# FK Dukla Banská Bystrica

MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation:) is a Slovak professional football club from the town of Banská Bystrica. The club plays at the SNP Stadium. After being relegated from the Slovak 2. liga in 2017, they had financial problems.

## History

* 1965 – Founded as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 1967 – Renamed AS Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 1975 – Renamed ASVS Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 1984 – First European qualification, 1985
* 1992 – Renamed FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
* 2017 – Merged with ŠK Kremnička and renamed to MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica

## Honours
### Domestic

Czechoslovakia
* 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
** Winners (1): 1982–83
Slovakia
* Slovak First Football League (1993–present)
** Runners-up (1): 2003–04
* Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup) (1961–)
** Winners (2): 1981, 2005
** Runners-up (3): 1970, 1984, 1999

### European

* UEFA Intertoto Cup
** Winners in group (1): 1991-92

## Affiliated clubs

The following club was affiliated with FK Dukla Banská Bystrica:
* FC Viktoria Plzeň (2014–2017)

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 1998–2000 | Adidas | OVP Orava |
| 2000–2001 | ATAK Sportswear | Národná obroda |
| 2001–2002 | Reebok | FORZA |
| 2002–2003 | ATAK Sportswear | Národná obroda |
| 2003–2004 | ATAK Sportswear | FORZA |
| 2004–2006 | Kappa | PM Zbrojníky |
| 2006–2008 | NIKE | Dôvera |
| 2008–2011 | Adidas | Dôvera |
| 2011–2013 | Adidas | Express Slovakia |
| 2013–2017 | Adidas | none |
| 2017–2019 | NIKE | none |
| 2019–2020 | NIKE | Fajne |
| 2020- | Adidas | Veolia |

## Current squad

As of 30 January, 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 | SVK | Ivan Rehák (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová) |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Bernard Petrák |
| 6 | MF | SVK | Dávid Richtárech |
| 7 | MF | SVK | Jakub Považanec |
| 9 | MF | SVK | Tibor Slebodník |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Branislav Ľupták |
| 11 | FW | SVK | Martin Rymarenko |
| 13 | DF | SVK | Nicolas Šikula |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Gabriel Demian |
| 15 | FW | SEN | Babacar Sy (on loan from Slavia Prague B) |
| 16 | FW | SVK | Adam Hanes |
| 20 | MF | SVK | Dominik Veselovský |
| 21 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Migaľa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | SVK | Samuel Svetlik |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Ivan Anokye Mensah |
| 26 | DF | SVK | Oliver Klimpl |
| 28 | DF | SVK | Marián Pišoja |
| 29 | FW | SVK | Tomáš Malec |
| 31 | GK | SVK | Michal Lukáč |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Boris Godál |
| 36 | GK | SVK | Michal Trnovský |
| 41 | DF | SVK | Ľubomír Willwéber (vice-captain) |
| 44 | DF | SVK | Timotej Záhumenský |
| 88 | DF | SVK | Marek Hlinka |
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024 and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024-25

## Staff
### Current technical staff

    As of 17 March 2025
| Staff | Job title |
| František Straka | Manager |
| Tomáš Ďubek | Assistant Manager |
| Pavel Kučera | Goalkeeping coach |
| Dušan Šavel | Physiotherapist |
| Andrej Caban David Brunn | Fitness coach |
| Marek Jobko | Team Leader |
| Peter Straňák Jakub Bača Martin Križanský | Doctor |
| Peter Pošta | Masseur |

