FC Košice is a Slovak association football club based in Košice, that currently plays in the Niké Liga, the highest tier of Slovak football. FC Košice was founded in 2018. They merged into a new club with FK Košice-Barca.^[5]

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FC Košice

Full name	Football Club Košice[1]
Founded	27 April 2018; 5 years ago (2018-04-27) (as FC Košice)
Ground	Košická futbalová aréna
Capacity	12,658[2]
Owner	Arago group - 37%[3] Local investors - 63%
Chairman	Dušan Trnka[4]
Head coach	Ján Kozák
League	Niké Liga
2022–23	2. liga, 1st of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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• ŠK Vyšné Opátske (1921)
• TJ Sokol Vyšné Opátske (1948)
• TJ FK Turkon Vyšné Opátske (2006)
• TJ FK Vyšné Opátske (2014)
• FK Košice (2017, new club)
• FC Košice (merger with FK Košice-Barca) (2018–present, new club)

The following clubs were affiliated with FC Košice:

• West Ham (2018–2019)
• Slávia TU Košice (2020-)^[6]

As of 26 March 2024.

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Frederik Valach 2 DF  SVK Dominik Veselý 3 DF  SVK Bernard Petrák 6 MF  ALB Kristi Qose 7 DF  SVK Ján Mizerák 8 MF  SVK Dávid Gallovič 9 FW  SVK Erik Pačinda (Vice-Captain) 10 MF  USA Zyen Jones 13 GK  POR Cristiano 15 MF  SVK Miroslav Sovič 17 DF  UKR Oleksandr Holikov 18 DF  CZE Martin Šindelář 19 DF  SVK Lukáš Fabiš 20 DF  SVK Ján Krivák (Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  SVK Matúš Kira 23 MF  SVK Michal Faško 24 DF  SVK Dominik Kružliak 28 MF  MNE Deni Hočko 31 DF  PAN Eric Davis 33 DF  SVK Michal Jonec 34 MF  SVK Lukáš Greššák 55 FW  SVN Žan Medved 66 MF  SVK Peter Varga 77 FW  GAB Moussango Obounet (on loan from Diósgyőr) 88 DF  ARG Nicolás Gorosito 90 DF  FRA Nassim Innocenti — FW  MAR Moha Rharsalla

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For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2023–24

Out on loan 2023–24

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  SVK Jakub Jakubko (at Petržalka until 30 June 2024) 27 MF  SVK Erik Liener (at Petržalka until 30 June 2024) 80 FW  SEN Landing Sagna (at Vysočina Jihlava until 30 June 2024) — FW  SVK Boris Gáll (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SVK Matúš Smieško (at Trebišov until 30 June 2024) — FW  SVK Samuel Gladiš (at Tatran Prešov until 30 June 2024) — DF  SVK Samuel Magda (at Komárno until 30 June 2024) — DF  SVK František Pavúk (at Trebišov until 30 June 2024)

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More information Position, Staff ...

Position	Staff
Manager	Ján Kozák
Assistant coach	Xavier de Sousa Simões
Assistant coach	Miroslav Guza
Goalkeeping Coach	Marián Kello
Fitness Coach	Ladislav Dragula
Sport Director	Balázs Farkas
Team chef	František Vancák
Team doctor	Ľubomír Jacko
Physiotherapist	Daniel Lippay
Masseur	Dominik Lukáč

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• Last updated: 10 June 2022

The following players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Košice.

• Miroslav Sovič (2017 – 2019)
• Gejza Farkaš (Jun 2019 – Aug 2019)
• Marek Fabuľa (Aug 2019 – Oct 2020)
• Peter Šinglár (Oct 2020 – Mar 2021) (interim)
• Jozef Vukušič (Mar 2021 - May 2022)
• Anton Šoltis (May 2022 - Oct 2023)
• Ján Kozák (31 Oct 2023 - present)

• Official club website (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Futbalnet.sk portal (in Slovak)
• Club profile at Ligy.sk portal (in Slovak) Archived 2020-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
• FC Košice on Facebook (in Slovak)
• FC Košice on Instagram (in Slovak)