FK Pohronie is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Žiar nad Hronom. The club currently competes in 2. Liga. The 2019/20 season was the first time in the club's history that the team played in Fortuna Liga, the highest level of the Slovak football league system. The club avoided relegation that season, and continued in the top division for the 2020/21 season. In the 2021/22 season the team was relegated.
History
Founding On 1 June 2012, Sokol Dolná Ždaňa and FK Žiar nad Hronom reached an agreement regarding the running of the new club. The newly created club would start in the 3. Liga.
Promotion After six years in the 2nd league, the club finished first in the 2018/19 season and advanced to the top flight for the first time in their history. FK Pohranie made its debut in the Slovak First Football League in a 3–1 loss against ŠK Slovan Bratislava. Pohronie finished their first season in second to last place, having to play a relegation play-off match, which they won 1–0 against FK Senica. After three seasons in the top flight, Pohronie were relegated in the 2021/22 season, finishing in the last place with only 18 points.
Recent years In October 2025, a subsidy of 30,000 euros was given to FK Pohronie from the municipality of Žiar nad Hronom after the club lost its sponsor following their financial troubles.
Stadium Until the end of 2017, the A team played its home matches on the field in Dolná Ždana. In the summer of 2017, Pohronie moved to the newly renovated football venue in Žiar nad Hronom which had a capacity of 2200 seats with artificial lighting.
Affiliated clubs The following clubs were or are affiliated with FK Pohronie : MFK Žarnovica (2018–2019) MFK Nová Baňa (2019–2022) FK Železiarne Podbrezová (2022-)
Honours Domestic 2. Liga (1993–present) Winners (1): 2018–19 (Promoted) 3. Liga - Central (1993–present) Winners (1): 2012–13 (Promoted)
Sponsorship
PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor2012–13JakoREMESLO2012–13Jomanone2014–17Adidas2017–ErreàREMESLO
Recent seasons YearDivision (name) Position Domestic cup Topscorer/goals2012–13 (III) 3. liga1/(16)2nd round Michal Páleník (12)2013–14 (II) 2. liga 9/(12)2nd round Michal Páleník (9)2014–15 (II) DOXXbet liga 1st Relegation Gr. West3rd round Patrik Abrahám (15)2015–16 (II) DOXXbet liga 6thRound of 16 Patrik Abrahám (8)2016–17 (II) DOXXbet liga 9th3rd Round Marek Frimmel (15)2017–18 (II) DOXXbet liga 9/(16)3rd round Marek Frimmel (6)2018–19 (II) 2. liga1/(16)5th Round Peter Ďungel (8)2019–20 (I) Fortuna Liga11/(12)Round of 16 Patrik Abrahám (5)2020–21 (I) Fortuna Liga9/(12)Round of 16 Adler Da Silva (6) James Weir (6)2021–22 (I) Fortuna Liga12/(12)Quarter-finals Miloš Lačný (8)2022–23 (II) 2. Liga5/(16)5th Round Jakub Čunta (5) Christián Steinhübel (5)2023–24 (II) MONACObet liga10/(16)Round of 16 Peter Mazan (15)2024–25 (II) MONACObet liga12/(14)3rd round Ousman Kujabi (7)2025–26 (II) MONACObet liga6/(16)3rd round Tobiáš Diviš (11)
Current squad
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2026.
Current staff As of 8 March 2023 StaffJob title Pavol Gregora Manager Milovan Kapor Assistant manager Róbert Jež General manager Filip Rozenberg Team leader Michal Polačko Fitness trainer MUDr. Stanislav Šperka Team Doctor Imrich Kalmár Physiotherapist
Player records
Most goals #Nat.NameGoals 1 Patrik Abrahám 39 2 Marek Frimmel 28 3 Peter Mazan 24 4 Patrik Blahút 21 Michal Páleník 5 Lukáš Pelegríni 17 6 Peter Ďungel 14 Jozef Špyrka Players whose name is listed in bold are still active.
Reserve team FK Pohronie B is inactive. Most recently, it had played in the Slovak 7th football level (VII. liga DOUBLE STAR BET ObFZ ZH).
Notable players The following notable players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Pohronie. Notable players, who have played for predecessor clubs, FK Žiar nad Hronom and Sokol Dolná Ždaňa, are listed with their respective clubs.
Cedric Badolo Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana Willie Britto Martin Chrien Martin Dobrotka Alieu Fadera Dominik Holec David Hrnčár Richard Lásik Patrik Le Giang Yusuf Mainge Jaroslav Mihalík František Plach Muhammed Sanneh Davit Skhirtladze Lukáš Tesák Mateusz Zachara
Managers
Štefan Zaťko (2012 – May 2016) Rastislav Štanga (May 2016 – June 2016) Peter Černák (July 2016 – Aug 2016) Miloš Foltán (Aug 2016 – Sept 2017) Milan Nemec (Sept 2017 – July 2019) Rastislav Urgela (Aug 2019) (car.) Ján Rosinský (Aug 2019 – Oct 2019) Mikuláš Radványi (Oct 2019 – Oct. 2020) Jan Kameník (Oct 2020 – May 2021) Gergely Geri (June 2021 – Aug 2021) Štefan Zaťko (Aug 2021 – Sept 2021) (car.) Pablo Villar (Oct 2021 – Dec 2021) Martin Bittengl (Jan 2022 – April 2022) Peter Lérant (April 2022 – Dec 2022) Jan Kameník (Jan 2023) Rastislav Urgela (Jan 2023 – Dec 2023) (car.) Norbert Guľa (Jan 2024 – Jun 2024) Vladimír Cifranič (Jun 2024) Matej Čobik Ferčik (Jun 2024 – May 2025) Erik Grendel (Jun 2025-May 2026)
References
External links
TJ Sokol Dolná Ždaňa website (archived) FK Žiar nad Hronom website (archived)