2019–20 Slovak First Football League

The 2019–20 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna liga[4] for sponsorship reasons) is the 27th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. ŠK Slovan Bratislava are the defending champions, after winning their 9th Slovak championship in the previous season.

Fortuna liga
Season2019–20
Dates20 July 2019 – 11 July 2020
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
Matches played138
Goals scored357 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerAndraž Šporar (12)
Biggest home winTrenčín 8–1 Michalovce
(15 February 2020)
Biggest away winSereď 0–4 Slovan
(18 August 2019)
Pohronie 0–4 Trenčín
(24 August 2019)
Highest scoringTrenčín 8–1 Michalovce
(15 February 2020)
Highest attendance14,933 (Slovan-Trnava)[1]
Lowest attendance203 (Sereď-Trenčín)[2]
Average attendance 2455[3]
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 20 June 2020.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Since March, the season has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 March, the last, 22nd round of the regular stage took place. Both the championship group and the relegation group were subsequently supposed to have 10 rounds starting on 14 March. However, the season was interrupted until the end of May. On 22 May, the league committee approved the restart of the competition with a new 5-round model starting on 13 June. The committee has also decided that no team will be directly relegated at the end of the season. The last team will face the winner of the 2. Liga in the relegation play-offs.

Due to hygienic measures, the number of spectators at individual matches was limited. Until 30 June, a maximum of 500 spectators can be present at the stadiums, which, however, also includes the teams' staff, the media or stewards. From 1 July, the number of spectators allowed to attend a match will increase to 50% of a stadium's capacity.

Revised schedule
Round Original dates Revised dates
23 14–15 March 13–14 June
24 21–22 March 20–21 June
25 4–5 April 27 June – 1 July
26 11–12 April 4 July
27 18–19 April 11 July
28 25–26 April Cancelled
29 2–4 May
30 9 May
31 16 May
32 23 May

Teams

Twelve teams compete in the league, including eleven sides from the previous season and one team promoted from the 2. liga. The promoted team is Pohronie. They replaced Železiarne Podbrezová.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in Fortuna liga 2019–20
AS Trenčín Dunajská Streda FK Pohronie Michalovce
Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA 		MOL Aréna
UEFA 		Mestský štadión
UEFA 		Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA
Capacity: 11,258 Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 2,309 Capacity: 4,440
FK Senica MFK Ružomberok MŠK Žilina Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena
UEFA 		Štadión pod Čebraťom Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA 		Tehelné pole
UEFA
Capacity: 5,070 Capacity: 4,817 Capacity: 11,258 Capacity: 22,500
Spartak Trnava ŠKF Sereď Zlaté Moravce FC Nitra
ŠAM - City Arena
UEFA 		Stadium Myjava Štadión FC ViOn
UEFA 		Štadión pod Zoborom
UEFA
Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 2,709 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 7,480

Personnel and kits
Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
AS Trenčín Jozef Liptovský Norbert Hrnčár David Depetris Adidas ORION Tip
DAC Dunajská Streda Oszkár Világi Bernd Storck Zsolt Kalmár macron Kukkonia
FK Pohronie Jozef Urblík Mikuláš Radványi Petr Pavlík Erreà REMESLO
FK Senica Ton Caanen Ján Bíreš Joss Didiba hummel KOMPLEXX GROUP SK
MFK Ružomberok Milan Fiľo Ján Haspra Ján Maslo Adidas MAESTRO
MŠK Žilina Jozef Antošík Pavol Staňo Jakub Paur Nike Preto
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Ján Kozák jr. Vasil Bozhikov Adidas grafobal
FC Nitra Andriy Kolesnyk Anatoliy Demyanenko Pavol Farkaš Adidas -
Spartak Trnava Milan Cuninka Marián Šarmír Dobrivoj Rusov Adidas #DOBRÝ ANJEL
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Karol Škula Karol Praženica Tomáš Ďubek Erreà ViOn
MFK Michalovce Ján Sabol Jozef Majoroš (carateker) Igor Žofčák Adidas ISDB, St. Nicolaus
ŠKF Sereď Róbert Stareček Peter Lérant Tomáš Hučko Nike iClinic

