# 2020–21 AS Trenčín season

The 2020–21 AS Trenčín season is the club's 21st season in the Slovak Super Liga and 10th consecutive. AS Trenčín participated in the Fortuna Liga and Slovak Cup.
In pre-season club changes manager. Juraj Ančic was replaced by Stijn Vreven. In this season, after two and a half years AS Trenčín will return on a reconstructed home stadium Štadión na Sihoti. Autumn rounds of a league was played on Štadión pod Dubňom in a city Žilina. Spring matches will be played in Trenčín. On April 27 Stijn Vreven ended in AS Trenčín.
In this season AS changes club's logo. Previous logo missed historical value, reference to AS Trenčín's traditions and also right color combination. New edition contain letter "T" with dynamic design. New logo is connected with returning on the new stadium.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Ramón |
| 4 | MF | NGA | Abdul Zubairu |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Steve Kapuadi |
| 6 | DF | SVK | Martin Šulek (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Hamza Čataković |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Artur Gajdoš |
| 9 | FW | USA | Eduvie Ikoba |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Ante Roguljić |
| 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 | FW | SVK | Lucas Demitra |
| 18 | MF | SVK | Samuel Lavrinčík |
| 19 | DF | CPV | Kelvin Pires |
| 22 | DF | SVK | Adrián Slávik |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | SVK | Adam Gaži |
| 24 | GK | SVK | Igor Šemrinec (Vice-captain) |
| 27 | DF | SVK | Simeon Kohut |
| 28 | FW | SVK | Matúš Kmeť |
| 29 | DF | NED | Ruben Ligeon |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Rahim Ibrahim |
| 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 |
| 71 | FW | SVK | Adam Tučný |
| 74 | DF | SVK | Urban Mazanovský |
| 99 | GK | SVK | Michal Kukučka |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From |
| 29 June 2020 | DF | 66 | Juha Pirinen | Tromsø IL |
| 13 July 2020 | FW | 9 | Eduvie Ikoba | Zalaegerszegi TE |
| 19 July 2020 | MF | 13 | Philip Azango | KAA Gent |
| 1 August 2020 | DF | 35 | Reuben Yem | KAA Gent |
| 19 December 2020 | FW | 28 | Matúš Kmeť | MFK Ružomberok |
| 28 December 2020 | MF | 26 | Joseph Amoah | Vitória S.C. |
| 28 December 2020 | MF | 30 | Rahim Ibrahim | Vitória S.C. |
| 29 December 2020 | MF | 18 | Samuel Lavrinčík | Slovan Bratislava U21 |
| 30 December 2020 | MF | 23 | Adam Gaži | AS Trenčín U19 |
| 7 March 2021 | DF | 3 | Ramón | FC Wacker Innsbruck B |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From | End date | Ref. |
| 31 January 2020 | FW | 15 | Ahmad Ghali | MFM FC | 31 December 2020 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Player | To |
| 7 July 2020 | DF | Keston Julien | FC Sheriff Tiraspol |
| 7 July 2020 | MF | Mohammed Lamine | U.D. Oliveirense |
| 31 July 2020 | GK | Adrián Chovan | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce |
| 17 August 2020 | FW | Gino van Kessel | Olympiakos Nicosia |
| 5 September 2020 | FW | Osman Bukari | KAA Gent |
| 30 October 2020 | DF | Cole Kpekawa | Chelmsford City F.C. |
| 17 December 2020 | FW | David Depetris | End of a contract |
| 17 December 2020 | DF | Marián Pišoja | End of a contract |
| February 2021 | FW | Joseph Amoah | No Club |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Player | To | End date |
| 29 July 2020 | FW | Michal Petráš | FK Dubnica | 30 June 2021 |
| 17 January 2021 | MF | Tomislav Knežević | NK Rudeš | 30 June 2021 |
| 17 January 2021 | FW | Ivenzo Comvalius | NK Dugopolje | 30 June 2021 |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season
## Competition overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Fortuna liga | 8 August 2020 | 25 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 024.24 |
| Slovak Cup | 16 September 2020 | 13 April 2021 | 2nd round | Quarter-final | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 67 | −20 | 029.73 |
Source: Competitions

## Fortuna Liga
### Regular stage
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Žilina | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Trenčín | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 7 | Ružomberok | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 8 | Nitra | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 9 | Zemplín Michalovce | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation group |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | P | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Championship group
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | ŽIL | ZLM | TRE |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Žilina | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Trenčín | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches
### Europa Conference League play-offs
#### Semi-final
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

* Italics indicate a loaned player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Fortuna Liga | Fortuna Liga | Slovak Cup | Slovak Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 24 | GK | SVK | Igor Šemrinec | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | NED | Menno Bergsen | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | SVK | Michal Kukučka | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Ramón | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Steve Kapuadi | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SVK | Martin Šulek | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Madu | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CPV | Kelvin Pires | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SVK | Adrián Slávik | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NED | Ruben Ligeon | 17 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Richard Križan | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NGA | Reuben Yem | 19 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | FIN | Juha Pirinen | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 74 | DF | SVK | Urban Mazanovský | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | NGA | Abdul Zubairu | 30 | 1 | 18+8 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BIH | Hamza Čataković | 31 | 12 | 18+9 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Artur Gajdoš | 10 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Ante Roguljić | 18 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NGA | Philip Azango | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Milan Corryn | 31 | 5 | 18+9 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | SVK | Samuel Lavrinčík | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SVK | Adam Gaži | 15 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Aschraf El Mahdioui | 33 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | USA | Eduvie Ikoba | 29 | 6 | 13+13 | 5 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | SUR | Ivenzo Comvalius | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Ahmad Ghali | 32 | 4 | 24+5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SVK | Jakub Kadák | 34 | 4 | 24+6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | SVK | Lucas Demitra | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SVK | Matúš Kmeť | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SVK | Lukáš Letenay | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | SVK | Adam Tučný | 19 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | GHA | Osman Bukari | 6 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | SVK | David Depetris | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Fortuna Liga | Slovak Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | Hamza Čataković | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Eduvie Ikoba | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | Milan Corryn | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 15 | FW | Ahmad Ghali | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | FW | Jakub Kadák | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | Ante Roguljić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | FW | Lucas Demitra | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 34 | MF | Aschraf El Mahdioui | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | MF | Abdul Zubairu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 11 | FW | Osman Bukari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | Ruben Ligeon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 66 | DF | Juha Pirinen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 71 | FW | Adam Tučný | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 38 | 3 | 41 |