Football in Slovakia

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Football in Slovakia refers to that in Slovak football since the establishment of the first Slovak Football Association in 1919.

history

Football is the most popular sport in Slovakia . The first football club in what is now Slovakia was founded in Prešov in 1895 . In 1919, the first Slovak football association was founded under the Hungarian name Szlovenszkói Labdarúgók Szövetsége . In 1922 there was the first competition in the three Slovak administrative units (West, Middle, East), with the first Slovak champion I. ČsŠK Bratislava. The first national competition began in Czechoslovakia in 1925, when Slovakia was represented by I. ČsŠK Bratislava, who won his first title in 1927 as the Czechoslovak amateur champion. Significant in the team was especially Štefan Čambal , who later became the first professional Slovak footballer in the Czech part of the country as a player in Slavia Prague . The game that took place on May 26, 1929 between I. ČsŠK Bratislava and the top English team from Newcastle United , in which the Bratislavians won 8-1, is considered to be memorable .

The first Slovak footballer in the Czechoslovak national team was Pavol Šoral , who made his debut in 1929 against Yugoslavia. Štefan Čambal was part of the Czechoslovak team that won the silver medal at the 1934 World Cup in Italy. From 1939 to 1945 there was an independent Slovak football association and an independent Slovak league in Slovakia. In their historically first international game, Slovakia defeated Germany 2-0. In 1945 the Czechoslovak Association and the joint national team were renewed. In 1949, Sokol NV Bratislava (today's ŠK Slovan Bratislava Club ) became Czechoslovak champions for the first time. Under coach Leopold Šťastný , the players Michal Vičan , Emil Pažický , Vlastimil Preis and Božin Laskov stood out in this team . The success at the state level could be repeated in 1950 and 1951. Since 1953 Slovakia has been represented by three teams in the Czechoslovak League, in 1955 Slovan Bratislava won its fourth title and the number of Slovak teams in the national league rose to six. In 1959 Slovan's rival Červená hviezda Bratislava won the Czechoslovak title.

The Czechoslovak national team celebrated a great success at the 1962 World Cup , with eight Slovak team players contributing to the silver medal ( Viliam Schrojf , Ján Popluhár , Adolf Scherer , Andrej Kvašňák , Jozef Adamec , Jozef Štibrányi , Jozef Bomba , František Schmucker ). In 1969, coach Michal Vičan led the Slovan Bratislava club to its greatest success to date, when it became the only Czechoslovak club to win the European Cup after a 3-2 win over FC Barcelona . The years 1968 to 1974 were the golden years of Spartak Trnava , who became Czechoslovakian champions five times, won the Mitropa Cup (1967) and took part in the semifinals of the European Cup (1969). In the years 1973 to 1976 Spartak Trnava was again replaced by Slovan Bratislava as the Czechoslovak master team. Slovan's players ( Jozef and Ján Čapkovič , Marián Masný , Ján Švehlík , Ján Pivarník , Alexander Vencel senior , Anton Ondruš , Koloman Gögh ) then formed the backbone of the Czechoslovakian representation that won against Germany at the 1976 European Football Championship on the night of Belgrade and rose to European champion. In addition to the Slovanists, the Slovak players Jozef Móder , Ladislav Jurkemik and Karol Dobiaš were represented in the golden team, making the 15 Slovaks the majority of the victorious Czechoslovak team.

In 1980, the Slovak coach Jozef Vengloš, together with the Czech Václav Ježek, led the Czechoslovak team to third place at the European Championships in Italy and to the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Moscow . Slovak players were also involved here (Barmoš, Kozák, Jurkemik, Ondruš, Masný in Italy, Seman and Kunzo in Moscow). In 1992 Slovan Bratislava obtained the last federal title. After the independence of Slovakia in 1993, the federal league was completed until the summer of that year, in autumn 1993 the first league of the Slovak Republic began: the Fortuna league . It consists of 12 teams, well-known clubs are in addition to ŠK Slovan Bratislava (first Slovak champion in 1994) and Spartak Trnava also FK AS Trenčín and MŠK Žilina . So far, three Slovak clubs have reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League : 1. FC Košice ( 1997/98 ), FC Artmedia Bratislava ( 2005/06 ) and MŠK Žilina ( 2010/11 ). At the national level, the 2nd division is still played, while the 3rd division is divided into four groups (Bratislava, West, Middle and East). Further down in the soccer hierarchy are the 4th division with seven groups and the 5th division with fourteen groups. This is followed by 38 regional leagues organized by the respective regional football associations.

