FK Rapid Bratislava
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FK Rapid Bratislava are a Slovak
football
Third Division
club, currently acting as the reserves team for FC Artmedia Bratislava and bearing their name, FC Artmedia Bratislava "B".
The club is based in a quiet part of Ružinov
, Bratislava
. Hotel Rapid is situated nearby.
Although not very successful in the recent years, it is a club with decent history. Its greatest success in the recent years has been two seasons (2003/2004 and 2004/2005) spent in the Slovak Second Division
, and their relegation thereof was arguably very unlucky.
Currently it is the fourth most successful football club from Bratislava, right after the traditional giants of FC Artmedia, ŠK Slovan
, and FK Inter
.
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
Third Division
Slovak Third Division
The Slovak Third League is the third-tier football league of Slovakia. It currently consists of two divisions of sixteen teams each. The name of the competition was in years 1997 to 2011 Slovak Second League...
club, currently acting as the reserves team for FC Artmedia Bratislava and bearing their name, FC Artmedia Bratislava "B".
The club is based in a quiet part of Ružinov
Ružinov
Ružinov is a borough of eastern Bratislava. It is the city's second most populated borough, housing over 70,000 inhabitants.-History:In place of today's Ružinov there were originally meadows, pastures, grasslands and woodland, interspersed with islands and channels of the Danube. The people living...
, Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
. Hotel Rapid is situated nearby.
Although not very successful in the recent years, it is a club with decent history. Its greatest success in the recent years has been two seasons (2003/2004 and 2004/2005) spent in the Slovak Second Division
Slovak Second Division
The Slovak Second League is the second division of Slovak football. Currently, there are twelve teams in the competition.-History:The league was formed as a second-tier league in Czechoslovakia. Before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia it consisted of 16 teams. Upon dissolution, six teams were...
, and their relegation thereof was arguably very unlucky.
Currently it is the fourth most successful football club from Bratislava, right after the traditional giants of FC Artmedia, ŠK Slovan
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...
, and FK Inter
FK Inter Bratislava
FK Inter Bratislava is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Bratislava.FK Inter Bratislava merged with FK Senica on June 18, 2009. Players of Inter Bratislava had to move to other clubs. In season 2010/2011 has been renewed and will start in 5.league...
.