2015–16 Slovak First Football League

The 2015–16 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga[2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. AS Trenčín were the defending champions, after winning their 1st Slovak championship.

Slovak First Football League
Season2015–16
Dates18 July 2015 – 20 May 2016
ChampionsTrenčín
RelegatedSkalica
Champions LeagueTrenčín
Europa LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Spartak Myjava
Spartak Trnava
Matches played198
Goals scored524 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerGino van Kessel (17 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 6–0 ViOn Zlaté Moravce
(18 March 2016)
Biggest away winSlovan Bratislava 0–4 Trenčín
(8 May 2016)
Highest scoringPodbrezová 6–2 Michalovce
(1 August 2015)
Trenčín 5–3 Spartak Trnava
(13 September 2015)
Highest attendance15,101 (Sp.Trnava–Slovan)
Lowest attendance0 (Trenčín-Podbrezová)
Average attendance 2413 [1]
All statistics correct as of 23 June 2015.

Teams
Location of teams in Fortuna Liga 2015–16

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2014–15 season and two who were promoted from the 2. liga.

Relegation for MFK Košice and FK Dukla Banská Bystrica to the 2015–16 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 30 May 2015. These two relegated teams were replaced by 2. liga champion MFK Zemplín Michalovce and 2. liga runner-up MFK Skalica. Both teams make their debut at the highest level. Despite that MFK Košice finished as 6th, they did not obtain a licence for the 2015–16 season.[3]

Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 3,500 Champions
DAC Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión 16,410 8th in Fortuna Liga
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Podbrezová ZELPO Aréna1 4,061 11th in Fortuna Liga
FK Senica Senica OMS Arena 5,070 5th in Fortuna Liga
Michalovce Michalovce Mestský futbalový štadión 4,440 2. Liga Champions
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión pod Čebraťom2 4,817 7th in Fortuna Liga
MFK Skalica Skalica Mestský štadión Skalica3 3,000 2nd in 2. Liga
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181 2nd in Fortuna Liga
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000 3rd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Myjava Myjava Stadium Myjava 2,709 9th in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Trnava Trnava Stadium Antona Malatinského 19,200 4th in Fortuna Liga
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce FC ViOn Stadium 4,000 10th in Fortuna Liga

1Some matches were played at Mestský štadión Brezno in Brezno while ZELPO Aréna had been under renovation.
2Some matches were played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Štadión MFK Ružomberok had been under renovation.
3Some matches were played at OMS Arena in Senica while Mestský štadión Skalica had been under renovation.

Personnel and kits
Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
AS Trenčín Tscheu La Ling Martin Ševela Peter Kleščík Adidas AEGON
DAC Dunajská Streda Oszkár Világi Tomislav Marić Ľubomír Michalík Adidas Kukkonia
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Július Kriváň Marek Fabuľa Jaroslav Kostelný Adidas Železiarne Podbrezová
FK Senica Vladimír Levársky Juraj Sabol Petr Pavlík hummel Business Funding Solutions
MFK Ružomberok Milan Fiľo Ladislav Pecko Marek Sapara Adidas MAESTRO
MŠK Žilina Jozef Antošík Adrián Guľa Viktor Pečovský Nike Preto
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Nikodimos Papavasiliou Marko Milinković Adidas niké
Spartak Myjava Pavel Halabrín Norbert Hrnčár Štefan Pekár Uhlsport NAD RESS
Spartak Trnava Michal Pethö Miroslav Karhan Martin Mikovič Adidas ŽOS Trnava, ŠKODA
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Karol Škula Libor Fašiang Pavel Kováč Erreà ViOn
MFK Michalovce Igor Šoltinský Stanislav Griga Marián Kelemen Adidas Scorp
MFK Skalica Peter Bartoš Štefan Horný Pavol Majerník Nike