## Results
### League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–2017)
    Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals) 1993–94 1st (Mars Superliga) 9/(12) 32 9 9 14 31 43 27 Quarter-finals 1994–95 1st (Mars Superliga) 5/(12) 32 12 8 12 53 44 44 Round 1 Róbert Semeník (18) 1995–96 1st (Mars Superliga) 4/(12) 32 12 11 9 39 36 47 Semi-finals Norbert Toman (6) 1996–97 1st (Mars Superliga) 5/(16) 30 13 5 12 48 37 44 Round 2 Ivan Lapšanský (9) 1997–98 1st (Mars Superliga) 13/(16) 30 7 9 14 32 46 30 Quarter-finals Štefan Rusnák (8) 1998–99 1st (Mars Superliga) 11/(16) 30 8 10 12 34 46 34 Runners-up Štefan Rusnák (11) Ľubomír Faktor (11) 1999–00 1st (Mars Superliga) 15/(16) 30 7 2 21 27 53 23 Semi-finals UC 1.R ( AFC Ajax) Ľubomír Faktor (6) 2000–01 2nd (1. Liga) 11/(18) 34 13 7 14 39 32 46 Quarter-finals Eugen Bari (4) Jaroslav Kamenský (4) 2001–02 2nd (1. Liga) 6/(16) 30 11 11 8 44 32 44 Round 1 Ivan Bartoš (17) 2002–03 2nd (1. Liga) 1/(16) 30 21 6 3 53 18 69 Round 1 Ivan Bartoš (10) 2003–04 1st (Corgoň Liga) 2/(10) 36 17 13 6 58 36 64 Round 2 Róbert Semeník (15) 2004–05 1st (Corgoň Liga) 3/(10) 36 13 13 10 45 38 52 Winner UC 1.R ( S.L. Benfica) Martin Jakubko (14) 2005–06 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(10) 36 12 6 18 37 42 42 Round 2 UC Q2 ( Groclin Grodzisk) Róbert Semeník (18) 2006–07 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) 28 7 6 15 24 46 27 Quarter-finals Ivan Lietava (9) 2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(12) 33 10 9 14 41 37 39 Round 2 Michal Ďuriš (6) 2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 10/(12) 33 9 8 16 30 39 35 Round 2 Dušan Uškovič (8) 2009–10 1st (Corgoň Liga) 3/(12) 33 15 11 7 45 30 56 Round 2 Dušan Uškovič (7) 2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 13 9 11 39 32 48 Round 3 UC Q2 ( FC Zestaponi) Róbert Pich (7) 2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 9/(12) 33 9 10 14 37 44 37 Round 1 Martin Jakubko (10) 2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 9/(12) 33 9 11 13 28 32 38 Quarter-finals Matúš Turňa (6) 2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(12) 33 11 9 13 48 48 42 Round 2 Pavol Jurčo (8) Fabián Slančík (8) 2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 12/(12) 33 4 10 19 29 57 22 Semi-finals Patrik Vajda (7) 2015–16 2nd (DOXXbet Liga) 13/(24) 32 16 5 11 45 33 53 Round 3 Endy Opoku Bernadina (7) 2016–17 2nd (DOXXbet liga) 17/(24) 32 10 6 16 36 55 36 Round 3 Radoslav Ďanovský (12) 2017–18 3rd (TIPOS III.liga Middle) 1/(16) 30 21 6 3 60 18 69 Did not enter Lukáš Laksik (17) 2018–19 2nd (II. liga) 6/(16) 30 12 10 8 49 35 46 Round 3 Róbert Polievka (9) 2019–20 2nd (II. liga) 2/(16) 20 14 3 3 52 23 45 1/8 Fin Róbert Polievka (12) 2020–21 2nd (II. liga) 2/(16) 28 17 5 6 70 38 56 Semi-finals Miladin Vujošević (17) 2021–22 2nd (II. liga) 2/(16) 30 21 6 3 62 24 69 Round 3 Róbert Polievka (18) 2022–23 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) 32 13 5 14 50 56 44 Round of 16 Róbert Polievka (15) 2023–24 1st (Fortuna Liga) 7/(12) 32 14 9 9 50 41 51 Round 4 Róbert Polievka (13)

## European competition history
### UEFA-administered

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
| 1984–85 | UEFA Cup | 1 | Mönchengladbach | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–7 |
| 1999–00 | UEFA Cup | 1 | Ajax | 1–3 | 1–6 | 2–9 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | Q1 | Qarabağ FK | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | Q2 | FC Wil | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 1 | Benfica | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | Q2 | Groclin Grodzisk | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 |
| 2010–11 | Europa League | Q2 | FC Zestaponi | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |

### Not UEFA-administered

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away |
| 1991 | Intertoto Cup | Group 4 | Silkeborg IF | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 1991 | Intertoto Cup | Group 4 | Hammarby IF | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 1991 | Intertoto Cup | Group 4 | FC Energie Cottbus | 1–0 | 2–0 |

