FC Baník Prievidza is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Prievidza. Between 1993 and 2000, Prievidza played in the highest level of Slovak football, the Corgoň liga.
Following the 2006–07 season, HFK Prievidza was promoted to the Slovak First League (second level of Slovak football). The club finished in 6th place for the 2007–08 season. Beginning with the 2008–09 season, the club changed its name to FK Mesto Prievidza. In 2009–10, the club withdrew from the Slovak First League.
Club history
1919 – PAC Prievidza
1929 – ŠK Prievidza
1943 – SOHG Prievidza
1948 – Sokol Prievidza
1949 – Sokol Carpatia Prievidza
1954 – Merger of Baník Novaky and Baník Prievidza
1961 – TJ Baník Prievidza
1994 – MFK Prievidza
1995 – FK Petrimex Prievidza
1998 – FK Baník Prievidza
2003 – HFK Prievidza (resulted from the merger of MŠK TOPVAR, Horná Nitra Topoľčany and FK Baník Prievidza) 2008 – FK Mesto Prievidza 2011 – FC Baník Horná Nitra (ŠKF Baník Handlová merged with FK Prievidza 2010) 2017 – FC Baník Prievidza
Honours
Domestic
Czechoslovakia
1.SNL (1st Slovak National football league) (1969–1993) Winners (1): 1971–72
Affiliated clubs
The following clubs are currently affiliated with FC Baník Horná Nitra: AS Trenčín (2011–present) MŠK Žilina (2013–present)
Current squad
As of 23 August 2015
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Baník.
For full list, see :Category:FC Baník Prievidza players
Ivan Belák
Karol Dobiaš
Karol Jokl
Dávid Hancko
Filip Hlohovský
Patrik Hrošovský
Martin Králik
Miloš Krško
František Kubík
Juraj Kucka
Anton Malatinský
Ján Mucha
Peter Németh
Branislav Obžera
Filip Oršula
Ladislav Petráš
Martin Petráš
Martin Škrteľ
Anton Švajlen
Ján Vlasko
Vladimír Weiss
Notable managers
Milan Albrecht (2004) Vladimír Goffa Vladimír Rusnák (2008-2009) Dušan Uškovič (2011-2012) Vladimír Ilko (2012-2014) Peter Černák (2014-2016) Juraj Pekár (2017) Roman Slaný (2017-208) Vladimir Helbich (2018-2019) Ján Hancko (2021-)