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2020/21 Youth Intake Squad Overview Once again, it was a disappointing intake at the Club as the best player was only rated two stars. We're working hard behind-the-scenes to improve our stature and the youth department is one of the areas we want to improve drastically. Hopefully that will...

2020/21 Europa League Second Knockout Round First Leg I was hoping for a repeat of the Schalke performance but we got the opposite of that as we were hammered 3-0 at the Amsterdam Arena. Although the stats may suggest differently, we were dominated throughout and were lucky to not lose by...

2020/21 Europa League Second Knockout Round draw After our excellent performance over the two legs against Schalke, we were once again in a confident mood ahead of the Second Knockout Round draw. It was new territory for us as it was the first time we had reached this stage so we were open to...

2020/21 Europa League First Knockout Round First Leg I wanted at least one away goal but I wasn't expecting that! It was a very even game at the Veltins Arena with both sides having an even amount of possession. Jonas Heymans made his return from injury and opened the scoring within three...

2020/21 Winter Transfer Window update So it was a busy January for all at MFK Skalica, here's what happened... In We made one permanent signing over the course of the Winter Transfer Window with Sinan Bytyqi joining for a small fee from Rangers. Originally, the deal was supposed to...

2020/21 Mid-season update Squad Overview Key Players Carabina (Goalkeeper) The tall shot stopper has been a rock at the back in the opening stages of the 2020/21 season with him keeping 14 clean sheets in his 34 games so far, an impressive return! He's been able to maintain an average...

2020/21 Europa League First Knockout Round draw High on confidence, we headed to UEFA HQ to find out who we would be facing in the next round of the competition. Teams from the Champions League would be entering at this stage as well so fingers were crossed ahead of the draw... So it's a...

2020/21 Europa League Group Stage Matchday Six What a great way to end the group stage! It was a five-star showing from MFK Skalica and, although the stats suggest it was a close game, we dominated throughout. Rony Lopes got the ball rolling early on before Calum Ferguson equalised for...

2020/21 Europa League Group Stage Matchday Five With qualification already secured, we mixed the team up and played some of our back-up players and, surprisingly, we managed to pack up the three points. In a game that Dnipro dominated, Felix Pascual grabbed the winner shortly before half...

2020/21 Europa League Group Stage Matchday Four The impressive European run continues! It was a tight contest in Germany but we managed to edge it with a scoreline of 2-1 in our favour. The first half was quite boring with hardly any chances before the game kicked into life in the second...

2020/21 Europa League Group Stage Matchday Three What a performance! We somehow managed to pick up the three points against Gladbach with a back-to-the-wall performance after being dominated for the majority of the 90 minutes. Rony Lopes put us into the lead in the 30th minute before that...

2020/21 Europa League Group Stage Matchday Two Our first win in the group stage in our second attempt! Hibernian took a shock lead in the seventh minute through Stevie May before Viktor Luptak quickly levelled up the score. Following the two early strikes, it was an end-to-end game with...

2020/21 Europa League Group Stage Matchday One A positive start to the campaign as we manage to avoid defeat in Ukraine. We dominated possession and had more shots, but I'd say it was a fair result and the main positive is that we didn't lose. Olexandr Tereschenko opened the scoring for...

2020/21 Europa League Group Stage draw So with the disappointment of the away goals knockout against Vojvodina behind us, it was time to find out who we'd be drawn against in the Europa League group stage. With our co-officients improving in recent years, we'd been put in pot three so we was...

2020/21 Champions League Play-Off First Leg What a game! A five-goal thriller to set up the second leg nicely with us coming out with a narrow lead. Things started bad for us as we were 2-0 down inside 15 minutes after Bard Finne's brace gave the away side the lead they deserved following...