1. FC Tatran Prešov

Early history

The first official football match on the territory of present-day Slovakia took place on 25 May 1898 in Eperjes, today's Prešov, that time in Hungary, between two Budapest-based teams, Óbudai TE and Budapesti TC on the initiation of František Pethe, a gymnastic teacher in the local grammar school. On the same day the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Eperjesi TVE, lit. Gymnastic and Fencing Association of Eperjes) was founded, which is regarded as the first football club of Slovakia.

Eperjesi TVE initially competed in the Hungarian league system, achieving its best result in the 1907–08 season, when it won the Northern District Championship.^[2]

In 1920 Prešov became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, subsequently the club competed in the Czechoslovak leagues.

Prešov finished in second place in the Czechoslovak First League in 1965 and 1973, finishing the season just one point behind champions Spartak Trnava in the 1972–73 season.^[3] In the national cup the team also had success, reaching the final of the Czechoslovak Cup in 1966, where they lost to Dukla Prague and in 1992 where Sparta Prague were victorious.^[3]

The greatest legend of Tatran's history is Ladislav Pavlovič. From 1948 until 1966, he netted for Tatran Prešov 150 goals in 309 matches. He also represented Czechoslovakia national football team, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals. In 2013, he was stated to Prešov's Hall of Fame.

On 2 May 2025, Tataran Prešov secured the first place in the 2. Liga, and promotion to Slovak First Football League after defeating FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín 1–2, returning to top tier after seven years of absence.

Previous names

• Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Hungarian version), ETVE PreÅ¡ov (1898)
• TVE PreÅ¡ov (1920)
• Slávia PreÅ¡ov (1931)
• PTS PreÅ¡ov (1945)
• DSO Slavia PreÅ¡ov a DSO Snaha PreÅ¡ov (split from PTS PreÅ¡ov) (1947)
• Sparta Dukla PreÅ¡ov (1948)
• Dukla PreÅ¡ov (1950)
• Dukla ČSSZ PreÅ¡ov (1951)
• ČSSZ PreÅ¡ov (1952)
• DSO Tatran PreÅ¡ov (1953)
• TJ Tatran PreÅ¡ov (1960)
• Tatran Agro PreÅ¡ov (1989)
• FC Tatran PreÅ¡ov (1991)
• FC Tatran Bukóza PreÅ¡ov (1996)
• FC Tatran PreÅ¡ov (1998)
• 1.FC Tatran PreÅ¡ov (2005)
• FC Tatran PreÅ¡ov (2022)

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–93)
  • Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1972–73
• Czechoslovak Cup (1960–93)
  • Runners-up (2): 1965–66, 1991–92
• 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
  • Winners (2): 1979–80, 1989–90

Slovakia

• Slovenský Pohár (Slovak Cup) (1961–)
  • Winners (1): 1992
  • Runners-up (4): 1973, 1985, 1994, 1997
• 2. liga (Slovak second division)
  • Winners (3): 2007–08, 2015–16, 2024–25
  • Runners-up (1): 2022-23
  • Third (3): 2003–04, 2014–15, 2023-24
• 3. liga východ (Slovak third division east)
  • Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021–22
  • Third (1): 2020–21

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.

More information Year, Winner ...

Year Winner G 1960–61 Ladislav Pavlovič 171 1962–63 Karol Petroš 19 1963–64 Ladislav Pavlovič 21

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¹Shared award

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Winners (1): 1981
• InterCup
  • Winners (1): 1978

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993–present)

More information Season, Division (Name) ...

