2020–21 AS Trenčín season

The 2020–21 AS Trenčín season is the club's 21st season in the Slovak Super Liga and 10th consecutive. AS Trenčín will participate in the Fortuna Liga and Slovak Cup.

AS Trenčín

2020–21 season
Owner	Tscheu La Ling
Chairman	Róbert Rybníček
Manager	Stijn Vreven
Stadium	Štadión pod Dubňom[1] Štadión na Sihoti
Fortuna liga	10th
Slovak Cup	Fourth round
Home colours Away colours

In pre-season club changes manager. Juraj Ančic was replaced by Stijn Vreven.[2] In this season, after two and a half years AS Trenčín will return on a reconstructed home stadium Štadión na Sihoti. Autumn rounds of a league was played on Štadión pod Dubňom in a city Žilina. Probably some spring matches will be played in Trenčín.[3]

In this season AS changes club's logo. Previous logo missed historical value, reference to AS Trenčín's traditions and also right color combination. New edition contain letter "T" with dynamic design. New logo is connected with returning on the new stadium.[4]

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Denis Chudý 3 FW  SVK Matúš Kmeť 4 MF  NGA Abdul Zubairu 5 DF  FRA Steve Kapuadi 6 DF  SVK Martin Šulek (Captain) 7 MF  BIH Hamza Čataković 8 MF  SVK Artur Gajdoš 9 FW  USA Eduvie Ikoba 12 FW  SUR Ivenzo Comvalius 13 MF  NGA Philip Azango 14 MF  BEL Milan Corryn 15 FW  NGA Ahmad Ghali (on loan from MFM) 16 FW  SVK Jakub Kadák 17 MF  CRO Ante Roguljić 19 DF  CPV Kelvin Pires 20 MF  CRO Tomislav Knežević 22 DF  SVK Adrián Slávik 24 GK  SVK Igor Šemrinec (Vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  SVK Simeon Kohut 29 DF  NED Ruben Ligeon 31 MF  CPV Paulo Junior 32 FW  SVK Lukáš Letenay 33 DF  SVK Richard Križan 34 MF  NED Aschraf El Mahdioui 35 DF  NGA Reuben Yem 55 GK  NED Menno Bergsen 66 DF  FIN Juha Pirinen 71 FW  SVK Adam Tučný 74 DF  SVK Urban Mazanovský 99 GK  SVK Michal Kukučka — MF  SVK Samuel Lavrinčík — MF  SVK Adam Gaži — MF  GHA Rahim Ibrahim — MF  GHA Joseph Amoah

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From	Ref.
29 June 2020	DF	66	Juha Pirinen	Tromsø IL	[5]
13 July 2020	FW	9	Eduvie Ikoba	Zalaegerszegi TE	[6]
19 July 2020	MF	13	Philip Azango	KAA Gent	[7]
1 August 2020	DF	35	Reuben Yem	KAA Gent	[8]
19 December 2020	FW	3	Matúš Kmeť	MFK Ružomberok	[9]
28 December 2020	MF		Joseph Amoah	Vitória S.C.	[10]
	MF		Rahim Ibrahim
29 December 2020	MF		Samuel Lavrinčík	Slovan Bratislava "B"	[11]
30 December 2020	MF		Adam Gaži	AS Trenčín U19	[12]

Loans in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From	End date	Ref.
31 January 2020	FW	15	Ahmad Ghali	MFM FC	31 December 2020	[13]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Player	To	Ref.
7 July 2020	DF	Keston Julien	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	[14]
	MF	Mohammed Lamine	U.D. Oliveirense	[14]
31 July 2020	GK	Adrián Chovan	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	[15]
17 August 2020	FW	Gino van Kessel	Olympiakos Nicosia	[16]
5 September 2020	FW	Osman Bukari	KAA Gent	[17]
30 October 2020	DF	Cole Kpekawa	Chelmsford City F.C.	[18]
17 December 2020	FW	David Depetris	End of a contract	[19]
	DF	Marián Pišoja

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	To	End date	Ref.
29 July 2020	FW	Michal Petráš	FK Dubnica	30 June 2021	[20]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

25 July 2020	MŠK Žilina	2–2	AS Trenčín	Žilina
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	50' Holáň  89' (pen.) Kopas	Report	13' Roguljić  21' Corryn	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 100

1 August 2020	AS Trenčín	0–3	FK Pohronie	Mníchova Lehota
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	6' Weir  54' Blahút  74' (o.g.) Zubairu

1 August 2020	AS Trenčín	2–5	FC Fastav Zlín	Mníchova Lehota
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	8' Ghali  48' Ikoba	Report	57' Conde  58', 73' Jawo  61' Chwaszcz  75' Nečas

Mid-season

12 January 2021 Winter Tipsport Liga	FC Spartak Trnava	1–0	AS Trenčín	Trnava
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	28' (o.g.) Pirinen	Report		Stadium: Artificial turf Slávia

19 January 2021 Winter Tipsport Liga	AS Trenčín	Cancelled[21]	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Trnava
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Artificial turf Slávia
Note: The game was cancelled following an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among the ViOn Zlaté Moravce squad.

