Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one of the most successful teams in the competition.

The club and their supporters alike are nicknamed Šošoni (after the Shoshone Native American tribe) and play their home games in the Štadión pod Dubňom.

[citation needed] In total, Žilina played 30 out of 47 seasons[1] in the Czechoslovak First League spanning from 1945 to 1993 and come 13th in all-time table.

Notable 3–2 and 1–0 victories over Olympiacos moved them in quarter-finals, however the ambitious Slovak team was ultimately knocked out by the previous year's winner Fiorentina.

In the span of only fourteen months, three managers; the reputable Karol Pecze, his successor Milan Nemec and eventually Marijan Vlak were in charge over the team.

Arguably the greatest success in their history came by making a debut in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage after eliminating Sparta Prague in play-off round.

However, as a defeated finalists of the Slovak Cup the club secured a place to contest in the 1st qualifying round of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

source[9] Czechoslovakia Slovakia MŠK have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team.

FC Nürnberg in 2008,[12] also right back Peter Pekarík to VfL Wolfsburg in 2009[13]), Italian Serie A (Milan Škriniar to Sampdoria in 2016,[14] Dávid Hancko to ACF Fiorentina in 2018[15]), Spanish La Liga (Róbert Mazáň to Celta de Vigo in 2018[16]), Turkish Süper Lig (William to Kayserispor in 2016),[17] Dutch Eredivisie (Róbert Boženík to Feyenoord in 2020), Danish Superliga (Denis Vavro to F.C.

Copenhagen in 2017, Dawid Kurminowski to AGK in 2021[18]), Austrian Football Bundesliga (Admir Vladavić to Salzburg in 2009[19] and 2013–14 best goalscorer Matej Jelić to Rapid Wien in 2015),[20] Polish Ekstraklasa (Ján Mucha to Legia Warsaw in 2005,[21] Róbert Jež to Górnik Zabrze in 2010[22] and Vahan Bichakhchyan to Pogoń Szczecin in 2022[23]).

[24] The top transfer was agreed in 2016 when 18 years old talented midfielder László Bénes joined German Mönchengladbach[25] for a fee more than €5.0 million, which was the highest ever paid to a Slovak club.