1998–99 Slovak Superliga

The 1998–99 Slovak Superliga (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 1 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999. 1. FC Košice are the defending champions.

Mars superliga
Season1998–99
Dates1 August 1998 – 29 May 1999
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
RelegatedBSC JAS Bardejov
Rimavská Sobota
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
UEFA CupInter Bratislava
Spartak Trnava
Dukla Banská Bystrica
Intertoto CupOzeta Dukla Trenčín
MŠK Žilina
Matches played240
Goals scored616 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin Fabuš
(19 goals)
Biggest home winInter 10:0 Bardejov
Biggest away winDubnica 0:6 Inter
Highest scoringInter 10:0 Bardejov
Average attendance 3,659

Teams

A total of 16 teams was contested in the league, including 14 sides from the 1997–98 season and two promoted from the 1. liga.

Lokomotíva Košice and FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda was relegated to the 1998–99 2. Liga. The two relegated teams were replaced by FC Nitra and ZTS Kerametal Dubnica.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 1998–99 Mars superliga
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
1. HFC Humenné Humenné Chemlon Stadion 10,000
1. FC Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000
Artmedia Petržalka Petržalka Štadión Petržalka 7,500
BSC JAS Bardejov Bardejov Mestský štadión Bardejov 3,040
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Bratislava Štadión Pasienky 12,000
FC Nitra Nitra Štadión pod Zoborom 11,384
MFK Baník Prievidza Prievidza Futbalový štadión Prievidza 6,000
MFK SCP Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448
Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 14,000
Tauris Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota Na Zahradkach Stadium 5,000
ZTS Kerametal Dubnica Dubnica Štadión Zimný 5,450

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slovan Bratislava (C) 30 21 7 2 56 11 +45 70 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Inter Bratislava 30 21 5 4 64 15 +49 68 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Spartak Trnava 30 19 7 4 59 20 +39 64
4 1. FC Košice 30 19 4 7 51 26 +25 61
5 Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 30 15 8 7 53 25 +28 53 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
6 Žilina 30 15 3 12 36 42 −6 48
7 Ružomberok 30 12 10 8 31 31 0 46
8 Tatran Prešov 30 11 10 9 38 35 +3 43
9 Artmedia Petržalka 30 11 6 13 37 42 −5 39
10 Humenné 30 10 5 15 24 37 −13 35
11 Dukla Banská Bystrica 30 8 10 12 34 46 −12 34 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
12 Nitra 30 7 7 16 28 48 −20 28
13 ZTS Dubnica 30 8 4 18 28 60 −32 28
14 Baník Prievidza 30 6 6 18 34 56 −22 24
15 Rimavská Sobota (R) 30 5 7 18 29 56 −27 22 Relegation to 2. Liga
16 Bardejov (R) 30 2 1 27 14 66 −52 7
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Dukla Banská Bystrica qualify for 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as runner-up of 1998–99 Slovak Cup.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Martin Fabuš Trenčín 19
2 Vladimír Sýkora Rimavská Sobota 14
3 Peter Babnič Inter Bratislava 13
Ľuboš Perniš Baník Prievidza
5 Ruslan Lyubarskyi Košice 12
6 Ľubomír Faktor Banská Bystrica 11
Marek Mintál Žilina
Attila Pinte Inter Bratislava
Štefan Rusnák Banská Bystrica
10 Luís Fábio Gomes Spartak Trnava 10
Vladislav Zvara Košice

See also

References
  1. "Top goalscorers". Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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