FK Senica

FK Senica^[1] (ˈseɲitsa) is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 1921. The club played in the Slovak First Football League, before being declared bankrupt in May 2022. The team currently plays in the 6th tier of Slovak football.^[2]

History

The football club in the town was founded in 1921. The newly formed team progressed quickly, but the football boom was dampened by the Second World War. Rudolf Pšurný, the club's chairman in the interwar period, kept the sporting community alive by organising matches and tournaments. After the war, football flourished again in the region.

The year 1962 was a milestone in the club's history, as the new stadium was opened in Senica. It serves the town's footballing community to this day. Its opening was marked by a benefit match between players from the Senica District and the squad that has recently won silver medals at the World Cup in Chile, led by Jozef Adamec.

Before the 2009–10 season, the club bought a licence from FK Inter Bratislava, a winner of the Slovak First League that were to advance to the Superliga. FK Senica thus appeared in the top flight for the first time ever. It quickly established itself as a competitive team, finishing second in 2010–11 and 2012–13 seasons and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds three times in a row.

On 16 February 2019, Matchday 19 of the 2018–19 season, in an away game against AS Trenčín, played in Myjava, Senica fielded an entire starting line-up made up entirely of foreign players as the first team in Slovak history. All the substitutes were foreigners as well.^[3]

After the 2021–22 season, the club went bankrupt. According to sport.sk, it had debts of up to €1,000,000.^{[citation needed]} This serious financial problem even made it impossible for Senica to pay the operating arrears that were listed on the club's official website before the COVID-19 pandemic. Even the official website, fksenica.eu, was deactivated because the club had not paid operating bills since February 2020.^[4]

The club's financial crisis has also reportedly caused the players and staff to not receive their salaries since September 2021. The stagnation of salaries over seven months led to a wave of massive resignations by several players.^[5] This caused Senica to be relegated to the 3rd league, as their licence was revoked.^[6]

In 2022, the club was refounded and its senior team currently plays in the 6th tier of Slovak football.^[2]

Clubname history

• 1921 – 1923 – Železná únia Senica
• 1923 – 1928 – Športový klub Senica
• 1928 – 1934 – AC Senica
• 1934 – 1939 – FC Senica
• 1940 – 1946 – ŠK Senica
• 1946 – 1969 – Sokol Chemické závody (ChZ)
• 1969 – 2006 – TJ/FK SH Senica (merged with FK 96 Ress Častkov)
• 2006 – present – FK Senica

Honours

Domestic

• Slovak First Football League (1993–)
  • Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
• Slovak Cup (1961–)
  • Runners-up (2): 2012, 2015

Slovak League Top Goalscorer

Slovak First Football League Top scorer since 1993–94

¹Shared award

Supporters

Local ultras group is known as the Iron Union 1921 (Slovak: Železná únia 1921). During the matches, they are grouped in the Sector B3 at the stadium. The fan club was founded in the winter of 2013. They have good relations with fans of 1. FC Slovácko, a Czech-based club playing in the Czech First League.

Rivalries

FK Senica's biggest rival is Spartak Myjava. The matches between the two teams are referred to as the Záhorie-Kopanice Derby (Slovak: záhorácko-kopaničiarske derby), referring to the neighboring regions where the two towns are located. The first derby in the highest tier was played on 24 August 2012, and ended with Myjava's 1–0 win.^{[citation needed]}

Sponsorship

Club partners

source^[7]

• OMS Lighting
• 101 Drogerie
• Nad-Ress
• Philips
• City of Senica

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs were or are currently affiliated with FK Senica:

• Cruzeiro (2012–?)^[8]
• Arapongas (2013–?)^[9]
• ADO Den Haag (2013–?)^[10][11]
• GBS Academy (2019–present)^[12]
• Beşiktaş J.K. (2021–present)^[13]

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

{|class="wikitable"

