FC Artmedia Petržalka

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Artmedia

Full name

Nickname(s)

Petržalka

Founded

June 7, 1898

Ground

Štadión Petržalka,
Bratislava, Slovakia
(Capacity 9,500 (for UEFA matches: 7,100))

Chairman

Vladimír Bajan

Manager

Vladimír Weiss

League

Corgoň Liga

2006-07

First Division, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

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

1 2005-06 European campaign
- 1.1 Results
2 History
3 Stadium
4 Current squad
- 4.1 Famous players
5 Honours
- 5.1 Domestic
6 UEFA Ranking
7 References
8 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.

Čobej Petráš Debnár Ďurica Urbánek Vaščák Borbély Kozák Fodrek Halenár Hartig
The squad, which played in most of the matches of the 2005-06 Champions League.^[1] Other members include: Obžera, Staňo, Tchuř, Konečný, Gomes and Mikulič

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.

Fan's cap of Artmedia Petržalka

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. [2] 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
2007 - Renamed FC Artmedia Petržalka

[edit] Stadium

Artmedia plays their home matches at Petržalka Stadion. The pitch at the place of the stadium has been there for more than a hundred years. Even before World War II, the stadium was the venue of several international matches. Although destroyed during the war, new stand soon arose from the ruins of the old one and the stadium started to resemble its current look. Major changes have occurred in last ten years, following improvements in Artmedia's footballing results. Stands behind goals were totally reconstructed and a new one was built along the pitch.

Today's estimated capacity is 10,000; it is however impossible to give the exact value, because older part of the stadium still remains for standing visitors. The average attendace of league matches at this stadium is floating above 4,000, one of the highest in Slovakia. However, the stadium does not meet some of the UEFA criterions, therefore the club has been forced to play its international matches elsewhere. Notably, they played their 2005-06 UEFA Champions League campaign at Tehelné pole, home venue of crosstown rivals Slovan Bratislava.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Juraj Čobej
2	FW	Pavol Farkaš
3	DF	Peter Čvirik
4	FW	Pavol Ďurica
5	DF	Karim Guédé
6	DF	Radek Dosoudil
7	MF	Patrik Mráz
9	FW	Juraj Halenár
10	FW	Martin Mikulič
11	MF	Kléber Silva do Nascimento
12	MF	Branislav Obžera

No.	Position	Player
13	FW	Juraj Piroška
14	FW	Tomáš Oravec
16	MF	Juraj Czinege
17	DF	Kornel Saláta
18	GK	Luboš Kamenár
19	DF	Marián Čišovský
20	MF	Branislav Fodrek
22	FW	Zbyněk Pospěch
23	MF	Aleš Urbánek
25	MF	Ján Kozák
24	DF	Peter Burák
30	GK	Miroslav Hýll