MFK Zemplín Michalovce

Zemplín Michalovce
Full nameMFK Zemplín Michalovce a.s.
NicknamesZemplínčania (The Zemplicians)
Žltomodrí (Yellow-blues)
Founded1912 (1912)[1] (as NAC Michalovce)
GroundMestský futbalový štadión,
Michalovce
Capacity4,440
ChairmanJán Sabol
Head coachAnton Šoltis
LeagueSlovak First Football League
2024–25Slovak First Football League, 7th of 12
Websitewww.mfkzemplin.sk

MFK Zemplín Michalovce (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈzempliːm ˈmixalɔwtse]) is a Slovak professional football team based in the town of Michalovce, that competes in the Slovak First Football League, the top tier in the Slovak league system, from 2015–16.

History

Zemplín Michalovce was formed in 1912. Football in Michalovce first played in the summer of 1912, where Michalovce loss against FK Pozdišovce 0–6. The second club, which was based in Michalovce is called NAC Michalovce (Nagymihályi athlétikai club) in 1914. On 13 June 2015, they defeated their main rival MFK Skalica in a decisive match 2–0 away win, secured their first place and a historic promotion to the Fortuna Liga.

Events timeline

  • 1912 – Founded as Michalovský FS (Michalovský futbalový spolok)
  • 1914 – Renamed Nagymihályi AC (Nagymihályi athleticai club)
  • 1922 – Merged with ČsŠK Michalovce to Michalovský AC (Michalovský atletický club)
  • 1926 – Renamed ŠK Michalovce (Športový klub Michalovce)
  • Former logo
    1928 – Merged with Törökvés Michalovce to ŠK Snaha Michalovce
  • 1931 – Renamed FAK Michalovce (Futbalový a atletický klub Michalovce)
  • 1938 – Renamed ŠK Zemplín Michalovce (Športový klub Zemplín Michalovce)
  • 1945 - Renamed TJ Zemplín Vihorlat Michalovce (Telovýchovná jednota Zemplín Vihorlat Michalovce)
  • 1991 - Renamed MFK Zemplín Michalovce (Mestský futbalový klub Zemplín Michalovce)

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Slovakia Slovakia

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with Zemplín Michalovce:

  • Italy AC Milan (2011–present)[2]
  • Slovakia FK Sobrance-Sobranecko (2020–present)[3]

Rivalries

MFK Zemplín's biggest rivals are clubs from eastern Slovakia as 1. FC Tatran Prešov, Partizán Bardejov, FK Bodva, FK Humenné and near TJ FK Veľké Revištia. Smaller rivalry is with other teams from the east, Lokomotíva Košice, MFK Vranov nad Topľou, FK Slavoj Trebišov, FK Spišská Nová Ves, ŠK Odeva Lipany. MFK Zemplín Michalovce supporters called Ultras Zemplín Michalovce (GS-52) maintain friendly relations with fans of VSS Košice called as Viva Košice.

Transfers

MFK have produced numerous players that have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. The top transfer was agreed in 2025 when 19 years old tallented midfielder Artúr Musák moved to Czech Baník Ostrava for a fee €700.000.

Record transfers

Rank Player To Fee Year
1. Hungary Artúr Musák Czech Republic Baník Ostrava €700.000 2025[4]
2. Slovakia Matej Trusa Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň €500.000 2022[5]
3. Slovakia Adam Žulevič Italy Genoa U20 €450.000 2025[6]
4. Lithuania Gytis Paulauskas South Korea Jeju SK €400.000 2026[7]
5. Greece Lazaros Rota Netherlands Fortuna Sittard €200.000 2019[8]

*-unofficial fee

Sponsorship

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2004–05 ATAK Sportswear SPORT EXPRES
2005–06 none
2006–09 Macron Scorp
2009–10 Jako
2010–12 Nike
2012–14 Joma
2014–2017 Adidas
2018 ISDB
2019–2020 ISDB, St. Nicolaus
2020-2022 St. Nicolaus, Scorp
2022- St. Nicolaus, Tipsport

