# AS Trenčín

AS Trenčín (Slovak pronunciation: ) is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 10,000 spectators.

## History

The football team was established in 1990 as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia. Since 1997, Trenčín has continuously played in the Slovak first division.
In 2002 the club changed its name to FK Laugaricio Trenčín, and one year later became FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín).
The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the Intertoto Cup (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former Dutch international Tschen La Ling. After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season.
In July 2015, FK AS Trenčín together with women's handball team HK Štart Trenčín was merged into Asociácia športov Trenčín.

### Events timeline

* 1992: Founded as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
* 1995: Renamed FK Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
* 2002: Renamed Laugaricio Trenčín
* 2003: Renamed FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín)
* 2015: Renamed AS Trenčín (Asociácia športov Trenčín)

## Honours
### Domestic

Czechoslovakia
* Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
** Runners-up (1): 1962–63 $^1$
** Third place (1): 1967–68 $^1$
Slovakia
* Slovak League (1993–present)
** Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
** Runners-up (1): 2013–14
* Slovak Cup (1961–present)
** Winners (3): 1978$^1$, 2014–15, 2015–16
* Slovakian Second Division (1993–present)
** Winners (1): 2010–11

### European

* Mitropa Cup
** Runners-up (1): 1966

## Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín:
* TONEGIDO (2007–08)
* Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present)
* Slovan Nemšová (2012–present)
* Ajax (2012–present)
* AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–13)
* GBS Academy (2014–2019)
* FK Inter Bratislava (2016–present)

## Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active ultras group. They have a fierce rivalry with Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically left-wing fans. Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech Bohemians 1905.

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| ????–97 | ATAK Sportswear | Ozeta |
| 1998–99 | Kappa | Ozeta |
| 1999–02 | Adidas | Ozeta |
| 2003–05 | Adidas | none |
| 2005–06 | Umbro | SYNOT |
| 2006–08 | Umbro | none |
| 2008–09 | Umbro | FITSHAPE |
| 2009–10 | Royal | FITSHAPE |
| 2010–12 | Royal | KROON |
| 2012–14 | Nike | AEGON |
| 2015–2017 | Adidas | AEGON |
| 2017 | Adidas | EDART |
| 2018 | Adidas | MAGIC club |
| 2018–2020 | Adidas | ORION TIP |
| 2021 | Macron | ORION TIP |
| 2021– | Macron | Tipsport |

### Club partners
## Current squad

    As of 15 February, 2025
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 | SRB | Andrija Katić |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Samuel Bagín |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Taras Bondarenko |
| 6 | MF | SVK | Tadeáš Hájovský |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Jude Sunday |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Adam Yakubu |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Chinonso Emeka |
| 10 | MF | NED | Samir Ben Sallam |
| 11 | MF | CHI | Luis Rojas (on loan from Crotone) |
| 13 | MF | NGA | Johnson Nsumoh |
| 14 | DF | SVK | Jakub Holúbek |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Sean Goss |
| 17 | MF | TRI | Molik Khan |
| 18 | MF | SVK | Adrian Fiala |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | NED | Justen Kranthove |
| 20 | MF | SVK | Artur Gajdoš (on loan from Slovan Bratislava) |
| 21 | FW | SVK | Lukáš Mikulaj |
| 22 | MF | EST | Dimitri Jepihhin |
| 23 | MF | SVK | Samuel Šefčík |
| 24 | GK | SVK | Alex Húdok |
| 25 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Skovajsa |
| 27 | MF | SVK | Damián Bariš |
| 29 | DF | TOG | Loïc Bessilé |
| 30 | GK | SVK | Matúš Sláviček |
| 77 | FW | NGA | Sani Suleiman |
| 83 | GK | BIH | Luka Damjanovic (on loan from Zvijezda 09) |
| 90 | DF | SVK | Hugo Pavek |
| 99 | FW | NED | Pepijn Doesburg |
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024 and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024-25.

