AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The football team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League, since they were the champions of the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 10,000 spectators. They are two-time champions of the Slovak First Football League.
History The football team was established in 1990 as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–97) in the second division in Slovakia."Trenčín po 11 sezónach zostupuje do druhej najvyššej súťaže"
In 2002 the club changed its name to FK Laugaricio Trenčín, and one year later became FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín).
The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the Intertoto Cup (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former Dutch international Tschen La Ling. After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season.
In July 2015, FK AS Trenčín together with women's handball team HK Štart Trenčín was merged into Asociácia športov Trenčín.
Events timeline 1992: Founded as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 1995: Renamed FK Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 2002: Renamed Laugaricio Trenčín 2003: Renamed FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín) 2015: Renamed AS Trenčín (Asociácia športov Trenčín)
Honours
Domestic Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak First League (1925–93) Runners-up (1): 1962–63 1 Third place (1): 1967–68 1 Slovakia Slovak League (1993–present) Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16 Runners-up (1): 2013–14 Slovak Cup (1961–present) Winners (3): 19781, 2014–15, 2015–16 Slovak Second Division (1993–present) Winners (1): 2010–11
European Mitropa Cup Runners-up (1): 1966
Affiliated clubs The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín: TONEGIDO (2007–08) Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present) Slovan Nemšová (2012–present) Ajax (2012–present) AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–13) GBS Academy (2014–2019) FK Inter Bratislava (2016–present)
Supporters The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active ultras group. They have a fierce rivalry with Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. The club is one of the very few in the region with politically left-wing fans. Trenčín supporters maintain friendly relations with some fans of Czech Bohemians 1905.
Sponsorship Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor????–97ATAK SportswearOzeta1998–99Kappa1999–02Adidas2003–05none2005–06UmbroSYNOT2006–08none2008–09FITSHAPE2009–10Royal2010–12KROON2012–14NikeAEGON2015–2017Adidas2017EDART2018MAGIC club2018–2020ORION TIP2021Macron2021–2025Tipsport2026Trenčín 20262026-Tipsport
Club partners
van Styn FITSHAPE City of Trenčín RS Technology
Noba Zlatý Bažant Mattoni 1873 St. Nicolaus
Current squad
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2026
Out on loan
Current technical staff As of 26 May 2023 Staff Job title Ricardo Moniz Head coach Peter Čögley Assistant coach Peter Kleščík Assistant coach Miljan Vesić Goalkeeping coach Drahoslav Bočák Team Manager Branislav Haviernik Scout Dr Jozef Takáč Team Doctor Duško Korač Fitness coach Peter Gašperák Physiotherapist Jozef Liška Masseur
Transfers AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Since 2004, there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League (Martin Škrteľ to Zenit in 2004, František Kubík to Kuban in 2011), Belgian Pro League (Moses Simon, Haris Hajradinović (booth 2014), Rabiu Ibrahim (2016), Samuel Kalu (2017), Rangelo Janga (2018), Philip Azango (2018), Reuben Yem (2019) and Osman Bukari (2020) to K.A.A. Gent, Wesley to Club Brugge in 2016, Kingsley Madu and Aliko Bala to Zulte Waregem in 2016,2017 James Lawrence to Anderlecht in 2018), Danish Superliga (Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to FC Nordsjælland in 2015, Fanendo Adi to Copenhagen in 2013), Dutch Eredivisie (Ryan Koolwijk to SBV Excelsior in 2016, Hilary Gong to SBV Vitesse in 2018), Greece Super League (Jairo to PAOK in 2015), Norway Tippeligaen (Tomáš Malec to Lillestrøm SK in 2016), Czech First League (Aldo Baéz to Slavia Prague in 2014 and season 2015–16 league topscorer Gino van Kessel in 2016). The record transfer was agreed in 2026 when 19-year-old winger Suleman Sani joined German RB Leipzig for a fee of €5-7 million.
