# FC Košice (2018)

FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the Slovak First Football League, the highest tier of Slovak football. FC Košice was founded in 2018. They merged into a new club with FK Košice-Barca. From a historical and traditional point of view, the club follows the first football club from Košice, Kassai Athletikai Club from 1903, later known as FC VSS Košice, but from a legal point of view it is a new club with a clean slate.

## Previous names

* ŠK Vyšné Opátske (1921)
* TJ Sokol Vyšné Opátske (1948)
* TJ FK Turkon Vyšné Opátske (2006)
* TJ FK Vyšné Opátske (2014)
* FK Košice (2017, new club)
* FC Košice (merger with FK Košice-Barca) (2018–present, new club)

### Logos

* 2014–2017

## Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:
* West Ham (2018–2019)
* Slávia TU Košice (2020-)

## Honours

Slovakia
* Slovak Second Division (1993 – Present)
** Winners (1): 2022–23
* Slovak Third Division (1993–)
** Winners (1): 2018–19 League East

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2018–2019 | Adidas | MAXIMA BROKER |
| 2019–2021 | Adidas | BMW Regnum Košice |
| 2021-2022 | Adidas | FASTAV |
| 2022-2023 | Adidas | HELL |
| 2023– | Adidas | niké |

## Results
### League and domestic cup history

    Season League Slovak Cup Top goalscorer(s) Division (Name) Pos/T Pld W D L Score Pts Name(s) Goals 2018–19 3rd (3. Liga) 1/(16) 26 25 0 1 90:9 75 QF, 0–0 (3–4 p) (Spartak Trnava) Filip Serečin 26 2019–20 2nd (2. Liga) 10/(16) 17 5 6 6 22:18 21 R4, 2–2 (1–4 p) (AS Trenčín) Erik Liener 5 2020–21 2nd (2. Liga) 5/(15) 28 15 4 9 40:27 49 SF, 3-8 agg. (MŠK Žilina) František Pavúk / Boris Gáll 6 2021–22 2nd (2. Liga) 5/(16) 30 17 5 8 73:38 56 Ro16, 1–2 (Spartak Trnava) Erik Pačinda 17 2022–23 2nd (2. Liga) 1/(16) 30 20 6 4 61:21 66 R4, 2–3 (Komárno) Landing Sagna 15 2023–24 1st (Fortuna liga) 10/(12) 32 7 6 19 27:56 27 Ro16, 2–3 (Trnava) Žan Medved 9

## Current squad

As of 15 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 | Dávid Šípoš |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Jakub Jakubko |
| 6 | DF | HUN | Szilárd Bokros (on loan from Diósgyőr) |
| 7 | FW | GRE | Giannis Niarchos (on loan from DAC Dunajská Streda) |
| 8 | MF | SVK | Dávid Gallovič |
| 9 | FW | SVK | Roman Čerepkai |
| 10 | FW | USA | Zyen Jones |
| 11 | MF | POR | Luís Santos |
| 13 | MF | SVK | Matej Jakúbek |
| 15 | MF | SVK | Miroslav Sovič |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Dalibor Takáč |
| 19 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Fabiš |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | SVK | Ján Krivák (Captain) |
| 21 | DF | SVK | Daniel Magda |
| 22 | GK | SVK | Matúš Kira |
| 23 | MF | SVK | Michal Faško |
| 24 | DF | SVK | Dominik Kružliak |
| 25 | MF | SVK | Marek Zsigmund |
| 27 | MF | CRO | Karlo Miljanić |
| 55 | FW | SVK | Michal Domik |
| 66 | MF | SVK | Peter Varga |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Galymzhan Kenzhebek |
| 78 | DF | FIN | Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (on loan from HJK Helsinki) |
| 90 | DF | BFA | Nassim Innocenti |
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 |
| — | FW | SEN | Landing Sagna (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SVK | Boris Gáll (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | SVK | Samuel Gladiš (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2025) |

## Technical staff

Source:
| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Roman Skuhravý |
| Assistant Coach | Ľubomír Kordanič |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Marián Kello |
| Fitness Coach | Igor Bakaľár |
| Sport Director | Marek Sapara |
| Team chef | Roman Šimko |
| Team doctor | MUDr. Ronald Polomský |
| Team doctor | MUDr. Peter Polan |
| Physiotherapist | Peter Vresilovič |
| Masseur | Dárius Kolodzej |
| Masseur | Dominik Lukáč |
* Last updated: 19 August 2024

## Notable players

The following players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Košice.
* Tidjani Anaane
* Eric Davis
* Marián Kello
* Galymzhan Kenzhebek
* Ján Krivák
* Dominik Kružliak
* Richard Lásik
* Moha Rharsalla
* Erik Pačinda
* Kristi Qose

## Managers

| Year | Name |
| 2017 – 2019 | Miroslav Sovič |
| 2019 | Gejza Farkaš |
| 2019 - 2020 | Marek Fabuľa |
| 2020 - 2021 | Peter Šinglár (interim) |
| 2021 - 2022 | Jozef Vukušič |
| 2022 - 2023 | Anton Šoltis |
| 2023 - 2024 | Ján Kozák jr. |
| 2024 | Gergely Geri |
| 2024 – cur. | Roman Skuhravý |