FK Dukla Banská Bystrica

Dukla Banská Bystrica
Full nameMFK Dukla Banská Bystrica
Nickname(s)Vojaci (The Soldiers)
Founded1 July 1965 (1965-07-01)
as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
GroundNárodný Atletický Štadión
Capacity7,381
PresidentIvan Šabo
CoachJuraj Jarábek
League2. Liga
2024–25Slovak First Football League, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Websitewww.mfkdukla.sk

MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdukla ˈbanskaː ˈbistritsa]) is a Slovak professional football club from the town of Banská Bystrica. The club plays at the SNP Stadium. After being relegated from the Slovak 2. liga in 2017, they had financial problems.[1]

History

  • 1965 – Founded as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
  • 1967 – Renamed AS Dukla Banská Bystrica
  • 1975 – Renamed ASVS Dukla Banská Bystrica
  • 1984 – First European qualification, 1985
  • 1992 – Renamed FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
  • 2017 – Merged with ŠK Kremnička and renamed to MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

Slovakia

European

Affiliated clubs

The following club was affiliated with FK Dukla Banská Bystrica:

Sponsorship

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1998–2000 Adidas OVP Orava
2000–2001 ATAK Sportswear Národná obroda
2001–2002 Reebok FORZA
2002–2003 ATAK Sportswear Národná obroda
2003–2004 FORZA
2004–2006 Kappa PM Zbrojníky
2006–2008 NIKE Dôvera
2008–2011 Adidas
2011–2013 Express Slovakia
2013–2017 none
2017–2019 NIKE
2019–2020 Fajne
2020- Adidas Veolia

Current squad

As of 12 June, 2025[3] 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
6 MF  SVK Dávid Richtárech
7 MF  SVK Jakub Považanec
9 MF  SVK Tibor Slebodník
10 MF  SVK Branislav Ľupták
13 DF  SVK Nicolas Šikula
16 FW  SVK Adam Hanes
20 MF  SVK Dominik Veselovský
21 DF  SVK Lukáš Migaľa
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW  SVK Samuel Svetlik
26 DF  SVK Oliver Klimpl
31 GK  SVK Michal Lukáč
36 GK  SVK Michal Trnovský
41 DF  SVK Ľubomír Willwéber (vice-captain)
— DF  SVK Adam Kopas
— DF  NGA Kazeem Bolaji
— FW  SVK Oliver Reiter
— FW  SRB Boris Krstič

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024-25

Staff

Current technical staff

As of 12 June 2025
Staff Job title
Juraj Jarábek Manager
Marek Bažík Assistant Manager
Norbert Juračka Goalkeeping coach
Dušan Šavel Physiotherapist
Andrej Caban
David Brunn 		Fitness coach
Marek Jobko Team Leader
Peter Straňák
Jakub Bača
Martin Križanský 		Doctor
Peter Pošta Masseur

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–2017)