19 January 2021	Górnik Zabrze	4–1	AS Trenčín	Žilina
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	43' (pen.) Ściślak  49' Kubica  74', 84' Nowak	Report	4' Kmeť	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom

26 January 2021 Winter Tipsport Liga	MFK Skalica	0–3	AS Trenčín	Senec
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Demitra  53' Kmeť  58' Tučný  64'

29 January 2021	AS Trenčín	2–3	MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	Trenčín
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jakub Kadák  31', 44'		Voško  51' Bartoš  60', 80'	Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti

30 January 2021	AS Trenčín	1–1	MŠK Púchov	Trenčín
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ghali  76'		Varga  36'	Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti

5 February 2021	AS Trenčín	5–0	FK Dubnica	Trenčín
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kadák  5', 53', 59' Čataković  53' Amoah  86'	Report		Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti

6 February 2021	AS Trenčín	1–3	FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín	Trenčín
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ikoba  47' (pen.)	Report	Leginus  24' Baéz  55', 76'	Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti

Competition overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Fortuna liga	8 August 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	18	4	6	8	21	33	−12	022.22
Slovak Cup	16 September 2020		2nd round	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Total				20	6	6	8	25	34	−9	030.00

Source: Competitions

Fortuna Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Ružomberok	18	5	7	6	26	28	−2	22	Qualification for the championship group
7	Sereď	17	4	7	6	19	29	−10	19	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Nitra	18	5	4	9	19	34	−15	19
9	Trenčín	18	4	6	8	21	33	−12	18
10	Zemplín Michalovce	18	4	6	8	19	37	−18	18
11	Senica	18	4	5	9	17	33	−16	17
12	Pohronie	17	2	9	6	23	28	−5	15

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Futbalnet
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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	4	6	8	21	33	−12	18	3	3	3	14	14	0	1	3	5	7	19	−12

Results by round

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

Source: Futbalnet
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

8 August 2020 1	MFK Ružomberok	2–2	AS Trenčín	Ružomberok
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	86' (pen.) Ján Maslo  90' Brenkus	Report	6', 33' Ikoba   67' Kapuadi	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,232 Referee: Kristián Micheľ

12 August 2020 2	AS Trenčín	1–1	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	88' Čataković	Report	62' Balaj	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 196 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

15 August 2020 3	AS Trenčín	2–4	MŠK Žilina	Žilina
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	45' (pen.) Čataković  75' Bukari	Report	7' Paur  51' Iľko  85' Kaprálik  90' (pen.) Bichakhchyan	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

31 August 2020 5	AS Trenčín	1–2	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	23' (o.g.) Medveděv	Report	44', 70' De Marco	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 982 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

12 September 2020 6	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	1–1	AS Trenčín	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	83' Phillips	Report	40' Čataković	Stadium: Mestský futbalový štadión Attendance: 312 Referee: Erik Gemzický

19 September 2020 7	AS Trenčín	3–2	FC Nitra	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	11' Ligeon  22' Ghali  56' Čataković	Report	32' Podhorin  76' Faško	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 129 Referee: Peter Ziemba

22 September 2020 4	ŠKF Sereď	1–1	AS Trenčín	Zlaté Moravce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	63' Djiby Ba	Report	22' Roguljić	Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 261 Referee: Maroš Libiak

26 September 2020 8	FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	3–1	AS Trenčín	Dunajská Streda
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	30' Kalmár  36', 62' Divković	Report	15' Roguljić 33' Čataković   61' Zubairu	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Michal Smolák

4 October 2020 9	AS Trenčín	0–1	FK Senica	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	67' Yenne	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova

17 October 2020 10	AS Trenčín	1–1	FK Pohronie	Žilina
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	26' El Mahdioui	Report	58' Weir	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Adam Somoláni

24 October 2020 11	FC Spartak Trnava	2–0	AS Trenčín	Trnava
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	79' (pen.) Pačínda  89' Kóša	Report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Ziemba

1 November 2020 12	AS Trenčín	3–1	MFK Ružomberok	Žilina
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	20' (o.g.) Maslo  68' (o.g.) Čurma  87' Kadák	Report	90' Maslo	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Pavol Ochotnický

7 November 2020 13	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	5–0	AS Trenčín	Zlaté Moravce
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	22', 62', 83' Balaj  25' Kovaľ  53' Hrnčár	Report		Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova

21 November 2020 14	MŠK Žilina	2–0	AS Trenčín	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	15' Bernát  59' Kurminowski	Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Dušan Sedlák

