FC VSS Košice

Early history

The club was founded in 1903 as Kassai AC (Slovak: Košický Atletický Klub; Hungarian: Kassai Atlétikai Club). The club's colours were blue and yellow. In the 1910s, the club competed in the Hungarian championship. In 1909 it won the Nemzeti Bajnokság II Championship. Later they played in eastern group in Slovak-Subcarpathian division between 1935 and 1938. In 1939–40 the club played in Hungarian League I. Among the most successful Kassai AC players were Szaniszló, Šiňovský, the Drotár brothers, Klein, Lebenský, Dráb, and Pásztor. For many years, the club was based at the stadium on Sokoljevova Street with a capacity of 16,000 spectators. The stadium was often full. After the end of World War II, the city's three clubs Kassai AC, Kassai Törekvés and ČsŠK were merged into one club named Jednota Košice. Jednota began playing in the Czechoslovak League in 1945. In the first season, they ended the league as fourth in Group B, which was considered as a nice success at the time.

VSS

Kassai AC and Jednota became VSS in 1952. The team got the name from the Slovak word Strojári (lit. 'engineers'), due to the main sponsor being VSS (Východoslovenské strojárne, engineering company). VSS became a stable member of the Czechoslovak First League and their best placing was second in 1970–71. In 1971 and 1973 VSS qualified for the UEFA Cup. In 1971 they won 2–1 against Spartak Moscow in the home leg and they drew 0–0 in Moscow, so that as the first team from…

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak First League (1925 – 1938, 1945 – 1993) Runners-up (1): 1970–71 Czechoslovak Cup (1961–1993) Winners (1): 1992–93 Runners-up (3): 1963–64, 1972–73, 1979–80 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993) Winners (3): 1973–74, 1977–78, 1992–93 Slovakia

Slovak First Football League (1939 – 1944, 1993 – Present) Winners (2): 1996–97, 1997–98 Runners-up (3): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00 Slovak Cup (1961 – Present) Winners (5): 1972–73, 1979–80, 1992–93, 2008–09, 2013–14 Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 1997–98, 1999–00 Slovak Super Cup (1993 – Present) Winners (1): 1997 Runners-up (3): 1998, 2009, 2014 Slovak Second Division (1993 – Present) Winners (2): 2005–06, 2016–17

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

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