History
MŠK Tesla Stropkov is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Stropkov. The club was founded in 1920. They currently play in the 3. Liga Východ (Slovakia), the third tier of the Slovak league system.
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Founding
Organized football in Stropkov was first mentioned in 1920. In 1960, when the TESLA plant was built in Stropkov, it would become the main sponsor of Tesla Stropkov.
Golden years
The greatest successes of MŠK Tesla Stropkov was when it achieved historic success in the years between 1981/82 and 1982/83, when the youth team and A-team got promoted to the Slovak First Football League.
Recent years
In the 2022–23 Slovak Cup, Tesla Stropkov were drawn with reigning league champions SK Slovan Bratislava in the 4th round. Tesla would lose the game, 3–2 scoring 2 goals in the last 10 minutes of the game.
MŠK Tesla Stropkov won the III. league East in the 2023/2024 league season. However, they could not advance due to them being a feeder club of 1. FC Tatran Prešov, and since Tatran did not manage to make it to the final stage of promotion for the top competition, Redfox Stará Ľubovňa took their spot in the second league.
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