2015–16 MFK Zemplín Michalovce season

Michalovce
2015–16 season
President	Igor Šoltinský
Head coach	Stanislav Griga
Stadium	Zemplin Stadium
Fortuna Liga	12th
Slovak Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	League: Vernon De Marco (5 goals); All: Stanislav Danko (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,575 (Michalovce – Slovan Bratislava)
Lowest home attendance	1,112 (Michalovce – Ružomberok)
Average home league attendance	3,239
	2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is MFK Zemplín Michalovce's first season in the Fortuna Liga after gaining promotion in the previous season in their 103rd year in existence.

Transfers (Summer)

Transfers in

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
—	FW	NGA	Peter Nworah (from Free agent)^[1]
—	MF	SVK	Tomáš Sedlák (loan return from FK Poprad)^[2]
—	MF	GHA	Emmanuel Mensah (from FK Bodva Moldava nad Bodvou)^[2]
—	MF	SVK	Martin Bednár (from MFK Zemplín Michalovce youth)
—	GK	SVK	Marián Kelemen (from Free agent)^[3]
—	DF	GEO	Akaki Khubutia (from Free agent)^[3]
—	DF	ESP	Eric Barroso (from FC Tiraspol)^[3]
—	FW	CRO	Andrej Kerić (from F91 Dudelange)^[4]

Transfers out

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
—	FW	SVK	Tomáš Chovanec (loan return to MFK Dolný Kubín)^[5]
—	FW	SVK	Boris Bališ (loan return to FC Spartak Trnava)^[5]
—	FW	SVK	Erik Streňo (loan return to Partizán Bardejov)^[5]
—	MF	SVK	Lukáš Janič (to Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)^[6]
—	MF	SVK	Adrián Leško (on loan to FC Lokomotíva Košice)^[7]

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2015.

Transfers (Winter)

In: 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
—	GK	CZE	Patrik Macej (loan return from FC Lokomotíva Košice)
—	FW	SVK	Filip Serečin (from FC VSS Košice)^[1]
—	FW	RUS	Maxim Votinov (from FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok)^[8]
—	DF	BLR	Aleksandr Sverchinskiy (from FC Minsk)^[8]
—	MF	SRB	Nikola Lukić (from FC Minsk)^[9]
—	MF	GRE	Kyriakos Savvidis (on loan from PAOK FC)^[10]
—	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Deligiannidis (on loan from PAOK FC)

Out: 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	ESP	Antonio García Montero (End of contract (joined Europa FC))^[11]
—	FW	NGA	Peter Nworah (Released and joined FC Hradec Králové) ^[12]
—	DF	ESP	Eric Barroso (Released and joined Conil CF)^[13]
—	DF	ESP	Joan Caballero (Released and joined CD Acero)^[14]
—	FW	GHA	Emmanuel Mensah (Released)

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2015–16.

Current squad

As of 23 February 2016. 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
1	GK	CZE	Martin Raška
2	DF	SVK	Milan Šimčák
4	MF	SVK	Lukáš Tóth
7	DF	ESP	Marcos Pérez (Captain)
8	MF	SVK	Jakub Grič
9	DF	SVK	Jakub Straka
10	MF	SVK	Martin Bednár
12	MF	SVK	Jozef-Šimon Turík
13	DF	GEO	Akaki Khubutia
14	FW	SVK	Martin Regáli
15	MF	SVK	Stanislav Danko
17	FW	SVK	Dominik Kunca
18	DF	ARG	Vernon De Marco
19	MF	ESP	Samuel Bayón


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	SVK	Oliver Podhorín
21	FW	SVK	Michal Hamuľak
22	GK	SVK	Matúš Kira
23	GK	SVK	Marián Kelemen
23	MF	SVK	Jozef Vajs
24	MF	SVK	Martin Koscelník
27	MF	SVK	Tomáš Sedlák
28	FW	SVK	Pavol Bellás
30	GK	CZE	Patrik Macej
44	DF	BLR	Aleksandr Sverchinskiy
77	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Deligiannidis
88	MF	GRE	Kyriakos Savvidis
89	FW	SVK	Filip Serečin
90	MF	SRB	Nikola Lukić
99	FW	RUS	Maxim Votinov

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

1 July 2015 Friendly	Michalovce	6–1	Lokomotíva Košice	Michalovce
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danko 26' Fabiani 45' Turík 53' Kavka 69' (o.g.) Musiol 82', 84'	Report	Serečin 45'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 600

4 July 2015 Friendly	KS Cracovia	2–1	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čovilo 26' Wdowiak 54'	Report	Turík 84'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

