# Partizán Bardejov

Partizán Bardejov is a Slovak professional football team, based in the town of Bardejov. The club was founded in 1922. The club currently plays in the 2. liga, the second tier of the Slovak league system, hosting games at the 3,040-capacity Mestský štadión Bardejov.

## History

The first club in Bardejov was founded on 12 February 1922 as BSC Bardejov. its first president was Július Grofčík. On 18 June 1922, BSC Bardejov played its first game at their own stadium against ETVE Prešov. BSC Bardejov lost 1 – 4. Mikuláš Chavko was the first player from Bardejov, who started in the highest football level in Czechoslovakia. He played for I.ČsŠK Bratislava. Ján Chavko played for Italian side Palermo since 1947. A World cup 1962 participant Jozef Bomba played in 1964, for choice of Europe.

### Clubname history

* 1932 – ŠK Bardejov
* 1949 – Sokol OSK Bardejov
* 1951 – Sokol ČSSZ Bardejov
* 1953 – Slavoj Bardejov
* 1962 – TJ Partizán Bardejov
* 1992 – BSC JAS Bardejov
* 2008 – Partizán Bardejov
* 2019 – NFL Partizán Bardejov
* 2019 – Partizán Bardejov BŠK

## Honours

* Slovak Second Division (1993–)
** Winners (1): 1993–94

## Stadium

The team plays their home games at the Mestský štadión Bardejov which opened in 1966 and holds 3,040 Partizán supporters. In 2012 Partizán Bardejov had renovated the stadium due arrangement final match of 2012 Slovnaft Cup, between FK Senica and MŠK Žilina.

## Recent seasons

Slovak League only (1993–present)
| Year | Division (Name) | Position | Slovak Cup | Top scorer/Goals |
| 1993–1994 | (II) 1. liga | 1st (promoted) | Round 3 | |
| 1994–1995 | (I) Mars superliga | 7th | Round 1 | Jozef Urblík (11) |
| 1995–1996 | (I) Mars superliga | 6th | Round 2 | Jozef Hrivňák (8) |
| 1996–1997 | (I) Mars superliga | 7th | Round 2 | |
| 1997–1998 | (I) Mars superliga | 14th | Quarter-finals | Marián Ľalík (5) Ľubomír Jacko (5) |
| 1998–1999 | (I) Mars superliga | 16th (relegated) | Quarter-finals | Marián Ľalík (4) |
| 1999–2000 | (II) 1. liga | 6th | Round 1 | Ľubomír Pagor (13) |
| 2000–2001 | (II) 1. liga | 13th (relegated) | Round 1 | |
| 2001–2002 | (III) 2. liga | – | Semi-finals | |
| 2002–2003 | – | – | | |
| 2003–2004 | – | – | | |
| 2004–2005 | – | – | | |
| 2005–2006 | – | – | | |
| 2006–2007 | – | – | | |
| 2007–2008 | – | – | | |
| 2008–2009 | – | – | | |
| 2009–2010 | (IV) 3. liga | 1st (promoted) | | |
| 2010–2011 | (III) 2. liga | 2nd | Round 1 | |
| 2011–2012 | (III) 3. liga | 1st (promoted) | Round 1 | |
| 2012–2013 | (II) 2. liga | 4th | Round 3 | Marek Seman (8) |
| 2013–2014 | (II) 2. liga | 2nd | Round 2 | Dyjan (10) |
| 2014–2015 | (II) DOXXbet liga | 6th | Round 4 | Ján Zápotoka (15) |
| 2015–2016 | (II) DOXXbet liga | 5th | Round 2 | Marko Milunović (19) |
| 2016–2017 | (II) DOXXbet liga | 8th | Round 3 | Michal Hamuľak (17) |
| 2017–2018 | (II) DOXXbet liga | 12th | Round 3 | Michal Hamuľak (20) |
| 2018–2019 | (II) 2. Liga | 10th | Round 5 | Marko Milunović (7) |
| 2019–2020 | (II) 2. Liga | 11th | Round 4 | Michal Horodník (5) |
| 2020–2021 | (II) 2. Liga | 13th | Round 3 | ? |
| 2021–2022 | (II) 2. Liga | 15th (relegated) | Round 2 | Adam Brenkus (4) Mihailo Cmiljanović (4) Lopez Da Silva Junior (4) |
| 2022–2023 | (III) 3. Liga | 8th | Round 2 | Saveliy Somov (13) |
| 2023–2024 | (III) 3. Liga | 14th | Round 3 | Jakub Štefančin (5) Šimon Stachura (5) Michal Berecký (5) |

## Current squad

As of 22 June 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | SVK | Ján Čikoš-Pavličko |
| — | DF | SVK | Ondrej Elexa |
| — | DF | SVK | Michal Berecký |
| — | DF | SVK | Jaroslav Kmec |
| — | DF | BRA | Pedro Da Silva |
| — | MF | SVK | Vladimír Pyda |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVK | Sebastián Borok |
| — | MF | SVK | Dávid Haščák |
| — | MF | RUS | Artem Venediktov |
| — | MF | SVK | Nikolas Lukáč |
| — | FW | RUS | Saveliy Somov |
| — | FW | SVK | Marko Lukáč |
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2021–22.

### Out on loan 2021–22

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Current technical staff

    As of 11 July 2022
| Staff | Job title |
| Rastislav Kica | Manager |
| Ľubomír Čekan | Assistant manager |
| Štefan Tarcala | Team leader |
| Bartolomej Majerník | Goalkeeping coach |
| Pavol Kendra | Masseur |
| Ivan Krukhovskyi | Team doctor |

## Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Partizán.
    Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
* Bohumil Andrejko
* Jozef Bomba
* Juraj Čobej
* Anton Flešár
* Quintón Christina
* Marek Kaščák
* Mikuláš Komanický
* Marián Kurty
* Jozef Pisár
* Emmanuel Sarki
* Anton Šoltis
* Marián Šuchančok
* Blažej Vaščák

## Notable managers

* Bohumil Andrejko
* Mikuláš Komanický (1997–1998)
* Jozef Kukulský (2000–2011)
* Mikuláš Komanický (2011–2012)
* Jozef Bubenko (2013)
* Rastislav Kica (2013–2015)
* Jozef Kukulský (2015–2017)
* Ryszard Kuźma (2017–2018)
* Jozef Danko (2018)
* Roman Berta (2018–2019)
* Miroslav Jantek (2019)
* Branislav Benko (2019)
* Jozef Kukulský (2020)
* Hajrudin Nuhic (2020)
* Bobi Stojkovski (2021)
* Marián Šarmír (2021–2022)
* Jaroslav Galko (2022)
* Rastislav Kica (2022–present)

## Women's team

The women's team was founded in 2012 and first played in 2012–13. In 2016–17 the team won the Slovak Women's First League. Also the Slovak Women's Cup was won in 2016, 2017 and 2019.