## Player records
### Most goals

| # | Name | Goals |
| 1 | Róbert Polievka | 80 |
| 2 | Milan Nemec | 74 |
| 3 | Róbert Semeník | 72 |
| 4 | Pavol Diňa | 59 |
| 5 | Martin Jakubko | 38 |
| 6 | Štefan Rusnák | 34 |
| 7 | Dušan Uškovič | 27 |
| 7 | Martin Rymarenko | 27 |
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 |
| 1968–69 | Ladislav Petráš | 20 |
| 1994–95 | Robert Semenik | 18 |
| 2023–24 | Róbert Polievka | 13$^1$ |
    $^1$Shared award

## Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Dukla.
    Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
* Milan Albrecht
* Peter Babnič
* Marián Bochnovič
* Vladimír Borovička
* Marián Brezina
* Jozef Bubenko
* Ivan Bilský
* Martin Chrien
* Miroslav Chvíla
* Ondrej Daňko
* Pavol Diňa
* Ondrej Debnár
* David Depetris
* Michal Ďuriš
* Peter Dzúrik
* Martin Fabuš
* Ľubomír Faktor
* Peter Fieber
* Michal Filo
* Vratislav Greško
* Norbert Gyömbér
* Marián Had
* Andrej Hesek
* Viliam Hýravý
* Martin Jakubko
* Ladislav Jurkemik
* Marek Kaščák
* Dušan Keketi
* Vladimír Kinier
* Jan Kliment
* Maroš Klimpl
* Ján Kocian
* Tihomir Kostadinov
* Ivan Kozák
* Karel Kula
* František Kunzo
* Marián Kurty
* Vladimír Labant
* Vladimír Leitner
* Ľubomír Luhový
* Filip Lukšík
* Tomáš Malec
* Marián Masný
* Cyriaque Mayounga
* Pavol Michalík
* Rastislav Michalík
* Stanislav Moravec
* Peter Mráz
* Milan Nemec
* Martin Obšitník
* Branislav Obžera
* Anton Ondruš
* Michal Pančík (born 1971)
* Michal Pančík (born 1982)
* Viktor Pečovský
* Dejan Peševski
* Marek Penksa
* Ladislav Petráš
* Jozef Pisár
* Ján Pivarník
* Róbert Polievka
* Martin Poljovka
* Jaroslav Pollák
* Karol Praženica
* Štefan Rusnák
* Kornel Saláta
* Pavol Sedlák
* Stanislav Seman
* Róbert Semeník
* Ján Solár
* Miroslav Sovič
* Zdeno Štrba
* Tomáš Stúpala
* Dionatan Teixeira
* Dušan Tóth
* Dušan Vrťo
* Tibor Zátek
* Peter Zelenský

## Managers

* Arnošt Hložek (1966–67)
* Bohumil Musil (1969–71)
* Oldřich Bříza (197?–79)
* Juraj Lakota (1980)
* Jozef Adamec (1981–87)
* Anton Dragúň (1987–89)
* Stanislav Jarábek (1989–91)
* Jozef Adamec (1991)
* Anton Hrušecký (1991–9?)
* Anton Jánoš (1993–95)
* Ján Ilavský (199?–96)
* Ján Kocian (1996–97)
* Peter Benedik (1996–97)
* Stanislav Jarábek (1998–99)
* Miloš Tagos (1999–00)
* Igor Novák (2000–01)
* Anton Jánoš (2001–03)
* Ladislav Molnár (2003–04)
* Václav Daněk (2004–05)
* Jozef Prochotský (2005–06)
* Dušan Radolský (2006)
* Ladislav Molnár (2007)
* Štefan Horný (25 Sept 2007 – 27 Aug 2008)
* Anton Jánoš (26 Aug 2008 – 30 Nov 2008)
* Jozef Jankech (1 Dev 2008 – 30 June 2010)
* Karol Marko (1 July 2010 – 8 Nov 2010)
* Štefan Zaťko (8 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
* Norbert Hrnčár (1 July 2012 – 9 Oct 2014)
* Štefan Rusnák (9 Oct 2014 – 26 June 2015)
* Ľubomír Faktor (26 June 2015 – 18 Oct 2016)
* Dušan Tóth (18 Oct 2016 – 26 Sep 2018)
* Stanislav Varga (26 Sep 2018 – 1 July 2022)
* Michal Ščasný (2 July 2022 – 25 Oct 2023)
* Mário Auxt (25 Oct 2023 – 16 Jun 2024)
* Marek Bažík (16 Jun 2024 – Dec 2024)
* Martin Poljovka (Dec 2024 – March 2025)
* František Straka (March 2025 – present)