MŠK Považská Bystrica (football)

MŠK Považská Bystrica is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Považská Bystrica. The club was founded in 1920 as SK Považská Bystrica and played in the Czechoslovak First League four times, the last time being the 1989–90 season, but never in the Corgoň liga, the first Slovak championship.

Previous names
reference
 * 1920–1924: ŠK
 * 1924–1926: Orol
 * 1924–1926: ŠK
 * 1933–1936: ŠK Munička
 * 1936–1948 : AC Sparta
 * 1948–1953 : Sokol Manet
 * 1953–1966 : Spartak
 * 1966–1968 : Sparta
 * 1968–1990 : ZVL
 * 1990–1997 : FK Sparta
 * 1997–2013 : FK Raven
 * 2013– : MŠK

Club history
The main club sponsor Raven company ended support of the football team in Považská Bystrica, even though the club was in first place in Majstrovstvá regiónu 2012/2013 (4th level) competition after the autumn season. So the club was dissolved due to financial crisis after losing its main sponsor.

Honours
Czechoslovakia
 * 1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993)
 * [[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] Winners (2): 1969–70, 1988–89
 * Slovak Cup (1961–)
 * [[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (1): 1989

Slovak Republic (1939–45)
 * Slovak League (1939–44)
 * [[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] Winners (1): 1938–39
 * [[Image:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (1): 1939–40
 * [[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg|15px]] Third place (2): 1941–41, 1942–43

Current squad
For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024.