! style="color:white; background:#B22222;"| Season ! style="color:white; background:#B22222;"| Division (Name) ! style="color:white; background:#B22222;"| Pos./Teams ! style="color:white; background:#B22222;"|Slovak Cup ! style="color:white; background:#B22222;" colspan=2|Europe ! style="color:white; background:#B22222;"|Top Scorer (Goals) |- |align=center|1998–99 |align=center|3nd (2. Liga) |align=center bgcolor=green|1 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Vladimír Prokop (27) |- |align=center|1999–00 |align=center|2nd (1. Liga) |align=center|8/(18) |align=center|Preliminary round |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Igor Klejch (15) |- |align=center|2000–01 |align=center|2nd (1. Liga) |align=center bgcolor=red|17/(18) |align=center |Round 1 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2001–02 |align=center|3rd (2. Liga) |align=center bgcolor=green|1/(16) |align=center|Quarter-finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Jozef Dojčan (7) |- |align=center|2002–03 |align=center|2nd (1. Liga) |align=center |10/(16) |align=center|Round 1 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Stanislav Velický (6) |- |align=center|2003–04 |align=center|2nd (1. Liga) |align=center bgcolor=red|15/(16) |align=center|Round 1 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2004–05 |align=center|3rd (2. Liga) |align=center| |align=center|Did not enter |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2005–06 |align=center|4th (3. Liga) |align=center | |align=center |Did not enter |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2006–07 |align=center|4th (3. Liga) |align=center| |align=center|Did not enter |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2007–08 |align=center|4th (3. Liga) |align=center| |align=center|Did not enter |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2008–09 |align=center|4th (3. Liga) |align=center| |align=center|Did not enter |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2009-10 |align=center|4th (3. Liga) |align=center| |align=center|Did not enter |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| ? |- |align=center|2009–10 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|6/(12) |align=center|Round 2 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Juraj Piroska (6) |- |align=center|2010–11 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center bgcolor=silver|2/(12) |align=center |Round 2 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Ondřej Smetana (18) |- |align=center|2011–12 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|4/(12) |align=center bgcolor=silver|Runners-Up |align=center| EL |align=center| Q3 ( RB Salzburg) |align=center| Rolando Blackburn (5)
Tomáš Kóňa (5)
Jaroslav Diviš (5) |- |align=center|2012–13 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center bgcolor=silver|2/(12) |align=center|Quarterfinals |align=center| EL |align=center| Q2 ( APOEL) |align=center| Rolando Blackburn (10) |- |align=center|2013–14 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|6/(12) |align=center|Semi-finals |align=center| EL |align=center| Q2 ( Podgorica) |align=center| Juraj Piroska (13) |- |align=center|2014–15 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center|5/(12) |align=center bgcolor=silver|Runners-Up |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Jan Kalabiška (19) |- |align=center|2015–16 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center|10/(12) |align=center|Round 4 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Jozef Dolný (5)
Jakub Hromada (5) |- |align=center|2016–17 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center |9/(12) |align=center|Round 3 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Pirulo (4)
Samuel Mráz (4) |- |align=center|2017–18 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center |11/(12) |align=center |Round 3 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Frank Castañeda (5)
Oliver Podhorín (5) |- |align=center|2018–19 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center |8/(12) |align=center|Semi–finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Roberto Dias (6) |- |align=center|2019–20 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center|10/(12) |align=center |Round of 16 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Frank Castañeda (8) |- |align=center|2020–21 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center|11/(12) |align=center|Round 3 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Tomáš Malec (8) |- |align=center|2021–22 |align=center|1st (Fortuna Liga) |align=center bgcolor=red|10/(12)¹ |align=center|Semi-finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Elvis Mashike (7) |- |align=center|2022–23 |align=center bgcolor=black| |align=center bgcolor=black| |align=center bgcolor=black| |align=center bgcolor=black| |align=center bgcolor=black| |align=center bgcolor=black| |- |align=center|2023–24 |align=center|8th (VIII.liga- dosp. II.tr.-ObFZ SE) |align=center bgcolor=green|1/(12) |align=center |did not enter |align=center | |align=center | |align=center | Pavol Škodáček (19) |- |align=center|2024–25 |align=center|7th (VII.liga- dosp.-MO ObFZ SE) |align=center bgcolor=green|1/(12) |align=center |did not enter |align=center | |align=center | |align=center | Teofil Palka (20) |} ¹ FK Senica did not obtain a licence for the 2022–23 season

European competition history

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

List of players which had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Senica.

See Category:FK Senica players for past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles.

