FC VSS Košice

FC VSS Košice, formerly 1. FC Košice, was a Slovak football club based in Košice which played in the Slovak 2. Liga during the 2016–17 season. The club officially ceased operations on 27 July 2017.

FC VSS Košice
Full nameFootball Club VSS Košice
Nickname(s)žlto-modrí (yellow-blue)
VSS
Founded1903 (1903)
as Kassai AC
Dissolved27 July 2017 (2017-07-27)
GroundLokomotíva Stadium,
Košice
Capacity9,000
ChairmanBlažej Podolák
ManagerJozef Majoroš
2016–172. Liga, 1st

The club, founded in 1903, has won the Slovak League twice, the Slovak Cup five times and the Czechoslovak Cup once. The most successful eras of the club were in the 1970s and 1990s which they spent mostly in the top tier of Czechoslovak and Slovak Football. Two of the UEFA Euro 1976 champions namely Dušan Galis and Jaroslav Pollák played for Košice.

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