2016–17 Slovak First Football League

The 2016–17 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga[3] for sponsorship reasons) is the 24th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. AS Trenčín are the defending champions, after winning their 2nd Slovak championship. The fixtures were announced on 5 July 2016.[4] The season began on 16 July 2016 and will be finished on 27 May 2017.

Fortuna Liga
Season2016–17
Dates16 July 2016 – 27 May 2017
ChampionsŽilina
RelegatedSpartak Myjava (withdrew)
Champions LeagueŽilina
Europa LeagueŠK Slovan Bratislava
MFK Ružomberok
AS Trenčín
Matches played165
Goals scored455 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerFilip Hlohovský
Seydouba Soumah
(20 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 7–0 Spartak Trnava
(6 November 2016)
Biggest away winDAC Dunajská Streda 0–6 Žilina
(15 October 2016)
Highest scoringŽilina 7–1 Zemplín Michalovce
(11 December 2016)
Highest attendance7,637 (Sp.Trnava–Slovan)
Lowest attendance150 (Michalovce-Ružomberok)[1]
Average attendance 1974 [2]

Teams

A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 season and one that was promoted from the 2. liga.

Relegation for MFK Skalica to the 2016–17 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 21 May 2016. The relegated team was replaced by DOXXbet liga champion 1. FC Tatran Prešov.

2016–17 Teams

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in Fortuna Liga 2016–17
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season
AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 3,500 Champions
DAC Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda DAC Aréna1 6,839 7th in Fortuna Liga
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Podbrezová ZELPO Aréna 4,061 8th in Fortuna Liga
FK Senica Senica OMS Arena 5,070 10th in Fortuna Liga
Michalovce Michalovce Mestský futbalový štadión3,4 4,440 11th in Fortuna Liga
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión pod Čebraťom 4,817 6th in Fortuna Liga
1. FC Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Stadium2 5,410 2. Liga Champion
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,258 5th in Fortuna Liga
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000 2nd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Myjava Myjava Stadium Myjava 2,709 3rd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 19,200 4th in Fortuna Liga
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce Štadión FC ViOn 4,000 9th in Fortuna Liga

1Some matches were played at NTC Senec in Senec while DAC Aréna was under renovation.
2Some matches are played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Tatran Stadium is under renovation.
3Some matches were played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation.
4Some matches are played at Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation.

AS Trenčín Dunajská Streda Podbrezová Michalovce
Štadión na Sihoti DAC Aréna ZELPO Aréna Mestský futbalový štadión
Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 6,839 Capacity: 4,061 Capacity: 4,440
FK Senica MFK Ružomberok MŠK Žilina Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena
UEFA Stadium 		Štadión pod Čebraťom

UEFA Stadium

Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA Stadium 		Pasienky
Capacity: 5,070 Capacity: 4,817 Capacity: 11,258 Capacity: 12,000
Spartak Myjava Spartak Trnava Tatran Prešov Zlaté Moravce
Stadium Myjava ŠAM - City Arena
UEFA Stadium 		Tatran Stadium Štadión FC ViOn
Capacity: 2,709 Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 5,410 Capacity: 4,000

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 Csaba László Marin Ljubičić Adidas Kukkonia
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Július Kriváň Karol Praženica Jaroslav Kostelný Adidas Železiarne Podbrezová
FK Senica Vladimír Levársky Miroslav Mentel Michal Šulla hummel Business Funding Solutions
MFK Ružomberok Milan Fiľo Norbert Hrnčár Marek Sapara Adidas MAESTRO
MŠK Žilina Jozef Antošík Adrián Guľa Viktor Pečovský Nike Preto
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Ivan Vukomanović Boris Sekulić Adidas niké
Spartak Myjava Pavel Halabrín Mikuláš Radványi Štefan Pekár Uhlsport NAD RESS
Spartak Trnava Dušan Keketi Miroslav Karhan Lukáš Greššák Adidas ŽOS Trnava, ŠKODA
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Karol Škula Juraj Jarábek Peter Orávik Erreà ViOn
MFK Michalovce Ján Sabol Anton Šoltis Tomáš Sedlák Adidas Scorp
1. FC Tatran Prešov Miroslav Remeta Miroslav Jantek Jozef Talian ATAK Dúha

