FK Dukla Banská Bystrica

Slovak football club

Football club

Dukla Banská Bystrica

Full name| MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica
Nickname(s)| Vojaci (The Soldiers)
Founded| 1 July 1965; 59 years ago (1965-07-01)
as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
Ground| Národný Atletický Štadión
Capacity| 7,381
President| Ivan Šabo
Coach| Marek Bažík
League| Slovak First Football League
2023–24| Slovak First Football League, 7th of 12
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdukla ˈbanskaː ˈbistritsa]) is a Slovak professional football club from the town of Banská Bystrica. The club plays at the SNP Stadium. After being relegated from the Slovak 2. liga in 2017, they had financial problems.[1]

## History

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* 1965 – Founded as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 1967 – Renamed AS Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 1975 – Renamed ASVS Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 1984 – First European qualification, 1985
* 1992 – Renamed FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 2017 – Merged with ŠK Kremnička and renamed to MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica

## Honours

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### Domestic

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Czechoslovakia

* 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
* Winners (1): 1982–83

Slovakia

* Slovak Superliga (1993–present)
* Runners-up (1): 2003–04
* Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup) (1961–)
* Winners (2): 1981, 2005
* Runners-up (3): 1970, 1984, 1999

### European

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* UEFA Intertoto Cup
* Winners in group (1): 1991-92

## Affiliated clubs

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The following club was affiliated with FK Dukla Banská Bystrica:

* FC Viktoria Plzeň (2014–2017)[2]

## Sponsorship

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Period  | Kit manufacturer  | Shirt sponsor

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1998–2000  | Adidas | OVP Orava
2000–2001  | ATAK Sportswear | Národná obroda
2001–2002  | Reebok | FORZA
2002–2003  | ATAK Sportswear | Národná obroda
2003–2004  | FORZA
2004–2006  | Kappa | PM Zbrojníky
2006–2008  | NIKE | Dôvera
2008–2011  | Adidas
2011–2013  | Express Slovakia
2013–2017  | none
2017–2019  | NIKE
2019–2020  | Fajne
2020-  | Adidas | Veolia

## Current squad

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As of 31 July 2024[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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1  | GK |  SVK | Ivan Rehák (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová)
3  | DF |  SVK | Bernard Petrák
6  | MF |  SVK | Dávid Richtárech
7  | MF |  SVK | Jakub Považanec
9  | MF |  SVK | Tibor Slebodník
10  | MF |  SVK | Branislav Ľupták
11  | FW |  SVK | Martin Rymarenko
13  | DF |  SVK | Nicolas Šikula
14  | MF |  SVK | Gabriel Demian
16  | FW |  SVK | Adam Hanes
20  | MF |  SVK | Dominik Veselovský
21  | DF |  SVK | Lukáš Migaľa
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23  | MF |  SVK | Adam Brenkus
25  | DF |  GHA | Ivan Anokye Mensah
26  | DF |  SVK | Oliver Klimpl
28  | DF |  SVK | Marián Pišoja
29  | FW |  CZE | Sebastian Pjanic
31  | GK |  SVK | Michal Lukáč
33  | DF |  SVK | Boris Godál
36  | GK |  SVK | Michal Trnovský
41  | DF |  SVK | Ľubomír Willwéber (vice-captain)
44  | DF |  SVK | Timotej Záhumenský
88  | DF |  SVK | Marek Hlinka

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.

## Staff

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### Current technical staff

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As of 16 June 2024
Staff  | Job title

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Marek Bažík | Manager
Štefan Rusnák | Assistant Manager
Norbert Juračka
Tomáš Čechovič  | Goalkeeping coach
Dušan Šavel  | Physiotherapist
Andrej Caban
David Brunn  | Fitness coach
Marek Jobko  | Team Leader
Peter Straňák
Jakub Bača
Martin Križanský  | Doctor
Peter Pošta  | Masseur

## Results

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### League and Cup history

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Slovak League only (1993–2017)

Season  | Division (Name)  | Pos./Teams  | Pl.  | W  | D  | L  | GS  | GA  | P  | Slovak Cup | Europe  | Top Scorer (Goals)

