FC Nitra 4783760 224986321 2008-07-11T09:24:53Z Retepretep 4608213 /* Famous players */ {{Football club infobox | clubname = FC Nitra | image = [[Image:FC_Nitra.png|100px]] | fullname = Football Club Nitra | nickname = | founded = [[1909]]| ground = [[Štadión pod Zoborom]], <br/>[[Nitra]] | capacity = 11,384 | chairman = [[Eugen Árvay]] | manager = [[Pavel Malura]] | league = [[Corgoň Liga]] | season = [[Corgoň Liga 2008|2007-08]] | position = First Division, 3rd | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=0000aa|body1=0000aa|rightarm1=0000aa|shorts1=0000aa|socks1=0000aa| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }} '''FC Nitra''' is a [[Slovakia|Slovak]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club, playing in the town of [[Nitra]]. Established in [[1909]], FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia. Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslovakian league with their longest stay being 5 years (1979-1984, 1986-1991). Nitra came close to clinching the title in [[1962]] only to lose out by 3 points to [[Dukla Prague]]. FC Nitra was the first football professional club in the former Czechoslovakia. __TOC__ Nitra was involved in the inaugural Slovakian championship in [[1994]] but was relegated to the second division after the first season. The following season they were promoted back to the first division, only for the same fate to occur and were again relegated. Roller coaster seasons became somewhat of an FC Nitra speciality during the early 90's, until the promotions stopped in [[2001]] where fans had to wait five long seasons before seeing their club again return to the top flight where they finished with a respectable fifth place. This was mainly due to the work of headcoach [[Ivan Galád]], who took control of the team in the winter of 2004, guiding the team to a fourth place finish in the second division. [[Róbert Rák]] became the top goal scorer both in the second division in the [[2004]]/[[2005]] season and (together with [[Erik Jendrišek]]) in the first division in the [[2005]]/[[2006]] season. In the beginning of the next season he transferred to [[MFK Ružomberok]]. Galád coached the team very defensively (as according to his words no good striker was in the team). Galád lost his job after not much good results of the team at the end of [[2006]]/[[2007]] season (many losses and draws). The former Czech player [[Pavel Hapal]] was named as the head coach of the team for the 2007/2008 season. His way of coaching brought almost immediately very good results and the team finished 3rd (the best in the history of the club). After the season Hapal decided to leave the club to accept an offer from the top Czech club [[FK Mladá Boleslav]]. [[Pavel Malura]], another coach from the Czech Republic, has taken the job. ===Events timeline=== * [[1909]] - Founded as ''NYÖTTSO Nitra'' * [[1911]] - Renamed ''NYTVE Nitra'' * [[1919]] - Renamed ''Nyitrai SC Nitra'' * [[1921]] - Renamed ''SK Nitra'' * [[1923]] - Renamed ''AC Nitra'' * [[1948]] - Renamed ''Sokol Nitra'' * [[1949]] - Renamed ''ZSJ Sokol spojene zavody Nitra'' * [[1949]] - Renamed ''ZK KP Nitra'' * [[1953]] - Renamed ''DSO Slavoj Nitra'' * [[1956]] - Renamed ''TJ Slovan Nitra'' * [[1966]] - Again Renamed ''AC Nitra'' * [[1976]] - Renamed ''TJ Plastika Nitra'' * [[1989]] - First European qualification, [[UEFA Cup 1989-90|1990]] * [[1990]] - Renamed ''FC Nitra'' ==Current squad== {{Football squad start}} {{Football squad player|no=1|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Martin Chudy]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=2|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Marián Ďatko]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Martin Toth]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=4|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Jan Harbulak]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=5|nat= Slovakia|name=[[Adrián Čeman]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=6|nat= Czech Republic|name=[[Jan Gruber]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=7|nat= Slovakia|name=[[Lubos Kolar]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=8|nat= Slovakia|name=[[Irakli Liluashvili]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=9|nat= Slovakia|name=[[Róbert Glenda]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Robert Semeník]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=11|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Peter Grajciar]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=13|nat=Czech Republic|name=[[Tomas Janicek]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Karol Karlík]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Slavomír Bališ]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=17|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Martin Babic]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad mid}} {{Football squad player|no=18|nat= Slovakia|name=[[Marek Kostolani]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Ján Štajer]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=20|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Arnold Simonek]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Roman Sloboda]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Peter Tujvel]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=23|nat=SVK|name=[[Ján Leško]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=24|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Michal Farkaš]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=25|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Michal Jakubjak]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=26|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Miloš Šimončič]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=27|nat=CZE|name=[[Martin Bača]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=28|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Ondrej Curgali]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=29|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Lukas Duris]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=30|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Pavel Vrana]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=31|nat=Slovakia|name=[[Lukáš Hrošo]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad end}} == Famous players == *[[Michal Hipp]] *[[Lubomir Moravčík]] *[[Igor Demo]] *[[Róbert Tomaschek]] *[[Miroslav König]] *[[Róbert Rák]] *[[Štefan Senecký]] ==Honours== ===Domestic=== * '''[[Corgoň Liga|Slovakian League]]''' ''(1993 - Present)'' ** ''Best finish:'' 3th - [[Corgoň Liga 2008|2007-08]] * '''[[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakian]] League''' ''(1945 - 1992)'' ** ''Best finish:'' 2nd - [[1962]] ===European=== * '''[[Intertoto Cup]]''' ** ''Best finish:'' Second round - [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006|2006]] * '''[[UEFA Cup]]''' ** ''Best finish:'' First round - [[UEFA Cup 1989-90|1990]] ==External links== * [http://www.fcnitra.sk/ Official website] {{sk icon}} * [http://www.ultrasnitra.sk FC Nitra] [[Ultras]] {{sk icon}} {{fb start}} {{Corgoň Liga}} {{Intertoto Cup 2008}} {{Corgoň Liga Seasons}} {{Slovak Third Division Západ}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Slovak football clubs|Nitra]] [[Category:Hungarian football clubs]] [[Category:Nitra]] [[ca:FC Nitra]] [[cs:FC Nitra]] [[de:FC Nitra]] [[fr:FC Nitra]] [[it:FC Nitra]] [[he:פ.צ. ניטרה]] [[lt:FC Nitra]] [[nl:FC Nitra]] [[pl:FC Nitra]] [[sk:FC Nitra]] [[sr:ФК Њитра]]