1. Fc Tatran Prešov

Tatran Prešov is the oldest football club in Slovakia, founded on 25 May 1898. The club currently participates in the 2.liga. The "Green and Whites" played 32 seasons in the Czechoslovak top division. Tatran became the dark horse of the Czechoslovak league in the 1960s and 1970s, but never won a title. The greatest league success was the second place in the 1965 and 1973 seasons. The club also came close in the Czechoslovak Cup, losing twice in 1966 and 1992 finals.

FC Tatran

Full name	FC Tatran Prešov
Nickname(s)	Zeleno-Bieli (The Green-Whites) Koňare (Horsemen)
Founded	25 May 1898; 125 years ago (1898-05-25) as ETVE Prešov
Ground	Ličartovce Stadium, Tatran Stadium (in reconstruction)
Capacity	1,400 6,500 (planned)
Owner	City of Prešov
Chairman	Ľuboš Micheľ
Head coach	Marek Petruš
League	2. liga
2022–23	2. liga, 2nd of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Early history

 

The first official football match on the territory of present-day Slovakia took place on 25 May 1898 in Eperjes, today's Prešov, that time in Hungary, between two Budapest-based teams, Óbudai TE and Budapesti TC on the initiation of František Pethe, a gymnastic teacher in the local grammar school. On the same day the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Eperjesi TVE, lit. Gymnastic and Fencing Association of Eperjes) was founded, which is regarded as the first football club of Slovakia.

Eperjesi TVE initially competed in the Hungarian league system, achieving its best result in the 1907–08 season, when it won the Northern District Championship.

In 1920 Prešov became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, subsequently the club competed in the Czechoslovak leagues.

Prešov finished in second place in the Czechoslovak First League in 1965 and 1973, finishing the season just one point behind champions Spartak Trnava in the 1972–73 season. In the national cup the team also had success, reaching the final of the Czechoslovak Cup in 1966, where they lost to Dukla Prague and in 1992 where Sparta Prague were victorious.

The greatest legend of Tatran's Prešov history is Ladislav Pavlovič. From 1948 until 1966, he netted for Tatran Prešov 150 goals in 309 matches. He also represented Czechoslovakia national football team, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals. In 2013, he was stated to Prešov's Hall of Fame.

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)
• FC Tatran Prešov (2022)

Domestic

  Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  •   Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1972–73
• Czechoslovak Cup (1960–93)
  •   Runners-up (2): 1965–66, 1991–92
• 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
  •   Winners (2): 1979–80, 1989–90

  Slovakia

• Slovenský Pohár (Slovak Cup) (1961–)
  •   Winners (1): 1992
  •   Runners-up (4): 1973, 1985, 1994, 1997
• 2. liga (Slovak second division)
  •   Winners (2): 2007–08, 2015–16
  •   Runners-up (1): 2022-23
  •   Third (2): 2003–04, 2014–15
• 3. liga východ (Slovak third division east)
  •   Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021–22
  •   Third (1): 2020-21

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

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

Year Winner G 1960–61   Ladislav Pavlovič 171 1962–63   Karol Petroš 19 1963–64   Ladislav Pavlovič 21

