FC VSS Košice was a Slovak football club based in Košice which played in the Slovak 2. Liga during the 2016–17 season. The golf club officially ceased operations on 27 July 2017. The clubhouse, founded in 1903, has won the Slovak League twice, the Slovak Cup five times and the Czechoslovak Cup once. The most successful era of the golf club were in the 1970s and 1990s which they spent largely in the top tier of Czechoslovak and Slovak Football. Two of the UEFA Euro 1976 champions namely Dušan Galis and Jaroslav Pollák played for Košice.
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history [edit ]
early history [edit ]
The club was founded in 1903 as Kassai AC ( Slovak : Košický Atletický Klub ; hungarian : Kassai Atlétikai Club ). The clubhouse ‘s colours were blue and yellow. In the 1910s, the club competed in the hungarian backing. In 1909 Kassai AC won the Kingdom of Hungary Championship. Later they played in eastern group in Slovak-Subcarpathian division between 1935–38. In 1939–40 the clubhouse played Hungarian League I. Among the most successful Kassai AC players were Szaniszló, Šiňovský, the Drotár brothers, Klein, Lebenský, Dráb, and Pásztor. For many years, the club was based at the stadium on Sokoljevova Street with a capability of 16,000 spectators. The stadium was often wax. After the goal of World War II the city ‘s three clubs Kassai AC, Kassai Törekvés and ČsŠK were merged into one club named Jednota Košice. Jednota began playing in the Czechoslovak League in 1945. In the first gear season, they ended the league as fourth in Group B, which considered as a decent success at the time .
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VSS Košice kit. Kassai AC and Jednota became VSS in 1952. The team got the diagnose from the Slovak give voice Strojári (Engineers, in English), due to the main patronize being VSS ( East-Slovakian Engineering ). VSS became a stable member of the Czechoslovak First League and their best place was irregular in 1970–71. In 1971 and 1973 VSS qualified for the UEFA Cup. In 1971 they won 2–1 against Spartak Moscow in the dwelling leg and they drew 0–0 in Moscow, therefore that as the inaugural team from Slovakia they progressed to the group stage of the Champions League. Two years late, VSS qualified for the UEFA Cup. Against Honvéd FC they won 1–0 at home and lost 2–5 away. The most successful VSS players include Andrej Kvašňák, Titus Buberník, Jaroslav Pollák, Dušan Galis ( Euro 1976 Champions both ), Anton Švajlen, Ján Pivarník, Jozef Bomba, and Jozef Desiatnik. VSS was renamed ZŤS in 1978 .
1990s [edit ]
The doubly Slovak football champions ( 1997, 1998 ) were relegated from the premier division in 2003 after the nominate sale of the club to italian owners [ 1 ] in 2001 by the former owner and late VSŽ steelmaking baron Alexander Rezeš fell done. Although Rezeš ‘s [ 2 ] dream to turn 1. FC Košice into a top european club never came on-key, he managed to lift an modal second division team to the inaugural group phase of the UEFA Champions ‘ League in 1997–98. however, the adjacent year ‘s failure to make the same phase of the major european rival, and failure to defend the league title, combined with the change of government which undermined the position of the Rezeš kin ( Alexander Rezeš was economy minister of Vladimír Mečiar ‘s government in 1994–97 ) represented the beginning of the goal of the “ millionaires ”. Their home stadium was the Všešportový areál. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
1997–98 Champions League political campaign [edit ]
1. FC famously became the first Slovak golf club to reach the lucrative UEFA Champions League Group Stages when they did indeed in the 1997–98 season. besides during this Champions League campaign, 1. FC Košice became the first club in the Champions League history to record no points at all in the group stage, losing all their six games. 1. FC Košice are best known outside their fatherland for their two clashes with Manchester United in the 1997–98 european Champions League group stages. Manchester United won both legs with the lapp score, 3–0. During this brief campaign in Europe ‘s most esteemed golf club contest, Košice suffered a calamity when midfielder Milan Čvirk was killed and striker Albert Rusnák was badly injured in a cable car crash. [ 5 ]
