# FK Senica

FK Senica (Slovak pronunciation:) is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 1921.

## History

FK Senica was founded in 1921. Newly created partition was rapidly progressed, but the boom dampened dark period World War II. World war almost destroyed football in Senica. Pšurný Rudolf, who was the chairman has already pre-war club, but do not allow the city faded football. The club was organized matches and tournaments. After the war he began the sport Zahorie to bloom again.
The 1962 in club annals written in bold letters. Football team got to use a new stadium. He serves footballer today. Opening of the sports complex was associated with a charity match between footballers from Senica district and the then vice-champion of the world from Chile in a convoy with Jozef Adamec.
Senica as the years gather on the sports field more and more respect. We were successful in the lower leagues even glasses. Between the absolute leader is introduced premiere in 2009–10 season, when the club began a new era.
Dušan Vrťo, the former Sporting Director of FK Senica in 2010 has offered Dundee FC to be the club's scout in Slovakia.
In 2018–19 season the club had set a record, that was regarded as a rather negative one. On 16 February 2019 (Matchday 19), in an away game against AS Trenčín, played in Myjava, Senica fielded an entire starting line-up made up entirely of foreign players. All the substitutes were non-Slovaks as well.
Then in 2021–22 season, FK Senica was declared bankrupt. According to sport.sk, Senica is in debt with a value of up to 1 million euros. This serious financial problem even made Senica reportedly unable to pay the operational arrears on the club's official website before the COVID-19 pandemic. Even FK Senica official website, fksenica.eu had been disabled because the club had not paid operational bills since February 2020.
In 2025, the official domain name fksenica.eu was being auctioned on Dropcatch.ai
FK Senica's financial crisis has also caused players and club employees to reportedly not receive a salary since September 2021. As a result of the salary stagnated for seven months, it rolled out a wave of massive resignations from several players. This caused Senica to be thrown into the 3. Liga because its license was revoked.

### Clubname history

* 1921 – 1923 – Železná únia Senica
* 1923 – 1928 – Športový klub Senica
* 1928 – 1934 – AC Senica
* 1934 – 1939 – FC Senica
* 1940 – 1946 – ŠK Senica
* 1946 – 1969 – Sokol Chemické závody (ChZ)
* 1969 – 2006 – TJ/FK SH Senica (merged with FK 96 Ress Častkov)
* 2006 – present – FK Senica

## Honours
### Domestic

* Slovak Super Liga (1993–)
** Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
* Slovak Cup (1961–)
** Runners-up (2): 2012, 2015

#### Slovak League Top Goalscorer

Slovak League Top scorer since 1993–94
| Year | Winner | G |
| 2014–15 | Jan Kalabiška | 19$^1$ |
    $^1$Shared award

## Supporters

FK Senica ultras are known as Železná únia 1921 (on the Stadium of FK Senica a sector B3 belong them). Fanclub was founded in winter 2013. FK Senica supporters friendly 1. FC Slovácko.

### Rivalries

Today, FK Senica's biggest rival is Spartak Myjava. The matches between the two teams are referred to as "záhorácko-kopaničiarske derby". The first derby in the Slovak highest tier, was played on 24 August 2012, and ended 0–1 in favour of Spartak Myjava.

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 1999–? | hummel | SLOVENSKÝ HODVÁB |
| 2010–11 | hummel | 101 Drogerie |
| 2011–12 | hummel | NAD RESS |
| 2012–2015 | hummel | none |
| 2016–2017 | hummel | Business Funding Solutions |
| 2017–2020 | hummel | none |
| 2020–2021 | hummel | KOMPLEXX GROUP SK |
| 2021–2022 | Adidas | KOMPLEXX GROUP SK Zoznam.sk |

### Club partners

source
* OMS Lighting
* 101 Drogerie
* NAD-RESS
* Philips
* City of Senica

## Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were or are currently affiliated with FK Senica:
* Cruzeiro (2012–?)
* Arapongas (2013–?)
* ADO Den Haag (2013–?)
* GBS Academy (2019–present)
* Beşiktaş J.K. (2021–present)

## Current squad

As of 10 July 2022.
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 |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Dominik Duda |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Daniel Filip Mašulovič |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Kučera |
| 25 | DF | CMR | Raphaël Anaba |
| 28 | DF | CTA | Cyriaque Mayounga |
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2021 and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2021–22

### Current staff

As of 16 April 2022
| Name | Staff |
| Libor Fašiang | Manager |
| Petr Maléř | Assistant manager |
| David Balda | Director |
| Ivan Tobiáš | Club manager |
| Vladimír Včelka | Director of academy |
| Branislav Valjent | Goalkeeping coach |
| Ján Šimek | Masseur |
| MUDr. Radovan Hyža | Team doctor |
| Martin Šnegoň | Team leader |