Club partners

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Current squad

As of 14 March 2026[10] 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
1 GK  SVK Patrik Lukáč
4 MF  NGA Abdul Zubairu
5 DF  GRE Polydefkis Volanakis
7 MF  ENG Kai Brosnan
9 FW  POL Tomasz Walczak
11 FW  MEX José Ángel López
12 DF  GUI Franck Bahi
14 MF  ENG Kido Taylor-Hart
15 DF  SRB Lazar Žaknić
16 GK  SVK Adam Jakubech
18 FW  GRE Vasilios Theofanopoulos
20 FW  UKR Luka Lemishko
21 MF  ESP Samuel Ramos
22 MF  SVK Patrik Danek
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  SVK Lukáš Pauschek
26 DF  GEO Tornike Dzotsenidze
27 DF  SVK Matej Čurma
31 MF  EST Nikita Mihhailov
33 DF  GRE Christos Makrygiannis
40 FW  SWE Hugo Ahl
42 MF  GRE Orestis Kalemi
51 MF  SVK Stanislav Danko
61 MF  SVK Matúš Begala
66 MF  SVK Martin Bednár
77 DF  KOR Park Tae-rang
80 MF  ENG Ben Cottrell
― DF  GRE Dimos Papakonstantinou

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2025

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
19 MF  SVK Dávid Petrik (on loan to Slávia TU Košice)
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 DF  BIH Alden Šuvalija (on loan to Zvolen)

Staff

Current technical staff

As of 19 February 2024
Staff Job title
Slovakia Anton Šoltis Manager
Slovakia Patrik Durkáč Assistant manager
Slovakia Maroš Ferenc Goalkeeping coach
Slovakia Dávid Gubaňar Team Leader
Slovakia MUDr. Jozef Petrík Team Doctor
Slovakia Marek Mager Masseur
Slovakia Gabriel Csörgö Fitness Coach
Slovakia Veronika Dolutovská Physiotherapist

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Year Division (name) Position Domestic cup Top scorer (goals)
2003–04 (III) 2. liga 2nd (promoted) did not enter Slovakia Miroslav Tóth (28)
2004–05 (II) 1. liga 4th Round 1 Slovakia Miroslav Tóth (10)
2005–06 (II) 1. liga 7th Round 1 Ukraine Artem Yevlyanov (7)
2006–07 (II) 1. liga 2nd (Relegation playoff) Round 3 Slovakia Maroš Bačík (8)
2007–08 (II) 1. liga 9th Round 1 Georgia (country) Irakli Liluashvili (7)
2008–09 (II) 1. liga 9th Round 3 Slovakia Jozef Gašpar (11)
2009–10 (II) 1. liga 6th Round 1 Ukraine Ruslan Lyubarskyi (9)
2010–11 (II) 1. liga 4th Round 2 Slovakia Filip Serečin (17)
2011–12 (II) 2. liga 6th Round 2
2012–13 (II) 2. liga 5th Round 1 Slovakia Pavol Jurčo (8)
2013–14 (II) 2. liga 2nd Round 3 Slovakia Michal Hamuľak (25)
2014–15 (II) DOXXbet Liga 1st (promoted) Round 4 Spain Samuel Bayón (18)
2015–16 (I) Fortuna Liga 11th Round 4 Slovakia Dominik Kunca (7)
2016–17 (I) Fortuna Liga 8th Semi-finals Slovakia Igor Žofčák (7)
2017–18 (I) Fortuna Liga 9th Round 5 Slovakia Martin Koscelník (8)
2018–19 (I) Fortuna Liga 5th Semi–finals Slovakia Peter Kolesár (5)
Slovakia Igor Žofčák (5)
2019–20 (I) Fortuna Liga 6th Round 3 Niger Issa Modibo Sidibé (8)
2020–21 (I) Fortuna Liga 10th Round 4 Slovakia Igor Žofčák (6)
2021–22 (I) Fortuna Liga 9th Round 4 Slovakia Matej Trusa (6)
2022–23 (I) Fortuna Liga 9th Round 5 Slovakia Matúš Marcin (7)
2023–24 (I) Niké Liga 11th Quarter-finals Slovakia Matúš Marcin (10)
2024–25 (I) Niké Liga 7th Round of 16 Greece Alexandros Kyziridis (15)

Player records

Most goals

# Nat. Name Goals
1 Slovakia Michal Hamuľak 41
2 Slovakia Igor Žofčák 34
3 Slovakia Matúš Marcin 27
4 Slovakia Dominik Kunca 26
5 Slovakia Martin Koscelník 20
Spain Samuel Bayón
6 Slovakia Martin Regáli 19

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Notable players

The following players collected seniorinternational caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Zemplín.

