MFK Ruà ¾omberok () is a Slovak professional football club playing in the city of Ruà ¾omberok.
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 Corgoà  Liga in 1997. The club's trophy cabinet stayed empty until their centenary year, when in 2006 they lifted both the Corgoà  Liga title and the Slovak Cup with the help of 21 goals from the league's joint top scorer Erik Jendrià ¡ek. Other stars of the team in this successful season were Jan Nezmar and Marek Sapara. The team was coached at that time by Frantià ¡ek Komà Âacký who in February 2007 went on to SKVO Rostov-on-Don.Corgoà  liga: Komà Âacký v Ruà ¾omberku skonÃÂil
The league win gained them entry into the Champions league second qualifying stage, there they met Swedish side DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF, Ruà ¾omberok lost the first leg 1âÂÂ0 but managed to pull back the deficit to win 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate. The next round saw them meet Russian champions CSKA Moscow, the team lost conceding 5 goals without reply.
MFK have produced numerous players that have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Ruà ¾omberok after a few years of first-team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, mostly Czech First League (Igor à ½ofÃÂák and Juraj Kucka to Sparta Prague in 2007 and 2009, Maroà ¡ Klimpl and TomÃ¡à ¡ Oravec to Viktoria à ½ià ¾kov in 2001 and 2002, Duà ¡an à  vento to SK Slavia Prague in 2005, Marián Had to Brno in 2004, Marek Bakoà ¡ to Viktoria Plzeà  in 2009, and TomÃ¡à ¡ ÃÂubek to Slovan Liberec in 2014), Belgian Pro League (Martin Regáli to K.V. Kortrijk in 2023). In 2005âÂÂ06 best goalscorer Erik Jendrià ¡ek moved to German Hannover 96. In 2017 Michal Faà ¡ko moved to Swiss Grasshopper. The top transfer was agreed in 2006 when 24 years old attacking midfielder Marek Sapara moved to Norwegian champion Rosenborg BK for a fee â¬1.3 million.
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(on loan from Mladá Boleslav)
(on loan from Admira Wacker)
(on loan from BanÃÂk Ostrava)
(on loan from Mladá Boleslav)
(on loan from Karviná)
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2025.
Slovak League only (1993âÂÂpresent)
Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.
Slovak League top goalscorer since 1993âÂÂ94
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for MFK.
MFK Ruà ¾omberok B is the reserve team of MFK Ruà ¾omberok.
Ruà ¾omberok B's best result in Slovak 2. liga was a 7th position in 2009âÂÂ10 season and 2011âÂÂ12 season. In May 2012 the club withdrew from the Slovak 2. liga. Their place in the league was taken by FC à  TK 1914 à  amorÃÂn. Notable former players which later played First league were: à  tefan Pekár, Libor HrdliÃÂka, Juraj DoviÃÂoviÃÂ, LukÃ¡à ¡ Greà ¡à ¡Ã¡k, Juraj DoviÃÂoviàand Roland à  tevko.
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