| Full name | FK DAC 1904[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1904; 121 years ago (1904) asDunaszerdahelyi Atlétikai Club | ||
| Ground | MOL Aréna Dunajská Streda | ||
| Capacity | 12,700 | ||
| Owner(s) | Oszkár Világi 90% city ofDunajská Streda 10%[2] | ||
| President | Tibor Végh | ||
| Manager | Branislav Fodrek | ||
| League | Slovak First Football League | ||
| 2024–25 | Slovak First Football League, 4th of 12 | ||
| Website | fcdac | ||
FC DAC 1904 is a Slovak professionalfootball club based inDunajská Streda which competes in theSlovak First Football League. In the 2007–08 season, they were the west group champions of theSlovak Third League. In the 2008–09 season, after merging withFC Senec, they entered thetop division. The club is strongly supported by theHungarian minority in Slovakia.[3]

The first organized sports club in Dunajská Streda (then Dunaszerdahely, Hungary), the Dunaszerdahelyi Atlétikai Club (Dunajská Streda Athletic Club (DAC)), was founded in 1904. At the time, football was a popular sport. The club survived both world wars and continued to 1953 when the team won theBratislava district one A grade premiership. In 1968 and 1969, the team advanced in the Western Division of the third league before returning to the regional competition. In the 1977 to 1978 season, the team again entered the third league coming sixth. In the 1978 to 1979 competition, the team came seventh. In the 1979 to 1980 season, the team won their division and was promoted to the Slovak National League (SNL 1 – second level). DAC finally promoted to Czechoslovak First League in 1984–85 season. DAC was 3rd at this league in 1987–88 season and 4th in 1990–91 and 1992–93 seasons. They finished Slovak Superliga as 3rd in 1993–94 season. But, their form was lowered after this season and relegated to second level in 1997–98 season. They immediately returned to top level but relegated again in 1999–00 season. They relegated to 3rd level in 2006–07 season. They immediately returned to 2nd level but relegated again in 2008–09 season. They made successively two promotions and returned to top level in 2013. Since 2013, DAC has been affiliated withŠK Senec.[4] In 1987, DAC were theSlovak Cup (Slovenský Pohár) and Czechoslovak Cup (Československý Pohár) winners.
In 2025, UEFA did not let the club to compete in the2025–26 UEFA Conference League since one owner can have only one club in the competition. Világi, the club owner in 2025, had two clubs in the competition due toGyőr's qualification in the2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.[5] On 1 July 2025, Világi said that the UEFA's decision is not righteous, therefore, the club will turn toCourt of Arbitration for Sport CAS.[6]
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In the 1980–81 season, the team came eleventh. In the 1981–82 season, 26,089 attended games. The team won 15 games, lost 11 games and drew in 4 games. In the 1982–83 season, the team's star playerJuraj Szikora could not participate in the competition. The team came second, four points behind the premier team,Banská Bystrica. In the 1983–84 season, the team came second, four points behindPetržalka. 8,136 patrons attended a home game where the team beatPetržalka three points to zero.Ladislav Tóth [cs] scored twenty-two points becoming the highest goal scorer of the League for that season. In the 1984–85 season,Karol Pecze coached the team. 10,000 patrons attended the last home gain againstNitra. Ladislav Tóth again scored twenty-two points and won thegolden shoe. In the 1985–86 season, the team made its debut in theCzechoslovak First League. The team reaches the quarter-finals and comes eleventh. In the 1986–87 season, the team came fourth in theSlovak League. They won both the Slovak and the Czechoslovak cups. In the 1987 to 1988 season, the team entered theEuropean Cup. In the preliminary round, DAC had two wins againstAEL Limassol (Cyprus),1–0 and 5–1. The team's campaign ended in the first round with a defeat toYoung Boys Bern (2–1 and 1–3). In the Slovak national league, the team came third. In the 1988–89 season, the team had a 6–0 victory overÖster ofSweden in the first round of theUEFA Cup. In the second round, the team playedBayern Munich. 15,572 patrons attended that game. The team came sixth in the Slovak league. In the 1989–90 season,Anton Dragúň led the team to fourteenth place.
