The Štadión pod Dubňom is an all-seater football stadium situated in Žilina, Slovakia, which is the home of MŠK Žilina. It is named after the hill Dubeň, adjacent to which it is located, and the name of the stadium literally means "Stadium under the Dubeň Hill."
Považská Bystrica District is a district in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Trencsén.
Theodor Reimann, also known as Teodor Reimann, was a football goalkeeper and manager. At club level he played mostly for Slovan Bratislava. Internationally he played for both Slovakia and Czechoslovakia. He obtained 14 caps for Slovakia from 1939 to 1943. He obtained five caps between 1948 and 1954 for Czechoslovakia including one at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
Sverepec is a village in the Považská Bystrica District, Trenčín Region of northwestern Slovakia
Extraliga is the highest league in the league system of Slovak Handball and comprises the top 8 Slovak handball teams. The first season began in 1993-94.
MŠK Považská Bystrica is the handball team from Slovakia.MŠK Považská Bystrica won their first Slovak championship in 2002, and won again in 2003 and 2006 when played Champions League.
Tomáš Mažár is a Slovak handball player, currently playing for HT Tatran Prešov in the Slovak Extraliga. He also played in UHC Gänserndorf, MSK SIRS Povazska Bystrica and HC Trnava.
Kostol Navstivenia Panny Marie lies in the town centre in Povazska Bystrica. It was built in the 14th century by János Podmanitzky owner of castle Považský hrad. It was rebuilt in 1940 to satisfy the need for capacity, leaving only presbytery, tower and northern part of girting walls of the old church. Nowadays paned windows were designed by Slovak artists Vincent and Viera Hloznik. In the entrance hall of the church is placed the gravestone of Raffael Podmaitzky, Szigmund Balassa and his wife Alzbeta Zborowska.
The Podmanitzky family was an influential noble family from Upper Hungary, in the Kingdom of Hungary. They originate from the little village of Podmanin - also Podmanyn or Podmaninch -. They passed regional bylaw called Articuli Podmanickyani which is sound testimony to the life of small size Slovak medieval town of Považská Bystrica (Vágbeszterce) in the 16th century.
Pavol Bajza is a Slovak footballer who plays for Vejle Boldklub.
Václav Straka is a Czech handball player, currently playing for TJ Štart Nové Zámky in the Slovak Extraliga. He also played for HC Frýdek-Místek, MŠK Považská Bystrica and HC Dukla Prague.
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.
František Brezničan is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for MŠK Púchov.
The HK 95 Panthers Považská Bystrica are an ice hockey team in Považská Bystrica, Slovakia. They play in the Slovak 1.Liga, the second level of ice hockey in the country.
The Slovak 2. Liga, , is currently the third tier of ice hockey in Slovakia. For the 2018–19 season, the 2. liga is divided into two different divisions. It lies below the Slovak Extraliga and the Slovak 1. Liga. The league is composed of 17 teams divided into two groups, whose teams are divided geographically, including one foreign team from Poland - KH 58 Sanok that plays in the Eastern group.
The 2011–12 MŠK Žilina season is the 18th straight season that the club will play in the Slovak First League, the highest tier of football in Slovakia.
The 2012–13 Slovak Cup, also known as Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 44th edition of the competition. 43 clubs participated in the tournament. The winners of the competition, ŠK Slovan Bratislava, as a 2013–14 Slovak First Football League champions qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League. The Slovak Cup runner-up team, MŠK Žilina, qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.
The 2014–15 Slovak First Football League was the 22nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 11 July 2014. ŠK Slovan Bratislava are the defending champions.