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1993–94 | 1st (Mars Superliga)  | 9/(12)  | 32  | 9  | 9  | 14  | 31  | 43  | 27 | Quarter-finals  |  |  |
1994–95 | 1st (Mars Superliga)  | 5/(12)  | 32  | 12  | 8  | 12  | 53  | 44  | 44 | Round 1  |  |  |  Róbert Semeník (18)
1995–96 | 1st (Mars Superliga)  | 4/(12)  | 32  | 12  | 11  | 9  | 39  | 36  | 47 | Semi-finals  |  |  |  Norbert Toman (6)
1996–97 | 1st (Mars Superliga)  | 5/(16)  | 30  | 13  | 5  | 12  | 48  | 37  | 44 | Round 2  |  |  |  Ivan Lapšanský (9)
1997–98 | 1st (Mars Superliga)  | 13/(16)  | 30  | 7  | 9  | 14  | 32  | 46  | 30 | Quarter-finals  |  |  |  Štefan Rusnák (8)
1998–99 | 1st (Mars Superliga)  | 11/(16)  | 30  | 8  | 10  | 12  | 34  | 46  | 34 | Runners-up  |  |  |  Štefan Rusnák (11)
Ľubomír Faktor (11)
1999–00 | 1st (Mars Superliga)  | 15/(16)  | 30  | 7  | 2  | 21  | 27  | 53  | 23 | Semi-finals  | UC | 1.R ( AFC Ajax)  |  Ľubomír Faktor (6)
2000–01 | 2nd (1\. Liga)  | 11/(18)  | 34  | 13  | 7  | 14  | 39  | 32  | 46 | Quarter-finals  |  |  |  Eugen Bari (4)
Jaroslav Kamenský (4)
2001–02 | 2nd (1\. Liga)  | 6/(16)  | 30  | 11  | 11  | 8  | 44  | 32  | 44 | Round 1  |  |  |  Ivan Bartoš (17)
2002–03 | 2nd (1\. Liga)  | 1/(16)  | 30  | 21  | 6  | 3  | 53  | 18  | 69 | Round 1  |  |  |  Ivan Bartoš (10)
2003–04 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 2/(10)  | 36  | 17  | 13  | 6  | 58  | 36  | 64 | Round 2  |  |  |  Róbert Semeník (15)
2004–05 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 3/(10)  | 36  | 13  | 13  | 10  | 45  | 38  | 52 | Winner  | UC | 1.R ( S.L. Benfica)  |  Martin Jakubko (14)
2005–06 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 6/(10)  | 36  | 12  | 6  | 18  | 37  | 42  | 42 | Round 2  | UC | Q2 ( Groclin Grodzisk)  |  Róbert Semeník (18)
2006–07 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 7/(12)  | 28  | 7  | 6  | 15  | 24  | 46  | 27 | Quarter-finals  |  |  |  Ivan Lietava (9)
2007–08 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 8/(12)  | 33  | 10  | 9  | 14  | 41  | 37  | 39 | Round 2  |  |  |  Michal Ďuriš (6)
2008–09 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 10/(12)  | 33  | 9  | 8  | 16  | 30  | 39  | 35 | Round 2  |  |  |  Dušan Uškovič (8)
2009–10 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 3/(12)  | 33  | 15  | 11  | 7  | 45  | 30  | 56 | Round 2  |  |  |  Dušan Uškovič (7)
2010–11 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 5/(12)  | 33  | 13  | 9  | 11  | 39  | 32  | 48 | Round 3  | UC | Q2 ( FC Zestaponi)  |  Róbert Pich (7)
2011–12 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 9/(12)  | 33  | 9  | 10  | 14  | 37  | 44  | 37 | Round 1  |  |  |  Martin Jakubko (10)
2012–13 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 9/(12)  | 33  | 9  | 11  | 13  | 28  | 32  | 38 | Quarter-finals  |  |  |  Matúš Turňa (6)
2013–14 | 1st (Corgoň Liga)  | 8/(12)  | 33  | 11  | 9  | 13  | 48  | 48  | 42 | Round 2  |  |  |  Pavol Jurčo (8)
Fabián Slančík (8)
2014–15 | 1st (Fortuna Liga)  | 12/(12)  | 33  | 4  | 10  | 19  | 29  | 57  | 22 | Semi-finals  |  |  |  Patrik Vajda (7)
2015–16 | 2nd (DOXXbet Liga)  | 13/(24)  | 32  | 16  | 5  | 11  | 45  | 33  | 53 | Round 3  |  |  |  Endy Opoku Bernadina (7)
2016–17 | 2nd (DOXXbet liga)  | 17/(24)  | 32  | 10  | 6  | 16  | 36  | 55  | 36 | Round 3  |  |  |  Radoslav Ďanovský (12)
2017–18 | 3rd (TIPOS III.liga Middle)  | 1/(16)  | 30  | 21  | 6  | 3  | 60  | 18  | 69 | Did not enter  |  |  |  Lukáš Laksik (17)
2018–19 | 2nd (II. liga)  | 6/(16)  | 30  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 49  | 35  | 46 | Round 3  |  |  |  Róbert Polievka (9)
2019–20 | 2nd (II. liga)  | 2/(16)  | 20  | 14  | 3  | 3  | 52  | 23  | 45 | 1/8 Fin  |  |  |  Róbert Polievka (12)
2020–21 | 2nd (II. liga)  | 2/(16)  | 28  | 17  | 5  | 6  | 70  | 38  | 56 | Semi-finals  |  |  |  Miladin Vujošević (17)
2021–22 | 2nd (II. liga)  | 2/(16)  | 30  | 21  | 6  | 3  | 62  | 24  | 69 | Round 3  |  |  |  Róbert Polievka (18)
2022–23 | 1st (Fortuna Liga)  | 5/(12)  | 32  | 13  | 5  | 14  | 50  | 56  | 44 | Round of 16  |  |  |  Róbert Polievka (15)
2023–24 | 1st (Fortuna Liga)  | 7/(12)  | 32  | 14  | 9  | 9  | 50  | 41  | 51 | Round 4  |  |  |  Róbert Polievka (13)