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
1993–94	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(12)	32	10	14	8	47	43	34	Runner-up
1994–95	1st (Mars Superliga)	9/(12)	32	9	10	13	42	49	37	1/2 finals	UC	2R ( Real Zaragoza)
1995–96	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(12)	32	12	7	13	34	36	43	1/32 finals
1996–97	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	12	7	11	37	38	43	Runner-up
1997–98	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(16)	30	9	9	12	29	39	36	1/4 finals			Milan Jambor (5)
1998–99	1st (Mars Superliga)	8/(16)	30	11	10	9	38	35	43	1/16 finals			Vladimír Kožuch (7) Anton Šoltis (7)
1999–00	1st (Mars Superliga)	6/(16)	30	14	5	11	38	42	47	1/16 finals			Vladimír Kožuch (8)
2000–01	1st (Mars Superliga)	7/(10)	36	10	10	16	44	54	40	1/32 finals			Marek Petruš (7) Július Lelkeš (7)
2001–02	1st (Mars Superliga)	10/(10)	36	8	7	21	35	66	40	1/16 finals			Ján Šlahor (7)
2002–03	2nd (1. liga)	9/(16)	30	11	6	13	40	37	39	1/4 finals			Lukáš Hricov (7)
2003–04	2nd (1. liga)	3/(16)	30	15	7	8	54	35	52	1/8 finals			Martin Jakubko (13)
2004–05	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	12	8	10	38	33	44	1/32 finals			Ľubomír Pagor (7)
2005–06	2nd (1. liga)	5/(16)	30	15	7	8	37	22	52	1/32 finals			Peter Iskra (6)
2006–07	2nd (1. liga)	5/(12)	36	16	14	6	55	25	62	1/8 finals			Tomáš Kaplan (8)
2007–08	2nd (1. liga)	1/(12)	33	23	8	2	64	14	77	1/4 finals			Ľuboš Belejík (7)
2008–09	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(12)	33	10	11	12	40	50	41	1/16 finals			Peter Katona (7)
2009–10	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(12)	33	11	5	17	32	38	38	1/8 finals			Peter Katona (5)
2010–11	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	33	9	6	18	30	49	33	1/16 finals			Jhonatan (5)
2011–12	1st (Corgoň Liga)	10/(12)	33	7	12	14	23	35	33	1/4 finals			Peter Katona (5)
2012–13	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	33	8	9	16	21	41	33	1/16 finals			Andriy Shevchuk (3) Matúš Marcin (3)
2013–14	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	4/(12)	33	18	6	9	56	28	60	1/4 finals			Dávid Leško (11)
2014–15	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	3/(24)	22	10	6	6	32	24	36	1/32 finals			Pavol Šafranko (11)
2015–16	2nd (DOXXbet Liga)	1/(24)	30	16	10	4	61	26	58	1/16 finals			Dávid Leško (16)
2016–17	1st (Fortuna Liga)	11/(12)	30	3	10	17	17	63	19	1/8 finals			Musefiu Ashiru (5)
2017–18	1st (Fortuna Liga)	12/(12)	31	4	11	16	20	55	23	1/32 finals			Roland Černák (7)
2018–19	2nd (II. liga)	15/(16)	30	7	6	17	30	41	27	1/32 finals			Lukáš Hricov (3)
2019–20	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	17	14	1	2	52	14	43	1/32 finals			Kristián Hirka (12)
2020–21	3rd (III. liga)	3/(16)	15	10	1	4	40	15	31	1/32 finals			Samuel Gladiš (7)
2021–22	3rd (III. liga)	1/(16)	30	25	2	3	103	20	77	1/32 finals			Jozef Dolný (41)
2022–23	2nd (2. liga)	2/(16)	30	19	2	8	49	24	62	1/4 finals			Jozef Dolný (19)
2023-24	2nd (MonacoBet Liga)	3/(16)	30	19	6	5	53	21	63	1/32 finals			Jozef Dolný (18)
2024-25	2nd (MonacoBet Liga)	1/(14)	26	20	3	3	51	19	63	Quarter-finals			Landing Sagna (12)

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European competition history

More information Season, Competition ...

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966–67	Cup Winners' Cup	1.		Bayern Munich	1–1	2–3	3–4
1973–74	UEFA Cup	1.		Velež Mostar	4–2	1–1	5–3
		2.		VfB Stuttgart	3–5(aet)	1–3	4–8
1980–81	Mitropa Cup	RR		Csepel SC	0–0	0–3
				Calcio Como	4–1	0–1
				NK Zagreb	2–1	5–1
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	Q		Bangor F.C.	4–0	1–0	5–0
		1.		Dundee United	3–1	2–3	5–4
		2.		Real Zaragoza	0–4	1–2	1–6

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Club partners

source^[6]

• DÚHA
• Ekofin

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information No., Pos. ...

No. Pos. Nation Player ― FW  LVA Gļebs Patika (at FS Jelgava until 30 June 2026) ― MF  SVK Jakub Michlík (at FK Pohronie until 30 June 2026) ― GK  UKR Vladyslav Kravets (at FC Lokomotíva KoÅ¡ice until 30 June 2026)

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Reserve team

1. FC Tatran Prešov juniori was the reserve team of 1. FC Tatran Prešov. They mostly played in the Slovak 3. Liga (Eastern division).

Current technical staff

Updated 3 September 2025

More information Staff, Job title ...

Staff	Job title
Erik Havrila	Manager
Erik Havrila	Assistant Manager
Peter Barna	Team manager
Stanislav Šesták	Sport Director
Branislav Benko	Goalkeeping coach
Jozef Vaño	Team Leader
MUDr. Ján Mirilovič	Team Doctor
MUDr. Július Svätojánsky	Team Doctor
MUDr. Peter Cvengroš	Team Doctor
Igor Stojimirović	Masseur
Vladimír Papp	Physiotherapist
Dávid Balucha	Physiotherapist

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Most goals

More information #, Nat. ...

#	Nat.	Name	Goals
1		Ladislav Pavlovič	150
2		Jozef Dolný	82
3		Karol Petroš	67
4		Jozef Kuchár	56
5		Gejza Šimanský	44
6		Dávid Leško	40
7		Peter Katona	39

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Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.