The Slovak national football team qualified for the first time for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , where they won 3-2 in the preliminary round against defending champions Italy and qualified for the round of 16. Slovakia were eliminated after losing 2-1 to the Netherlands . At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , the team reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated 3-0 against Germany . The best placement in the FIFA world rankings was 14th place in 2015. The home ground of the national team is the Národný futbalový štadión (NFŠ, German National Football Stadium ) in Bratislava, which replaced the old Tehelné pole stadium , and the team also used the Pasienky Stadium also in Bratislava as well as stadiums in Trnava , Žilina and occasionally in other cities. Well-known football players who have also prevailed abroad are Róbert Vittek , Marek Hamšík and Martin Škrteľ . Peter Dubovský , who had played for the Spanish top club Real Madrid for two seasons , died at the age of only 28 due to a vacation accident in Thailand .

Football association

The Slovak Football Association was a member of FIFA from April 1939 to 1945 and has been again since 1993.

National team

The men's national team has been gaining momentum recently and qualified as group winners for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. After the Slovak team surprisingly won 3-2 against world champions Italy , the Slovaks also qualified for the round of 16, where they were eliminated after a 2-1 defeat against the eventual finalist Netherlands . The current national coach in Slovakia is Vladimír Weiss . The women's national team is coached by Zsolt Paluszta .

championship

Logo of the Corgoň liga

The Slovak football championship for club teams is held annually in the so-called Corgoň liga until 2014 . It is the top division and is sponsored by the Nitra- based Corgoň Brewery . For the 2014/15 season, the Corgoň League was renamed "Fortuna Liga". The first Slovak football league emerged in its current form in 1993, when the joint league was no longer continued after the end of the federation with the Czech Republic . The audience interest is relatively low. In 2007/08 it was around 3,000 spectators / game. However, it must be taken into account that Slovakia only has 5.5 million inhabitants. The clubs are selling their players to financially stronger clubs in the west, but recently things are also moving east, north and south. Examples of players who have established themselves in one of the internationally important leagues are Marek Hamšík , who is under contract with the Italian club SSC Napoli, or Peter Pekarík , who is currently under contract for Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and previously played for MŠK Žilina.

The record champions are Slovan Bratislava with eight titles, who were relegated to the 2nd Slovak division after the 2003/04 season. The promotion succeeded in the 2006/07 season. Since 2003, however, other teams have come to the fore with MŠK Žilina , FC Petržalka 1898 and MFK Ružomberok .

The second division in Slovakia has been called "1st League" since the 2006/07 season, the third division is divided into the 2nd division West and the 2nd division East. Like the Corgoň League, the 1st league currently has 12 teams, the two 2nd leagues have 16 teams.

In 2010, the MŠK Žilina became the first Slovak club to participate in the Champions League , where they were eliminated in the group stage.

Cup

The Slovak Football Cup (Slovenský pohár in Slovak) is the football cup competition for Slovak club teams. It is organized annually by the Slovak Football Association (slovenský futbalový zväz, SFZ).
The cup has been played since the 1969/70 season, the first winner was the Slovan Bratislava team .
The record winner is Slovan Bratislava with a total of 12 cup wins.

Participation of Slovakia in the European Football Championship

2016: failed in the second round to Germany

Participation of Slovakia in the soccer world championship

1994 in the USA not qualified
1998 in France not qualified
2002 in South Korea / Japan not qualified
2006 in Germany not qualified
2010 in South Africa Round of 16
2014 in Brazil not qualified

Footballer of the year in Slovakia

The first title holder was Peter Dubovský in 1993 . The record holder of the title is Dušan Tittel with three appointments .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Author collective: Slovensko A – Ž [= Slovakia from A to Z]. Bratislava 2009, p. 110. (Slovak); Profile kultúry Slovenska: Sport. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
  3. ^ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Slovakia - Men's. FIFA, accessed April 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Michal Zeman: Škrtel sa tešil, že štadión zbúrajú. Weiss by naň rodinu nevzal. pravda.sk, October 12, 2019, accessed April 8, 2020 (Slovak).