Record transfers Rank Player To Fee Year1. Suleman Sani RB Leipzig€7.0 million*20262. Wesley Club Brugge€4.2 million*20163. Matúš Bero Trabzonspor€3.5 million*20164. Hilary Gong SBV Vitesse€2.0 million*20185. Gino van Kessel Slavia Prague€1.5 million*20166. Leon Bailey Genk€1.4 million*2015 Cody David Cherkasy€1.4 million*20267. Antonio Mance NK Osijek€1.3 million*20198. Samuel Kalu Gent€1.0 million*2017 Osman Bukari Gent€1.0 million*2020 Emmanuel Uchegbu Charlotte€1.0 million2025 Adam Yakubu Cherkasy€1.0 million20269. Jairo PAOK€0.8 million*2015 Moses Simon Gent€0.8 million*201510. Jakub Kadák FC Luzern€0.75 million*202211. Martin Škrteľ Zenit€0.5 mil.(16 mil.SKK)2004 Artur Gajdoš Slovan Bratislava€0.5 million2024 *-unofficial fee
Results League and Cup history Slovak League only (1993–present)
{|class="wikitable" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! style="color:white; background:red;"| Season ! style="color:white; background:red;"| Division (Name) ! style="color:white; background:red;"| Pos./Teams ! style="color:white; background:red;"| Pl. ! style="color:white; background:red;"| W ! style="color:white; background:red;"| D ! style="color:white; background:red;"| L ! style="color:white; background:red;"| GS ! style="color:white; background:red;"| GA ! style="color:white; background:red;"| P ! style="color:white; background:red;"|Domestic Cup ! style="color:white; background:red;" colspan=2|Europe ! style="color:white; background:red;"|Top Scorer (Goals) |- |align=center|1993–94 |align=center|3rd (3. Liga Západ) | style="text-align:center; background:green;"|1/(16) |align=center|30 |align=center|21 |align=center|6 |align=center|3 |align=center|62 |align=center|19 |align=center|48 |align=center|3R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1994–95 |align=center|2nd (1. Liga) |align=center|7/(16) |align=center|30 |align=center|13 |align=center|5 |align=center|12 |align=center|54 |align=center|40 |align=center|44 |align=center|1R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Róbert Formanko (16) |- |align=center|1995–96 |align=center|2nd (1. Liga) |align=center|9/(16) |align=center|30 |align=center|10 |align=center|7 |align=center|13 |align=center|41 |align=center|42 |align=center|37 |align=center|1R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1996–97 |align=center|2nd (1. Liga) | style="text-align:center; background:green;"|2/(18) |align=center|34 |align=center|24 |align=center|2 |align=center|8 |align=center|68 |align=center|30 |align=center|74 |align=center|1R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |- |align=center|1997–98 |align=center|1st (Mars Superliga) |align=center|4/(16) |align=center|30 |align=center|14 |align=center|5 |align=center|9 |align=center|47 |align=center|31 |align=center|53 |align=center|2R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Martin Fabuš (16) |- |align=center|1998–99 |align=center|1st (Mars Superliga) |align=center|5/(16) |align=center|30 |align=center|15 |align=center|8 |align=center|7 |align=center|53 |align=center|25 |align=center|53 |align=center|1R |align=center|UI |align=center|2R ( Baltika) |align=center| Martin Fabuš (19) |- |align=center|1999–00 |align=center|1st (Mars Superliga) |align=center|5/(16) |align=center|30 |align=center|13 |align=center|8 |align=center|9 |align=center|38 |align=center|29 |align=center|47 |align=center|2R |align=center|UI |align=center|1R ( Pobeda) |align=center| Jozef Valachovič (7) |- |align=center|2000–01 |align=center|1st (Mars Superliga) |align=center|8/(10) |align=center|36 |align=center|11 |align=center|6 |align=center|19 |align=center|35 |align=center|59 |align=center|39 |align=center|2R |align=center|UI |align=center| 1.R ( Dinaburg) |align=center| Marián Klago (6) |- |align=center|2001–02 |align=center|1st (Mars Superliga) |align=center|5/(10) |align=center|36 |align=center|15 |align=center|9 |align=center|12 |align=center|45 |align=center|43 |align=center|54 |align=center|2R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Martin Fabuš (9) |- |align=center|2002–03 |align=center|1st (Superliga) |align=center|9/(10) |align=center|36 |align=center|11 |align=center|5 |align=center|20 |align=center|48 |align=center|69 |align=center|38 |align=center|2R |align=center|UI |align=center|1R ( Slaven Belupo) |align=center| Milan Ivana (10) |- |align=center|2003–04 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|5/(10) |align=center|36 |align=center|13 |align=center|9 |align=center|14 |align=center|37 |align=center|43 |align=center|48 |align=center|1R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Stanislav Velický (7) |- |align=center|2004–05 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|8/(10) |align=center|36 |align=center|12 |align=center|7 |align=center|17 |align=center|36 |align=center|50 |align=center|43 |align=center|2R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Ivan Lietava (9) |- |align=center|2005–06 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|7/(10) |align=center|36 |align=center|11 |align=center|9 |align=center|16 |align=center|31 |align=center|49 |align=center|42 |align=center|Quarter-finals |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Jaroslav Kamenský (6) |- |align=center|2006–07 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|11/(12) |align=center|36 |align=center|8 |align=center|11 |align=center|17 |align=center|31 |align=center|49 |align=center|35 |align=center|2R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Juraj Czinege (4) |- |align=center|2007–08 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) | style="text-align:center; background:red;"|12/(12) |align=center|33 |align=center|3 |align=center|7 |align=center|23 |align=center|26 |align=center|77 |align=center|16 |align=center|3R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| David Depetris (4) |- |align=center|2008–09 |align=center|2nd (1. liga) | style="text-align:center; "|2/(12) |align=center|33 |align=center|19 |align=center|9 |align=center|5 |align=center|74 |align=center|27 |align=center|66 |align=center|1R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| David Depetris (21) |- |align=center|2009–10 |align=center|2nd (1. liga) | style="text-align:center; "|2/(12) |align=center|27 |align=center|13 |align=center|11 |align=center|3 |align=center|53 |align=center|21 |align=center|50 |align=center|3R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Filip Hlohovský (7) Jorge Salinas (7) |- |align=center|2010–11 |align=center|2nd (1. liga) | style="text-align:center; background:green;"|1/(12) |align=center|33 |align=center|22 |align=center|6 |align=center|5 |align=center|77 |align=center|30 |align=center|72 |align=center|3R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| David Depetris (31) |- |align=center|2011–12 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) |align=center|5/(12) |align=center|33 |align=center|12 |align=center|12 |align=center|9 |align=center|51 |align=center|49 |align=center|48 |align=center|3R |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| Lester Peltier (11) |- |align=center|2012–13 |align=center|1st (Corgoň Liga) | style="text-align:center; background:tan;"|3/(12) |align=center|33 |align=center|14 |align=center|11 |align=center|8 |align=center|52 |align=center|34 |align=center|18 |align=center|3R |align=center| |align=center|