# FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.

## History

From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions. In 2004 they were promoted to the Slovak Second Division, and then in the 2006–07 season were promoted to the Corgoň Liga, and won the Slovak Cup, beating FC Senec 4–0. This earned them place in the first qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
Zlaté Moravce played their first European match on 19 July 2007 in the UEFA Cup at home against Alma-Ata, winning 3–1. On 2 August 2007, they have tied in Almaty 1–1, qualifying to the second qualification round.

### Events timeline

* 1995 – Founded as FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
* 2016 – Renamed FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble

## Honours
### Domestic

* Slovak Cup (1961–)
** Winners (1): 2006–07
* Slovak Second Division (1993–)
** Winners (2): 2006–07, 2009–10

## Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with FC ViOn:
* São Bernardo Futebol Clube (2017–)
* SPAL (2019–present)

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2004–05 | Legea | ViOn |
| 2005–07 | Adidas | ViOn |
| 2007–08 | Jako | ViOn |
| 2008–09 | Adidas | ViOn |
| 2009–10 | Puma | ViOn |
| 2010–13 | Legea | ViOn |
| 2013–14 | Luanvi | ViOn |
| 2014–2022 | Erreà | ViOn |
| 2022 | Erreà | Tipsport |
| 2022- | Puma | Tipsport |

### Club partners

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## 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 |
| — | DF | SVK | Mário Mrva |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Matěj Helebrand |
| 5 | DF | REU | Anthony Louis Chana |
| 6 | MF | SVK | Miroslav Gono |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Daniel Šmiga (on loan from Slavia Prague) |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Levan Nonikashvili |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Denis Baumgartner |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Denis Duga |
| 16 | MF | SVK | Karol Mondek |
| — | FW | GHA | Bright Donkor |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Jan Kadlec |
| 22 | DF | SVK | Samuel Suľa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | SVK | Jaroslav Holp |
| 29 | FW | SVK | Marek Kuzma |
| 31 | GK | SVK | Gregor Tóth (on loan from Slovan Duslo Šaľa) |
| 33 | GK | SVK | Patrik Richter |
| 34 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Greššák |
| 37 | MF | SVK | Samuel Hodúr |
| 45 | FW | SVK | Filip Balaj |
| 72 | GK | SVK | Matej Vajs |
| 89 | MF | SVK | Maximilian Halo |
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.

### 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 |
| 30 | DF | SVK | Robert Stareček (at ŠKF Sereď until 30 June 2025) |

## Management staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Roman Hudec |
| Assistant Manager | Matúš Ostrovský |
| Goalkeeping coach | Martin Matlák |
| Sport Director | Ľubomír Michalík |
| Fitness coach | Milan Ivanka |
| Team chef | Vladimír Červený |
| Masseur | Ján Andraško |
| Physioterapist | MUDr. Jozef Mada |
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## Results
### League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)
    Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals) 2000–01 3rd (2. Liga) 1 Did not enter Jozef Piaček (11) Róbert Michalík (11) 2001–02 2nd (1. Liga) 16/(16) Preliminary round ? 2002–03 3rd (2. Liga) 10 Did not enter ? 2003–04 3rd (2. Liga) 2 Did not enter Juraj Vondra (18) 2004–05 2nd (1.Liga) 8/(16) Quarter-finals Peter Černák (6) 2005–06 2nd (1.Liga) 8/(16) Round 1 Peter Černák (5) Martin Chren (5) 2006–07 2nd (1.Liga) 3/(12) Winner Marek Plichta (9) 2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 11/(12) Round 3 UC Q2 ( Zenit St. Petersburg) Peter Černák (4) 2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 12/(12) Quarter-finals Salomon Wisdom (4) 2009–10 2nd (DoxxBet Liga) 1/(14) Round 3 Karol Pavelka (16) 2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(12) Semi-finals Peter Kuračka (7) 2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) Semi-finals Martin Hruška (6) 2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(12) Round 3 Andrej Hodek (13) 2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 10/(12) Quarter-finals Martin Pribula (8) 2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 5 Martin Juhar (4) Márius Charizopulos (4) 2015–16 1st (Fortuna Liga) 9/(12) Quarter-finals Leandre Tawamba (11) 2016–17 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 4 Peter Orávik (5) 2017–18 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round 3 Róbert Gešnábel (9) 2018–19 1st (Fortuna Liga) 10/(12) Round of 16 Tomáš Ďubek (9) 2019–20 1st (Fortuna Liga) 8/(12) Semi-finals Tomáš Ďubek (8) 2020–21 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) Quarter-finals Filip Balaj (16) 2021–22 1st (Fortuna Liga) 11/(12) Quarter-finals Tomáš Ďubek (7) 2022–23 1st (Fortuna Liga) 11/(12) Round of 16 Adam Brenkus (7) 2023–24 1st (Fortuna Liga) 12/(12) Round of 16 Marek Kuzma (4) Karol Mondek (4)

### European competition history

| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | | Alma-Ata | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 2Q | | Zenit St. Petersburg | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 |

## Youth program

The club is also particularly known for its youth program. Academy name is PFA (Požitavská futbalová akadémia).

## Player records
### Most goals

| # | Name | Goals |
| 1 | Peter Orávik | 32 |
| 2 | Tomáš Ďubek | 30 |
| 3 | Peter Černák | 28 |
| 3 | Karol Pavelka | 28 |
| 5 | Peter Kuračka | 26 |
| 6 | Andrej Hodek | 18 |
| 7 | Filip Balaj | 16 |
Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

## Notable players

Had international caps on senior level for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC ViOn.
    Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
* Stefan Cebara
* Martin Dobrotka
* Tomáš Ďubek
* Martin Fabuš
* Irfan Fazail
* Miloš Glonek
* Tomche Grozdanovski
* Wan Zack Haikal
* Dominik Holec
* Tomáš Hubočan
* Jésus Konnsimbal
* Tihomir Kostadinov
* Pavel Kováč
* Štefan Maixner
* Pavol Majerník
* Lamin Samateh
* Fadhli Shas
* Milan Škriniar
* Michal Škvarka
* Léandre Tawamba
* Marek Ujlaky
* Egy Maulana Vikri
* Salomon Wisdom

## Managers

* Ján Rosinský (-2004)
* Anton Dragúň (2004 – 2006)
* Ľubomír Moravčík (1 Jul 2008 – 30 Nov 2008)
* Štefan Horný (1 Dec 2008 – 5 Oct 2009)
* Juraj Jarábek (5 Oct 2009 – 30 May 2013)
* Branislav Mráz (May 2013 – Jun 2015)
* Milko Djurovski (15 Jun 2015 – 23 Aug 2015)
* Libor Fašiang (23 Aug 2015 – 23 May 2016)
* Peter Gergely (23 May 2016 – 6 Nov 2016)
* Juraj Jarábek (6 Nov 2016 – 5 Nov 2018)
* Branislav Mráz (car.) (5 Nov 2018 – 13 Dec 2018)
* Karol Praženica (13 Dec 2018 – 30 Jun 2020)
* Branislav Mráz (car.) (1 Jul 2020 – 11 Jul 2020)
* Ľuboš Benkovský (11 Jul 2020 – 5 May 2022)
* Ján Kocian (5 May 2022 – 4 Oct 2022)
* Ivan Galád (5 Oct 2022 – 5 Jun 2023)
* Vladimír Cifranič (12 Jun 2023 – 12 Nov 2023)
* Michal Hipp (13 Nov 2023 – 21 Feb 2024)
* Dušan Uhrin Jr. (26 Feb 2024 – 26 May 2024)
* Roman Hudec (26 May 2024-)