AS Trenčín
AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 4,500 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". Honours. Domestic. Czechoslovakia Slovakia  – As Jednota Trenčín 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.  – As Jednota Trenčín European. UEFA ranking. This is the current 2018–19 (August 31) UEFA coefficient: Affiliated clubs. The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín: 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. Current squad. "As of 11 February 2022" "For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2021 and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2021-22" 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 midfielder Matúš Bero joined Turkish Trabzonspor for a fee €3.5 million. Results. League and Cup history. "Slovak League only (1993–present)" Player records. Most goals. Players whose name is listed in bold are still active. Notable players. Had international  caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for AS Trenčín. "For full list, see "