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Slovak Cup Europe Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94 1st (Mars Superliga) 9/(12) 32 9 9 14 31 43 27 Quarter-finals
1994–95 1st (Mars Superliga) 5/(12) 32 12 8 12 53 44 44 Round 1 Róbert Semeník (18)
1995–96 1st (Mars Superliga) 4/(12) 32 12 11 9 39 36 47 Semi-finals Norbert Toman (6)
1996–97 1st (Mars Superliga) 5/(16) 30 13 5 12 48 37 44 Round 2 Ivan Lapšanský (9)
1997–98 1st (Mars Superliga) 13/(16) 30 7 9 14 32 46 30 Quarter-finals Štefan Rusnák (8)
1998–99 1st (Mars Superliga) 11/(16) 30 8 10 12 34 46 34 Runners-up Štefan Rusnák (11)
Ľubomír Faktor (11)
1999–00 1st (Mars Superliga) 15/(16) 30 7 2 21 27 53 23 Semi-finals UC 1.R ( AFC Ajax) Ľubomír Faktor (6)
2000–01 2nd (1. Liga) 11/(18) 34 13 7 14 39 32 46 Quarter-finals Eugen Bari (4)
Jaroslav Kamenský (4)
2001–02 2nd (1. Liga) 6/(16) 30 11 11 8 44 32 44 Round 1 Ivan Bartoš (17)
2002–03 2nd (1. Liga) 1/(16) 30 21 6 3 53 18 69 Round 1 Ivan Bartoš (10)
2003–04 1st (Corgoň Liga) 2/(10) 36 17 13 6 58 36 64 Round 2 Róbert Semeník (15)
2004–05 1st (Corgoň Liga) 3/(10) 36 13 13 10 45 38 52 Winner UC 1.R ( S.L. Benfica) Martin Jakubko (14)
2005–06 1st (Corgoň Liga) 6/(10) 36 12 6 18 37 42 42 Round 2 UC Q2 ( Groclin Grodzisk) Róbert Semeník (18)
2006–07 1st (Corgoň Liga) 7/(12) 28 7 6 15 24 46 27 Quarter-finals Ivan Lietava (9)
2007–08 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(12) 33 10 9 14 41 37 39 Round 2 Michal Ďuriš (6)
2008–09 1st (Corgoň Liga) 10/(12) 33 9 8 16 30 39 35 Round 2 Dušan Uškovič (8)
2009–10 1st (Corgoň Liga) 3/(12) 33 15 11 7 45 30 56 Round 2 Dušan Uškovič (7)
2010–11 1st (Corgoň Liga) 5/(12) 33 13 9 11 39 32 48 Round 3 UC Q2 ( FC Zestaponi) Róbert Pich (7)
2011–12 1st (Corgoň Liga) 9/(12) 33 9 10 14 37 44 37 Round 1 Martin Jakubko (10)
2012–13 1st (Corgoň Liga) 9/(12) 33 9 11 13 28 32 38 Quarter-finals Matúš Turňa (6)
2013–14 1st (Corgoň Liga) 8/(12) 33 11 9 13 48 48 42 Round 2 Pavol Jurčo (8)
Fabián Slančík (8)
2014–15 1st (Fortuna Liga) 12/(12) 33 4 10 19 29 57 22 Semi-finals Patrik Vajda (7)
2015–16 2nd (DOXXbet Liga) 13/(24) 32 16 5 11 45 33 53 Round 3 Endy Opoku Bernadina (7)
2016–17 2nd (DOXXbet liga) 17/(24) 32 10 6 16 36 55 36 Round 3 Radoslav Ďanovský (12)
2017–18 3rd (TIPOS III.liga Middle) 1/(16) 30 21 6 3 60 18 69 Did not enter Lukáš Laksik (17)
2018–19 2nd (II. liga) 6/(16) 30 12 10 8 49 35 46 Round 3 Róbert Polievka (9)
2019–20 2nd (II. liga) 2/(16) 20 14 3 3 52 23 45 1/8 Fin Róbert Polievka (12)
2020–21 2nd (II. liga) 2/(16) 28 17 5 6 70 38 56 Semi-finals Miladin Vujošević (17)
2021–22 2nd (II. liga) 2/(16) 30 21 6 3 62 24 69 Round 3 Róbert Polievka (18)
2022–23 1st (Fortuna Liga) 5/(12) 32 13 5 14 50 56 44 Round of 16 Róbert Polievka (15)
2023–24 1st (Niké Liga) 7/(12) 32 14 9 9 50 41 51 Round 4 Róbert Polievka (13)
2024–25 1st (Niké Liga) 12/(12) 32 5 7 20 35 60 22 Semi-finals Martin Rymarenko (13)

European competition history

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

UEFA-administered

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Agg.
1984–85 UEFA Cup 1 Mönchengladbach 2–3 1–4 3–7
1999–00 UEFA Cup 1 Ajax 1–3 1–6 2–9
2004–05 UEFA Cup Q1 Qarabağ FK 3–0 1–0 4–0
Q2 FC Wil 3–1 1–1 4–2
1 Benfica 0–3 0–2 0–5
2005–06 UEFA Cup Q2 Groclin Grodzisk 0–0 1–4 1–4
2010–11 Europa League Q2 FC Zestaponi 1–0 0–3 1–3

Not UEFA-administered

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away
1991 Intertoto Cup Group 4 Silkeborg IF 2–0 4–1
Hammarby IF 0–1 2–1
FC Energie Cottbus 1–0 2–0

Player records

Most goals

# Nat. Name Goals
1 Róbert Polievka 80
2 Milan Nemec 74
3 Róbert Semeník 72
4 Pavol Diňa 59
5 Martin Jakubko 38
6 Štefan Rusnák 34
7 Martin Rymarenko 31
7 Dušan Uškovič 27

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

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
1968–69 Ladislav Petráš 20
1994–95 Robert Semenik 18
2023–24 Róbert Polievka 131
1Shared award

Notable players

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

Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here.

Managers

References

  1. ^ "Končí ďalší tradičný slovenský klub, FK Dukla Banská Bystrica už nie je". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  2. ^ "Dukla pôjde do novej sezóny omladená, začína spoluprácu s Plzňou /Dukla will come to the new season younger than previously, beginning cooperation with Plzeň". Bbonliny.sk (in Slovak). 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Tímy" [Team]. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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