AS Trenčín

AS Trenčín (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈa: ˈɛs ˈtrɛntʃiːn] (listen)) is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak Super Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 4,500 spectators.

For the ice hockey team, see HK Dukla Trenčín.

AS Trenčín

Full name	Asociácia športov Trenčín a.s.[1]
Founded	1992 (1992) as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
Ground	Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín
Capacity	3,500
Owner	Tscheu La Ling
Chairman	Róbert Rybníček
Manager	Stijn Vreven
League	Fortuna Liga
2019–20	Fortuna Liga, 7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

The football team was established in 1990 as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia.[2] Since 1997, Trenčín has continuously played in the Slovak first division.

In 2002 the club changed its name to FK Laugaricio Trenčín, and one year later became FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín).

The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the Intertoto Cup (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former Dutch international Tschen La Ling.[3] After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season.[2]

In July 2015, FK AS Trenčín together with women's handball team HK Štart Trenčín was merged into Asociácia športov Trenčín.[4]

Events timeline

• 1992: Founded as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
• 1995: Renamed FK Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
• 2002: Renamed Laugaricio Trenčín
• 2003: Renamed FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín)
• 2015: Renamed AS Trenčín (Asociácia športov Trenčín)

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  • Runners-up (1): 1962–63 ¹
  • Third place (1): 1967–68 ¹

Slovakia

• Slovak League (1993–present)
  • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14
• Slovak Cup (1961–present)
  • Winners (3): 1978¹, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Slovakian Second Division (1993–present)
  • Winners (1): 2010–11

¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

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
1964–65	Pavol Bencz	19
1998–99	Martin Fabuš	19
2002–03	Martin Fabuš	20^1
2012–13	David Depetris	16
2013–14	Tomáš Malec	14
2015–16	Gino van Kessel	17

¹Shared award

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1966 ¹

¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

UEFA ranking

This is the current 2018–19 (August 31) UEFA coefficient:

Rank	Team	Coefficient
157	Charleroi	6.940
158	FC Spartak Trnava	6.500
159	AS Trenčín	6.500
160	F91 Dudelange	6.250
161	Gabala FK	6.250

• Full list

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín:

• VSV TONEGIDO (2007–08)[5]
• Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present)[6]
• Slovan Nemšová (2012–present)[7]
• Ajax (2012–present)[8]
• AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–13)[9]
• GBS Academy (2014–2019)[10]
• FK Inter Bratislava (2016–present)[11]

Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active ultras group. They have a fierce rivalry with Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically left-wing fans.[12] Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech Bohemians 1905.[13]

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
????–97	ATAK	Ozeta
1998–99	Kappa
1999–02	Adidas
2003–05		none
2005–06	Umbro	SYNOT
2006–08		none
2008–09		FITSHAPE
2009–10	Royal
2010–12		KROON
2012–14	Nike	AEGON
2015–2017	Adidas
2017		EDART
2018		MAGIC club
2018–		ORION TIP

Club partners

van Styn FITSHAPE McDonald's City of Trenčín VRM

Vaillant Mercedes-Benz Motor-Car Trenčín Corgoň Noba RAUCH

Party Partners SWAN MM Transpend EDART machunka.sk

Current squad

As of 7 August, 2020[14] 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  SVK Denis Chudý 4 MF  NGA Abdul Zubairu 5 DF  FRA Steve Kapuadi 6 DF  SVK Martin Šulek (Captain) 7 MF  BIH Hamza Čataković 9 FW  USA Eduvie Ikoba 11 FW  GHA Osman Bukari 12 FW  SUR Ivenzo Comvalius 13 MF  NGA Philip Azango 14 MF  BEL Milan Corryn 15 FW  NGA Ahmad Ghali (on loan from MFM) 16 FW  SVK Jakub Kadák 17 MF  CRO Ante Roguljić 19 DF  CPV Kelvin Pires 20 MF  CRO Tomislav Knežević

