FK Senica

The football club in the town was founded in 1921. The newly formed team progressed quickly, but the football boom was dampened by the Second World War. Rudolf Pšurný, the club's chairman in the interwar period, kept the sporting community alive by organising matches and tournaments. After the war, football flourished again in the region. The year 1962 was a milestone in the club's history, as the new stadium was opened in Senica. It serves the town's footballing community to this day. Its opening was marked by a benefit match between players from the Senica District and the squad that has recently won silver medals at the World Cup in Chile, led by Jozef Adamec. Before the 2009–10 season, the club bought a licence from FK Inter Bratislava, a winner of the Slovak First League that were to advance to the Superliga. FK Senica thus appeared in the top flight for the first time ever. It quickly established itself as a competitive team, finishing second in 2010–11 and 2012–13 seasons and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds three times in a row. On 16 February 2019, Matchday 19 of the 2018–19 season, in an away game against AS Trenčín, played in Myjava, Senica fielded an entire starting line-up made up entirely of foreign players as the first team in Slovak history. All the substitutes were foreigners as well. After the 2021–22 season, the club went bankrupt. According to sport.sk, it had debts of up to €1,000,000. This serious financial problem even made it…

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Slovak First Football League (1993–) Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2012–13 Slovak Cup (1961–) Runners-up (2): 2012, 2015

Slovak League Top Goalscorer

Slovak First Football League Top scorer since 1993–94

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