2015–16 MFK Zemplín Michalovce season

The 2015–16 season is MFK Zemplín Michalovce's first season in the Fortuna Liga after gaining promotion in the previous season in their 103rd year in existence.

Michalovce

2015–16 season
President	Igor Šoltinský
Head coach	Stanislav Griga
Stadium	Zemplin Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Vernon De Marco (5 goals) All: Stanislav Danko (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,575 (Michalovce - Slovan Bratislava)
Lowest home attendance	1,112 (Michalovce - Ružomberok)
Average home league attendance	3,239
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Transfers (Summer)

Transfers in

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

No. Position Player FW Peter Nworah (from Free Agent)[1] MF Tomáš Sedlák (loan return from FK Poprad)[2] MF Emmanuel Mensah (from FK Bodva Moldava nad Bodvou)[2] MF Martin Bednár (from MFK Zemplín Michalovce youth) GK Marián Kelemen (from Free agent)[3] DF Akaki Khubutia (from Free agent)[3] DF Eric Barroso (from FC Tiraspol)[3] FW Andrej Kerić (from F91 Dudelange)[4]

Transfers out

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

No. Position Player FW Tomáš Chovanec (loan return to MFK Dolný Kubín)[5] FW Boris Bališ (loan return to FC Spartak Trnava)[5] FW Erik Streňo (loan return to Partizán Bardejov)[5] MF Lukáš Janič (to Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)[6] MF Adrián Leško (on loan to FC Lokomotíva Košice)[7]

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2015.

Transfers (Winter)

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player GK Patrik Macej (loan return from FC Lokomotíva Košice) FW Filip Serečin (from FC VSS Košice)[1] FW Maxim Votinov (from FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok)[8] DF Aleksandr Sverchinskiy (from FC Minsk)[8] MF Nikola Lukić (from FC Minsk)[9] MF Kyriakos Savvidis (on loan from PAOK FC)[10] MF Panagiotis Deligiannidis (on loan from PAOK FC)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Antonio García Montero (End of contract (joined Europa FC))[11] FW Peter Nworah (Released and joined FC Hradec Králové) [12] DF Eric Barroso (Released and joined Conil CF)[13] DF Joan Caballero (Released and joined CD Acero)[14] FW Emmanuel Mensah (Released)

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2015–16.

Current squad

As of February 23, 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Martin Raška 2 DF Milan Šimčák 4 MF Lukáš Tóth 7 DF Marcos Pérez (Captain) 8 MF Jakub Grič 9 DF Jakub Straka 10 MF Martin Bednár 12 MF Jozef-Šimon Turík 13 DF Akaki Khubutia 14 FW Martin Regáli 15 MF Stanislav Danko 17 FW Dominik Kunca 18 DF Vernon De Marco 19 MF Samuel Bayón

No. Position Player 20 DF Oliver Podhorín 21 FW Michal Hamuľak 22 GK Matúš Kira 23 GK Marián Kelemen 23 MF Jozef Vajs 24 MF Martin Koscelník 27 MF Tomáš Sedlák 28 FW Pavol Bellás 30 GK Patrik Macej 44 DF Aleksandr Sverchinskiy 77 MF Panagiotis Deligiannidis 88 MF Kyriakos Savvidis 89 FW Filip Serečin 90 MF Nikola Lukić 99 FW Maxim Votinov

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Michalovce v Lokomotíva Košice

1 July 2015 Friendly	Michalovce	6–1	Lokomotíva Košice	Michalovce
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danko  26' Fabiani  45' Turík  53' Kavka  69' (o.g.) Musiol  82', 84'	Report	Serečin  45'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 600

KS Cracovia v Michalovce

4 July 2015 Friendly	KS Cracovia	2–1	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čovilo  26' Wdowiak  54'	Report	Turík  84'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

Poprad v Michalovce

7 July 2015 Friendly	Poprad	2–1	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rudiuk  2' Durkot  12'	Report	Fabiani  80'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

Spišská Nová Ves v Michalovce

8 July 2015 Friendly	Spišská Nová Ves	1–2	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Štefánik  59'	Report	Kunca  14' Nworah  31'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

Sandecja Nowy Sącz v Michalovce

11 July 2015 Friendly	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	0–1	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kunca  25'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

Ferencváros v Michalovce

16 January 2016 Friendly	Ferencváros	2–0	Michalovce	Budapest, Hungary
	Nagy  54' Kárász  66'	Report

Debreceni VSC v Michalovce

23 January 2016 Friendly	Debreceni VSC	2–0	Michalovce	Debrecen, Hungary
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Holman  35' Horváth  47'	Report

