Perhaps Slovan have not won as much as other central eastern European football clubs, but they have still managed to win 18 first division titles, as part of both the Czechoslovakia and Slovakian leagues. They also managed to win the 1969 Cup winners Cup when they beat FC Barcelona in the final. They also provided seven players for Czechoslovakia's successful 1976 Euro final win. They were formed in the spring of 1919, six months after the birth of independent Czechoslovakia. Documents state that the need for a new side from Bratislava was required as the base of Slovakian football. Their first success came in 1922 when they ended up as Slovakian champions. Taking a big jump in history to the 1960's, many consider this to be the club's golden period. There were two major successes during this period, with the first being the Slovan players who played in the Czechoslovakian national team, which finished runners-up to Brazil in the 1962 Chile World Cup finals. The other was the already mentioned Cup winners Cup win in 1969, when they beat Spanish giants FC Barcelona in Basle.

Slovan's most valuable player, 28 years old Filip Sebő

With the newly formed Slovakian state of the 1990's resulted in Slovan joining their domestic league. They became the main team in their country, but failed to dominate as many would have expected despite this. They won the league title in 1999, but then failed to win anything for a long time following that success. However, the trend changed over the last four seasons, when they won the league, finished second, before winning the league again, while finishing third in the most recent league championship last season.

Slovan are managed by Vladimir Weiss, who was the Slovakian national team boss in 2010. They qualified from their group with the Italians, before Holland finally ended their run in the South African World cup. Videoton last met Slovan Bratislava on the 26th January 2011 in a pre-season friendly match. A single Gyorgy Sandor goal was enough to give the red and blues a 1-0 win.