7 July 2015 Friendly	Poprad	2–1	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rudiuk 2' Durkot 12'	Report	Fabiani 80'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

8 July 2015 Friendly	Spišská Nová Ves	1–2	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Štefánik 59'	Report	Kunca 14' Nworah 31'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

11 July 2015 Friendly	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	0–1	Michalovce	Poprad, Slovakia
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kunca 25'	Stadium: NTC Poprad

16 January 2016 Friendly	Ferencváros	2–0	Michalovce	Budapest, Hungary
	Nagy 54' Kárász 66'	Report

23 January 2016 Friendly	Debreceni VSC	2–0	Michalovce	Debrecen, Hungary
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Holman 35' Horváth 47'	Report

23 January 2016 Friendly	Debreceni VSC	0–2	Michalovce	Debrecen, Hungary
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Hamuľak 55' Votinov 57'

27 January 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	2–0	Trebišov	Michalovce
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tóth 31' Votinov 88'	Report

30 January 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	2–0	Prešov	Michalovce
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koscelník 11', 21'	Report

3 February 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	4–0	Lokomotíva Košice	Michalovce
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellás 28' Hamuľak 32' Vajs 67' Straka 86'	Report

6 February 2016 Friendly	KS Cracovia	2–0	Michalovce	Kraków, Poland
14:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Čovilo 7' Dialiba 88'	Report		Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium

11 February 2016 Friendly	Locomotive Tbilisi	1–2	Michalovce	Alicante, Spain
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Benashvili 10' (pen.)	Report	Serečin 38' (pen.), 81'

13 February 2016 Friendly	Dacia Chișinău	2–3	Michalovce	Alicante, Spain
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zahynaylov 75' Chemyrtan 87'	Report	Grič 38' Sverchinskiy 70' Kunca 72'

16 February 2016 Friendly	Valencia B	0–1	Michalovce	Alicante, Spain
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kunca 80'

20 February 2016 Friendly	Michalovce	4–0	VSS Košice	Michalovce
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Votinov 15', 39' Tóth 52' Bayón 81' (pen.)	Report

Fortuna Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Podbrezová	33	10	7	16	43	46	−3	37
9	ViOn Zlaté Moravce	33	7	10	16	38	57	−19	31
10	Senica	33	7	9	17	30	48	−18	30
11	Zemplín Michalovce	33	7	8	18	32	55	−23	29
12	Skalica (R)	33	6	6	21	30	62	−32	24	Relegation to 2. Liga

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.^[15]
(R) Relegated

Matches

18 July 2015 1	Michalovce	0–1	Trenčín	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Koolwijk 84'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,408 Referee: Boris Marhefka

25 July 2015 2	Skalica	1–0	Michalovce	Senica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gašparík 44'	Report		Stadium: Štadión FK Senica Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Adam Somoláni

1 August 2015 3	Podbrezová	6–2	Michalovce	Brezno
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Melunović 12' (pen.) Mehanović 38', 90' Vaščák 45' Kupčík 63' Gál-Andrezly 69'	Report	Vernon 26' Hamuľak 71'	Stadium: Mestský štadión Brezno Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Pavol Šuniar

8 August 2015 4	Michalovce	2–1	Zlaté Moravce	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danko 26' Regáli 66'	Report	Mance 45' Školnik 25' 63'Milojević 85' 87'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Peter Královič

15 August 2015 5	Myjava	2–1	Michalovce	Myjava
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piroska 45' Daniel 77'	Report	Hamuľak 21' 72' Šimčák 82'	Stadium: Stadium Myjava Attendance: 1,560 Referee: Michal Očenáš

22 August 2015 6	Michalovce	0–3	Dunajská Streda	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Szarka 37' Sarr 63' Ľupták 75'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Jozef Pavlík

29 August 2015 7	Ružomberok	2–2	Michalovce	Ružomberok
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jakubko 10' Zošák 89' Rosa 20' 90'	Report	Regáli 50' Koscelník 60'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Július Straka

12 September 2015 8	Michalovce	1–3	Senica	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hromada 20' (o.g.)	Report	Hromada 7', 30' Dolný 65'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Ján Valášek

19 September 2015 9	Spartak Trnava	0–1	Michalovce	Trnava
18:20 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Danko 26'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 7,050 Referee: Jozef Pavlík

23 September 2015 10	Michalovce	1–2	Slovan Bratislava	Michalovce
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koscelník 32' Marcos 37' Vernon 88'	Report	González 7' Saláta 29' Milinković 34' (pen.) Štefánik 80' Šimčák 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,575 Referee: Mário Vlk

