Slovan Bratislava

SK Slovan Bratislava (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈslɔʋam ˈbracislaʋa], "Bratislava Slav") is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak Super Liga. Founded as 1. CsSK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953. Slovan is the most successful team in Slovakia with the most titles in both league and cup in the country.

Slovan Bratislava became the first and so far only club in Slovakia as well as former Czechoslovakia to win one of the European cup competitions, the Cup Winners' Cup when they defeated FC Barcelona in the final in Basel in 1969. The club also supplied seven players to the victorious UEFA Euro 1976 Czechoslovak team.

History

Historical names

• 1. CsSK Bratislava (1919–39)
• SK Bratislava (1939–48)
• Sokol NV Bratislava (1948–53)
• UNV Slovan Bratislava (1953–61)
• Slovan CHZJD Bratislava (1961–90)
• SK Slovan Bratislava (1990–present)

Early years

Slovan was founded on 1 April 1919 in the Panonia Cafe in Bratislava, as I.CsSK Bratislava (the First Czechoslovak Sports Club Bratislava). The first president was Police Captain Richard Brunner, who arranged the club's first temporary training ground at Kuchajda (Pasienky). The club soon moved to Petrzalka.

I.CsSK became the champions of Slovakia in 1922. Notable players from the early era were Pavol Soral, Stefan Cambal and Stefan Priboj. In the spring of 1938 anti-Jewish sentiments penetrated into the club, and the victim was coach Jozsef Braun, who was one of the many Bratislava inhabitants who had to involuntarily leave the city. Under the terms of the 1938 Munich agreement Czechoslovakia was dissolved, leading to the emergence of the Slovak Republic. At this point the club name was changed to SK Bratislava. On 26 September 1940 SK Bratislava played its first game at the new stadium

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