KFC Komárno

KFC Komárno
Full name	Komárňanský futbalový club, Komáromi Football Club
Nickname(s)	Lilák
Short name	KFC
Founded	29 April 1900; 124 years ago (as Komáromi Labdarúgó Társaság)
Ground	ViOn Aréna,; Mestský štadión Komárno (in reconstruction)
Capacity	4,408; 5,000 (planned)
President	Juraj Baráth
Head coach	Mikuláš Radványi
League	Niké Liga
2023–24	2. liga, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

KFC Komárno is a Slovak football club based in the town of Komárno.^[1] The club was founded on 29 April 1900 in Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary in the main hall of the town hall of Komárno by the initialization of András Beliczay. The team's colours are purple and white. The motto of the team is "Kedv, Kitartás, Küzdelem", this is represented in the logo as K.K.K., translation from Hungarian to English: Spirit, Endurance, Fight.

History[edit]

The team was founded in 1900, 29 May as Komáromi Labdarúgó Társaság. After two years, in 1902 they adopted the name Komáromi Football Club (KFC). The historical KFC first match played on 29 July 1900 against Budapest Kistétény, the team lost 0–5, after half 0–1. The club is focused on the education of young talented players. Agile KFC club director Gyula Höltzl, so in 1904 organized the first ever football students match to the territory of the present Slovakia. One of the most successful pupil was Szilárd Németh former Slovak second highest topscorer (22 goals) of all time, second only to Róbert Vittek with (23 goals). It is the oldest still active football club in the present territory of Slovakia, the two oldest are already dissolved, the Pozsonyi Torna Egylet, dissolved in 1945 and the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egylet dissolved in 1945, due to Beneš decrees and the expulsions of Hungarians from Czechoslovakia.

Honours[edit]

Domestic[edit]

Slovakia

Slovak Second Division (1993–)
- Winners (1): 2023-24 (Promoted)

Supporters[edit]

KFC Komárno supporters are called Gruppo Porcaccioni.

Current squad[edit]

As of 4 July 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	NGA	Stephen Adayilo
3	DF	SVK	Martin Šimko (captain)
5	DF	SVK	Dominik Špiriak
6	MF	CZE	Dan Ožvolda
7	MF	SVK	Jozef Pastorek
8	FW	SVK	Šimon Šmehýl
9	FW	SVK	Gábor Tóth
10	MF	SVK	Tamás Németh
11	MF	SVK	Michal Horodnik
14	DF	SVK	Timotej Cagáň
17	FW	CMR	Christian Bayemi
20	FW	SVK	Boris Turčák


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	SVK	Jakub Sylvestr
35	GK	SVK	Filip Dlubáč
98	MF	SVK	Tibor Tóth
99	FW	SVK	Patrik Voleský
—	GK	CZE	Jakub Trefil (on loan from Sigma Olomouc)
—	GK	SVK	Matúš Chropovský
—	DF	SVK	Róbert Pillár
—	DF	SVK	Tobiáš Diviš (on loan from Z. Podbrezová)
—	MF	HUN	Gergő Nagy
—	MF	SVK	Jozef Špyrka (on loan from Z. Podbrezová)
—	FW	ROU	Nándor Tamás
—	MF	SVK	Viktor Sliacky (on loan from Petržalka)

Staff[edit]

^[2]

Position	Name
President	Juraj Baráth
Sport director	István Vincze^[3]
Manager	Mikuláš Radványi
Assistant manager	István Vincze
Goalkeeping coach	Ján Novota

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2023.

Notable players[edit]

The following players had won international caps for their respective countries' senior national team. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for KFC.