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Dukla Banská Bystrica
Full name	MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica
Nickname(s)	Vojaci (The Soldiers)
Founded	1 July 1965; 59 years ago ; as VTJ Dukla Banská Bystrica
Ground	Národný Atletický Štadión
Capacity	7,381
President	Ivan Šabo
Coach	Martin Poljovka
League	Slovak First Football League
2023–24	Slovak First Football League, 7th of 12
Website	https://www.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

1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
- Winners (1): 1982–83

Slovakia

Slovak Superliga (1993–present)
- Runners-up (1): 2003–04
Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup) (1961–)
- Winners (2): 1981, 2005
- Runners-up (3): 1970, 1984, 1999

European

UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Winners in group (1): 1991-92

Affiliated clubs

The following club was affiliated with FK Dukla Banská Bystrica:

FC Viktoria Plzeň (2014–2017)^[2]

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	ATAK Sportswear	FORZA
2004–2006	Kappa	PM Zbrojníky
2006–2008	NIKE	Dôvera
2008–2011	Adidas	Dôvera
2011–2013		Express Slovakia
2013–2017		none
2017–2019	NIKE	none
2019–2020	NIKE	Fajne
2020-	Adidas	Veolia

Current squad

As of 31 July 2024^[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
1	GK	SVK	Ivan Rehák (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová)
3	DF	SVK	Bernard Petrák
6	MF	SVK	Dávid Richtárech
7	MF	SVK	Jakub Považanec
9	MF	SVK	Tibor Slebodník
10	MF	SVK	Branislav Ľupták
11	FW	SVK	Martin Rymarenko
13	DF	SVK	Nicolas Šikula
14	MF	SVK	Gabriel Demian
16	FW	SVK	Adam Hanes
20	MF	SVK	Dominik Veselovský
21	DF	SVK	Lukáš Migaľa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	SVK	Adam Brenkus
25	DF	GHA	Ivan Anokye Mensah
26	DF	SVK	Oliver Klimpl
28	DF	SVK	Marián Pišoja
29	FW	SVK	Tomáš Malec
31	GK	SVK	Michal Lukáč
33	DF	SVK	Boris Godál
36	GK	SVK	Michal Trnovský
41	DF	SVK	Ľubomír Willwéber (vice-captain)
44	DF	SVK	Timotej Záhumenský
88	DF	SVK	Marek Hlinka

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.

Staff

Current technical staff

As of 16 June 2024

Staff	Job title
Martin Poljovka	Manager
Marek Bažík	Assistant Manager
Norbert Juračka Tomáš Čechovič	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 (Fortuna Liga)	7/(12)	32	14	9	9	50	41	51	Round 4			Róbert Polievka (13)

European competition history

UEFA-administered

Season	Competition	Round	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	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

#	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	Dušan Uškovič	27
7	Martin Rymarenko	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

Arnošt Hložek (1966–67)
Bohumil Musil (1969–71)
Oldřich Bříza (197?–79)
Juraj Lakota (1980)
Jozef Adamec (1981–87)
Anton Dragúň (1987–89)
Stanislav Jarábek (1989–91)
Jozef Adamec (1991)
Anton Hrušecký (1991–9?)
Anton Jánoš (1993–95)
Ján Ilavský (199?–96)
Ján Kocian (1996–97)
Peter Benedik (1996–97)
Stanislav Jarábek (1998–99)
Miloš Tagos (1999–00)
Igor Novák (2000–01)
Anton Jánoš (2001–03)
Ladislav Molnár (2003–04)
Václav Daněk (2004–05)
Jozef Prochotský (2005–06)
Dušan Radolský (2006)
Ladislav Molnár (2007)
Štefan Horný (25 Sept 2007 – 27 Aug 2008)
Anton Jánoš (26 Aug 2008 – 30 Nov 2008)
Jozef Jankech (1 Dev 2008 – 30 June 2010)
Karol Marko (1 July 2010 – 8 Nov 2010)
Štefan Zaťko (8 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
Norbert Hrnčár (1 July 2012 – 9 Oct 2014)
Štefan Rusnák (9 Oct 2014 – 26 June 2015)
Ľubomír Faktor (26 June 2015 – 18 Oct 2016)
Dušan Tóth (18 Oct 2016 – 26 Sep 2018)
Stanislav Varga (26 Sep 2018 – 1 July 2022)
Michal Ščasný (2 July 2022 – 25 Oct 2023)
Mário Auxt (25 Oct 2023 – 16 Jun 2024)
Marek Bažík (16 Jun 2024 - Dec 2024)
Martin Poljovka (Dec 2024 - present)

References

^ "Končí ďalší tradičný slovenský klub, FK Dukla Banská Bystrica už nie je". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2017-06-24.
^ "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.
^ "Tímy" [Team]. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

External links

Official website (in Slovak)

[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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