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
MFK Zemplín Michalovce Stanislav GrigaEnd of contract21 May 2016[5]Pre-season Anton Šoltis7 June 2016[6]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Tomislav MarićEnd of contract30 May 2016[7] Krisztián Németh23 May 2016[8]
Zlaté Moravce Libor FašiangSacked23 June 2016 Peter Gergely23 May 2016[9]
Spartak Myjava Norbert HrnčárSigned by MFK Ružomberok30 May 2016[10] Mikuláš Radványi9 June 2016 [11]
MFK Ružomberok Ladislav PeckoEnd of contract30 May 2016 Norbert Hrnčár3 June 2016[12]
FK Senica Juraj Sabol Sacked30 May 2016 Aleš Čvančara30 May 2016[13]
FK Senica Aleš ČvančaraTerminated by own request13 July 2016[14]9-12 Miroslav Mentel31 July 2016
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Nikodimos PapavasiliouSacked31 July 2016[15]2 Vladimír Koník (carateker)31 July 2016
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Vladimír KoníkEnd of carateker spell18 August 20165 Ivan Vukomanović18 August 2016[16]
1. FC Tatran Prešov Stanislav VargaSacked14 October 201612 Ján Karaffa (carateker)14 October 2016[17]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Krisztián NémethSacked20 October 201611 Csaba László20 October 2016[18]
1. FC Tatran Prešov Ján KaraffaEnd of carateker spell2 November 201611 Miroslav Jantek2 November 2016[19]
Zlaté Moravce Peter GergelySacked6 November 201612 Juraj Jarábek6 November 2016[20]
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Marek FabulaSacked25 April 20173 Karol Praženica25 April 2017[21]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žilina (C) 30 23 4 3 82 25 +57 73 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Slovan Bratislava 30 18 3 9 54 34 +20 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Ružomberok 30 15 7 8 55 38 +17 52
4 Trenčín 30 14 5 11 53 48 +5 47
5 Podbrezová 30 12 9 9 34 31 +3 45
6 Spartak Trnava 30 12 7 11 34 37 −3 43
7 DAC Dunajská Streda 30 10 12 8 37 34 +3 42
8 Zemplín Michalovce 30 8 5 17 35 55 −20 29
9 Senica 30 7 7 16 25 35 −10 28
10 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 30 5 7 18 29 55 −26 22
11 Tatran Prešov 30 3 10 17 17 63 −46 19
12 Spartak Myjava (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal to 4. Liga for the 2017–18 season[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Soccerway, Futbalnet (in Slovak)
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.[24]
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Slovak Cup, Slovan Bratislava, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. Spartak Myjava withdrew from the league on 21 December 2016,[22] and their results were expunged.[23]

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away TRČ DAC POD SEN ZPM RUŽ ŽIL SLO TRV TAT ZTM
Trenčín — 0–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0
DAC Dunajská Streda 2–3 — 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–6 1–0 0–0 5–0 1–0
Podbrezová 2–1 0–0 — 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Senica 1–2 1–1 0–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–3
Zemplín Michalovce 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 — 1–3 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–0
Ružomberok 3–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 — 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 6–1
Žilina 4–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 7–1 3–2 — 2–1 7–0 4–0 4–1
Slovan Bratislava 4–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 — 0–1 1–1 3–2
Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 2–0 1–0
Tatran Prešov 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 — 1–0
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–0 3–0 —
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Third round
Home \ Away TRČ DAC POD SEN ZPM RUŽ ŽIL SLO TRV TAT ZTM
Trenčín — — 2–0 1–1 — 2–1 — 3–2 3–4 4–0 —
DAC Dunajská Streda 2–0 — 2–2 1–0 — — 2–2 — — — —
Podbrezová — — — — 1–4 0–1 — 2–3 0–1 — 2–0
Senica — — 1–1 — 1–0 1–2 — 0–1 1–0 — —
Zemplín Michalovce 2–0 1–2 — — — — 0–1 — — — 5–1
Ružomberok — 2–0 — — 3–1 — — 2–1 1–0 5–0 2–1
Žilina 3–0 — 4–0 3–2 — 3–1 — — — 3–0 —
Slovan Bratislava — 1–0 — — 3–1 — 0–1 — — 3–1 1–1
Spartak Trnava — 1–0 — — 1–0 — 1–2 0–3 — 4–0 3–1
Tatran Prešov — 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 — — — — — 1–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–2 1–2 — 2–1 — — 1–4 — — — —
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017.
Rank Player Club Goals[25]
1 Filip Hlohovský MŠK Žilina 20
Seydouba Soumah Slovan Bratislava
3 Rangelo Janga AS Trenčín 14
Michal Škvarka MŠK Žilina
Jakub Mareš MFK Ružomberok
6 Tamás Priskin Slovan Bratislava 10
Pavol Šafranko Prešov (4)/DAC (6)
8 Nikolas Špalek MŠK Žilina 9
9 Yusuf Otubanjo MŠK Žilina 8
Erik Pačinda DAC D.Streda
11 Ľuboš Kolár Spartak Myjava 7
Endy Opoku Bernadina Podbrezová
Igor Žofčák Michalovce

Hat-tricks
RoundPlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
21 Tamás PriskinSlovan BratislavaAS Trenčín4–325 February 2017[26]
30 Erik JirkaSpartak TrnavaAS Trenčín4–37 May 2017[27]

Clean sheets
Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[28]
1 Martin Kuciak Podbrezová 14
2 Adam Jakubech Spartak Trnava 13
3 Miloš Volešák MŠK Žilina 12
4 Michal Šulla FK Senica 8
Matej Slávik DAC D.Streda
6 Ján Mucha Slovan Bratislava 7
Matúš Macík MFK Ružomberok
8 Matúš Hruška Spartak Myjava 6
9 Patrik Macej Michalovce 5
10 Pavel Kováč Zlaté Moravce 4
Jozef Talian Tatran Prešov
Igor Šemrinec AS Trenčín

Discipline
As of matches played on 20 May 2017.

Player
  • Most red cards: 1[29]
    • 25 players


Awards

Player of the Month
MonthPlayerClubRef
July Martin ChrienMFK Ružomberok[30]
August Nikolas ŠpalekMŠK Žilina[31]
September Ľuboš KolárSpartak Myjava[32]
October Martin KuciakPodbrezová[33]
Nov/Dec Filip HlohovskýMŠK Žilina[34]
Feb/March Tamás PriskinSlovan Bratislava[35]
April Erick DavisDunajská Streda[36]

Top Eleven

Source:[37]

Individual Awards

Manager of the season

Adrián Guľa (MŠK Žilina)

Player of the Year

Filip Hlohovský (MŠK Žilina)

Young player of the Year

Pavol Šafranko (Podbrezová/D.Streda)

See also

References
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