AŠ Trenčín

Full name	Asociácia Športov Trenčín a.s.[1]
Founded	1992 (1992) (as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín)
Ground	Štadión Sihoť, Trenčín
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Tschen La Ling
Chairman	Róbert Rybníček
Manager	Ilija Stolica
League	Niké Liga
2022–23	Fortuna Liga, 9th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

AS Trenčín (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈaː ˈes ˈtrentʂiːn] ^ⓘ) is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 10,000 spectators.

History

The football team was established in 1990 as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia.^[2] Since 1997, Trenčín has continuously played in the Slovak first division.

In 2002 the club changed its name to FK Laugaricio Trenčín, and one year later became FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín).

The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the Intertoto Cup (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former Dutch international Tschen La Ling.^[3] After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season.^[2]

AS logo between 2003-2020

In July 2015, FK AS Trenčín together with women's handball team HK Štart Trenčín was merged into Asociácia športov Trenčín.^[4]

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  • Runners-up (1): 1962–63 ¹
  • Third place (1): 1967–68 ¹

Slovakia

• Slovak League (1993–present)
  • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14
• Slovak Cup (1961–present)
  • Winners (3): 1978¹, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Slovakian Second Division (1993–present)
  • Winners (1): 2010–11

¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944 to 1945 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

Year	Winner	G
1964–65	Pavol Bencz	19
1998–99	Martin Fabuš	19
2002–03	Martin Fabuš	201
2012–13	David Depetris	16
2013–14	Tomáš Malec	14
2015–16	Gino van Kessel	17
2021–22	Jakub Kadák	13

¹Shared award

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1966 ¹

¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

UEFA ranking

This is the current 2022–23 (November 3) UEFA coefficient:

Rank	Team	Coefficient
311	PFC Slavia Sofia	3.900
312	MFK Ružomberok	3.850
313	AS Trenčín	3.850
314	MŠK Žilina	3.850
315	Pogoń Szczecin	3.700

• Full list

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín:

• TONEGIDO (2007–08)^[5]
• Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present)^[6]
• Slovan Nemšová (2012–present)^[7]
• Ajax (2012–present)^[8]
• AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–13)^[9]
• GBS Academy (2014–2019)^[10]
• FK Inter Bratislava (2016–present)^[11]

Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active ultras group. They have a fierce rivalry with Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically left-wing fans.^[12] Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech Bohemians 1905.^[13]

Sponsorship

Current squad

As of 7 October 2023^[14]

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  CPV Vozinha 2 DF  SVK Samuel Bagín 4 DF  SVK Samuel Kozlovský 7 FW  CPV Eynel Soares 8 MF  SVK Artur Gajdoš 9 FW  NGA Chinonso Emeka 11 MF  SVK Matúš Kmeť 14 DF  UKR Taras Bondarenko 15 DF  ENG Lazar Stojsavljević 17 FW  SVK Lucas Demitra

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  NGA Sunday Jude 19 DF  CPV Kelvin Pires 20 MF  GHA Rahim Ibrahim 22 MF  NGA Hilary Gong 23 MF  SVK Dominik Hollý 25 DF  SVK Lukáš Skovajsa 27 MF  SVK Damián Bariš 29 FW  SRB Njegoš Kupusović 30 GK  SVK Matúš Sláviček 37 DF  BIH Alden Šuvalija 93 FW  NGA Jesse Akila 99 GK  SVK Michal Kukučka TBA FW  SRB Armin Đerlek

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  SVK Roman Šebeň (at Dubnica until 31 December 2023) 32 DF  SVK Šimon Mičuda (at Dukla Banská Bystrica until 31 May 2024) 77 MF  SVK Adam Gaži (at Skalica until 31 December 2023)

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

Managers

Current technical staff

As of 26 May 2023

Staff	Job title
Ilija Stolica	Manager
Goran Sretenović	Assistant coach
Miljan Vesić	Goalkeeping coach
Peter Kleščík	Data Analyst
Drahoslav Bočák	Team Manager
Branislav Haviernik	Scout
Dr Jozef Takáč	Team Doctor
Duško Korač	Fitness coach
Peter Gašperák	Physiotherapist
Jozef Liška	Masseur

Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League (Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004, František Kubík to Kuban in 2011), Belgian Pro League (Moses Simon, Haris Hajradinović (booth 2014), Rabiu Ibrahim (2016), Samuel Kalu (2017), Rangelo Janga (2018), Philip Azango (2018), Reuben Yem (2019) and Osman Bukari (2020) to K.A.A. Gent, Wesley to Club Brugge in 2016, Kingsley Madu and Aliko Bala to Zulte Waregem in 2016,2017 James Lawrence to Anderlecht in 2018), Danish Superliga (Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to FC Nordsjælland in 2015, Fanendo Adi to Copenhagen in 2013), Dutch Eredivisie (Ryan Koolwijk to SBV Excelsior in 2016, Hilary Gong to SBV Vitesse in 2018), Greece Superleague (Jairo to PAOK in 2015), Norway Tippeligaen (Tomáš Malec to Lillestrøm SK in 2016), Czech First League (Aldo Baéz to Slavia Prague in 2014 and season 2015–16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 20 years old talented winger Wesley joined Belgian Club Brugge for a fee €4.2 million.

Record transfers

Rank	Player	To	Fee	Year
1.	Wesley	Club Brugge	€4.2 million*	2016[15]
2.	Matúš Bero	Trabzonspor	€3.5 million*	2016[16]
3.	Hilary Gong	SBV Vitesse	€2.0 million*	2018[17]
4.	Gino van Kessel	Slavia Prague	€1.5 million*	2016[18][19]
5.	Leon Bailey	Genk	€1.4 million*	2015[20]
6.	Antonio Mance	NK Osijek	€1.3 million*	2019[21]
7.	Samuel Kalu	Gent	€1.0 million*	2017[22]
	Osman Bukari	Gent	€1.0 million*	2020[23]
8.	Jairo	PAOK	€0.8 million*	2015[24]
	Moses Simon	Gent	€0.8 million*	2015[25]
9.	Jakub Kadák	FC Luzern	€0.75 million*	2022[26]
10.	Martin Škrteľ	Zenit	€0.5 mil.(16 mil.SKK)	2004[27]

*-unofficial fee

Results

European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

^{Until 1992 played as Jednota Trenčín}

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966	Mitropa Cup
		1. Round	Admira Wien	4–0	1–2	5–2
		1/4 Final	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–0	4–1
		Semi-final	Vasas	1–0
		Final	Fiorentina		0–1
1967–68	Mitropa Cup	1 .Round	Željezničar	0–1	0–0	0–1
1998	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	1–1	4–1	5–1
		2. Round	Baltika	0–1	0–0	0–1
1999	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Pobeda	3–1	1–3	4–4 (p)
2000	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg	0–3	0–1	0–4
2002	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Slaven Belupo	3–1	0–5	3–6
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	IFK Göteborg	2–1	0–0	2–1
		3Q	Astra Giurgiu	1–3	2–2	3–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Vojvodina	4–0	0–3	4–3
		3Q	Hull City	0–0	1–2	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Steaua București	0–2	3–2	3–4
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	NK Olimpija	2–3	4–3	6–6
		3Q	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–0	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Rapid Wien	0–4	2–0	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	5–1	3–0	8–1
		2Q	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	0–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Budućnost Podgorica	1–1	2–0	3–1
		2Q	Górnik Zabrze	4–1	1–0	5–1
		3Q	Feyenoord	4–0	1–1	5–1
		PO	AEK Larnaca	1–1	0–3	1–4

Player records

Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		David Depetris	88
2		Pavol Bencz	72
3		Vojtech Masný	65
4		Martin Fabuš	59
5		Hamza Čataković	40
6		Gino van Kessel	39

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for AS Trenčín.

Managers

Previous kits

The first home Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The first away Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The typical Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.
The alternative Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.	The home FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.	The away FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.

References

External links

• Official website (in Slovak and English)