FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce

ViOn Zlaté Moravce
Full name	Football Club Viliam Ondrejka Zlaté Moravce – Vráble
Founded	1995; 29 years ago ; as FC ViOn
Ground	ViOn Aréna,; Zlaté Moravce
Capacity	4,006
Owner	Viliam Ondrejka
Chairman	Karol Škula
Manager	Dušan Uhrin Jr.
League	Niké Liga
2022–23	11th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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[edit]

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.^[1] On 2 August 2007, they have tied in Almaty 1–1, qualifying to the second qualification round.^[2]

Events timeline[edit]

1995 – Founded as FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
2016 – Renamed FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble^[3]

Honours[edit]

Domestic[edit]

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

Affiliated clubs[edit]

The following clubs are affiliated with FC ViOn:

São Bernardo Futebol Clube (2017–)^[4]
SPAL (2019–present)^[5]

Sponsorship[edit]

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

Club partners[edit]

source^[6]

ViOn
Hydina Súlovce
Kameň Slovakia

KTL
Nitrazdroj
Novoprint

Svet minerálov
Slovanet
Financie Complet

Current squad[edit]

As of 1 March, 2024^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Patrik Lukáč
2	DF	SVK	Vladimír Majdan
3	DF	SVK	Gergely Tumma
5	DF	GEO	Jemali-Giorgi Jinjolava (on loan from Iberia 1999)
6	MF	SVK	Miroslav Gono
7	MF	GEO	Iuri Tabatadze (on loan from Iberia 1999)
8	DF	FRA	Soufiane Dramé (on loan from Teplice)
9	FW	SVK	Marek Svec
10	MF	SVK	Karol Mészáros
11	MF	SVK	Jakub Švec (on loan from České Budějovice)
14	MF	SVK	Denis Duga
16	MF	SVK	Karol Mondek
18	GK	SVK	Matúš Chropovský


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	GEO	Levan Nonikashvili (on loan from Iberia 1999)
21	FW	SVK	Marek Kuzma
22	DF	SVK	Samuel Suľa
23	MF	SVK	Patrik Dulay
25	DF	SVK	Richard Nagy
26	MF	SVK	Tomáš Ďubek (captain)
29	MF	SVK	Adam Brenkus
33	GK	SVK	Patrik Richter
37	MF	SVK	Samuel Hodúr
39	DF	SVK	Matej Moško
45	FW	SVK	Filip Balaj (on loan from Cracovia)
90	DF	SVK	Matúš Čonka
99	MF	CRO	Andrija Balić

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2023 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2023-24.

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SVK	Sebastián Rák (at Družstevník Veľké Ludince until 30 June 2024)

Management staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Manager	Dušan Uhrin Jr.
Assistant Manager	Tomáš Ďubek
Goalkeeping coach	Martin Matlák
Fitness coach	Milan Ivanka
Team chef	Vladimír Červený
Masseur	Ján Andraško
Physioterapist	MUDr. Jozef Mada

Source:^[8]

Results[edit]

League and Cup history[edit]

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)

European competition history[edit]

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[edit]

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

Player records[edit]

Most goals[edit]

#	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[edit]

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.

Managers[edit]

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 – ongoing)

References[edit]

^ "Úspešný vstup do pohárovej Európy pre Zlaté Moravce – Profutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
^ "Zlaté Moravce v Almaty remizovali a postúpili do 2. predkola Pohára UEFA – Profutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
^ s, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia a. "ViOn Zlaté Moravce začne ďalšiu sezónu s novým názvom". Šport.sk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Prioritou ViOnu záchranárske práce, myslí však aj na prvú šestku | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ a.s, Petit Press. "FC ViOn uzavrel dohodu o spolupráci s prvoligovým klubom z Talianska". mynitra.sme.sk.
^ "FC ViOn | Partneri klubu". fcvion.sk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.
^ "Súpiska A-tím 2023/2024" [Squad 2023/2024]. fcvion.sk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "fcvion.sk". Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Slovak)
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce on Facebook
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce's channel on YouTube

[1] "Úspešný vstup do pohárovej Európy pre Zlaté Moravce – Profutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2007.

[2] "Zlaté Moravce v Almaty remizovali a postúpili do 2. predkola Pohára UEFA – Profutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.

[3] s, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia a. "ViOn Zlaté Moravce začne ďalšiu sezónu s novým názvom". Šport.sk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] "Prioritou ViOnu záchranárske práce, myslí však aj na prvú šestku | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] .s, Petit Press. "FC ViOn uzavrel dohodu o spolupráci s prvoligovým klubom z Talianska". mynitra.sme.sk.

[6] "FC ViOn | Partneri klubu". fcvion.sk. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.

[7] "Súpiska A-tím 2023/2024" [Squad 2023/2024]. fcvion.sk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[8] "fcvion.sk". Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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