# FK Poprad

FK Poprad is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Poprad. The club was founded in 1906. The team plays in the 3 . liga, the third tier of Slovak football, after promotion from the 4. liga 2023-24 season. The club have played home matches at the NTC Poprad.

## Historical timeline

* 1906 – Founded as Sport Egylet
* 1909 – Renamed Matejovský atletický klub (MAC)
* 1939 – Renamed Slovenský atletický klub – SAC
* 1945 – Renamed ŠK SSM
* 1951 – Renamed Spartak Poprad
* 1974 – Renamed TJ Tatramat Poprad
* 1975 – Renamed TJ Vagónka Poprad
* 2001 – merged with PFC Poprad into 1. PFC Tatramat
* 2004 – Renamed 1. PFC Poprad
* 2005 – merged with FC Tatran Poprad-Veľká into MFK Poprad
* 2008 – Renamed FK Aquacity Poprad
* 2010 – Renamed FK Poprad
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## Honours

* Slovak Cup (1961–Present)
** Semi-finals (1): 2016–17

## Sponsorship

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2007-08 | Legea | AquaCity |
| 2008-2010 | Adidas | AquaCity |
| 2010–2016 | Adidas | none |
| 2016- | Adidas | Ritro |

## Players
### Current squad

Updated 21 November 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | SVK | Ivan Rehák |
| 30 | GK | SVK | Ján Malec |
| 31 | GK | SVK | Filip Dlubáč |
| 81 | GK | SVK | Dávid Straka |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Matej Grešák |
| 6 | DF | SVK | Patrik Gajan |
| 14 | DF | SVK | Milan Ondruš |
| 16 | DF | SVK | Roman Pazúr |
| 17 | DF | SVK | René Paraj (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová) |
| 18 | DF | POL | Jakub Zabawa |
| 18 | DF | SVK | Nicolas Šikula |
| 20 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Lajčák |
| 2 | MF | SVK | Vladimír Barbora |
| 2 | MF | SVK | Dávid Legnavský |
| 3 | MF | SVK | Patrik Živčák |
| 6 | MF | SVK | Tobias Raffay (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová) |
| 7 | MF | SVK | Adam Matalík |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | POL | Krzysztof Wojtanek |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Andrej Pollák |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Pavol Bryndza |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Usman Adekunle Issa (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová) |
| 13 | MF | SVK | Patrik Vaščák |
| 15 | MF | POL | Marek Kapral |
| 16 | MF | SVK | Samuel Aurel Kopáč |
| 16 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hanes |
| 16 | MF | SVK | Sebastián Kuzár |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Ľubomír Kubis |
| 18 | MF | SVK | Dávid Weiss |
| 19 | MF | SVK | Marián Dzurjo |
| 5 | FW | GEO | Davit Natchkebia (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová) |
| 6 | FW | RUS | Ivan Timoshenko (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová) |
| 9 | FW | SVK | Marek Barnáš |
| 11 | FW | SVK | Timotej Zummer |

#### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVK | Samuel Kuba (on loan to Slavoj Trebišov) |
| — | DF | SVK | Sebastián Jurčišin (on loan to Slavoj Trebišov) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVK | Sven Jurčišin (on loan to Dukla Banská Bystrica) |

### 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.
* Alekos Alekou
* Koloman Gögh
* Kamil Kopúnek
* Tomáš Rigo
* Juraj Szikora
* Kathon St. Hillaire
* Stanislav Šesták

## Reserve team

FK Poprad B was the reserve team of FK Poprad. They last played in the third-level football league in Slovakia 3. Liga (East).

## Staff
### Current technical staff

    Updated 25 May 2019
| Staff | Job title |
| Vladimír Lajčák | Manager |
| Milan Ondruš | Assistant manager |
| Ján Malec | Goalkeeping coach |
| Juraj Kšenzakovič | Team Leader |
| MUDr. Jaroslav Južanin | Team Doctor |
| Dárius Kolodzej | Masseur |

### Managers

* Vladimír Lajčák (2010–2015)
* Pavol Mlynár (2015–2016)
* František Šturma (2016–2017)
* Jaroslav Belejčák (2017–2019)
* Marek Petruš (11/2019)
* Peter Ďuriš (11/2019-01/2020) (interim)
* Jaroslav Belejčák (01/2020-07/2020)
* Stanislav Ďuriš (07/2020-11/2020)
* Jaroslav Rybár (12/2020)
* Ján Guziar (01/2021-05/2021)
* Vladimír Lajčák (07/2021-)