2024–25 FK Železiarne Podbrezová season

Podbrezová
2024–25 season
Chairman	Július Kriváň
Manager	Štefan Markulík
Stadium	ZELPO Aréna
Slovak First Football League	6th
Slovak Cup	Round of 16

The 2024-25 season was the 104th season in the history of FK Železiarne Podbrezová. During this season the club participated in the Slovak First Football League and Slovak Cup.

Season

Podbrezová finished the 2024–25 season in 6th place in the title group with 37 points after 32 games.^[1] Since Spartak Trnava won the Slovak Cup and finished 3rd in the league, a play-off was held to decide the additional European spot. Podbrezová defeated FC Košice in the semi final on penalties, but lost 3–2 in the final against DAC Dunajska Streda.^[2]^[3]

Current squad

As of 16 February, 2025 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	SVK	Filip Mielke
4	DF	SVK	Matej Oravec
7	FW	SVK	Roland Galčík
8	MF	CZE	Ondřej Deml (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)
9	FW	CZE	Daniel Smékal
10	FW	GAM	Alasana Yirajang
11	FW	ESP	Jorge Velasco
13	MF	SVK	Vincent Chyla
14	DF	SVK	Matej Grešák
15	MF	SVK	René Paraj
17	FW	SVK	Peter Juritka
18	DF	HUN	Alex Marković


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	SVK	Peter Kovacik (on loan from Como)
23	DF	SVK	Adrián Slávik
24	DF	SVK	Kristián Koštrna
25	MF	SVK	Šimon Faško
26	MF	SVK	Samuel Stefanik
28	GK	SVK	Adam Danko
37	DF	SVK	Jakub Luka
44	MF	UKR	Andriy Havrylenko
80	MF	EST	Kevor Palumets
91	GK	SVK	Pavol Bajza
95	GK	SVK	Matej Juricka
99	FW	CMR	Lionel Abate

For a list of transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024 and List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024-25

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CZE	Daniel Macej (at Pohronie until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	SVK	Jozef Špyrka (at Komárno until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GAM	Yusupha Kambi (at Pohronie until 30 June 2025)

Friendlies

Slovak First Football League

League table

Regular stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Žilina	22	13	6	3	42	20	+22	45	Qualification for the championship group
3	Spartak Trnava	22	12	8	2	34	17	+17	44
4	DAC Dunajská Streda	22	8	8	6	32	22	+10	32
5	Podbrezová	22	7	9	6	31	29	+2	30
6	Košice	22	7	8	7	31	25	+6	29
7	Zemplín Michalovce	22	6	9	7	28	34	−6	27	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Komárno	22	6	4	12	24	38	−14	22	Qualification for the relegation group

Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SLO	ŽIL	TRN	DAC	KOŠ	POD
1	Slovan Bratislava (C, Q)	32	22	6	4	74	39	+35	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	—	4–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
2	Žilina (Q)	32	15	9	8	55	40	+15	54	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round	0–5	—	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
3	Spartak Trnava (Q)	32	14	10	8	46	34	+12	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round	2–3	2–4	—	1–1	0–1	2–1
4	DAC Dunajská Streda (O)	32	13	12	7	48	34	+14	51	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	2–1	3–1	1–0	—	3–2	1–1
5	Košice (Q)	32	11	11	10	45	38	+7	44		2–3	3–2	2–1	2–2	—	1–1
6	Železiarne Podbrezová	32	8	13	11	40	43	−3	37		1–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	—

Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	5	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D
Position	5	9	11	8	8	11	7	6	8	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 July 2024 1	Podbrezová	0 - 0	Žilina	Podbrezová
18:00 CEST	Mrva 39' Koštrna 65' Chyla 82'	Report	Ďuriš 46'	Stadium: ZELPO Aréna Attendance: 1,467 Referee: Martin Dohál

3 August 2024 2	Slovan Bratislava	1 - 0	Podbrezová	Bratislava
20:30 CEST	Tolić 57' Mak 65' Barseghyan 77' (pen.)	Report	Danko 65' Kayode Saliman 77'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 5,338 Referee: Lukáš Dzivjak

10 August 2024 3	Košice	3 - 0	Podbrezová	Košice
20:30 CEST	Medved 5' 29' Niarchos 38' Krivák 64' Jones 85'	Report		Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

17 August 2024 4	Podbrezová	7 - 1	Skalica	Podbrezová
18:00 CEST	Galčík 27' 45+8' Chyla 40' Yirajang 45' Filip Mielke 45+3' Sanusi 52' Štefánik 62' Smékal 73' Peter Juritka 87' 90+3' 90+5'	Report	Vlasko 63' (pen.) Mášik 74' Ranko 90'	Stadium: ZELPO Aréna Attendance: 867 Referee: Lukáš Dzivjak