In the 1990–91 season,Juraj Szikora coached the team and they came fourth. In the 1991–92 season, the team won theIntertoto Cup in group eight. After twelve days, Szikora was replaced byVladimír Hrivnák. The team came ninth. In the 1992–93 season, the last year of the Slovak national league, the team was coached byDušan Radolský. In the 1993–94 season, the first year of theSlovak League, the team, coached byLadislav Škorpil scores 62 times and comes third.Pavol Diňa is the top scorer with 19 goals. In the UEFA Cup, DAC playedCasino Salzburg who defeat them twice with a score zero to two in the first round. In the 1994–95 season, with coachJozef Valovič, the team comes fourth. In the 1995–96 season, four coaches: Jozef Valovič, Anton Grajcár, Juraj Szikora, and Jozef Adamec, led the team to tenth place from a field of twelve. In the 1996–97 season, the team, coached by Jozef Adamec came fourteenth out of sixteen. In the 1997–98 season, after thirteen years, DAC fell from the Slovak League.Ladislav Škorpil and Dušan Liba coached the team which won five games of thirty and came last out of sixteen teams. In the 1998–99 season,Vladimír Rusnák coached the team and they won the second league. In the 1990–00 season, the first league was reorganized. DAC cam fourteenth in the first league and was relegated to the second league again. The coaches in this season were Viliam Ilko, Anton Grajcár, and Ladislav Kuna.
In the 2000–01 season, DAC was coached by Ladislav Kuna and came fifth in the second league. In 2001–02, the coach, Ladislav Hudec, was replaced after nine rounds by Juraj Szikora. The team came ninth in the second league. In the 2002–03 season, Tibor Szaban coached the team. After half the rounds, the team was three points from dropping to a lower league. Szaban was then replaced byMilan Albrecht. DAC won the next ten games and came eighth. In 2003–04, Juraj Szikora and Dušan Liba were the coaches. The team won nine of fifteen games. At this point, the team was engaged byIranian sponsors.Robert Pflug became the coach and the team won thirty points. The 2004–05 season begins withŠtefan Horný. After fifteen rounds he is replaced by Peter Fieber who was once a player in the team. DAC came eighth. The best game was against Slovan in front of 2,890 fans where DAC won two points to zero. In 2005–06, the Slovak League was again reorganized and DAC dropped from the second league. A series of five coaches (Ladislav Kuna,Peter Fieber, Anton Grajcár,Štefan Zaťko, andTibor Mičinec) allowed the team twelfth place in their competition. In the 2006–07 season, the first Slovak League was renamed theCorgoň Liga and the second league became thefirst league in which DAC played the season. Milan Albrecht coaches for rounds one to six and then is replaced by Robert Pflug. In 2007–08, DAC won the second league competition (2. liga) but this was not a nationwide competition. The coaches were Tibor Meszlényi, Peter Fieber and assistantJúlius Šimon.

DAC supporters are called YBS (Yellow Blue Supporters), biggest rivals areSlovan Bratislava andSpartak Trnava. DAC supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of the HungarianFerencváros Budapest.[8] The YBS usually display a banner stating "Dunaszerdahely", the Hungarian name ofDunajská Streda, in the home end and chant inHungarian, including the Hungarian anthemHimnusz or the popular song Nélküled, which is usually sung by performers before kick off. TheHungarian Tricolour is also usually displayed on the stands ofMOL Aréna by the fans.