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
MFK Ružomberok David HoloubekEnd of contract28 May 2019[5]Pre-season Ján Haspra28 May 2019
FK Senica Ricardo ChéuSigned by Trnava7 June 2019 Michal Ščasný8 July 2019[6]
FC Spartak Trnava Michal ŠčasnýEnd of contract7 June 2019[7] Ricardo Chéu7 June 2019
FC Nitra Michal KurucEnd of contract20 June 2019 Marián Süttö20 June 2019[8]
AS Trenčín Ivan GaládEnd of contract30 June 2019[9] Matthias Kohler20 June 2019[10]
ŠKF Sereď Karel StromšíkEnd of contract28 June 2019 Slavche Vojneski28 June 2019[11]
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Martin ŠevelaReleased18 July 2019[12] Vladimir Radenković (interim)19 July 2019
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Vladimir RadenkovićReleased26 July 20191 Ján Kozák jr.26 July 2019[13]
FK Pohronie Milan NemecResigned31 July 201911 Rastislav Urgela (interim)31 July 2019[14]
FK Pohronie Rastislav UrgelaEnd of interim spell20 August 20199 Ján Rosinský20 August 2019[15]
FK Pohronie Ján RosinskýReleased12 October 2019[16]11 Mikuláš Radványi14 October 2019[17]
AS Trenčín Matthias KohlerReleased22 October 20199 Norbert Hrnčár22 October 2019[18]
FC Nitra Marián SüttöReleased27 October 201911 Gergely Geri27 October 2019[19]
MFK Zemplín Michalovce Anton ŠoltisReleased11 November 201910 Jozef Majoroš (caretaker)11 November 2019 [20]
ŠKF Sereď Slavche VojneskiEnd by own request7 December 2019[21]10 Roland Praj20 December 2019[22]
MŠK Žilina Jaroslav KentošMoved to Slovakia U2121 December 2019[23]2 Pavol Staňo2 January 2020[24]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Peter HyballaReleased3 January 2020[25]3 Hélder5 January 2020[26]
FC Nitra Gergely GeriReleased6 January 202011 Anatoliy Demyanenko6 January 2020[27]
ŠKF Sereď Roland PrajBecome GK coach9 February 2020[28]10 Peter Lérant9 February 2019
FK Senica Michal ŠčasnýReleased12 February 20209 Ján Bíreš16 February 2019[29]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda HélderEnd of contract31 May 20203 Bernd Storck1 June 2020[30]
FC Spartak Trnava Ricardo ChéuReleased5 June 2019[31]5 Marián Šarmír5 June 2019

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava 22 17 4 1 46 11 +35 55 Qualification for the championship group
2 Žilina 22 13 6 3 38 17 +21 45
3 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 11 5 6 31 25 +6 38
4 Zemplín Michalovce 22 8 6 8 28 32 −4 30
5 Spartak Trnava 22 9 3 10 25 26 −1 30
6 Ružomberok 22 6 10 6 25 27 −2 28
7 Trenčín 22 7 6 9 39 35 +4 27 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Zlaté Moravce 22 6 8 8 22 28 −6 26
9 Senica 22 6 6 10 24 33 −9 24
10 Sereď 22 5 7 10 23 34 −11 22
11 Nitra 22 5 4 13 17 31 −14 19
12 Pohronie 22 3 7 12 19 38 −19 16
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Futbalnet
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.

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.

Home \ Away DAC NIT POH RUZ SEN SER SLO TRN TRE ZMI ZIL ZLM
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–0 5–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 5–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Nitra 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–4 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1
Pohronie 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–4 2–2 0–1 1–1
Ružomberok 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0
Senica 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–3
Sereď 3–1 0–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–0
Slovan Bratislava 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–0
Spartak Trnava 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1
Trenčín 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–4 1–0 8–1 3–0 2–2
Zemplín Michalovce 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–2
Žilina 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 3–0
Zlaté Moravce 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–0
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), soccerway.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava (C, Q) 24 19 4 1 50 13 +37 61 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Žilina (Q) 24 14 6 4 42 21 +21 48 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3 DAC Dunajská Streda (Q) 24 13 5 6 38 25 +13 44
4 Zemplín Michalovce 25 8 8 9 31 40 −9 32
5 Spartak Trnava 25 9 4 12 28 32 −4 31
6 Ružomberok 24 6 11 7 26 29 −3 29
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: Fortuna Liga (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.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results
Home \ Away DAC RUZ SLO TRN ZMI ZIL
DAC Dunajská Streda — 1 Jul — 5–0 4 Jul
Ružomberok 11 Jul — — — 28 Jun
Slovan Bratislava — 1–0 11 Jul 4 Jul —
Spartak Trnava 0–2 4 Jul — — —
Zemplín Michalovce — 1–1 — 2–2 —
Žilina — — 2–3 2–1 11 Jul
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), soccerway.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Trenčín 25 10 6 9 49 38 +11 36
8 Zlaté Moravce 25 7 8 10 26 33 −7 29
9 Sereď 25 6 9 10 27 37 −10 27
10 Senica 25 6 7 12 26 39 −13 25
11 Nitra 25 6 4 15 20 34 −14 22
12 Pohronie 25 4 8 13 22 44 −22 20 Qualification for relegation play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. 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.