31 August 2024 6	Podbrezová	1 - 1	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Podbrezová
20:30 CEST	Záhumenský 65' (o.g.) Ďatko 88'	Report	Malec 30' Ivan Mensah 70' Willwéber 75'	Stadium: ZELPO Aréna Attendance: 1,967 Referee: Filip Glova

15 September 2024 7	Ružomberok	1 - 0	Podbrezová	Ružomberok
18:00 CEST	Hladík 37' Selecký 60' Luterán 85' Gabriel 90+1'	Report	Faško 33' Ďatko 74' Oravec 77' Koštrna 85' 90+2'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,024 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

22 September 2024 8	Podbrezová	4 - 1	Michalovce	Podbrezová
18:00 CEST	Yirajang 15' Ďatko 44' Galčík 56' Paraj 80' Depetris 88' (pen.)	Report	Bahi 14' Dzotsenidze 45+1' 55' Marcin 46' Lukáč 55' Kyziridis 58' Lukáš Šimko 86'	Stadium: ZELPO Aréna Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Lukáš Dzivjak

28 September 2024 9	Trenčín	1 - 1	Podbrezová	Trenčín
18:00 CEST	Ibrahim 11' Bright Donkor 46' Luka Zorić 90' Emeka 90+1'	Report	Galčík 37' Sanusi 41' Slávik 60'	Stadium: Štadión Sihoť Attendance: 1,078 Referee: Michal Očenáš

5 October 2024 10	Podbrezová	0 - 4	Spartak Trnava	Podbrezová
18:00 CET	Paraj 22'	Report	Ofori 45+1' 55' Ďuriš 50' Sabo 61' Daniel 66' Šulek 67' Pich 90+5'	Stadium: ZELPO Aréna Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

20 October 2024 11	Komárno	1 - 2	Podbrezová	Zlaté Moravce
15:30 CET	Dominik Žák 12' 78' Špiriak 56' Ožvolda 63' Tamás Németh 90+4'	Report	Yirajang 27' Faško 40' Paraj 44' Galčík 85' 86'	Stadium: ViOn Aréna Attendance: 420 Referee: Filip Glova

26 October 2024 12	Žilina	2 - 2	Podbrezová	Žilina
15:30 CET	Sauer 31' Iľko 85'	Report	Smékal 15' Depetris 90+2' 90+3'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,982 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

29 October 2024 5	DAC 1904	3 - 0	Podbrezová	Dunajská Streda
18:00 CET	Alex Méndez 8' 55' Almási 20' Tuboly 27' Ortiz 45+3' Vitális 62'	Report	Slávik 37' Paraj 67' Peter Juritka 77'	Stadium: DAC Aréna Attendance: 2,535 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

Slovak Cup

28 August 2024 Second Round	TJ Tatran Chlebnice	0 - 8	Podbrezová
17:00		Report	Smékal 11' 70' Ďatko 28' 39' Ondřej Deml 34' Kayode Saliman 50' Štefánik 61' Yirajang 86'

10 September 2024 Third Round	ŠK Olympia Bobrov	0 - 9	Podbrezová
16:00		Report	Peter Juritka 32' Talakov 36' 47' Galčík 37' Ďatko 41' 51' Yirajang 54' Smékal 66' 69'

16 October 2024 Fourth Round	Púchov	0 - 2	Podbrezová	Púchov
15:00	Matej Obšivan 43'	Report	Paraj 5' Galčík 16' Peter Juritka 76'	Stadium: Mestský štadión Púchov Attendance: 670 Referee: Filip Malarik

References

^ "Tabuľka". Niké liga. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
^ "Podbrezová tuho bojovala do záverečných minút. DAC však potiahli domáci fanúšikovia". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-01-30.
^ "Dunajská Streda - Podbrezová 3:2 | Finále play-off o Konferenčnú ligu UEFA | Niké liga - highlighty | Dunajská Streda - Podbrezová 3:2 | Finále play-off o Konferenčnú ligu UEFA | TVNOVINY.sk". tvnoviny.sk (in Slovak). 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

External links

Official website (in Slovak)

[1] "Tabuľka". Niké liga. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

[2] "Podbrezová tuho bojovala do záverečných minút. DAC však potiahli domáci fanúšikovia". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-01-30.

[3] "Dunajská Streda - Podbrezová 3:2 | Finále play-off o Konferenčnú ligu UEFA | Niké liga - highlighty | Dunajská Streda - Podbrezová 3:2 | Finále play-off o Konferenčnú ligu UEFA | TVNOVINY.sk". tvnoviny.sk (in Slovak). 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

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