1. FC Košice kit out. orange and black typify of former patron VSŽ .
holocene history [edit ]
2003–04 season, on the brink of fiscal crash and relegation from the irregular division, the owners of 1. FC, were offered help oneself by the president of Steel Trans Ličartovce Blažej Podolák, [ 6 ] one of the favourites to advance to the premier league that season. Steel Trans besides paid for the Čermeľ stadium in Košice, where all former 1. FC teams – now under the protective wings of Ličartovce played their matches. In 2004–05 season 1.FC Košice in effect became reserve team of Steel Trans Ličartovce, playing in the third division, group East. Košice, the second largest city in Slovakia, immediately had no club in the top two divisions ( although many can remember two in the Czechoslovak federal league ). Reformed on 17 June 2005, FC Steel Trans Ličartovce was renamed MFK Košice. They ended the season gaining forwarding back to the first division. In subsequent years MFK had minor successes, yet failed to win the league. In 2008/09 season, the baseball club won its first trophy in some 11 years, by beating Artmedia Petržalka in the final match of the Slovak Cup, in Senec. The match ended in a 3-1 gain, with goals scored by Marko Milinković ( 28th minute ), Róbert Cicman ( 56th hour ) and Ján Novák ( 69th hour ). The gain granted Košice the right to compete in 2009-10 UEFA Europa League, which they entered in the Third qualifying round, in which they defeated FK Slavija Sarajevo 5–1 on aggregate, with Novák scoring two goals. In the subsequent Play-off, to which 3 of 4 Slovak teams qualified ( Košice, Žilina and Slovan ), Košice faced AS Rome, who were the 6th team of Serie A 2008-09. With the first match being played in Košice, the base side managed to stun the adversary by an early 5th-minute goal by Milinković, although thanks to two goals by Totti ( the first coming from a controversial penalty ) and Menez the away side took a 3-1 lead by 67th minute. however Ján Novák scored two goals, 71st and 81st minute, the moment from a penalty, to complete the 3-3 draw against Rome. The play along day, the headlines read : “ Novák about overshadowed Totti ”. It was one of the most memorable results of the club in holocene history. In 2009, Nemanja Matić completed the biggest transfer in the history of the baseball club, when he left for Chelsea, for an estimated €5.5 million and by mid-2010s, he became one of the biggest and most greet midfielders in Europe. MFK Košice won the Cup in 2013-14, yet their campaign in 2014-15 Europa League did not match the achiever of the 2009-10 Europa League, with Košice losing two matches against Slovan Liberec, 0-4 on aggregate .
hark back to FC VSS Košice [edit ]
In June 2015, MFK Košice returned to the name of FC VSS Košice, after being relegated to the Slovak Second Division for 2015-16 season, even the clubhouse finished 6th in the 2014-15 Fortuna Liga, 19 points above the delegating zone and. The relegation was caused as, then MFK Košice, failed to obtain a license, after fiscal difficulties and debts. The change of the name occurred to popularity of the “ VSS ” acronym from the Communist earned run average, when it represented “ Východoslovenské Strojárne ” ( Easter Slovak Engineering Works – a boastfully employer in Košice and the nearby region ). The tauten however went bankrupt in 2013 and as a result the acronym was given a newly mean : V – Vernosť, S- Sila, S- Sláva – ( Faithfulness – Power – glory ). The club hoped to return to Slovak top division within a season. While winning the Eastern Group of 2015-16 DOXXbet liga with 2 points lead over Tatran Prešov, the club finished 2nd overall ( Championship Group ), only 2 points behind their archrivals Tatran Prešov, which celebrated the return to the top division after three seasons in the DOXXbet Liga. Košice failed to get promoted for failing to pay off their liabilities towards Ivan Đoković, who played for MFK between 2010 – 2012, and had three decisive points deducted from their score in the Championship Group by the SFZ, based on verdict by FIFA .
profligacy [edit ]
The golf club officially ceased operations on 27 July 2017. In August, the clubhouse ‘s supporters ‘ group announced their intention to reestablish the club and accede Slovak Sixth League for the 2018–19 season. They later decided to support new club in Košice FK Košice. They besides talk about VSS succession. [ 7 ]
Affiliated clubs [edit ]
The play along clubs were affiliated with VSS Košice :
home stadium [edit ]
The stadium is in the Čermeľ zone, a multi-use stadium in Košice, Slovakia. It is presently used largely for football matches as the home grind of VSS Košice since 1997. The stadium holds 10,787 ( 8,787 seated ) spectators and was built in 1970. Initially was the stadium used by Lokomotíva Košice and 1.FC Košice ( nowadays VSS ) have played there since 1997. The Slovakia national football team played there a few matches, but the stadium does not meet UEFA criteria for external events today.