## Results
### League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)
    Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals) 1998–99 3nd (2. Liga) 1 Vladimír Prokop (27) 1999–00 2nd (1. Liga) 8/(18) Preliminary round Igor Klejch (15) 2000–01 2nd (1. Liga) 17/(18) Round 1  ? 2001–02 3rd (2. Liga) 1/(16) Quarter-finals Jozef Dojčan (7) 2002–03 2nd (1. Liga) 10/(16) Round 1 Stanislav Velický (6) 2003–04 2nd (1. Liga) 15/(16) Round 1  ? 2004–05 3rd (2. Liga) Did not enter  ? 2005–06 4th (3. Liga) Did not enter  ? 2006–07 4th (3. Liga) Did not enter  ? 2007–08 4th (3. Liga) Did not enter  ? 2008–09 4th (3. Liga) Did not enter  ? 2009-10 4th (3. Liga) Did not enter  ? 2009–10 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) Round 2 Juraj Piroska (6) 2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 2/(12) Round 2 Ondřej Smetana (18) 2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 4/(12) Runners-Up EL Q3 ( RB Salzburg) Rolando Blackburn (5) Tomáš Kóňa (5) Jaroslav Diviš (5) 2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 2/(12) Quarterfinals EL Q2 ( APOEL) Rolando Blackburn (10) 2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) Semi-finals EL Q2 ( Podgorica) Juraj Piroska (13) 2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) Runners-Up Jan Kalabiška (19) 2015–16 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 4 Jozef Dolný (5) Jakub Hromada (5) 2016–17 1st (Fortuna Liga) 9/(12) Round 3 Pirulo (4) Samuel Mráz (4) 2017–18 1st (Fortuna Liga) 11/(12) Round 3 Frank Castañeda (5) Oliver Podhorín (5) 2018–19 1st (Fortuna Liga) 8/(12) Semi–finals Roberto Dias (6) 2019–20 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round of 16 Frank Castañeda (8) 2020–21 1st (Fortuna Liga) 11/(12) Round 3 Tomáš Malec (8) 2021–22 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12)$^1$ Semi-finals Elvis Mashike Sukisa (7) 2022–23 2023–24 8th (VIII.liga- dosp. II.tr.-ObFZ SE) 1/(12) did not enter Pavol Škodáček (19)
$^1$ FK Senica did not obtain a licence for the 2022–23 season

### European competition history

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | Q3 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Q1 | MTK Budapest | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Q2 | APOEL | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Q2 | Mladost Podgorica | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 |

### First international match versus FC Red Bull Salzburg
## Player records
### Most goals

| # | Name | Goals |
| 1 | Juraj Piroska | 48 |
| 2 | Jan Kalabiška | 32 |
| 3 | Jaroslav Diviš | 23 |
| 4 | Frank Castañeda | 18 |
| 4 | Ondřej Smetana | 18 |
| 6 | Rolando Blackburn | 15 |
| 7 | Tomáš Kóňa | 13 |
Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

## Notable players

List of players which had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Senica.
    Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
AFC
* Egy Maulana Vikri
* Witan Sulaeman
CAF
* Edmund Addo
* Kay
* Cyriaque Mayounga
* Patrick Asmah
* Eneji Moses
* Wisdom Mutasa
* Désiré Segbé Azankpo
* Zezinho
* Juvhel Tsoumou
CONCACAF
* Kris Twardek
* Pedro Leal
* Rolando Blackburn
CONMEBOL
* Eric Ramírez
UEFA
* Ladislav Almási
* Marián Bochnovič
* Erich Brabec
* Juraj Chvátal
* Jaroslav Černý
* Erik Čikoš
* Martin Ďurica
* Martin Frýdek
* Andrej Hesek
* Filip Hlohovský
* Dominik Holec
* Jakub Hromada
* Luboš Hušek
* Michal Jonáš
* Juraj Kotula
* Tomáš Kóňa
* Matej Krajčík
* Filip Lukšík
* Róbert Mazáň
* Samir Merzić
* Samuel Mráz
* Juraj Piroska
* František Plach
* Tomas Radzinevičius
* Michal Šulla
* Lukáš Tesák
* Michal Tomič
* Blažej Vaščák
* Dušan Vrťo

## Managers

* Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2009 – 11 Feb 2010)
* Radim Necas (12 Feb 2010 – 31 May 2010)
* Stanislav Griga (1 Jul 2010 – 26 Apr 2012)
* Zdeněk Psotka (1 Jul 2012 – 31 Dec 2012)
* Vladimír Koník (1 Jan 2013 – 30 Jun 2013)
* Eduard Pagáč (3 Jun 2013 – 12 Mar 2014)
* Pavel Hapal (12 Mar 2014 – 23 Dec 2014)
* Jozef Kostelník (4 Jan 2015 – 8 May 2015)
* Eduard Pagáč (8 May 2015 – 8 Sep 2015)
* Juraj Sabol (8 Sep 2015 –26 May 2016 )&
* Dušan Vrťo (8 Sep 2015 –30 May 2016 )
* Aleš Čvančara (30 May 2016 – 19 Jul 2016 )
* Miroslav Mentel (19 Jul 2016 – 16 Jun 2017 )
* Ivan Vrabec (16 Jun 2017 – 11 Sep 2017)
* Ladislav Hudec (11 Sep 2017 – 8 Feb 2018)
* Ton Caanen (8 Feb 2018 – 3 Aug 2018)
* Frederico Ricardo (3 Aug 2018 – 9 Jan 2019)
* Ricardo Chéu (9 Jan 2019 – 7 Jun 2019)
* Michal Ščasný (8 Jul 2019 – 12 Feb 2020)
* Eduard Pagáč (16 Feb 2020 – 18 Feb2020)
* Patrik Durkáč (18 Feb 2020 – 7 Mar 2020)
* Ján Bíreš (7 Mar 2020 – 30 Jun 2020)
* Patrik Durkáč (30 Jun 2020 – 14 Jul 2020)
* Anton Šoltis (14 Jul 2020 – 20 Feb 2021)
* Karol Praženica (23 Feb 2021 – 2 Jun 2021)
* Pavel Šustr (2 Jun 2021 – 16 April 2022)
* Libor Fašiang (16 April 2022 – present)