Results
Home \ Away NIT POH SEN SER TRE ZLM
Nitra 4 Jul 2–0 — — —
Pohronie — 11 Jul — — 1–0
Senica — — 1–1 1–3 4 Jul
Sereď 1–0 2–2 — — —
Trenčín 11 Jul 4–0 — 4 Jul —
Zlaté Moravce 2–1 — — 11 Jul 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), soccerway.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Position by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Leader – Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
Qualification for First Football League Relegation play-offs
Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Slovan231111222111111111111111111
Žilina1122221112222233322222222
Dun. Streda5234333333333322233333333
Michalovce1212121110910878810109101085857444
Trnava464345455444585756676555
Ružomberok6477889109775644444444666
Trenčín9910854666669878678565777777
Zl. Moravce7766665445564565677998888
Sereď1185577778997767810101010101010109
Senica35812111112121210108910999998899910
Nitra810111012121191011121211111111111111111111111111
Pohronie1011999108111112111112121212121212121212121212

Source: Fortunaliga.sk

Season statistics
As of 13 June 2020

Hat-tricks
RoundPlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
10 Dávid HolmanSlovanFC Nitra5–0 (H)28 September 2019[34]
19 Osman BukariTrenčínMichalovce8–1 (H)15 February 2020[35]
1.CH Marko DivkovićDunajská StredaMichalovce5–0 (H)13 June 2020[36]

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[37]
1 Dominik Greif Slovan 12
2 Dominik Holec Žilina 11
3 Branislav Pindroch Zl. Moravce 9
4 Vojtěch Vorel Senica 7
Dobrivoj Rusov Trnava
Matúš Kira Michalovce
Martin Jedlička D.Streda
Dávid Šípoš Nitra
9 Michal Šulla Slovan 5
10 Ivan Krajčírik Ružomberok 3
Dejan Iliev Sereď
Tomáš Jenčo Pohronie
Igor Šemrinec Trenčín

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

Home attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 DAC Dunajská Streda 87,957 11,679 6,887 7,996 −5.3%†
2 Slovan Bratislava[lower-alpha 1] 66,701 14,933 4,371 6,670 +18.2%†
3 Spartak Trnava[lower-alpha 2] 40,262 11,126 1,809 4,026 +15.8%†
4 Žilina 28,349 4,448 1,692 2,577 +11.9%†
5 Zlaté Moravce 22,670 3,384 982 2,061 +41.8%†
6 Pohronie 17,010 2,602 701 1,546 +27.3%†
7 Zemplín Michalovce 15,812 2,864 821 1,437 +4.9%†
8 Ružomberok 15,094 2,086 626 1,372 −4.1%†
9 Nitra 11,942 2,670 518 1,086 −36.4%†
10 Senica 9,967 1,865 514 906 +26.9%†
11 Trenčín[lower-alpha 3] 6,206 1,902 223 564 −18.3%†
12 Sereď[lower-alpha 4] 4,456 694 203 405 −32.3%†
League total 326,426 14,933 203 2,511 +4.6%†

Updated to games played on 7 March 2020.
Source:

Notes
  1. Excluding the match (round 10) against Nitra, which was officially played behind closed doors.
  2. Excluding the match (round 17) against Ružomberok, which was played at neutral venue.
  3. All matches played outside the home stadium.
  4. All matches played outside the home stadium.

Away attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Slovan Bratislava 43,922 11,679 694 3,993 n/a†
2 Spartak Trnava 39,609 14,933 532 3,601 n/a†
3 Žilina 31,515 8,504 420 2,865 n/a†
4 DAC Dunajská Streda 27,806 8,593 658 2,528 n/a†
5 Trenčín 27,418 7,027 203 2,493 n/a†
6 Pohronie 25,119 7,396 234 2,284 n/a†
7 Zemplín Michalovce 23,286 7,467 223 2,117 n/a†
8 Ružomberok[lower-alpha 1] 21,162 8,389 316 2,116 n/a†
9 Sereď 23,240 6,887 293 2,113 n/a†
10 Nitra[lower-alpha 2] 20,477 7,189 224 2,048 n/a†
11 Senica 21,943 7,056 232 1,995 n/a†
12 Zlaté Moravce 20,929 7,744 212 1,903 n/a†
League total 326,426 14,933 203 2,511 n/a†

Updated to games played on 7 March 2020.
Source:

Notes
  1. Excluding the match (round 17) against Spartak Trnava, which was played at neutral venue.
  2. Excluding the match (round 10) against Slovan Bratislava, which was officially played behind closed doors.

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Reference
PlayerClub Player Club
August Ján BernátŽilina Alex Sobczyk Spartak Trnava[41]
September Dávid StrelecSlovan Bratislava Eric Davis DAC Dunajská Streda[42]
October Dominik HolecŽilina Andraž Šporar Slovan Bratislava[43]
November Andraž ŠporarSlovan Bratislava Zsolt Kalmár DAC Dunajská Streda[44]
December
February Dominik GreifSlovan Bratislava Lukáš Jánošík Žilina[45]
March

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