## European competition history

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Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

### UEFA-administered

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Country  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Agg.

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1984–85 | UEFA Cup | 1  |  | Mönchengladbach | 2–3  | 1–4  | 3–7
1999–00 | UEFA Cup | 1  |  | Ajax | 1–3  | 1–6  | 2–9
2004–05 | UEFA Cup | Q1  |  | Qarabağ FK | 3–0  | 1–0  | 4–0
Q2  |  | FC Wil | 3–1  | 1–1  | 4–2
1  |  | Benfica | 0–3  | 0–2  | 0–5
2005–06 | UEFA Cup | Q2  |  | Groclin Grodzisk | 0–0  | 1–4  | 1–4
2010–11 | Europa League | Q2  |  | FC Zestaponi | 1–0  | 0–3  | 1–3

### Not UEFA-administered

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Country  | Club  | Home  | Away

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1991 | Intertoto Cup | Group 4  |  | Silkeborg IF | 2–0  | 4–1
| Hammarby IF | 0–1  | 2–1
| FC Energie Cottbus | 1–0  | 2–0

## Player records

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### Most goals

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#  | Nat.  | Name  | Goals

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1  |  | Róbert Polievka | 80
2  |  | Milan Nemec | 74
3  |  | Róbert Semeník | 72
4  |  | Pavol Diňa | 59
5  |  | Martin Jakubko | 38
6  |  | Štefan Rusnák | 34
7  |  | Dušan Uškovič | 27

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

#### Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

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The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

| Year  | Winner  | G

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1968–69 |  Ladislav Petráš | 20
1994–95 |  Robert Semenik | 18
2023–24 |  Róbert Polievka | 131

1Shared award

## Notable players

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Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Dukla.

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

* Milan Albrecht
* Peter Babnič
* Marián Bochnovič
* Vladimír Borovička
* Marián Brezina
* Jozef Bubenko
* Ivan Bilský
* Martin Chrien
* Miroslav Chvíla
* Ondrej Daňko
* Pavol Diňa
* Ondrej Debnár
* David Depetris
* Michal Ďuriš
* Peter Dzúrik
* Martin Fabuš
* Ľubomír Faktor
* Peter Fieber
* Michal Filo
* Vratislav Greško
* Norbert Gyömbér
* Marián Had
* Andrej Hesek
* Viliam Hýravý
* Martin Jakubko
* Ladislav Jurkemik
* Marek Kaščák
* Dušan Keketi
* Vladimír Kinier
* Jan Kliment
* Maroš Klimpl
* Ján Kocian
* Tihomir Kostadinov
* Ivan Kozák
* Karel Kula
* František Kunzo
* Marián Kurty
* Vladimír Labant
* Vladimír Leitner
* Ľubomír Luhový
* Filip Lukšík
* Tomáš Malec
* Marián Masný
* Cyriaque Mayounga
* Pavol Michalík
* Rastislav Michalík
* Stanislav Moravec
* Peter Mráz
* Milan Nemec
* Martin Obšitník
* Branislav Obžera
* Anton Ondruš
* Michal Pančík (born 1971)
* Michal Pančík (born 1982)
* Viktor Pečovský
* Dejan Peševski
* Marek Penksa
* Ladislav Petráš
* Jozef Pisár
* Ján Pivarník
* Róbert Polievka
* Martin Poljovka
* Jaroslav Pollák
* Karol Praženica
* Štefan Rusnák
* Kornel Saláta
* Pavol Sedlák
* Stanislav Seman
* Róbert Semeník
* Ján Solár
* Miroslav Sovič
* Zdeno Štrba
* Tomáš Stúpala
* Dionatan Teixeira
* Dušan Tóth
* Dušan Vrťo
* Tibor Zátek
* Peter Zelenský

