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FK Železiarne Podbrezová

FK Železiarne Podbrezová () is a Slovak football team, based in the village of Podbrezová.

History

Podbrezová was formed in 1920 as RTJ Podbrezová. The club is also particularly famous for its youth program that has produced many Slovak talents over the years, including Juraj Kucka, Michal Breznaník, Róbert Pich, Peter Å tyvar and Marek Bažík. Podbrezová has been cooperating with the Italian club Inter, in a worldwide social project Ã¢Â€Â“ Inter Campus (2002–2008). Argentine midfielder Pablo Podio, who played for Podbrezová, is a product of the Inter Campus project. Major achievements in the history of the club include: second place in the I. liga in the 2007/2008 season and the semifinals of the Slovak Cup in the 2001/2002 season. In 2009–10, the club withdrew from the Slovak First League.

Slovak First Football League promotion

In 2013–14, Podbrezová were promoted to the top flight of Slovak football for the first time in their history. The success was born under the leadership of coach Jaroslav Kentoš. The keys players were Vratislav Greško, Blažej Vaščák, Jozef Hanák, Michal Pančík and others.

Events timeline

  • 1920 Ã¢Â€Â“ Founded as RTJ Podbrezová
  • 1930 Ã¢Â€Â“ Merged with Tatran Horná Lehota and renamed Å K Podbrezová
  • 1936 Ã¢Â€Â“ Renamed Å KP Podbrezová
  • 2006 Ã¢Â€Â“ Merged with FK Brezno and renamed FO ŽP Å port Podbrezová
  • 2017 Ã¢Â€Â“ Renamed FK Železiarne Podbrezová

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with Podbrezová:

Honours

Domestic

Transfers

FK 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 Podbrezová after a few years of first-team football and moving on to play football in bigger Slovak clubs (Juraj Kucka to MFK Ružomberok in 2007, Michal Breznaník to ŠK Slovan Bratislava in 2007, Mahmudu Bajo to Dunajská Streda in 2024, Jakub Kiwior to MŠK Žilina in 2019) and European clubs of a higher standard (Peter Kováčik to Italian Como 1907 in 2024). The same year moved also Patrik Blahút and Richard Ludha to Czech league 1. FC Slovácko and FK Teplice. The top transfer was agreed in 2024 when 20 years old forward Moses Cobnan moved to Russian FC Krasnodar for a fee €1 million.

Record transfers

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Sponsorship

Club partners

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Current squad

As of 3 February 2026

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2025 and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2025-26

Out on loan

Staff

Current technical staff

As of 6 July 2024

Club officials

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries

For full list, see

Notable managers

References

External links