27 September 2015 11	Žilina	2–0	Michalovce	Žilina
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mazáň 14' Vavro 25' Mihalík 30' Bénes 70'	Report	Mensah 45' Samuel Bayón 55' Marcos 66'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,259 Referee: Marek Mastiš

3 October 2015 12	AS Trenčín	2–0	Michalovce	Trenčín
18:20 CEST	Rabiu 31' Bero 90+1'	Summary		Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Boris Marhefka

18 October 2015 13	Michalovce	3–1	Skalica	Michalovce
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bayón 16' (pen.) Danko 50', 53'	Report	Ulrich 14'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Kamil Horváth

24 October 2015 14	Michalovce	2–0	Podbrezová	Michalovce
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vernon 8', 40'	Report		Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Vladimír Vnuk

31 October 2015 15	Zlaté Moravce	1–1	Michalovce	Zlaté Moravce
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marques de Souza 26'	Report	Kunca 53'	Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Michal Očenáš

7 November 2015 16	Michalovce	1–2	Myjava	Michalovce
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mensah 4'	Report	Sládek 86' Daniel 88'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 1,821 Referee: Michal Smolák

20 November 2015 17	Dunajská Streda	3–1	Michalovce	Dunajská Streda
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pačinda 7' (pen.) Szarka 25', 55'	Report	Kunca 77'	Stadium: Mestský štadión Dunajská Streda Attendance: 3,001 Referee: Adam Somoláni

28 November 2015 18	Michalovce	1–3	Ružomberok	Michalovce
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vernon 7'	Report	Boszorád 41' Jakubko 50' Faško 68'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Martin Ježík

5 December 2015 19	Senica	1–1	Michalovce	Senica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klec 37'	Report	Kunca 33'	Stadium: OMS ARENA Senica Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Ladislav Prešinský

27 February 2016 20	Michalovce	0–1	Trnava	Michalovce
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Marco 13'	Report	Kadlec 11' Schranz 44' Depetris 57' Čonka 80'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Boris Marhefka

9 March 2016 21	Slovan Bratislava	1–0	Michalovce	Bratislava
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	de Kamps 79' Priskin 90'	Report	Sverchinskiy 80' Koscelník 89' Calero 90'	Stadium: Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Peter Kralovic

4 March 2016 22	Žilina	2–3	Michalovce	Žilina
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bénes 11' Paur 18' Vavro 23' 83' Mazáň 58'	Report	Koscelník 21' 89' Khubutia 26' Votinov 48' Lukić 45', 60'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,079 Referee: Filip Glova

13 March 2016 23	Michalovce	1–3	Trenčín	Michalovce
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lukić 71' (pen.) Khubutia 84' 84' De Marco 89'	Report	Bero 11' 66' Maierhofer 62' Kleščík 70' Koolwijk 80' Opatovský 90'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 3,765 Referee: Jozef Pavlik

20 March 2016 24	Skalica	0–0	Michalovce	Skalica
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Štrombach 36' Mazan 55' Dobrotka 58' Hlinka 81' Záhumenský 88'	Report	Sverchinskiy 43' Lukić 66'	Stadium: Mestský štadión Skalica Attendance: 896 Referee: Vladimir Vnuk

2 April 2016 25	Podbrezová	2–0	Michalovce	Podbrezová
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šafranko 13' Viazanko 55' Rendla 78'	Report	Bayón 58' Calero 71' 71' Hamuľak 76'	Stadium: ZELPO Aréna Attendance: 1,325 Referee: Ivan Kruzliak

9 April 2016 26	Michalovce	1–1	Zlaté Moravce	Michalovce
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hamuľak 40' Sverchinskiy 43' Podhorín 71' Votinov 90'	Report	Kuzma 41' Perišić 44' Bamba 63' Kováč 89'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 1,938 Referee: Michal Smolak

16 April 2016 27	Myjava	3–0	Michalovce	Myjava
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Daniel 18', 82' 62' Beňo 60' Škutka 82' Machovec 90'	Report	Sverchinskiy 32' Sedlák 90'	Stadium: Stadium Myjava Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Kamil Horvath

19 April 2016 28	Michalovce	1–1	Dunajská Streda	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Marco 33' Hamuľak 45'	Report	Ľupták 44' Pačinda 77' Živković 83' Černák 86'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 2,285 Referee: Kamil Horvath

23 April 2016 29	Ružomberok	0–0	Michalovce	Ružomberok
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boszorád 35' Lačný 83' Faško 86'	Report	Calero 39' Danko 68' Bayón 90'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Michal Ocenas