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  SVK Adrián Slávik 24 GK  SVK Igor Šemrinec (Vice-captain) 27 DF  SVK Simeon Kohut 29 DF  NED Ruben Ligeon 31 MF  CPV Paulo Junior 32 FW  SVK Lukáš Letenay 33 DF  SVK Richard Križan 34 MF  NED Aschraf El Mahdioui 35 DF  NGA Reuben Yem 55 GK  NED Menno Bergsen 66 DF  FIN Juha Pirinen 74 DF  SVK Urban Mazanovský 77 FW  SVK David Depetris 99 GK  SVK Michal Kukučka

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2020.

Out on loan 2019–20

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 66 MF  SVK Dávid Machara (at Púchov)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SVK Marián Pišoja (at Púchov)

Managers

Further information: List of FK AS Trenčín managers

Current technical staff

As of 30 June 2020

Staff	Job title
Stijn Vreven	Manager
Werner Martens	Assistant manager
Juraj Ančic	Assistant manager
Gideon van der Wee	Tech assistant
Ľubomír Reiter	U19 coach
Tomáš Belic	Goalkeeping coach
Jozef Hollý	Team Leader
Drahoslav Bočák	Team Manager
Branislav Haviernik	Scout
Dr Jozef Takáč	Team Doctor
Peter Gašperák	Physiotherapist
Jozef Liška	Masseur

Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League (Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004, František Kubík to Kuban in 2011), Belgian Pro League (Moses Simon, Haris Hajradinović (booth 2014), Rabiu Ibrahim (2016), Samuel Kalu (2017), Rangelo Janga (2018), Philip Azango (2018) and Reuben Yem (2019) to Gent, Wesley to Club Brugge in 2016, Kingsley Madu and Aliko Bala to Zulte Waregem in 2016,2017 James Lawrence to Anderlecht in 2018), Danish Superliga (Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to FC Nordsjælland in 2015, Fanendo Adi to Copenhagen in 2013), Dutch Eredivisie (Ryan Koolwijk to SBV Excelsior in 2016, Hilary Gong to SBV Vitesse in 2018), Greece Superleague (Jairo to PAOK in 2015), Norway Tippeligaen (Tomáš Malec to Lillestrøm SK in 2016), Czech First League (Aldo Baéz to Slavia Prague in 2014 and season 2015–16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 20 years old talented midfielder Matúš Bero joined Turkish Trabzonspor for a fee €3.5 million.

Record transfers

Rank	Player	To	Fee	Year
1.	Matúš Bero	Trabzonspor	€3.5 million*	2016[15]
2.	Hilary Gong	SBV Vitesse	€2.0 million*	2018[16]
3.	Gino van Kessel	Slavia Prague	€1.5 million*	2016[17][18]
4.	Antonio Mance	NK Osijek	€1.3 million*	2019[19]
5.	Samuel Kalu	Gent	€1.0 million*	2017[20]
	Wesley	Club Brugge	€1.0 million*	2016[21]
6.	Moses Simon	Gent	€0.8 million*	2015[22]
	Jairo	PAOK	€0.8 million*	2015[23]