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.
  • Burkina Faso Amadou Coulibaly
  • Slovakia Vernon De Marco
  • Slovakia Pavol Diňa
  • Nicaragua Pablo Gállego
  • Slovakia Andrej Hesek
  • Slovakia Jakub Hromada
  • Slovakia Adam Jakubech
  • Lithuania Eligijus Jankauskas
  • Slovakia Vladimír Janočko
  • Georgia (country) Akaki Khubutia
  • Slovakia Martin Koscelník
  • Curaçao Doriano Kortstam
  • Slovakia Juraj Kotula
  • Nigeria Kingsley Madu
  • The Gambia Sainey Njie
  • Greece Alexandros Kyziridis
  • Lithuania Gytis Paulauskas
  • Slovakia Lukáš Pauschek
  • Czech Republic Martin Raška
  • Slovakia Martin Regáli
  • Greece Spyros Risvanis
  • Greece Lazaros Rota
  • Mauritania Ousmane Samba
  • Niger Issa Modibo Sidibé
  • Slovakia Miroslav Seman
  • Cyprus Danilo Špoljarić
  • Slovakia Dušan Sninský
  • Slovakia Michal Škvarka
  • Curaçao Gino van Kessel
  • Collectivity of Saint Martin Kévin Zonzon
  • Slovakia Igor Žofčák
  • Slovakia Matúš Marcin

Managers

  • Czechoslovakia Štefan Nadzam (1973–77)
  • Czechoslovakia Štefan Nadzam (1981–87)
  • Slovakia Ján Kozák (2002–03)
  • Slovakia Jozef Škrlík (2004)
  • Slovakia Ján Karaffa (2005)
  • Slovakia Ladislav Molnár (2006)
  • Slovakia Mikuláš Komanický (2008–09)
  • Slovakia Vladimír Rusnák (2009–10)
  • Czech Republic Vlastimil Petržela (2010–12)
  • Slovakia Albert Rusnák (2012–14)
  • Slovakia Jozef Bubenko (2013)
  • Slovakia Ondrej Duda (2014)
  • Czech Republic František Šturma (2014 – 30 December 2015)
  • Slovakia Stanislav Griga (30 Dec 2015 – 30 May 2016)
  • Slovakia Anton Šoltis (7 June 2016 – 11 November 2019)
  • Slovakia Jozef Majoroš (11 Nov 2019–13 April 2021)
  • Slovakia Anton Šoltis (April 2021 – June 2021)
  • Slovakia Miroslav Nemec (June 2021 – March 2022)
  • Slovakia Norbert Hrnčár (March 2022 – May 2023)
  • Slovakia Vladimír Rusnák (May 2023) (interim)
  • Slovakia Marek Petruš (June 2023 – September 2023)
  • Slovakia Peter Struhár (September 2023 – Feb 2024)
  • Czech Republic František Straka (Feb 2024–July 2024)
  • Slovakia Anton Šoltis (July 2024 – present)

References

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  2. ^ "AC Miláno nadviazalo spoluprácu s MFK Zemplín Michalovce: Slovenský futbalový zväz". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Sobrančania budú farmou MFK Zemplín". dolnyzemplin.korzar.sme.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ https://moravskoslezsky.denik.cz/fotbal-prvni-liga/banik-ostrava-bazaly-posila-artur-musak-michalovce-slovensko-hapal-miklosko.html
  5. ^ https://tachovsky.denik.cz/fotbal_region/mlady-slovak-chce-navazat-na-krajany-podivejte-se-jak-strilel-v-michalovcich-202.html
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  7. ^ https://sport.aktuality.sk/futbal/clanok/nike-liga-mfk-zemplin-michalovce-gytis-paulauskas-konci-2025123010212276805
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  10. ^ "Káder". Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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