The FK Senica Chronicle
Match1 Aug 2026
Michal Rusnak leads the rout of Spartak Myjava
3‑0, and Michal Rusnak took the headlines on an afternoon when everything FK Senica tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Lukas Duda at 21 — 8.26
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Lukas Duda did not need any: 8.26, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at FK Senica
Peter Weiss was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Karol Lobotka
At 17 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
FK Senica try to borrow Dario Grgić
Sigma Olomouc have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
FK Senica try to borrow Patrik Vydra
Sparta Prague have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Ivan Sestak kept it short after the 3‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Matej Mak
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Peter Weiss knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FK Senica, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Looking ahead The leaders are next for FK Senica
- Squad Lukas Duda scores his first for FK Senica
- Market No place for Andrej Weiss in the plan