*-unofficial fee

Results

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	3rd (3. Liga Západ)	1/(16)	30	21	6	3	62	19	48	3R
1994–95	2nd (1. Liga)	7/(16)	30	13	5	12	54	40	44	1R			Róbert Formanko (16)
1995–96	2nd (1. Liga)	9/(16)	30	10	7	13	41	42	37	1R
1996–97	2nd (1. Liga)	2/(18)	34	24	2	8	68	30	74	1R
1997–98	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(16)	30	14	5	9	47	31	53	2R			Martin Fabuš (16)
1998–99	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(16)	30	15	8	7	53	25	53	1R	UI	2R ( Baltika)	Martin Fabuš (19)
1999–00	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(16)	30	13	8	9	38	29	47	2R	UI	1R ( Pobeda)	Jozef Valachovič (7)
2000–01	1st (Mars Superliga)	8/(10)	36	11	6	19	35	59	39	2R	UI	1.R ( Dinaburg)	Marián Klago (6)
2001–02	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(10)	36	15	9	12	45	43	54	2R			Martin Fabuš (9)
2002–03	1st (Superliga)	9/(10)	36	11	5	20	48	69	38	2R	UI	1R ( Slaven Belupo)	Milan Ivana (10)
2003–04	1st (Corgoň Liga)	5/(10)	36	13	9	14	37	43	48	1R			Stanislav Velický (7)
2004–05	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(10)	36	12	7	17	36	50	43	2R			Ivan Lietava (9)
2005–06	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(10)	36	11	9	16	31	49	42	Quarter-finals			Jaroslav Kamenský (6)
2006–07	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	36	8	11	17	31	49	35	2R			Juraj Czinege (4)
2007–08	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	33	3	7	23	26	77	16	3R			David Depetris (4)
2008–09	2nd (1. liga)	2/(12)	33	19	9	5	74	27	66	1R			David Depetris (21)
2009–10	2nd (1. liga)	2/(12)	27	13	11	3	53	21	50	3R			Filip Hlohovský (7) Jorge Salinas (7)
2010–11	2nd (1. liga)	1/(12)	33	22	6	5	77	30	72	3R			David Depetris (31)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	5/(12)	33	12	12	9	51	49	48	3R			Lester Peltier (11)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	3/(12)	33	14	11	8	52	34	18	3R			David Depetris (16)
2013–14	1st (Corgoň Liga)	2/(12)	33	19	6	8	74	35	63	2R	EL	Q3 ( Astra)	Tomáš Malec (14)
2014–15	1st (Fortuna Liga)	1/(12)	33	23	5	5	67	28	74	Winner	EL	Q3 ( Hull City)	Jairo (8)
2015–16	1st (Fortuna Liga)	1/(12)	33	26	3	4	73	28	81	Winner	CL	Q2 ( Steaua București)	Gino van Kessel (17)
2016–17	1st (Fortuna Liga)	4/(12)	30	14	5	11	53	48	47	Quarter-finals	CL EL	Q3 ( Legia Warsaw) PO ( Rapid Wien)	Rangelo Janga (14)
2017–18	1st (Fortuna Liga)	5/(12)	31	14	6	11	73	47	48	4R	EL	Q2 ( Bnei Yehuda)	Rangelo Janga (14)
2018–19	1st (Fortuna Liga)	11/(12)	32	8	7	17	41	56	31	6R	EL	PO ( AEK Larnaca)	Hamza Čataković (12)
2019–20	1st (Fortuna Liga)	7/(12)	27	11	6	10	52	43	39	Quarter-finals			Osman Bukari (10)

European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

^{Until 1992 played as Jednota Trenčín}

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966	Mitropa Cup
		1. Round	Admira Wien	4–0	1–2	5–2
		1/4 Final	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–0	4–1
		Semi-final	Vasas	1–0
		Final	Fiorentina		0–1
1967–68	Mitropa Cup	1 .Round	Željezničar	0–1	0–0	0–1
1998	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	1–1	4–1	5–1
		2. Round	Baltika	0–1	0–0	0–1
1999	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Pobeda	3–1	1–3	4–4 (p)
2000	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	0–3	0–1	0–4
2002	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Slaven Belupo	3–1	0–5	3–6
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	IFK Göteborg	2–1	0–0	2–1
		3Q	Astra Giurgiu	1–3	2–2	3–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Vojvodina	4–0	0–3	4–3
		3Q	Hull City	0–0	1–2	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Steaua București	0–2	3–2	3–4
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	NK Olimpija	2–3	4–3	6–6
		3Q	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–0	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Rapid Wien	0–4	2–0	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	5–1	3–0	8–1
		2Q	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	0–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Budućnost Podgorica	1–1	2–0	3–1
		2Q	Górnik Zabrze	4–1	1–0	5–1
		3Q	Feyenoord	4–0	1–1	5–1
		PO	AEK Larnaca	1–1	0–3	1–4

