# MŠK Púchov

MŠK Púchov is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Púchov.
In July 2006, the club lost its main sponsor, Matador a.s., and was renamed FK Púchov. The club has two stadiums, currently unusable Mestský štadión due to disagreement with the town of Púchov, and temporary Futbalový štadión Nosice. On 24 June 2013, the official website of FK Púchov announced merging between OTJ Moravany nad Váhom and FK Púchov, as FK Púchov. The club started cooperate with the town. The town is the main sponsor of the club.

## Historical names

* 1920 – Športový klub Puchov
* 1945 – ŠK Rolný Púchov
* 1948 – Sokol Makyta Púchov
* 1956 – TJ Iskra Púchov
* 1968 – TJ Gumárne 1.mája Púchov
* 1993 – ŠK Matador Púchov
* 2003 – FK Matador Púchov
* 2007 – FK Púchov
* 2015 – MŠK Púchov

## Honours

* Slovak Cup (1961–)
** Winners (1): 2002–03
** Runners-up (1): 2001–02
* Slovak First Football League (1993–)
** Runners-up (1): 2001–02
* Slovak second division (1993–)
** Winners (1): 1999–00

## European competition history

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying Round | Sliema Wanderers | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | 1. Round | SC Freiburg | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying Round | FC Atyrau | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | 1. Round | Bordeaux | 1–4 | 0–6 | 1–10 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying Round | FC Sioni Bolnisi | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | 1. Round | FC Barcelona | 1–1 | 0–8 | 1–9 |

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 1998–2001 | Erreà | MATADOR |
| 2001–2004 | Gems | MATADOR |
| 2004–2006 | Jako | MATADOR |
| 2006–2022 | Jako | none |
| 2022 | Jako | Mesto Púchov |
| 2023– | Masita | Reinoo |

## Current squad

As of 1 October 2024
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 |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Peter Pilný |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Timotej Panáček |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Dávid Ovšonka |
| 4 | MF | SVK | Tobiáš Čongrády |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Daniel Brezáni |
| 6 | DF | SVK | Marián Tandara |
| 7 | FW | SVK | Milan Kvocera |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Ľuboslav Lévai |
| 9 | FW | SVK | Štefan Holiš |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Slavomir Kapusniak |
| 12 | DF | CZE | Jan Kaufman |
| 13 | MF | SVK | Adrián Kopičár |
| 14 | DF | SVK | Patrik Mráz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | SVK | Patrik Lacko |
| 16 | MF | SVK | Nicolas Martinek (on loan from Zbrojovka Brno) |
| 17 | DF | SVK | Nikolas Brandis (on loan from Trenčín) |
| 18 | DF | SVK | Matej Obšivan (on loan from Trenčín) |
| 19 | MF | SVK | Matej Loduha |
| 20 | MF | SVK | Radim Pobořil |
| 21 | DF | SVK | Matej Moško |
| 22 | MF | SVK | Adrián Mojžiš |
| 23 | DF | SVK | Jakub Brunner |
| 24 | FW | SVK | Daniel Pilný |
| 30 | GK | SVK | Juraj Vavrík |
| 31 | GK | SVK | Samuel Vavrúš |
| — | FW | SVK | Alexej Kušík |
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.

## Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK.
    Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
* Marek Bakoš
* Ivan Belák
* Mário Breška
* Jozef Chovanec
* Alias Lembakoali
* Ľubomír Luhový
* Milan Luhový
* Krisztián Németh
* Kornel Saláta
* Zdeno Štrba
* Ľubomír Talda
* Salomon Wisdom

## Notable managers

* Anton Richtárik (1993–1994)
* Vladimír Hrivnák (1994–1996)
* Jozef Zigo (1996)
* Štefan Tománek (1996–1998)
* Jozef Šuran (1998–2002)
* František Komňacký (2003)
* Štefan Zaťko (2003)
* Milan Lešický (2003–2004)
* Pavel Vrba (2004–2005)
* Stanislav Mráz (2006–2007)
* Pavol Strapáč (2007–2010)
* Jaroslav Vágner (2010–2017)
* Stanislav Ďuriš (2017–2018)
* Eduard Pagáč (2018–2019)
* Vladimír Cifranič (2019–2020)
* Lukáš Kaplan (2020–2021)
* Marek Šimáček (2021–2022)
* Vladimír Cifranič (2022–present)