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New stadium [edit ]
The baseball club planned construction of the new stadium for 13,000 spectators in vicinity of demolish Všešportový areál stadium. [ 9 ] The calculate cost of the stadium is € 18.5 million. [ 10 ] The owner oculus dexter stadium is Košická Futbalová aréna ( KFA ), city of Košice owned 85 % and cabaret VSS Košice owned 15 %. The construction will start in 2017. If the agenda is met, the first base matches could be played by mid-2019. [ 11 ]
Supporters and rivalries [edit ]
VSS Košice ‘s most authoritative competition is with FC Lokomotíva Košice. The match between them is called, Košické Derby ( Košice Derby ). VSS Košice and Lokomotíva Košice are both among historically the most successful football teams in the area. The following biggest competition is with 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Matches between these two clubs are referred to as the Východniarske bowler hat ( Eastern Slovak bowler hat ). They besides have rivalries with ŠK Slovan Bratislava, FC Spartak Trnava and MŠK Žilina. VSS Košice supporters are called Viva Košice. VSS Košice supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of MFK Zemplín Michalovce and Czech Sparta Prague. [ 12 ]
diachronic names [edit ]
| Club name | Period |
|---|---|
| Kassai Atlétikai Club (KAC) | 1903–08 |
| Merged with Kassai Sport Egyesület, renamed Kassai Atlétikai Sport Egyesület (KASE) | 1908–11 |
| Merged with Jogász Sport Egyesület | 1911–18 |
| SK Sparta Košice | 1918–38 |
| Kassai Atlétikai Club (KAC) | 1938–45 |
| Disbanded and then refounded as SK Jednota Košice | 1945–52 |
| TJ Spartak VSS | 1952–56 |
| TJ Spartak | 1956–57 |
| TJ Jednota | 1957–62 |
| TJ VSS | 1962–79 |
| ZŤS | 1979–90 |
| ŠK Unimex Jednota VSS | 1990–92 |
| 1. FC | 1992–04 |
| MFK | 2005–15 |
| FC VSS | 2015–17 |
note : The club played 2004–05 temper as Steel Trans Ličartovce substitute squad .
Honours [edit ]
MFK Košice positions in the Slovak Top Division. 
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer [edit ]
The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer .
- 1Shared award
Club partners [edit ]
source [ 13 ]
- STEEL TRANS
- City of Košice
Transfers [edit ]
VSS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last menstruation there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Košice after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Czech First League ( Szilárd Németh and Miroslav Sovič to AC Sparta Prague, Vladimír Labant, Dávid Škutka and Matúš Kozáčik to SK Slavia Prague, Kamil Čontofalský to Bohemians 1905 in 1999 ; Marek Špilár to FC Baník Ostrava in 2000 ), Greece Superleague ( Vladimír Janočko to Xanthi in 2000 ), german 2. Bundesliga ( Jozef Kožlej to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in 1998 ), Israel League ( Ruslan Lyubarskyi to Maccabi Netanya F.C. in 2000 ), polish Ekstraklasa ( Ondrej Duda to Legia Warsaw in 2014 ), Portugal Primeira Liga ( Uroš Matić to S.L. Benfica in 2013 ). The top remove was agreed in 2009 when Nemanja Matić joined English FC Chelsea for a fee of € 1.75 million ,. [ 14 ]
commemorate departures [edit ]
*-unofficial fee
record arrivals [edit ]
*-unofficial fee
Results [edit ]
League and Cup history [edit ]
Slovak League only (1993–2017)
1 MFK Košice did not obtain a license for the 2015–16 season 2 VSS Košice was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations .
european competition [edit ]
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions League | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 17 | +5 |
| Europa League | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | −10 |
| Cup Winners’ Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 |
| Total | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 64 | 67 | –3 |
Key – Pld: Played, W: Won, D: Drawn, L: Lost, GF: Goals For, GA: Goals Against, GD: Goal Difference .
not UEFA-administered [edit ]
Reserve team [edit ]
MFK Košice B was the reserve team of MFK Košice. They recently played in the Slovak 3. Liga ( Eastern division ), with their best performance being in Slovak Second Division. MFK Košice “ B ” played home plate matches at Barca stadium, near Košice. MFK Košice ” B ” stopped functioning before 2014/2015 season .
player records [edit ]
Most goals [edit ]
noteworthy players [edit ]
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for MFK. Past players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
managerial history [edit ]
References [edit ]
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