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Spartak Myjava Peter GergelySacked30 May 2015[4]Pre-season Norbert Hrnčár2 June 2015[4]
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Branislav BenkoEnd of caretaker spell30 May 2015[5] Zdenko Frťala15 June 2015[5]
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Branislav Mrázsigned by FC Spartak Trnava16 June 2015[6] Milko Gjurovski15 June 2015[6]
MFK Skalica Štefan HornýEnd of contract30 June 2015[7] Aleš Křeček3 July 2015[8]
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Dušan TittelResigned21 August 2015[9]4th Nikodimos Papavasiliou21 August 2015[9]
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Milko GjurovskiSacked23 August 2015[10]11th Libor Fašiang27 August 2015[10]
FC Spartak Trnava Juraj JarábekResigned28 August 2015[11]9th Branislav Mráz28 August 2015[11]
MFK Ružomberok Ivan GaládSacked2 September 2015[12]10th Ladislav Pecko11 September 2015[13]
FC Spartak Trnava Branislav MrázEnd of interim contract2 September 2015[14]6th Ivan Hucko2 September 2015[14]
FK Senica Eduard PagáčSacked8 September 2015[15]8th Juraj Sabol8 September 2015[15]
Podbrezová Zdenko FrťalaSacked21 September 201512th Marek Fabuľa21 September 2015[16]
MFK Skalica Aleš KřečekSacked28 October 201511th Štefan Horný28 October 2015[17]
Zemplín Michalovce František ŠturmaSacked30 December 201510th Stanislav Griga30 December 2015[18]
FC Spartak Trnava Ivan HuckoResigned21 April 20155th Miroslav Karhan21 April 2015[19]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Trenčín (C) 33 26 3 4 73 28 +45 81 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Slovan Bratislava 33 20 9 4 50 25 +25 69 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Spartak Myjava 33 18 6 9 41 33 +8 60
4 Spartak Trnava 33 16 6 11 49 41 +8 54
5 Žilina 33 14 6 13 58 46 +12 48
6 Ružomberok 33 12 9 12 42 41 +1 45
7 DAC Dunajská Streda 33 12 7 14 38 42 −4 43
8 Podbrezová 33 10 7 16 43 46 −3 37
9 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 33 7 10 16 38 57 −19 31
10 Senica 33 7 9 17 30 48 −18 30
11 Zemplín Michalovce 33 7 8 18 32 55 −23 29
12 Skalica (R) 33 6 6 21 30 62 −32 24 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.[20]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Trenčín qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Slovak Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away TRE DAC POD SEN ZMI RUŽ SKA ŽIL SLO MYJ TRN ZLM
Trenčín 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 4–1 5–3 4–1
DAC Dunajská Streda 0–2 5–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
Podbrezová 0–2 0–0 1–0 6–2 0–1 3–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–2
Senica 1–4 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Zemplín Michalovce 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1
Ružomberok 0–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–2
Skalica 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–3 2–3
Žilina 2–3 1–1 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 5–1
Slovan Bratislava 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Spartak Myjava 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 4–2 0–0
Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 2–2
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away TRE DAC POD SEN ZMI RUŽ SKA ŽIL SLO MYJ TRN ZLM
Trenčín 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–2 3–1 1–3
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–1
Podbrezová 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
Senica 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1
Zemplín Michalovce 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Ružomberok 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–1
Skalica 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Žilina 4–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 6–0
Slovan Bratislava 0–4 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 4–1
Spartak Myjava 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Spartak Trnava 1–0 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 3–2
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Updated through matches played on 20 May 2016.
Rank Player Club Goals[21]
1 Gino van Kessel AS Trenčín 17
2 Matúš Bero AS Trenčín 15
David Depetris Spartak Trnava
4 Tamás Priskin Slovan Bratislava 12
5 Peter Sládek Spartak Myjava 11
Leandre Tawamba ViOn Zlaté Moravce
7 Róbert Vittek Slovan Bratislava 10
Erik Pačinda DAC Dunajská Streda
Miloš Lačný MFK Ružomberok
10 Marques De Souza Zlaté Moravce 9
Ákos Szarka DAC Dunajska Streda

Hat-tricks
RoundPlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
7 Ákos Szarka4DAC D.StredaPodbrezová5–129 August 2015[22]
11 Matúš BeroAS TrenčínMFK Skalica3–026 September 2015[23]
17 Leandre TawambaZlaté MoravceMFK Skalica3–121 November 2015[24]
24 Filip HlohovskýMŠK ŽilinaZlaté Moravce6–018 March 2016[25]
27 David DepetrisSpartak TrnavaMFK Skalica5–116 April 2016[26]
32 Gino van Kessel4AS TrenčínMŠK Žilina5–213 May 2016[27]
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets
Updated through matches played on 20 May 2016
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[28]
1 Igor Šemrinec AS Trenčin 15
2 Ján Mucha Slovan Bratislava 14
3 Miloš Volešák MŠK Žilina 11
Martin Kuciak FO ZP Sport Podbrezová
Matúš Hruška Spartak Myjava
6 Tomáš Tujvel DAC Dunajská Streda 8
7 Michal Šulla FK Senica 7
Darko Tofiloski MFK Ružomberok
9 Ľuboš Kamenár Spartak Trnava 6
Adam Jakubech Spartak Trnava
Marián Kelemen Zemplin Michalovce

Discipline
As of matches played on 20 May 2016.

Player

Club

Awards

Player of the Month
MonthPlayerClubRef
August Ákos SzarkaDAC D.Streda[33]
September Matúš BeroAS Trenčín[34]
October Léandre TawambaZlaté Moravce[35]
November Gino van KesselAS Trenčín[36]
March Miloš LačnýMFK Ružomberok[37]
April Ryan KoolwijkAS Trenčín[38]
May Gino van KesselAS Trenčín[39]

Top Eleven

Source:[40]

Individual Awards

Manager of the season

Martin Ševela (AS Trenčín)

Player of the Year

Matúš Bero (AS Trenčín)

Young player of the Year

Martin Šulek (AS Trenčín)

See also

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