Debreceni VSC v Michalovce

23 January 2016 Friendly	Debreceni VSC	0–2	Michalovce	Debrecen, Hungary
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Hamuľak  55' Votinov  57'

Michalovce v Trebišov

27 January 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	2–0	Trebišov	Michalovce
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tóth  31' Votinov  88'	Report

Michalovce v Prešov

30 January 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	2–0	Prešov	Michalovce
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koscelník  11', 21'	Report

Michalovce v Lokomotíva Košice

3 February 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	4–0	Lokomotíva Košice	Michalovce
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellás  28' Hamuľak  32' Vajs  67' Straka  86'	Report

KS Cracovia v Michalovce

6 February 2016 Friendly	KS Cracovia	2–0	Michalovce	Kraków, Poland
14:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čovilo  7' Dialiba  88'	Report		Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium

Locomotive Tbilisi v Michalovce

11 February 2016 Friendly	Locomotive Tbilisi	1–2	Michalovce	Alicante, Spain
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benashvili  10' (pen.)	Report	Serečin  38' (pen.), 81'

Dacia Chișinău v Michalovce

13 February 2016 Friendly	Dacia Chișinău	2–3	Michalovce	Alicante, Spain
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zahynaylov  75' Chemyrtan  87'	Report	Grič  38' Sverchinskiy  70' Kunca  72'

Valencia B v Michalovce

16 February 2016 Friendly	Valencia B	0–1	Michalovce	Alicante, Spain
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kunca  80'

Michalovce v VSS Košice

20 February 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	4–0	VSS Košice	Michalovce
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Votinov  15', 39' Tóth  52' Bayón  81' (pen.)	Report

Fortuna Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Podbrezová	33	10	7	16	43	46	−3	37
9	ViOn Zlaté Moravce	33	7	10	16	38	57	−19	31
10	Senica	33	7	9	17	30	48	−18	30
11	Zemplín Michalovce	33	7	8	18	32	55	−23	29
12	Skalica (R)	33	6	6	21	30	62	−32	24	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.[15]
(R) Relegated.

Matches

Michalovce v Trenčín

18 July 2015 1	Michalovce	0–1	Trenčín	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Koolwijk  84'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,408 Referee: Boris Marhefka

Skalica v Michalovce

25 July 2015 2	Skalica	1–0	Michalovce	Senica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gašparík  44'	Report		Stadium: Štadión FK Senica Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Adam Somoláni

Podbrezová v Michalovce

1 August 2015 3	Podbrezová	6–2	Michalovce	Brezno
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Melunović  12' (pen.) Mehanović  38', 90' Vaščák  45' Kupčík  63' Gál-Andrezly  69'	Report	Vernon  26' Hamuľak  71'	Stadium: Mestský štadión Brezno Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Pavol Šuniar

Michalovce v Zlaté Moravce

8 August 2015 4	Michalovce	2-1	Zlaté Moravce	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danko  26' Regáli  66'	Report	Mance  45' Školnik  25'  63'Milojević  85'  87'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Peter Královič

Myjava v Michalovce

15 August 2015 5	Myjava	2-1	Michalovce	Myjava
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piroska  45' Daniel  77'	Report	Hamuľak  21'  72' Šimčák  82'	Stadium: Stadium Myjava Attendance: 1,560 Referee: Michal Očenáš

Michalovce v Dunajská Streda

22 August 2015 6	Michalovce	0-3	Dunajská Streda	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Szarka  37' Sarr  63' Ľupták  75'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Jozef Pavlík

Ružomberok v Michalovce

29 August 2015 7	Ružomberok	2-2	Michalovce	Ružomberok
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jakubko  10' Zošák  89' Rosa  20'  90'	Report	Regáli  50' Koscelník  60'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Július Straka

Michalovce v Senica

12 September 2015 8	Michalovce	1-3	Senica	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hromada  20' (o.g.)	Report	Hromada  7', 30' Dolný  65'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Ján Valášek

Spartak Trnava v Michalovce

19 September 2015 9	Spartak Trnava	0-1	Michalovce	Trnava
18:20 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Danko  26'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 7,050 Referee: Jozef Pavlík

Michalovce v Slovan Bratislava

23 September 2015 10	Michalovce	1 - 2	Slovan Bratislava	Michalovce
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koscelník  32' Marcos  37' Vernon  88'	Report	González  7' Saláta  29' Milinković  34' (pen.) Štefánik  80' Šimčák  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,575 Referee: Mário Vlk

