1. FC Tatran Prešov

Tatran Prešov

Full name	1. FC Tatran Prešov
Nickname(s)	Koňare
Founded	1898
Ground	Tatran Štadión, Prešov (Capacity: 5,410)
Chairman	Miroslav Remeta
Manager	Štefan Tarkovič
League	Corgoň Liga
2010–11	11th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

1. FC Tatran Prešov is a Slovak football team, based in the city of Prešov. Tatran Prešov is the oldest football team in Slovakia, founded on the 25th May 1898. The "Green and Whites" played 32 seasons in the Czechoslovakian top division. Tatran became the dark horse of Czechoslovakian football in 1960s and 1970s, but never won a title. The greatest league success still remains 2nd place in the 1965 and 1973 seasons and the club also came close in the Czechoslovakian Cup, losing twice in 1966 and 1992 finals.

Previous names

• 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)

Honours

Domestic

• Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup)
  • Winners (1): 1992

• Československý Pohár (Czechoslovakian Cup)
  • Winners (1): 1953

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (1): 1981

• InterCup
  • Winners (1): 1978

Current squad

As of 18 October 2011^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Maroš Ferenc 2 DF Michal Piter-Bučko 5 DF Michal Krajník 6 MF Viliam Macko 7 FW Marián Adam 8 FW Róbert Zeher (on loan from Ostrava) 9 DF Jaroslav Kolbas 11 MF Peter Katona 12 FW Higor Coimbra (on loan from Olomouc) 17 MF Peter Lipták 19 FW Bernardo 20 MF Martin Pribula

No. Position Player 21 DF Jan Krob (on loan from Sparta Prague) 23 GK Jakub Diviš 24 DF Ján Papaj 27 MF Pavol Baláž 29 MF Dávid Guba 30 GK Jakub Plánička 31 DF Peter Petráš (captain) 32 DF Peter Bašista 51 DF Jakub Heidenreich 77 FW Libor Žůrek 99 MF Rafael

Out on loan 2011–12

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 10 FW Jozef Dolný (at Michalovce) 25 MF Dávid Leško (at Rimavská Sobota)

Reserve team

• 1. FC Tatran Prešov juniori

Famous players

Pavol Biroš Jozef Bomba Jozef Bubenko Jaroslav Červeňan Peter Hlinka Martin Jakubko Ján Karel Jozef Karel Mikuláš Komanický

Alojz Martinček Igor Novák Ladislav Pavlovič Rudolf Pavlovič Karol Petroš Ľubomír Reiter Miroslav Seman František Semeši Stanislav Šesták

Gejza Šimanský Marek Špilar Stanislav Varga Tomáš Josl

External links

• Official website (Slovak)
• Unofficial website (Slovak)

References

1. ^ First team squad list