MFK Ruzomberok

MFK Ruzomberok (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈruʐɔmberɔk] (listen)) is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Ruzomberok.

History

Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, the sponsor Mondi Business Paper SCP introduced new colours in 2005: orange, black and white.

In 1993 the club gained promotion to the Slovak Second Division for the first time and a second promotion to the Corgon Liga in 1997. The club's trophy cabinet stayed empty until their centenary year, when in 2006 they lifted both the Corgon Liga title and the Slovak Cup with the help of 21 goals from the league's joint top scorer Erik Jendrisek. Other stars of the team in this successful season were Jan Nezmar and Marek Sapara. The team was coached at that time by Frantisek Komnacky who in February 2007 went on to SKVO Rostov-on-Don.Corgon liga: Komnacky v Ruzomberku skoncil

The league win gained them entry into the Champions league second qualifying stage, there they met Swedish side Djurgardens IF, Ruzomberok lost the first leg 1–0 but managed to pull back the deficit to win 3–2 on aggregate. The next round saw them meet Russian champions CSKA Moscow, the team lost conceding 5 goals without reply.

Events timeline

• 1906 – Founded as Rozsahegyi Sport Club
• 1948 – Merged with SBZ Ruzomberok and Sokola SBZ Ruzomberok
• 1953 – Renamed DSO Iskra Ruzomberok
• 1955 – Revocation of the merger and renamed Iskra Ruzomberok
• 1957 – Renamed TJ BZVIL Ruzomberok
• 1989 – Renamed TJ BZ Ruzomberok
• 1992 – Renamed SK Texicom Ruzomberok
• 1995 – Renamed MSK Ruzomberok
• 1996 – Renamed MSK SCP Ruzomberok, Slovak 2nd League champion
• 2001 – First European qualification, 2001–02 UEFA Cup
• 2003 – Renamed MFK Ruzomberok
• 2006 – Slovak champion

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