30 April 2016 30	Michalovce	2–1	Senica	Michalovce
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Serečin 18' Kunca 90'	Report	Krč 52' Leško 55' Hromada 60' Mehremić 72' Pavlík 80' Almási 82'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 2,865 Referee: Jozef Pavlik

7 May 2016 31	Trnava	3–0	Michalovce	Trnava
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schranz 22' 27' Depetris 55', 59'	Report		Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Gabriel Michlian

13 May 2016 32	Michalovce	1–1	Slovan Bratislava	Michalovce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kunca 21' 36' Sedlák 40' Danko 57' De Marco 79'	Report	Priskin 3' de Kamps 11'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Kamil Horvath

20 May 2016 33	Michalovce	3–0	Žilina	Michalovce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kunca 32', 80' Koscelník 39' De Marco 59' Sverchinskiy 64'	Report	de Kamps 65'	Stadium: Zemplin Stadium Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Jozef Pavlik

Slovnaft Cup

12 August 2015 2nd round	TJ Sokol Medzibrod	1–2	Michalovce	Medzibrod
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bobok 59'	Report	Danko 3' Regáli 32' Joan Caballero 57'	Stadium: Futbalový štadion TJ Sokol Medzibrod Attendance: 600 Referee: Boris Marhefka

1 September 2015 3rd round	Teplička nad Váhom	0–2	Michalovce	Varín
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Danko 33' Hamuľak 38'	Stadium: Areál Juraja Sabolu Attendance: 350 Referee: Kamil Horváth

14 October 2015 4th round	Rohožník	1–1 (5–3 p)	Michalovce	Rohožník
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marek Zajíc 7' Marko Lörinczi 40'	Report	Hamuľak 59' Joan Caballero 67'	Stadium: Štadión FC Rohožník Attendance: 650 Referee: Gabriel Michlian

References

1 2 Peter Nworah z Podbrezovej do Michaloviec 9 July 2015
1 2 Žlto-modrí s výhrou a prehrou, vracia sa Sedlák 10 July 2015
1 2 3 Michalovce podpísali tri posily, na ceste je aj jeden útočník! Archived 7 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine 3 September 2015
↑ Michalovciam chce pomôcť odlepiť sa z dna tabuľky 9 September 2015
1 2 3 Michalovce začnú prípravu koncom júna, čaká ich aj sústredenie v Tatrách 17 June 2015
↑ "Jani? Smeruje do Po?ska, Liverpool sn?va o M?llerovi – Profutbal.sk :: Prestupy a ?pekul?cie". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
↑ Konečne sú už kompletní, zarezávajú aj posily 3 September 2015
1 2 Michalovce natiahli víťaznú sériu v príprave 5 February 2016
↑ Griga verí, že do kádra mu ešte niekto pribudne 19 February 2016
↑ Súpiska "A" mužstva 23 February 2016
↑ MFK Zemplín odštartoval zimnú prípravu 9 January 2016
↑ Michalovce sú už bez Nworaha, Mensah je späť 21 January 2016
↑ Legionári z východu presvedčili 29 January 2016
↑ Michalovčania dosiahli tretie víťazstvo v rade 2 February 2016
↑ "Super Liga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[nworah-1] 1 2 Peter Nworah z Podbrezovej do Michaloviec 9 July 2015

[sedlak-2] 1 2 Žlto-modrí s výhrou a prehrou, vracia sa Sedlák 10 July 2015

[kelemen-3] 1 2 3 Michalovce podpísali tri posily, na ceste je aj jeden útočník! Archived 7 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine 3 September 2015

[keric-4] Michalovciam chce pomôcť odlepiť sa z dna tabuľky 9 September 2015

[chovanec_tomas-5] 1 2 3 Michalovce začnú prípravu koncom júna, čaká ich aj sústredenie v Tatrách 17 June 2015

[6] "Jani? Smeruje do Po?ska, Liverpool sn?va o M?llerovi – Profutbal.sk :: Prestupy a ?pekul?cie". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[lesko1-7] Konečne sú už kompletní, zarezávajú aj posily 3 September 2015

[votinov-8] 1 2 Michalovce natiahli víťaznú sériu v príprave 5 February 2016

[lukic-9] Griga verí, že do kádra mu ešte niekto pribudne 19 February 2016

[savvidis-10] Súpiska "A" mužstva 23 February 2016

[toni-11] MFK Zemplín odštartoval zimnú prípravu 9 January 2016

[12] Michalovce sú už bez Nworaha, Mensah je späť 21 January 2016

[barroso-13] Legionári z východu presvedčili 29 January 2016

[caballero-14] Michalovčania dosiahli tretie víťazstvo v rade 2 February 2016

[15] "Super Liga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

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