1. FC Tatran Prešov
Tatran Prešov | |||
Basic data | |||
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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 | ||
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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) |
Trainer
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Jozef Jarabinský (1984–1985)
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Jozef Adamec (1998–1999)
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Roman Pivarník (2007-2010)
player
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Ladislav Pavlovič (1941–1953, 1956–1965)
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Stanislav Varga (1993-1998)
Club names
ETVE:
- 1898 Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület
- 1920 Presovi TVE (dissolution 1939)
Slávia:
- 1931 ŠK Slávia Prešov
- 1945 PTS Prešov (merger of ŠK Slávia Prešov and Törekvés)
- 1947 DSO Slavia Prešov and DSO Snaha Prešov (solution of the merger)
- 1948 Sparta Dukla Prešov (merger of DSO Slavia Prešov and DSO Snaha Prešov)
- 1950 Dukla Prešov
- 1951 Dukla ČSSZ Prešov
- 1952 ČSSZ Prešov
- 1953 DŠO Tatran Prešov
- 1960 TJ Tatran Prešov
- 1989 TJ Tatran Agro Prešov
- 1991 FC Tatran Prešov
- 1996 FC Tatran Bukóza Prešov
- 1998 FC Tatran Prešov
- 2005 1. FC Tatran Prešov
Web links
- 1fctatran.sk: website of the association (Slovak)
Individual evidence
- ↑ presov.sk: Vznikla spoločnosť Futbal Tatran Aréna article from August 30, 2016 (Slovak)
- ↑ profutbal.sk: "Dedo" odišiel na večný odpočinok article from December 4, 2016 (Slovak)
- ↑ Aktuell.sk: Vizualizácia: Ako bude vyzerať futbalový štadión Tatran Aréna? Article of February 14, 2017 (Slovak)
- ↑ europlan-online.de: Futbalový štadion NTC Poprad - Poprad