29 November 2020 15	AS Trenčín	1–0	ŠKF Sereď	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	15' (o.g.) Adekuoroye	Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Gemzický

5 December 2020 16	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	2–0	AS Trenčín	Bratislava
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	21' (pen.), 90' Holman	Report	82' El Mahdioui	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 0 Referee: Michal Očenáš

13 December 2020 17	AS Trenčín	2–2	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	82' Tučný  85' Corryn	Report	12', 22' Taiwo	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Dušan Sedlák

16 December 2020 18	FC Nitra	1–2	AS Trenčín	Nitra
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mustafić  73'	Report	Zubairu  60' Čataković  87'	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova

14 February 2020 19	AS Trenčín	v	FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	Trenčín or Žilina[3]
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti or Štadión pod Dubňom

20 February 2020 20	FK Senica	v	AS Trenčín	Senica
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: OMS Arena Senica

27 February 2020 21	FK Pohronie	v	AS Trenčín	Žiar nad Hronom
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Mestský štadión Žiar nad Hronom

6 March 2020 22	AS Trenčín	v	FC Spartak Trnava	Trenčín or Žilina[3]
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti or Štadión pod Dubňom

Slovak Cup

16 September 2020 2nd round	Spartak Myjava (3)	0–2	AS Trenčín (1)	Myjava
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	30' (o.g.) Koníček  86' Ikoba	Stadium: Stadium Myjava Attendance: 352 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

30 September 2020 3rd round	TJ Družstevník Radimov (4)	1–2	AS Trenčín (1)	Radimov
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	66' Šebesta   89' Šefčovič	Report	65', 77' Kadák	Attendance: 420 Referee: Tomáš Marsal

4th round	MŠK Spišské Podhradie (3)	Postponed	AS Trenčín (1)	Spišské Podhradie
CET (UTC+01:00)		Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 16 December 2020

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Fortuna liga	Slovak Cup	Total
4	MF		Abdul Zubairu	1		1
7	MF		Hamza Čataković	5		5
9	FW		Eduvie Ikoba	2	1	3
14	MF		Milan Corryn	1		1
15	FW		Ahmad Ghali	1		1
16	FW		Jakub Kadák	1	2	3
17	MF		Ante Roguljić	2		2
29	DF		Ruben Ligeon	1		1
34	MF		Aschraf El Mahdioui	1		1
71	FW		Adam Tučný	1		1
Players who left AS Trenčín during the season:
11	MF		Osman Bukari	1		1
Total				17	3	20

References

1. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=FL-Ligu-odstartujeme-8-augusta-pod-Cebratom-8584
2. https://futbal.pravda.sk/fortuna-liga/clanok/557631-hrncara-strieda-v-trencine-belgicky-trener-naposledy-viedol-lokeren/
3. https://tv.pravda.sk/relacie/sport/epizoda/5633-trencianska-pycha-kedy-zazije-premieru-novy-stadion
4. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=Klub-Predstavili-sme-nove-logo-a-zjednotenu-historiu-trencianskeho-futbalu-8880
5. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=8524
6. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=A-tim-American-Ikoba-novou-tvarou-v-kabine-AS-Trencin-8549
7. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=A-tim-Azango-po-dvoch-rokoch-opat-v-drese-AS-Trencin-8564
8. https://scorenigeria.com.ng/reuben-yem-returns-to-slovak-club-as-trencin-from-gent/
9. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=A-tim-Reprezentant-Kmet-podpisal-zmluvu-na-tri-roky-8882
10. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=A-tim-Nasledovnici-Bukariho-podpisali-viacrocne-zmluvy-8888
11. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=A-tim-Odchovanec-bratislavskeho-futbalu-a-reprezentant-dalsim-novacikom-v-kabine-8889
12. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=A-tim-Gazi-dalsim-odchovancom-s-profesionalnou-zmluvou-8890
13. https://sportnet.sme.sk/futbalnet/clen/1430339/#prestupy
14. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1198794/trencanov-caka-v-jarnej-fortuna-lige-zrekonstruovany-stadion.html
15. https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/454858/chovan-aj-hrncar-budu-pokracovat-v-zlatych-moravciach/
16. https://sportnet.sme.sk/futbalnet/clen/1334216/#prestupy
17. https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/459392/fortuna-liga-osman-bukari-opusta-as-trencin-prestupuje-k-belgickemu-prvoligistovi-kaa-gent/
18. https://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/news/chelmsford-city-sign-defender-cole-kpekawa-2581635.html
19. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=A-tim-Depetris-a-Pisoja-koncia-Semrinec-rokuje-o-zmluve-8877
20. https://sportnet.sme.sk/futbalnet/clen/1294508/#prestupy
21. https://www.astrencin.sk/clanek.asp?id=Priprava-Zapas-proti-Zlatym-Moravciam-zrusil-COVID-19-8906

External links

• Official website
• Futbalnet