AFC

• Egy Maulana Vikri
• Witan Sulaeman

CAF

• Edmund Addo
• Kay
• Cyriaque Mayounga
• Patrick Asmah
• Eneji Moses
• Wisdom Mutasa
• Désiré Segbé Azankpo
• Zezinho
• Juvhel Tsoumou

CONCACAF

• Kris Twardek
• Pedro Leal
• Rolando Blackburn

CONMEBOL

• Eric Ramírez

UEFA

• Ladislav Almási
• Marián Bochnovič
• Erich Brabec
• Juraj Chvátal
• Jaroslav Černý
• Erik Čikoš
• Martin Ďurica
• Martin Frýdek
• Andrej Hesek
• Filip Hlohovský
• Dominik Holec
• Jakub Hromada
• Luboš Hušek
• Michal Jonáš
• Juraj Kotula
• Tomáš Kóňa
• Matej Krajčík
• Filip Lukšík
• Róbert Mazáň
• Samir Merzić
• Samuel Mráz
• Juraj Piroska
• František Plach
• Tomas Radzinevičius
• Michal Šulla
• Lukáš Tesák
• Michal Tomič
• Blažej Vaščák
• Dušan Vrťo

Managers

• Ladislav Hudec (1 Jul 2009 – 11 Feb 2010)
• Radim Nečas (12 Feb 2010 – 31 May 2010)
• Stanislav Griga (1 Jul 2010 – 26 Apr 2012)
• Zdeněk Psotka (1 Jul 2012 – 31 Dec 2012)
• Vladimír Koník (1 Jan 2013 – 30 Jun 2013)
• Eduard Pagáč (3 Jun 2013 – 12 Mar 2014)
• Pavel Hapal (12 Mar 2014 – 23 Dec 2014)
• Jozef Kostelník (4 Jan 2015 – 8 May 2015)
• Eduard Pagáč (8 May 2015 – 8 Sep 2015)
• Juraj Sabol & Dušan Vrťo (8 Sep 2015 –26 May 2016)
• Aleš Čvančara (30 May 2016 – 19 Jul 2016)
• Miroslav Mentel (19 Jul 2016 – 16 Jun 2017)
• Ivan Vrabec (16 Jun 2017 – 11 Sep 2017)
• Ladislav Hudec (11 Sep 2017 – 8 Feb 2018)
• Ton Caanen (8 Feb 2018 – 3 Aug 2018)
• Frederico Ricardo (3 Aug 2018 – 9 Jan 2019)
• Ricardo Chéu (9 Jan 2019 – 7 Jun 2019)
• Michal Ščasný (8 Jul 2019 – 12 Feb 2020)
• Eduard Pagáč (16 Feb 2020 – 18 Feb 2020)
• Patrik Durkáč (18 Feb 2020 – 7 Mar 2020)
• Ján Bíreš (7 Mar 2020 – 30 Jun 2020)
• Patrik Durkáč (30 Jun 2020 – 14 Jul 2020)
• Anton Šoltis (14 Jul 2020 – 20 Feb 2021)
• Karol Praženica (23 Feb 2021 – 2 Jun 2021)
• Pavel Šustr (2 Jun 2021 – 16 April 2022)
• Libor Fašiang (16 April 2022 – present)

References

1. ^ "História klubu" (in Slovak). official club website FKSENICA.SK. 2010-02-26. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
2. ^ "Futbalový klub Senica - Dospelí" (in Slovak). sportnet.sme.sk. 2025-12-21. Archived 2025-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
3. ^ "Žilina nastúpi v lige len s vlastnými odchovancami, sľubuje Antošík" (in sk-SK). Pravda.sk. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
4. ^ "Kronologi FK Senica Menuju Bangkrut" (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
5. ^ Maulana Yusuf (28 May 2022). "FK Senica Bangkrut, Egy dan Witan Putus Kontrak" (in Indonesian). lintasbabel.inews.id. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
6. ^ Muhammad Adiyaksa (28 May 2022). "FK Senica Degradasi dari Liga Slovakia karena Lisensi Dicabut, Egy Maulana Vikri Putus Kontrak" (in Indonesian). www.bola.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
7. ^ "Partneri" (in Slovak). FK Senica. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2016. – via esports.cz.
8. ^ "FK Senica v spojení s juhoamerickým gigantom" (in Slovak). fksenica.sk. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
9. ^ "Senica získala dvoch Brazílčanov z EC Arapongas" (in Slovak). profutbal.sk. Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
10. ^ "FK Senica – ADO Den Haag – spolupráca" (in Slovak). sport195.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
11. ^ "Do Senice prídu mládežníci ADO Den Haag" (in Slovak). profutbal.sk. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
12. ^ "Trenčín už zrejme ďalšie nigérijské hviezdy nezíska, klub sa vyjadril aj k údajnej žalobe | ProFutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
13. ^ "Senica nadviazala spoluprácu s európskym veľkoklubom". 25 January 2021.

External links

• Official website