MFK Ružomberok


MFK Ružomberok is a Slovak professional football club playing in the city of Ružomberok.
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History

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 Corgoň Liga in 1997. The club's trophy cabinet stayed empty until their centenary year, when in 2006 they lifted both the Corgoň Liga title and the Slovak Cup with the help of 21 goals from the league's joint top scorer Erik Jendrišek. Other stars of the team in this successful season were Jan Nezmar and Marek Sapara. The team was coached at that time by František Komňacký who in February 2007 went on to SKVO Rostov-on-Don.
The league win gained them entry into the Champions league second qualifying stage, there they met Swedish side Djurgårdens IF, Ružomberok lost the first leg 1–0 but managed to pull back the deficit to win 3–2 on aggregate. The next round saw them meet Russian champions CSKA Moscow, the team lost conceding 5 goals without reply.

Events timeline

  • 1906 – Founded as Concordia Ružomberok
  • 1948 – Merged with SBZ Ruzomberok and Sokola SBZ Ružomberok
  • 1953 – Renamed DSO Iskra Ružomberok
  • 1955 – Revocation of the merger and renamed Iskra Ružomberok
  • 1957 – Renamed TJ BZVIL Ružomberok
  • 1989 – Renamed TJ BZ Ružomberok
  • 1992 – Renamed ŠK Texicom Ružomberok
  • 1995 – Renamed MŠK Ružomberok
  • 1996 – Renamed MŠK SCP Ružomberok, Slovak 2nd League champion
  • 2001 – First European qualification, 2001–02 UEFA Cup
  • 2003 – Renamed MFK Ružomberok
  • 2006 – Slovak champion, Slovak FA Cup winner
  • 2006 – Champions League qualification, 3rd round
  • 2017 – European League qualification, 3rd round
  • 2024 - Europa Conference League play-off
  • 2024 – Slovak FA Cup winner

Honours

Domestic

Slovak First Football League

Transfers

MFK have produced numerous players that have gone on to represent the football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Ružomberok after a few years of first-team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, mostly Czech First League, Belgian Pro League. In 2005–06 best goalscorer Erik Jendrišek moved to German Hannover 96. In 2017 Michal Faško 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 €1.3 million.

Record transfers

''*-unofficial fee''

Sponsorship

Club partners

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Current squad

Updated 2 October, 2025




''For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2025.''

Retired number(s)

12 – Concordia 1906 (the 12th Man)

Staff

PositionName
Owner

Results

League and Cup history

''Slovak League only ''

Player records

Most goals

Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.

Slovak League top goalscorer

Slovak League top goalscorer since 1993–94
YearWinnerG
2003–04

Notable players

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

Managers

Reserve team

MFK Ružomberok B is the reserve team of MFK Ružomberok.

History

Ružomberok B's best result in Slovak 2. liga was a 7th position in 2009–10 season and 2011–12 season. In May 2012 the club withdrew from the Slovak 2. liga. Their place in the league was taken by FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín. Notable former players which later played First league were: Štefan Pekár, Libor Hrdlička, Juraj Dovičovič, Lukáš Greššák, Juraj Dovičovič and Roland Števko.

Season to season

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Former managers