The preferred use of the Hungarian language from fans and club officials, however, has caused debate in the Slovak society.Slovak National Party MP and former football internationalDušan Tittel had stated in aParliament session: "Going toDunajská Streda to watch a football game when 9,000 sing the Hungarian anthem, I don't think you'd like it", promoting a bill to make an offense the singing of foreign national anthems. DAC President Oszkár Világi and the club's spokesmen Krisztián Nagy had declared that the club will continue to support the fans and such customs, even in defiance of fines.[9]
The following club is affiliated with DAC:
DAC have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent theSlovak national football team. Over the last periods there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Dunajská Streda after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the GermanBundesliga (András Schäfer toUnion Berlin in 2022),Czech First League (Tibor Jančula toŽižkov in 1993,Léonard Kweuke toSparta in 2010,Dzon Delarge toLiberec in 2012,Erik Pačinda toPlzeň in 2019), DanishSuperliga (Pavol Šafranko toAalborg in 2017,Marko Divković toBrøndby IF in 2022), AustrianBundesliga (Ján Novota toRapid Wien in 2011), PolishEkstraklasa (Tomáš Huk (2019) andKristopher Vida (2020) toPiast Gliwice,Ľubomír Šatka toLech Poznań in 2019), AmericanMajor League Soccer (Matej Oravec toPhiladelphia Union in 2020),Scottish Premiership(Vakoun Issouf Bayo toCeltic F.C. in 2019). The top transfer was agreed in 2023 when forwardNikola Krstović joined ItalianUS Lecce for a fee of€4.5 million.[11] + additional€3.6million from his next transfer toAtalanta BC in 2025.[12]
| Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | €4.5 million* | 2023[13] | ||
| 2. | €3.5 million | 2025[14] | ||
| 3. | €2.2 million | 2019[15] | ||
| 4. | €1.8 million | 2021[16] | ||
| 5. | €1 million | 2020[17] | ||
| €1 million* | 2022[18] | |||
| €1 million | 2022[19] | |||
| 6. | €0.75 million | 2019[20] | ||
| 7. | €0.7 million | 2010[21] | ||
| €0.7 million* | 2020[22] |
| Rank | Player | From | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | €600,000 | 2025[23] | ||
| 2. | €500,000* | 2019[24] | ||
| €500,000 | 2019[25] | |||
| 3. | €400,000 | 2021[26] | ||
| 4. | €350,000* | 2020[27] | ||
| €350,000 | 2024[28] | |||
| 5. | €325,000 | 2024[29] | ||
| 6. | €210,000 | 2023[30] |
*-unofficial fee
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Slovak League only (1993–present)
| Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Slovak Cup | Europe | Top Scorer (Goals) | |
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| 1993–94 | 1st (Mars Superliga) | 3/(12) | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 47 | 36 | Semi-finals | UC | 1.R ( | |
| 1994–95 | 1st (Mars Superliga) | 4/(12) | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 42 | 46 | Runners-up | |||
| 1995–96 | 1st (Mars Superliga) | 10/(12) | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 41 | 76 | 33 | 2nd round | |||
| 1996–97 | 1st (Mars Superliga) | 14/(16) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 34 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 1997–98 | 1st (Mars Superliga) | 16/(16) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 51 | 21 | 1st round | |||
| 1998–99 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 1/(16) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 29 | 69 | 2nd round | |||
| 1999–00 | 1st (Mars Superliga) | 14/(16) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 27 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 2000–01 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 5/(18) | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 55 | 1st round | |||
| 2001–02 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 8/(16) | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 1st round | |||
| 2002–03 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 8/(16) | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 1st round | |||
| 2003–04 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 11/(16) | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 44 | 39 | 1st round | |||
| 2004–05 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 6/(16) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 42 | 1st round | |||
| 2005–06 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 12/(16) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 51 | 27 | 1st round | |||
| 2006–07 | 2nd (1. Liga) | 9/(12) | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 46 | 39 | 1st round | |||
| 2007–08 | 3rd (2.Liga) | 1/(16) | 30 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 29 | 57 | 3rd round | |||
| 2008–09 | 1st (Corgoň Liga) | 9/(12) | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 59 | 36 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 2009–10 | 1st (Corgoň Liga) | 10/(12) | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 47 | 33 | Semi-finals | |||
| 2010–11 | 1st (Corgoň Liga) | 9/(12) | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 2nd round | |||
| 2011–12 | 1st (Corgoň Liga) | 12/(12) | 33 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 63 | 16 | 2nd round | |||
| 2012–13 | 2nd (2. Liga) | 1/(12) | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 65 | 2nd round | |||
| 2013–14 | 1st (Corgoň Liga) | 11/(12) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 57 | 261 | 3rd round | |||
| 2014–15 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 8/(12) | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 39 | Semi-finals | |||
| 2015–16 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 7/(12) | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 42 | 43 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 2016–17 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 7/(12) | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 42 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 2017–18 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 3/(12) | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 57 | Quarter-finals | |||
| 2018–19 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 2/(12) | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 63 | 37 | 63 | 1/8 finals | EL | 2.QR ( | |
| 2019–20 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 3/(12) | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 50 | Semi-Finals | EL | 2.QR ( | |
| 2020–21 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 2/(12) | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 38 | 65 | Quarter-finals | EL | 3.QR ( | |
| 2021–22 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 4/(12) | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 46 | 3rd Round | ECL | 2.QR ( | |
| 2022–23 | 1st (Fortuna Liga) | 2/(12) | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 29 | 67 | 4th Round | ECL | 3.QR ( | |
| 2023–24 | 1st (Niké Liga) | 2/(12) | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 58 | Quarter-finals | ECL | 1.QR ( | |
| 2024–25 | 1st (Niké Liga) | 4/(12) | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 48 | 34 | 51 | Round of 16 | ECL | 1.QR ( | |