Žilina v Michalovce

27 September 2015 11	Žilina	2 - 0	Michalovce	Žilina
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mazáň  14' Vavro  25' Mihalík  30' Bénes  70'	Report	Mensah  45' Samuel Bayón  55' Marcos  66'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,259 Referee: Marek Mastiš

AS Trenčín v Michalovce

3 October 2015 12	AS Trenčín	2 - 0	Michalovce	Trenčín
18:20 CEST	Rabiu  31' Bero  90+1'	Summary		Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Boris Marhefka

Michalovce v Skalica

18 October 2015 13	Michalovce	3–1	Skalica	Michalovce
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bayón  16' (pen.) Danko  50', 53'	Report	Ulrich  14'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Kamil Horváth

Michalovce v Podbrezová

24 October 2015 14	Michalovce	2–0	Podbrezová	Michalovce
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vernon  8', 40'	Report		Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Vladimír Vnuk

Zlaté Moravce v Michalovce

31 October 2015 15	Zlaté Moravce	1–1	Michalovce	Zlaté Moravce
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marques de Souza  26'	Report	Kunca  53'	Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Michal Očenáš

Michalovce v Myjava

7 November 2015 16	Michalovce	1–2	Myjava	Michalovce
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mensah  4'	Report	Sládek  86' Daniel  88'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 1,821 Referee: Michal Smolák

Dunajská Streda v Michalovce

20 November 2015 17	Dunajská Streda	3–1	Michalovce	Dunajská Streda
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pačinda  7' (pen.) Szarka  25', 55'	Report	Kunca  77'	Stadium: Mestský štadión Dunajská Streda Attendance: 3,001 Referee: Adam Somoláni

Michalovce v Ružomberok

28 November 2015 18	Michalovce	1–3	Ružomberok	Michalovce
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vernon  7'	Report	Boszorád  41' Jakubko  50' Faško  68'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Martin Ježík

Senica v Michalovce

5 December 2015 19	Senica	1–1	Michalovce	Senica
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klec  37'	Report	Kunca  33'	Stadium: OMS ARENA Senica Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Ladislav Prešinský

Michalovce v Trnava

27 February 2016 20	Michalovce	v	Trnava	Michalovce
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Zemplin Stadium

Slovnaft Cup

TJ Sokol Medzibrod v Michalovce

12 August 2015 2nd round	TJ Sokol Medzibrod	1-2	Michalovce	Medzibrod
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bobok  59'	Report	Danko  3' Regáli  32' Joan Caballero  57'	Stadium: Futbalový štadion TJ Sokol Medzibrod Attendance: 600 Referee: Boris Marhefka

Teplička nad Váhom v Michalovce

1 September 2015 3rd round	Teplička nad Váhom	0-2	Michalovce	Varín
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Danko  33' Hamuľak  38'	Stadium: Areál Juraja Sabolu Attendance: 350 Referee: Kamil Horváth

Rohožník v Michalovce

14 October 2015 4th round	Rohožník	1 - 1 (5 - 3 p)	Michalovce	Rohožník
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marek Zajíc  7' Marko Lörinczi  40'	Report	Hamuľak  59' Joan Caballero  67'	Stadium: Štadión FC Rohožník Attendance: 650 Referee: Gabriel Michlian

References

1. Peter Nworah z Podbrezovej do Michaloviec July 9, 2015
2. Žlto-modrí s výhrou a prehrou, vracia sa Sedlák July 10, 2015
3. Michalovce podpísali tri posily, na ceste je aj jeden útočník! September 3, 2015
4. Michalovciam chce pomôcť odlepiť sa z dna tabuľky September 9, 2015
5. Michalovce začnú prípravu koncom júna, čaká ich aj sústredenie v Tatrách June 17, 2015
6. http://www.profutbal.sk/ligy/prestupy-a-spekulacie/clanok195020-Janic_smeruje_do_Polska_Liverpool_sniva_o_Mullerovi.htm
7. Konečne sú už kompletní, zarezávajú aj posily September 3, 2015
8. Michalovce natiahli víťaznú sériu v príprave February 5, 2016
9. Griga verí, že do kádra mu ešte niekto pribudne February 19, 2016
10. Súpiska "A" mužstva February 23, 2016
11. MFK Zemplín odštartoval zimnú prípravu January 9, 2016
12. Michalovce sú už bez Nworaha, Mensah je späť January 21, 2016
13. Legionári z východu presvedčili January 29, 2016
14. Michalovčania dosiahli tretie víťazstvo v rade February 2, 2016
15. "Super Liga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2015.