## Managers

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* Arnošt Hložek (1966–67)
* Bohumil Musil (1969–71)
* Oldřich Bříza (197?–79)
* Juraj Lakota (1980)
* Jozef Adamec (1981–87)
* Anton Dragúň (1987–89)
* Stanislav Jarábek (1989–91)
* Jozef Adamec (1991)
* Anton Hrušecký (1991–9?)
* Anton Jánoš (1993–95)
* Ján Ilavský (199?–96)
* Ján Kocian (1996–97)
* Peter Benedik (1996–97)
* Stanislav Jarábek (1998–99)
* Miloš Tagos (1999–00)
* Igor Novák (2000–01)
* Anton Jánoš (2001–03)
* Ladislav Molnár (2003–04)
* Václav Daněk (2004–05)
* Jozef Prochotský (2005–06)
* Dušan Radolský (2006)
* Ladislav Molnár (2007)
* Štefan Horný (25 Sept 2007 – 27 Aug 2008)
* Anton Jánoš (26 Aug 2008 – 30 Nov 2008)
* Jozef Jankech (1 Dev 2008 – 30 June 2010)
* Karol Marko (1 July 2010 – 8 Nov 2010)
* Štefan Zaťko (8 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
* Norbert Hrnčár (1 July 2012 – 9 Oct 2014)
* Štefan Rusnák (9 Oct 2014 – 26 June 2015)
* Ľubomír Faktor (26 June 2015 – 18 Oct 2016)
* Dušan Tóth (18 Oct 2016 – 26 Sep 2018)
* Stanislav Varga (26 Sep 2018 – 1 July 2022)
* Michal Ščasný (2 July 2022 – 25 Oct 2023)
* Mário Auxt (25 Oct 2023 – 16 Jun 2024)
* Marek Bažík (16 Jun 2024 - present)

## References

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1. ^ "Končí ďalší tradičný slovenský klub, FK Dukla Banská Bystrica už nie je". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2017-06-24.
2. ^ "Dukla pôjde do novej sezóny omladená, začína spoluprácu s Plzňou /Dukla will come to the new season younger than previously, beginning cooperation with Plzeň". Bbonliny.sk (in Slovak). 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
3. ^ "Tímy" [Team]. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

## External links

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* Official website (in Slovak)

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FK Dukla Banská Bystrica

Overview|

* History
* Players
* Managers
* Supporters
* Honours
* Europe

Ground|

* SNP Stadium

Rivalries|

* MŠK Žilina
* MFK Ružomberok

* v
* t
* e

Slovak Second Football League

2024–25 teams|

* Humenné
* Liptovský Mikuláš
* Malženice
* Petržalka
* Pohronie
* Považská Bystrica
* Púchov
* Šamorín
* Slovan Bratislava U21
* Stará Ľubovňa
* Tatran Prešov
* Žilina B
* Zlaté Moravce
* Zvolen

Seasons|

* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

* v
* t
* e

Slovak First Football League

Seasons|

* Czechoslovak First League
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

Clubs|

| 2024–25|

* DAC Dunajská Streda
* Dukla Banská Bystrica
* Komárno
* Košice
* Železiarne Podbrezová
* Ružomberok
* Skalica
* Slovan Bratislava
* Spartak Trnava
* AS Trenčín
* Zemplín Michalovce
* Žilina

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Former (active)|

* Baník Prievidza
* Dubnica
* Inter Bratislava
* Lokomotíva Košice
* Nitra
* Partizán Bardejov
* Petržalka
* Pohronie
* Púchov
* Rimavská Sobota
* Senica
* Sereď
* Spartak Myjava
* Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
* Tatran Prešov
* ViOn Zlaté Moravce

Defunct|

* Humenné
* Senec
* VSS Košice

Others|

* Slovak Cup
* Slovak Super Cup
* 2\. Liga
* Slovak clubs in Europe
* UEFA Champions League
* UEFA Europa League
* UEFA Conference League

* Category

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