FC Artmedia Bratislava

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Artmedia

Full name

FC Artmedia Bratislava

Nickname(s)

Petržalka

Founded

June 7, 1898

Ground

Petržalka Stadion,
Bratislava, Slovakia

Capacity

7,100 (5,600 seated)

Chairman

Vladimír Bajan

Manager

Štefan Horný

League

Corgoň Liga

2005-06

First Division, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

FC Artmedia Bratislava, also known as FC Artmedia Petržalka, is a Slovak football club from the Petržalka district of the capital, Bratislava.

1 2005-06 European campaign
- 1.1 Results
2 History
3 Current squad
- 3.1 Famous players
4 Honours
- 4.1 Domestic
5 UEFA Ranking
6 External links

[edit] 2005-06 European campaign

They famously reached the lucrative group stages of the UEFA Champions League in 2005-06 after wins over Kairat Almaty, Celtic and Partizan Belgrade. They beat Almaty 4-3 on aggregate in the 1st qualifying round despite a 2-0 defeat in the first leg. However it was on 27 July 2005 that they made their mark on the tournament, producing one of the shock results of Champions League history as they beat 2003 UEFA Cup finalists and 1967 European Cup winners Celtic 5-0 in the first leg of their Champions League 2nd qualifying round match. The stunned Celtic side could not quite recover, only managing to win the return leg 4-0, and Artmedia held on to progress in the tournament. On 23 August 2005 they clinched a place in the group stages after overcoming Serbian power Partizan Belgrade 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 aggregate scoreline thus becoming the second Slovak club after 1. FC Košice 1997-98 to reach the coveted Champions League proper. Their success was even more remarkable considering Artmedia's entire annual budget is just over £1m.

Artmedia also made history by becoming one of the first two clubs ever to advance from the first qualifying round into the Champions League group stage. The other club to do so was 2004-05 winners Liverpool, who were given a special entry into the first qualifying round of the 2005-06 event, and joined Artmedia in the group stage.

Artmedia played their Champions League fixtures at the Tehelné pole ground of crosstown rivals Slovan Bratislava because their own ground does not meet UEFA standards for Champions League play.

On 28 September 2005, Artmedia made history once again by becoming the first Slovak side to collect a point in the Champions League group stage (in the eighth attempt by a Slovak side to do so). In another famous upset, they came back from a 2-0 first-half deficit to defeat 2004 Champions League winners Porto 3-2 at Porto's home ground.

Eventually, they finished third in the group, parachuting them into the UEFA Cup, but not before missing a late chance to score a goal in the return fixture against Porto that would have sent them to the round of 16 at Rangers' expense.

In December 2005 the goalkepper Juraj Čobej underwent a complicated brain surgery attempting to remove a malign tumor. Fortunately, he has fully recovered and has already stood a firm ground in goal during the first rounds of the 2006-07 season.

Artmedia lost the home leg of their UEFA Cup round of 32 tie with Levski Sofia 1-0 and were knocked out of the tournament after an away defeat of 2-0.

After the successful season the coach Vladimír Weiss left to FC Saturn Ramenskoe. [1] Several players left the club as well (Ján Ďurica to FC Saturn Ramonskoe, Balázs Borbély to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Blažej Vaščák to Treviso F.B.C.).

[edit] Results

First qualifying Round: Artmedia - Kairat Almaty 0:2, 4:1
Second qualifying Round: Artmedia - Celtic 5:0, 0:4
Third qualifying Round: Artmedia - Partizan Belgrade 0:0, 0:0, 4:3 (penalty shootout)
CL Group H - Artmedia - Inter Milan 0:1
CL Group H - FC Porto - Artmedia 2:3
CL Group H - Rangers - Artmedia 0:0
CL Group H - Artmedia - Rangers 2:2
CL Group H - Inter Milan - Artmedia 4:0
CL Group H - Artmedia - FC Porto 0:0
UEFA Cup Round of 32 - Artmedia - Levski Sofia 0:1
UEFA Cup Round of 32 - Levski Sofia - Artmedia 2:0

[edit] History

1898 - Founded as Pozsonyi Torna Egyesület
1919 - Renamed Pozsonyi Torna Egyesület
1953 - Renamed Kovosmalt Bratislava
1956 - Renamed Spartak Kovosmalt Bratislava
1963 - Renamed TJ Považské Strojárne Bratislava
1965 - Renamed Spartak Sklárske stroje Bratislava
1974 - Renamed TJ SKS Bratislava
1976 - Renamed TJ ZTS Petržalka
1986 - Merged with TJ Internacionál Slovnaft Bratislava to form TJ Internacionál Slovnaft ZŤS Bratislava, but split again in 1990.
1990 - Renamed TJ ZŤS Petržalka
1990 - (later) Renamed 1. FC Hydronika Petržalka
1991 - Renamed 1. FC Petržalka
1993 - Renamed FK Artmedia Petržalka
2005 - Renamed FC Artmedia Bratislava

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Juraj Čobej
2	DF	Ondrej Debnár
3	DF	Pavol Stano
4	MF	Hanták Andrej
6	MF	Sninský Dušan
7	MF	Patrik Mráz
9	FW	Juraj Halenár
10	FW	Martin Mikulič
11	MF	Anton Šoltís
12	MF	Branislav Obžera
13	DF	Daniel Tchuř
14	FW	Tomáš Oravec
15	MF	Vratislav Gajdoš

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Lukáš Hartig
17	FW	Luboš Reiter
18	GK	Luboš Kamenár
19	DF	Čišovský Marián
20	DF	Čvŕik Peter
21	DF	Peter Petráš
22	DF	Jan Buryán
23	DF	Roman Konečný
24	DF	Peter Burák
25	MF	Ján Kozák
28	MF	Straka Gábor
30	GK	Štefan Kollár
31	GK	Gála Marek
	MF	Branislav Fodrek

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Honours

[edit] Domestic

Slovakian League (1993 - Present)
- Winners (1): 2005

Slovenský Pohár (Slovakian Cup)
- Winners (1): 2004

Pribina Cup (Slovakian Super Cup)
- Winners (1): 2005

[edit] UEFA Ranking

Club Ranking for 2006/2007 Euro Season (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)

136 (156) Metalurh Donetsk (12.736)
137 (123) Maccabi Tel-Aviv (12.523)
138 (153) Artmedia Bratislava (12.355)
139 (145) Aris FC (12.047)
140 (157) Sturm Graz (11.840)
Full List

[edit] External links

Official website (Slovak)

Corgoň Liga, 2006-07
Artmedia Bratislava \| Dukla Banská Bystrica \| Inter Bratislava \| MFK Košice \| FC Nitra \| MFK Ružomberok FC Senec \| Slovan Bratislava \| Spartak Trnava \| AS Trenčín \| MŠK Žilina \| ZTS Dubnica edit <noinclude</noinclude>
Corgoň Liga seasons
2001-02 \| 2002-03 \| 2003-04 \| 2004-05 \| 2005-06 \| 2006-07 edit
Slovak Third Division (Západ), 2006-07
FKS Nemšová \| Spartak Trnava B \| SFM Senec \| AFC Nové Mesto \| Matador Púchov \| FK Rača \| Spartak Vráble FC Nitra B \| Artmedia Bratislava B \| Slovan Bratislava B \| MFK Vrbové \| Dolné Vestenice \| Dúbravka Bratislava \| HFK Prievidza edit