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		David Depetris	87
2		Pavol Bencz	72
3		Vojtech Masný	65
4		Martin Fabuš	59
5		Gino van Kessel	39

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

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

For full list, see Category:FK AS Trenčín players

• Fanendo Adi
• Milan Albrecht
• Juraj Ančic
• Leon Bailey
• Dušan Bartovič
• Carlos Bejarano
• Pavol Bencz
• Giorgi Beridze
• Matúš Bero
• Ivan Bilský
• Angelos Chanti
• Ivenzo Comvalius
• Yin Congyao
• Kamil Čontofalský
• Juraj Czinege
• David Depetris
• Marián Dirnbach
• Peter Doležaj
• Martin Fabuš
• Ľubomír Faktor
• Reuben Gabriel
• Roman Gergel
• Dávid Guba
• Haris Hajradinović
• Róbert Hanko
• Filip Hlohovský
• Filip Hološko
• Jakub Holúbek
• Csaba Horváth
• Jaroslav Hrabal
• Rabiu Ibrahim
• Milan Ivana
• Rangelo Janga
• Ladislav Józsa
• Keston Julien
• Jozef Juriga
• Samuel Kalu
• Ján Kapko
• Marek Kaščák
• Karol Kisel
• Rastislav Kostka
• František Kubik
• Dušan Kuciak
• Lukáš Kyselica
• Bozhin Laskov
• James Lawrence
• Martin Lipčák
• Stanislav Lobotka
• Filip Lukšík
• Kingsley Madu
• Stefan Maierhofer
• Tomáš Malec
• Marián Masný
• Vojtech Masný
• Róbert Mazáň
• Patrik Mišák
• Vladimír Mojžiš
• Peter Németh
• Uche Nwofor
• Emil Pažický
• Juha Pirinen
• Juraj Piroska
• Lester Peltier
• Andrej Porázik
• Milan Rundić
• Jorge Salinas
• Moses Simon
• Miroslav Siva
• Anton Šoltis
• Martin Škrtel
• Ondrej Šmelko
• Samuel Štefánik
• Peter Štyvar
• Martin Šulek
• Anton Švajlen
• Jozef Valachovič
• Gino van Kessel
• Wesley

Managers

Ladislav Kuna (1995–96) Stanislav Griga (July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1998) Róbert Paldan (1998–00) Alexander Bokij (2000–01) Milan Albrecht (2001) Anton Dragúň (2001), (2003) Jaroslav Jurkovič (2003) Karol Kisel st. (2003–04) Anton Jánoš (2004–05) Karol Marko (2005)

Ladislav Hudec (July 1, 2005 – March 11, 2006) Vlastimil Palička (2006–07) Rob McDonald (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008) Martin Stano (2008) Ivan Galád (2008–09) Vladimír Koník (July 1, 2009 – Nov 13, 2009) Adrián Guľa (Nov 14, 2009 – June 30, 2013) Ľubomír Nosický (July 1, 2013 – Sept 8, 2013) Martin Ševela (Sept 8, 2013 – Sept 12, 2017) Vladimír Cifranič (Sept 12, 2017 – June 2, 2018)

Ricardo Moniz (June 2, 2018 – October 28, 2018) Vladimír Cifranič (Sept 12, 2017 – March 20, 2019) Matthias Kohler (March 20, 2019 – May 7, 2019) Ivan Galád (May 7, 2019 – June 20, 2019) Matthias Kohler (June 20, 2019 – October 22, 2019) Norbert Hrnčár (October 22, 2019 – June 30, 2020) Juraj Ančic (June 30, 2020 – July 17, 2020) (interim) Stijn Vreven (July 17, 2020 - present)

Previous kits

The first home Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The first away Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The typical Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.
The alternative Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.	The home FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.	The away FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.

References

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External links

• Official website (in Slovak and English)