1 Deducted six points at the end of the season due to match-fixing.
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 1987–88 | Cup Winners' Cup | Q | AEL Limassol | 1–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | |
| 1.R | Young Boys | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | |||
| 1988–89 | UEFA Cup | 1.R | Östers IF | 0–2 | 6–0 | 6–2 | |
| 2.R | Bayern Munich | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | |||
| 1993–94 | UEFA Cup | 1.R | Casino Salzburg | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| 2QR | Dinamo Minsk | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–7 | |||
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Cracovia | 1–1 | 2–2(a.e.t) | 3–3(a) | |
| 2QR | Atromitos | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–5 | |||
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | FH | — | 2–0 | — | |
| 2QR | Jablonec | 5–3(a.e.t) | — | — | |||
| 3QR | LASK | — | 0–7 | — | |||
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Partizan | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | Cliftonville | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| 2QR | Víkingur Gøta | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 3QR | FCSB | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | Dila Gori | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 2QR | Zira | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–6 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Intertoto Cup | Group 4 | FC Tatabánya | 0–1 | 1–6 | |
| AC Bellinzona | 4–0 | 0–2 | ||||
| Næstved | 2–2 | 2–3 | ||||
| 1988 | Intertoto Cup | Group 5 | IFK Norrköping | 5–1 | 0–1 | |
| Young Boys | 3–1 | 1–5 | ||||
| Szombathelyi Haladás | 3–0 | 0–0 | ||||
| 1991 | Intertoto Cup | Group 8 | FC Rapid București | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Botev Plovdiv | 4–1 | 3–1 | ||||
| 1992 | Mitropa Cup | 1.R | BVSC Budapest | 0–0 (5–6)(p) | ||
| 1993 | Intertoto Cup | Group 4 | Malmö FF | 0–0 | ||
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2–0 | |||||
| OB Odense | 0–3 | |||||
| Videoton | 1–7 | |||||
| 1994 | Intertoto Cup | Group 7 | Trelleborg | 2–0 | ||
| Grasshoppers | 0–3 | |||||
| MSV Duisburg | 0–1 | |||||
| Aalborg BK | 1–3 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, seeList of Slovak football transfers summer 2025
12 – The 12th man (reserved for the club supporters)
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| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | |
| Assistant Manager | |
| Fitness Coach | |
| Fitness Coach | |
| Goalkeeper Coach | |
| Team Doctor | |
| Team Doctor | |
| Masseur | |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Custodian | |
| Team Director |
| Position | Staff |
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| Owner | |
| Vice-President | |
| Team Manager | |
| Sport Director | |
| Head Scout |
| # | Nat. | Name | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ladislav Tóth | 74 | |
| 2 | Mikuláš Radványi | 60 | |
| 3 | Pavol Diňa | 49 | |
| 4 | Zsolt Kalmár | 43 | |
| 5 | Erik Pačinda | 32 | |
| 6 | Kristopher Vida | 29 | |
| Nikola Krstović | |||
| 7 | Tibor Mičinec | 27 | |
| 9 | Július Šimon | 26 | |
| 10 | Marko Divković | 25 |
Players whose name is listed inbold are still active.
Slovak League Top scorer since 1993–94
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Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed inbold represented their countries while playing for DAC.