ŠK Slovan Bratislava
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ŠK Slovan Bratislava (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈslɔʋam ˈbracislaʋa], "Bratislava Slavs") is a professional football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak Super Liga. Founded as I. ČSŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953. Slovan is the most successful team in Slovakia with the most titles in both league and cup in the country.
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Full name | Športový klub Slovan Bratislava futbal, a.s. | |||
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Nickname(s) | Belasí (Sky Blues) Bieli jastrabi z Tehelného poľa (White Hawks from Brickfield) | |||
Founded | 3 May 1919; 105 years ago (1919-05-03) (as I. ČSŠK Bratislava) | |||
Ground | Tehelné pole | |||
Capacity | 22,500[1] | |||
President | Ivan Kmotrík | |||
Manager | Vladimír Weiss | |||
League | Slovak First Football League | |||
2023–24 | Slovak First Football League, 1st of 12 (champions) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Slovan Bratislava became the first and so far only club in Slovakia as well as former Czechoslovakia to win one of the European cup competitions, the Cup Winners' Cup when they defeated FC Barcelona in the final in Basel in 1969. The club also supplied seven players to the victorious UEFA Euro 1976 Czechoslovakia.