FK Senica

History

The football club in the town was founded in 1921. The newly formed team progressed quickly, but the football boom was dampened by the Second World War. Rudolf Pšurný, the club's chairman in the interwar period, kept the sporting community alive by organising matches and tournaments. After the war, football flourished again in the region.

The year 1962 was a milestone in the club's history, as the new stadium was opened in Senica. It serves the town's footballing community to this day. Its opening was marked by a benefit match between players from the Senica District and the squad that has recently won silver medals at the World Cup in Chile, led by Jozef Adamec.

Before the 2009–10 season, the club bought a licence from FK Inter Bratislava, a winner of the Slovak First League that were to advance to the Superliga. FK Senica thus appeared in the top flight for the first time ever. It quickly established itself as a competitive team, finishing second in 2010–11 and 2012–13 seasons and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds three times in a row.

On 16 February 2019, Matchday 19 of the 2018–19 season, in an away game against AS Trenčín, played in Myjava, Senica fielded an entire starting line-up made up entirely of foreign players as the first team in Slovak history. All the substitutes were foreigners as well.

After the 2021–22 season, the club went bankrupt. According to sport.sk, it had debts of up to €1,000,000. This serious financial problem even made it impossible for Senica to pay the operating arrears that were listed on the club's official website before the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the official website, fksenica.eu, was deactivated because the club had not paid operating bills since February 2020.

The club's financial crisis has also reportedly caused the players and staff to not receive their salaries since September 2021. The stagnation of salaries over seven months led to a wave of massive resignations by several players. This caused Senica to be relegated to the 3rd league, as their licence was revoked.

In 2022, the club was refounded and its senior team currently plays in the 6th tier of Slovak football.

Clubname history

• 1921 – 1923 – Železná únia Senica
• 1923 – 1928 – Športový klub Senica
• 1928 – 1934 – AC Senica
• 1934 – 1939 – FC Senica
• 1940 – 1946 – ŠK Senica
• 1946 – 1969 – Sokol Chemické závody (ChZ)
• 1969 – 2006 – TJ/FK SH Senica (merged with FK 96 Ress Častkov)
• 2006 – present – FK Senica

Honours

Domestic

• Slovak First Football League (1993–)
  • [[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
• Slovak Cup (1961–)
  • [[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (2): 2012, 2015

Slovak League Top Goalscorer

Slovak First Football League Top scorer since 1993–94

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Supporters

Local ultras group is known as the Iron Union 1921 (). During the matches, they are grouped in the Sector B3 at the stadium. The fan club was founded in the winter of 2013. They have good relations with fans of 1. FC Slovácko, a Czech-based club playing in the Czech First League.

Rivalries

FK Senica's biggest rival is Spartak Myjava. The matches between the two teams are referred to as the Záhorie-Kopanice Derby (), referring to the neighboring regions where the two towns are located. The first derby in the highest tier was played on 24 August 2012, and ended with Myjava's 1–0 win.

Sponsorship

Club partners

source

• OMS Lighting
• 101 Drogerie
• Nad-Ress
• Philips
• City of Senica

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were or are currently affiliated with FK Senica:

• BRA Cruzeiro (2012–?)
• BRA Arapongas (2013–?)
• NED ADO Den Haag (2013–?)
• NGA GBS Academy (2019–present)
• TUR Beşiktaş J.K. (2021–present)

Results

League and Cup history

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European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

First international match versus FC Red Bull Salzburg

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Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

List of players which had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Senica.

:See :Category:FK Senica players for past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles.

AFC

• IDN **Egy Maulana Vikri **
• IDN Witan Sulaeman CAF
• GHA Edmund Addo
• CPV Kay
• CTA Cyriaque Mayounga
• GHA Patrick Asmah
• NGA Eneji Moses
• ZIM Wisdom Mutasa
• BEN Désiré Segbé Azankpo
• GNB Zezinho
• CGO Juvhel Tsoumou CONCACAF
• CAN Kris Twardek
• CRC Pedro Leal
• PAN Rolando Blackburn CONMEBOL
• VEN Eric Ramírez UEFA
• SVK Ladislav Almási
• SVK Marián Bochnovič
• CZE Erich Brabec
• SVK Juraj Chvátal
• CZE Jaroslav Černý
• SVK Erik Čikoš
• SVK Martin Ďurica
• CZE Martin Frýdek
• SVK Andrej Hesek
• SVK Filip Hlohovský
• SVK Dominik Holec
• SVK Jakub Hromada
• CZE Luboš Hušek
• SVK Michal Jonáš
• SVK Juraj Kotula
• SVK Tomáš Kóňa
• SVK Matej Krajčík
• SVK Filip Lukšík
• SVK Róbert Mazáň
• BIH Samir Merzić
• SVK Samuel Mráz
• SVK Juraj Piroska
• SVK František Plach
• LIT Tomas Radzinevičius
• SVK Michal Šulla
• SVK Lukáš Tesák
• SVK Michal Tomič
• SVK Blažej Vaščák
• SVK Dušan Vrťo

Managers

• SVK Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2009 – 11 Feb 2010)
• CZE Radim Nečas (12 Feb 2010 – 31 May 2010)
• SVK Stanislav Griga (1 Jul 2010 – 26 Apr 2012)
• CZE Zdeněk Psotka (1 Jul 2012 – 31 Dec 2012)
• SVK Vladimír Koník (1 Jan 2013 – 30 Jun 2013)
• SVK Eduard Pagáč (3 Jun 2013 – 12 Mar 2014)
• CZE Pavel Hapal (12 Mar 2014 – 23 Dec 2014)
• SVK Jozef Kostelník (4 Jan 2015 – 8 May 2015)
• SVK Eduard Pagáč (8 May 2015 – 8 Sep 2015)
• SVK Juraj Sabol & SVK Dušan Vrťo (8 Sep 2015 –26 May 2016)
• CZE Aleš Čvančara (30 May 2016 – 19 Jul 2016)
• SVK Miroslav Mentel (19 Jul 2016 – 16 Jun 2017)
• SVK Ivan Vrabec (16 Jun 2017 – 11 Sep 2017)
• SVK Ladislav Hudec (11 Sep 2017 – 8 Feb 2018)
• NED Ton Caanen (8 Feb 2018 – 3 Aug 2018)
• POR Frederico Ricardo (3 Aug 2018 – 9 Jan 2019)
• POR Ricardo Chéu (9 Jan 2019 – 7 Jun 2019)
• CZE Michal Ščasný (8 Jul 2019 – 12 Feb 2020)
• SVK Eduard Pagáč (16 Feb 2020 – 18 Feb 2020)
• SVK Patrik Durkáč (18 Feb 2020 – 7 Mar 2020)
• SVK Ján Bíreš (7 Mar 2020 – 30 Jun 2020)
• SVK Patrik Durkáč (30 Jun 2020 – 14 Jul 2020)
• SVK Anton Šoltis (14 Jul 2020 – 20 Feb 2021)
• SVK Karol Praženica (23 Feb 2021 – 2 Jun 2021)
• CZE Pavel Šustr (2 Jun 2021 – 16 April 2022)
• SVK Libor Fašiang (16 April 2022 – present)

References

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