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | CPV | Kelvin Pires (at SJK until 31 December 2024) |
| 22 | DF | SVK | Nikolas Brandis (at MŠK Púchov until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | SVK | Ľuboš Praženka (at Považská Bystrica until 30 June 2025) |

## Managers
### Current technical staff

    As of 26 May 2023
| Staff | Job title |
| Ivan Galád | Manager |
| Goran Sretenović | Assistant coach |
| Miljan Vesić | Goalkeeping coach |
| Peter Kleščík | Data Analyst |
| Drahoslav Bočák | Team Manager |
| Branislav Haviernik | Scout |
| Dr Jozef Takáč | Team Doctor |
| Duško Korač | Fitness coach |
| Peter Gašperák | Physiotherapist |
| Jozef Liška | Masseur |

## Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League (Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004, František Kubík to Kuban in 2011), Belgian Pro League (Moses Simon, Haris Hajradinović (booth 2014), Rabiu Ibrahim (2016), Samuel Kalu (2017), Rangelo Janga (2018), Philip Azango (2018), Reuben Yem (2019) and Osman Bukari (2020) to K.A.A. Gent, Wesley to Club Brugge in 2016, Kingsley Madu and Aliko Bala to Zulte Waregem in 2016,2017 James Lawrence to Anderlecht in 2018), Danish Superliga (Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to FC Nordsjælland in 2015, Fanendo Adi to Copenhagen in 2013), Dutch Eredivisie (Ryan Koolwijk to SBV Excelsior in 2016, Hilary Gong to SBV Vitesse in 2018), Greece Superleague (Jairo to PAOK in 2015), Norway Tippeligaen (Tomáš Malec to Lillestrøm SK in 2016), Czech First League (Aldo Baéz to Slavia Prague in 2014 and season 2015–16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 20 years old talented winger Wesley joined Belgian Club Brugge for a fee €4.2 million.

### Record transfers

| Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
| 1. | Wesley | Club Brugge | €4.2 million* | 2016 |
| 2. | Matúš Bero | Trabzonspor | €3.5 million* | 2016 |
| 3. | Hilary Gong | SBV Vitesse | €2.0 million* | 2018 |
| 4. | Gino van Kessel | Slavia Prague | €1.5 million* | 2016 |
| 5. | Leon Bailey | Genk | €1.4 million* | 2015 |
| 6. | Antonio Mance | NK Osijek | €1.3 million* | 2019 |
| 7. | Samuel Kalu | Gent | €1.0 million* | 2017 |
| 7. | Osman Bukari | Gent | €1.0 million* | 2020 |
| 7. | Emmanuel Uchegbu | Charlotte | €1.0 million | 2025 |
| 8. | Jairo | PAOK | €0.8 million* | 2015 |
| 8. | Moses Simon | Gent | €0.8 million* | 2015 |
| 9. | Jakub Kadák | FC Luzern | €0.75 million* | 2022 |
| 10. | Martin Škrteľ | Zenit | €0.5 mil.(16 mil.SKK) | 2004 |
*-unofficial fee

