FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce

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.

ViOn Zlaté Moravce

Full name	Football Club Viliam Ondrejka Zlaté Moravce – Vráble
Founded	1995; 30 years ago (1995) as FC ViOn
Ground	ViOn Aréna, Zlaté Moravce
Capacity	4,006
Owner	Viliam Ondrejka
Chairman	Karol Škula
Manager	Roman Hudec
League	2.liga
2023–24	Slovak First Football League, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	fcvion.sk
Home colours Away colours

History

Stadium FC ViOn

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

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

Honours

Domestic

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

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with FC ViOn:

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

Sponsorship

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		Tipsport
2022-	Puma

Club partners

source^[6]

ViOn Hydina Súlovce Kameň Slovakia

KTL Nitrazdroj Novoprint

Svet minerálov Slovanet Financie Complet

Current squad

As of 1 October 2024^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SVK Mário Mrva 4 DF  CZE Matěj Helebrand 5 DF  REU Anthony Louis Chana 6 MF  SVK Miroslav Gono 9 FW  CZE Daniel Šmiga (on loan from Slavia Prague) 10 MF  GEO Levan Nonikashvili 11 MF  SVK Denis Baumgartner 14 MF  SVK Denis Duga 16 MF  SVK Karol Mondek — FW  GHA Bright Donkor 21 DF  CZE Jan Kadlec 22 DF  SVK Samuel Suľa

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  SVK Jaroslav Holp 29 FW  SVK Marek Kuzma 31 GK  SVK Gregor Tóth (on loan from Slovan Duslo Šaľa) 33 GK  SVK Patrik Richter 34 MF  SVK Lukáš Greššák 37 MF  SVK Samuel Hodúr 45 FW  SVK Filip Balaj 72 GK  SVK Matej Vajs 89 MF  SVK Maximilian Halo

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF  SVK Robert Stareček (at ŠKF Sereď until 30 June 2025)

Management staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Roman Hudec
Assistant Manager	Matúš Ostrovský
Goalkeeping coach	Martin Matlák
Sport Director	Ľubomír Michalík
Fitness coach	Milan Ivanka
Team chef	Vladimír Červený
Masseur	Ján Andraško
Physioterapist	MUDr. Jozef Mada

Source:^[8]

Results

League and Cup history

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)
2023–24	1st (Fortuna Liga)	12/(12)	Round of 16			Marek Kuzma (4) Karol Mondek (4)

European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q		Alma-Ata	3–1	1–1	4–1
		2Q		Zenit St. Petersburg	0–2	0–3	0–5

Youth program

Main article: PFA (football academy)

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

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		Peter Orávik	32
2		Tomáš Ďubek	30
3		Peter Černák	28
		Karol Pavelka
5		Peter Kuračka	26
6		Andrej Hodek	18
7		Filip Balaj	16

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

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.

• Stefan Cebara
• Martin Dobrotka
• Tomáš Ďubek
• Martin Fabuš
• Irfan Fazail
• Miloš Glonek
• Tomche Grozdanovski
• Wan Zack Haikal
• Dominik Holec
• Tomáš Hubočan
• Jésus Konnsimbal
• Tihomir Kostadinov
• Pavel Kováč
• Štefan Maixner
• Pavol Majerník
• Lamin Samateh
• Fadhli Shas
• Milan Škriniar
• Michal Škvarka
• Léandre Tawamba
• Marek Ujlaky
• Egy Maulana Vikri
• Salomon Wisdom

Managers

• 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 – 26 May 2024)
• Roman Hudec (26 May 2024-)

References

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. a.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.

External links

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