1984/85. Lokomotíva Košice proved to be too strong in the first and second leg (1: 1 and 0: 1).

In 1988 Tatran Prešov had to leave the first division again, but returned in 1990. After a tenth place in 1991, the team was seventh in 1992. She also won the Slovak Cup, but had to admit defeat in the final of the Czechoslovak Cup Sparta Prague. The eleventh place in the last common Czechoslovak season 1992/93 meant the qualification for the new independent Slovak league.

Tatran Prešov played with varying success in the Slovak first division and mostly placed in the lower midfield. In 1994 she made it to the final of the Slovak Cup, but lost to Slovan Bratislava . Since Slovan had become champion at the same time, Tatran was able to participate in the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1994/95 season. Tatran reached the second round via Bangor FC and Dundee United , where Real Saragossa lost 4-0 and 2-1. 1997 Prešov again reached the national cup final but was again defeated by Slovan Bratislava.

In 2002 Tatran Prešov finished last in the table and had to relegate. 2003 it was enough in the second division only to a disappointing ninth place. In 2004 Prešov was third and missed promotion by seven points. In 2005 it was fifth, and in 2006 fourth.

In the 2007/08 season Tatran Prešov rose to the Corgoň liga .

Štadión Tatran

The Štadión Tatran is one of the oldest football stadiums in Slovakia. It was built from 1900, a wooden grandstand for 400 spectators was built in 1907, and in 1926 a fence. The stadium was destroyed in the Second World War, but was rebuilt by 1947. The capacity was 18,000 until the last renovation in 1994, since then it has been 14,000. In 2009, the standing room was completely converted into seats, the current capacity is 5,410 seats. The average attendance in Prešov was 5,608 in the 1st Czechoslovak League.

The stadium is to be converted into a modern football stadium by summer 2018. Meanwhile, 1. FC Tatran Prešov plays its games in the football stadium of the Národné tréningové centrum Poprad (NTC Poprad, German National Training Center Poprad ).

successes

competition	year
Czechoslovak runner-up	1965 and 1973
Czechoslovak Cup finalist	1966 and 1992
Slovak cup winner	1992
Slovak cup finalist	1973, 1985, 1994 and 1997
Mitropapokal	1981
Intertoto Cup	1979 (group winner)