¹Shared award

European

• Mitropa Cup
  •   Winners (1): 1981
• InterCup
  •   Winners (1): 1978

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(12)	32	10	14	8	47	43	34	Runner-up
1994–95	1st (Mars Superliga)	9/(12)	32	9	10	13	42	49	37	1/2 finals	UC	2R (  Real Zaragoza)
1995–96	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(12)	32	12	7	13	34	36	43	1/32 finals
1996–97	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	12	7	11	37	38	43	Runner-up
1997–98	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(16)	30	9	9	12	29	39	36	1/4 finals			Milan Jambor (5)
1998–99	1st (Mars Superliga)	8/(16)	30	11	10	9	38	35	43	1/16 finals			Vladimír Kožuch (7)   Anton Šoltis (7)
1999–00	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	14	5	11	38	42	47	1/16 finals			Vladimír Kožuch (8)
2000–01	1st (Mars Superliga)	7/(10)	36	10	10	16	44	54	40	1/32 finals			Marek Petruš (7)   Július Lelkeš (7)
2001–02	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(10)	36	8	7	21	35	66	40	1/16 finals			Ján Šlahor (7)
2002–03	2nd (1. liga)	9/(16)	30	11	6	13	40	37	39	1/4 finals			Lukáš Hricov (7)
2003–04	2nd (1. liga)	3/(16)	30	15	7	8	54	35	52	1/8 finals			Martin Jakubko (13)
2004–05	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	12	8	10	38	33	44	1/32 finals			Ľubomír Pagor (7)
2005–06	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	15	7	8	37	22	52	1/32 finals			Peter Iskra (6)
2006–07	2nd (1. liga)	5/(12)	36	16	14	6	55	25	62	1/8 finals			Tomáš Kaplan (8)
2007–08	2nd (1. liga)	1/(12)	33	23	8	2	64	14	77	1/4 finals			Ľuboš Belejík (7)
2008–09	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(12)	33	10	11	12	40	50	41	1/16 finals			Peter Katona (7)
2009–10	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(12)	33	11	5	17	32	38	38	1/8 finals			Peter Katona (5)
2010–11	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	33	9	6	18	30	49	33	1/16 finals			Jhonatan (5)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	10/(12)	33	7	12	14	23	35	33	1/4 finals			Peter Katona (5)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	33	8	9	16	21	41	33	1/16 finals			Andriy Shevchuk (3)   Matúš Marcin (3)
2013–14	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	4/(12)	33	18	6	9	56	28	60	1/4 finals			Dávid Leško (11)
2014–15	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	3/(24)	22	10	6	6	32	24	36	1/32 finals			Pavol Šafranko (11)
2015–16	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	1/(24)	30	16	10	4	61	26	58	1/16 finals			Dávid Leško (16)
2016–17	1st (Fortuna Liga)	11/(12)	30	3	10	17	17	63	19	1/8 finals			Musefiu Ashiru (5)
2017–18	1st (Fortuna Liga)	12/(12)	31	4	11	16	20	55	23	1/32 finals			Roland Černák (7)
2018–19	2nd (II. liga)	15/(16)	30	7	6	17	30	41	27	1/32 finals			Lukáš Hricov (3)
2019–20	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	17	14	1	2	52	14	43	1/32 finals			Kristián Hirka (12)
2020–21	3rd (III. liga)	3/(16)	15	10	1	4	40	15	31	1/32 finals			Samuel Gladiš (7)
2021–22	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	30	25	2	3	103	20	77	1/32 finals			Jozef Dolný (41)
2022–23	2nd (2. liga)	2/(16)	30	19	2	8	49	24	62	1/8 finals			Jozef Dolný (19)

European competition history

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966–67	Cup Winners' Cup	1.		Bayern Munich	1–1	2–3	3–4
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1.		Velež Mostar	4–2	1–1	5–3
		2.		VfB Stuttgart	3–5(aet)	1–3	4–8
1980–81	Mitropa Cup	RR		Csepel SC	0–0	0–3
				Calcio Como	4–1	0–1
				NK Zagreb	2–1	5–1
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		Bangor F.C.	4–0	1–0	5–0
		1.		Dundee United	3–1	2–3	5–4
		2.		Real Zaragoza	0–4	1–2	1–6

Tatran's biggest rivals are FC Košice, and the matches between the two teams are referred to as "Eastern Slovak derby" (Slovak: Východniarske derby).
They also have rivalry with MFK Zemplín Michalovce and FC Spartak Trnava. 1. FC Tatran Prešov supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of the Polish side JKS Czarni 1910 Jasło.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. FC Tatran Prešov 11/12 season home kit.

Club partners

source

• DÚHA
• Ekofin

Updated 28 January 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   UKR Maksym Kuchynskyi 3 DF   SVK Miroslav Petko 4 DF   SVK Patrik Šimko 6 MF   SVK Jakub Štefánik 7 DF   SVK Lukáš Jendrek 8 MF   SVK Jozef Špyrka (on loan from Podbrezová) 9 MF   SVK Boris Gáll 10 FW   SVK Jozef Dolný 11 FW   SVK Daniel Pavúk 17 MF   SVK Adrián Káčerík (on loan from Dukla Banská Bystrica)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   SVK Martin Baran 21 MF   SVK Dávid Keresteš 22 DF   SVK Richard Župa 23 MF   SVK Filip Bobrovský 24 MF   SVK Samuel Gladiš (on loan from Košice) 27 FW   BRA Arthur Legnani 30 DF   SVK Samuel Kopásek (on loan from Žilina) 33 GK   SVK Alex Fojtíček 77 MF   SRB Marko Milunović 99 FW   SEN Aliou Diao

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2023.

Out on loan

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

Reserve team

1. FC Tatran Prešov juniori was the reserve team of 1. FC Tatran Prešov. They mostly played in the Slovak 3. Liga (Eastern division).

Squad

Current technical staff

Updated 31 October 2023

Staff	Job title
Marek Petruš	Assistant manager
Peter Baláž	Manager
Peter Barna	Team manager
Maroš Ferenc	Goalkeeping coach
Jozef Vaño	Team Leader
MUDr. Ján Mirilovič	Team Doctor
MUDr. Július Svätojánsky	Team Doctor
MUDr. Peter Cvengroš	Team Doctor
Igor Stojimirović	Masseur
Vladimír Papp	Physiotherapist
Dávid Balucha	Physiotherapist

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		Ladislav Pavlovič	150
2		Karol Petroš	67
3		Jozef Dolný	62
4		Jozef Kuchár	56
5		Gejza Šimanský	44
6		Dávid Leško	40
7		Peter Katona	39

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

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

For full list, see Category:1. FC Tatran Prešov players

•   Milan Timoš (1948–2012)