## Results
### League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)
    Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals) 1993–94 3rd (3. Liga Západ) 1/(16) 30 21 6 3 62 19 48 3R 1994–95 2nd (1. Liga) 7/(16) 30 13 5 12 54 40 44 1R Róbert Formanko (16) 1995–96 2nd (1. Liga) 9/(16) 30 10 7 13 41 42 37 1R 1996–97 2nd (1. Liga) 2/(18) 34 24 2 8 68 30 74 1R 1997–98 1st (Mars Superliga) 4/(16) 30 14 5 9 47 31 53 2R Martin Fabuš (16) 1998–99 1st (Mars Superliga) 5/(16) 30 15 8 7 53 25 53 1R UI 2R ( Baltika) Martin Fabuš (19) 1999–00 1st (Mars Superliga) 5/(16) 30 13 8 9 38 29 47 2R UI 1R ( Pobeda) Jozef Valachovič (7) 2000–01 1st (Mars Superliga) 8/(10) 36 11 6 19 35 59 39 2R UI 1.R ( Dinaburg) Marián Klago (6) 2001–02 1st (Mars Superliga) 5/(10) 36 15 9 12 45 43 54 2R Martin Fabuš (9) 2002–03 1st (Superliga) 9/(10) 36 11 5 20 48 69 38 2R UI 1R ( Slaven Belupo) Milan Ivana (10) 2003–04 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(10) 36 13 9 14 37 43 48 1R Stanislav Velický (7) 2004–05 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(10) 36 12 7 17 36 50 43 2R Ivan Lietava (9) 2005–06 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(10) 36 11 9 16 31 49 42 Quarter-finals Jaroslav Kamenský (6) 2006–07 1st (Corgoň Liga) 11/(12) 36 8 11 17 31 49 35 2R Juraj Czinege (4) 2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 12/(12) 33 3 7 23 26 77 16 3R David Depetris (4) 2008–09 2nd (1. liga) 2/(12) 33 19 9 5 74 27 66 1R David Depetris (21) 2009–10 2nd (1. liga) 2/(12) 27 13 11 3 53 21 50 3R Filip Hlohovský (7) Jorge Salinas (7) 2010–11 2nd (1. liga) 1/(12) 33 22 6 5 77 30 72 3R David Depetris (31) 2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 12 12 9 51 49 48 3R Lester Peltier (11) 2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 3/(12) 33 14 11 8 52 34 18 3R David Depetris (16) 2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 2/(12) 33 19 6 8 74 35 63 2R EL Q3 ( Astra) Tomáš Malec (14) 2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 1/(12) 33 23 5 5 67 28 74 Winner EL Q3 ( Hull City) Jairo (8) 2015–16 1st (Fortuna Liga) 1/(12) 33 26 3 4 73 28 81 Winner CL Q2 ( Steaua București) Gino van Kessel (17) 2016–17 1st (Fortuna Liga) 4/(12) 30 14 5 11 53 48 47 Quarter-finals CL EL Q3 ( Legia Warsaw) PO ( Rapid Wien) Rangelo Janga (14) 2017–18 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) 31 14 6 11 73 47 48 4R EL Q2 ( Bnei Yehuda) Rangelo Janga (14) 2018–19 1st (Fortuna Liga) 11/(12) 32 8 7 17 41 56 31 6R EL PO ( AEK Larnaca) Hamza Čataković (12) 2019–20 1st (Fortuna Liga) 7/(12) 27 11 6 10 52 43 39 Quarter-finals Osman Bukari (10) 2020–21 1st (Fortuna Liga) 6/(12) 32 8 8 16 42 61 32 Quarter-finals Hamza Čataković (12) 2021–22 1st (Fortuna Liga) 7/(12) 32 13 9 10 58 43 48 Semi-finals Jakub Kadák (13) 2022–23 1st (Fortuna Liga) 9/(12) 32 9 9 14 35 52 36 Semi-finals Artur Gajdoš (6) Filip Bainović (6) 2023–24 1st (Fortuna Liga) 8/(12) 32 13 10 9 48 34 49 4R Njegoš Kupusović (10)

### European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1966 | Mitropa Cup |
| 1966 | Mitropa Cup | 1. Round | Admira Wien | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 |
| 1966 | Mitropa Cup | 1/4 Final | Red Star Belgrade | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 1966 | Mitropa Cup | Semi-final | Vasas | 1–0 | | |
| 1966 | Mitropa Cup | Final | Fiorentina | | 0–1 | |
| 1967–68 | Mitropa Cup | 1 .Round | Željezničar | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 1998 | Intertoto Cup | 1. Round | Dinaburg | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| 1998 | Intertoto Cup | 2. Round | Baltika | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 1999 | Intertoto Cup | 1. Round | Pobeda | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–4 (p) |
| 2000 | Intertoto Cup | 1. Round | Dinaburg | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| 2002 | Intertoto Cup | 1. Round | Slaven Belupo | 3–1 | 0–5 | 3–6 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | IFK Göteborg | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Astra Giurgiu | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–5 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Vojvodina | 4–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Hull City | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Steaua București | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | NK Olimpija | 2–3 | 4–3 | 6–6 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | 3Q | Legia Warsaw | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Rapid Wien | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Torpedo Kutaisi | 5–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Bnei Yehuda | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Budućnost Podgorica | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Górnik Zabrze | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Feyenoord | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | PO | AEK Larnaca | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 |

## Player records
### Most goals

| # | Name | Goals |
| 1 | David Depetris | 88 |
| 2 | Pavol Bencz | 72 |
| 3 | Vojtech Masný | 65 |
| 4 | Martin Fabuš | 59 |
| 5 | Hamza Čataković | 40 |
| 6 | Gino van Kessel | 39 |
Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

#### Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.
| Year | Winner | G |
| 1964–65 | Pavol Bencz | 19 |
| 1998–99 | Martin Fabuš | 19 |
| 2002–03 | Martin Fabuš | 20$^1$ |
| 2012–13 | David Depetris | 16 |
| 2013–14 | Tomáš Malec | 14 |
| 2015–16 | Gino van Kessel | 17 |
| 2021–22 | Jakub Kadák | 13 |
    $^1$Shared award

## Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for AS Trenčín.
* Fanendo Adi
* Milan Albrecht
* Juraj Ančic
* Leon Bailey
* Dušan Bartovič
* Carlos Bejarano
* Pavol Bencz
* Loïc Bessilé
* Giorgi Beridze
* Matúš Bero
* Ivan Bilský
* Osman Bukari
* Angelos Chanti
* Ivenzo Comvalius
* Yin Congyao
* Kamil Čontofalský
* Juraj Czinege
* David Depetris
* Marián Dirnbach
* Peter Doležaj
* Martin Fabuš
* Ľubomír Faktor
* Reuben Gabriel
* Roman Gergel
* Dávid Guba
* Haris Hajradinović
* Róbert Hanko
* Filip Hlohovský
* Dominik Hollý
* Filip Hološko
* Jakub Holúbek
* Csaba Horváth
* Jaroslav Hrabal
* Rabiu Ibrahim
* Dejan Iliev
* Milan Ivana
* Justín Javorek
* Rangelo Janga
* Ladislav Józsa
* Keston Julien
* Jozef Juriga
* Jakub Kadák
* Samuel Kalu
* Ján Kapko
* Marek Kaščák
* Molik Khan
* Karol Kisel
* Rastislav Kostka
* Samuel Kozlovský
* František Kubik
* Dušan Kuciak
* Lukáš Kyselica
* Bozhin Laskov
* James Lawrence
* Martin Lipčák
* Stanislav Lobotka
* Filip Lukšík
* Kingsley Madu
* Stefan Maierhofer
* Tomáš Malec
* Marián Masný
* Vojtech Masný
* Róbert Mazáň
* Patrik Mišák
* Vladimír Mojžiš
* Peter Németh
* Uche Nwofor
* Emil Pažický
* Kelvin Pires
* Juha Pirinen
* Juraj Piroska
* Lester Peltier
* Andrej Porázik
* Jorge Salinas
* Moses Simon
* Miroslav Siva
* Anton Šoltis
* Martin Škrtel
* Ondrej Šmelko
* Samuel Štefánik
* Peter Štyvar
* Martin Šulek
* Anton Švajlen
* Jozef Valachovič
* Gino van Kessel
* Vozinha
* Witan Sulaeman
* Wesley

## Managers

* Ján Hucko (1975–76)
* Ladislav Kuna (1995–96)
* Stanislav Griga (1 Jul 1996 – 30 Jun 1998)
* Ladislav Borbély (1997–98)
* Róbert Paldan (1998–00)
* Alexander Bokij (2000–01)
* Milan Albrecht (2001)
* Anton Dragúň (2001)
* Róbert Paldan (2002)
* Anton Dragúň (2002–2003)
* Jaroslav Jurkovič (2003)
* Karol Kisel st. (2003–04)
* Anton Jánoš (2004–05)
* Karol Marko (2005)
* Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2005 – 11 Mar 2006)
* Vlastimil Palička (2006–07)
* Rob McDonald (1 Jul 2007 – 30 Jun 2008)
* Martin Stano (2008)
* Ivan Galád (2008–09)
* Vladimír Koník (1 Jul 2009 – 13 Nov 2009)
* Adrián Guľa (14 Nov 2009 – 30 Jun 2013)
* Ľubomír Nosický (1 Jul 2013 – 8 Sep 2013)
* Martin Ševela (8 Sep 2013 – 12 Sep 2017)
* Vladimír Cifranič (12 Sep 2017 – 2 Jun 2018)
* Ricardo Moniz (2 Jun 2018 – 28 Oct 2018)
* Vladimír Cifranič (28 Oct 2018 – 20 Mar 2019)
* Matthias Kohler (20 Mar 2019 – 7 May 2019)
* Ivan Galád (7 May 2019 – 20 Jun 2019)
* Matthias Kohler (20 Jun 2019 – 22 Oct 2019)
* Norbert Hrnčár (22 Oct 2019 – 30 Jun 2020)
* Stijn Vreven (17 Jul 2020 – 27 Apr 2021)
* Juraj Ančic (27 Apr 2021 – 2 Jun 2021) (car.)
* Peter Hlinka (2 June 2021 – 5 Dec 2021)
* Juraj Ančic (21 Dec 2021 – 6 Jun 2022)
* Peter Hyballa (12 Jun 2022 – 27 Jul 2022)
* Marián Zimen (28 Jul 2022 – 26 Mar 2023)
* František Straka (26 Mar 2023 – 22 May 2023)
* Ilija Stolica (26 May 2023 – 10 Oct 2024)
* Ivan Galád (10 Oct 2024 – present)

## Previous kits

| The first home Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95. | The first away Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95. | The typical Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03. |
| The alternative Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03. | The home FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08. | The away FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08. |