2016–17 Slovak First Football League Explained

Competition:	Fortuna Liga
Season:	2016–17
Winners:	Žilina
Relegated:	Spartak Myjava (withdrew)
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Žilina
Continentalcup2:	Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	ŠK Slovan Bratislava MFK Ružomberok AS Trenčín
Matches:	165
Total Goals:	455
League Topscorer:	Filip Hlohovský Seydouba Soumah (20 goals)
Highest Attendance:	7,637 (Sp.Trnava–Slovan)
Lowest Attendance:	150 (Michalovce-Ružomberok)^[1]
Average Attendance:	1,974 ^[2]
Nextseason:	2017–18

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

Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in 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

• AS Trenčín
• ŠK Slovan Bratislava
• Spartak Myjava
• FC Spartak Trnava
• MŠK Žilina
• MFK Ružomberok
• FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
• ŽP Šport Podbrezová
• FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
• FK Senica
• MFK Zemplín Michalovce
• 1. FC Tatran Prešov

Stadiums and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2015–16 season
AS Trenčín	Trenčín	Štadión na Sihoti
DAC Dunajská Streda	Dunajská Streda	DAC Aréna^1		7th in Fortuna Liga
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová	Podbrezová	ZELPO Aréna		8th in Fortuna Liga
FK Senica	Senica	OMS Arena		10th in Fortuna Liga
Michalovce	Michalovce	Mestský futbalový štadión^3,4		11th in Fortuna Liga
MFK Ružomberok	Ružomberok	Štadión pod Čebraťom		6th in Fortuna Liga
1. FC Tatran Prešov	Prešov	Tatran Stadium^2		2. Liga Champion
MŠK Žilina	Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom		5th in Fortuna Liga
Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Pasienky		2nd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Myjava	Myjava	Stadium Myjava		3rd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Trnava	Trnava	Štadión Antona Malatinského		4th in Fortuna Liga
ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Zlaté Moravce	Štadión FC ViOn		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
			Pasienky
Capacity: 5,070	Capacity: 4,817	Capacity: 11,258	Capacity: 12,000
Spartak Myjava	Spartak Trnava	Tatran Prešov	Zlaté Moravce
Stadium Myjava		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 Sportswear	Dúha

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
		End of contract	^[5]	Pre-season		^[6]
		End of contract	^[7]			^[8]
		Sacked				^[9]
		Signed by MFK Ružomberok	^[10]			^[11]
		End of contract				^[12]
		Sacked			Aleš Čvančara	^[13]
	Aleš Čvančara	Terminated by own request	^[14]	9-12
		Sacked	^[15]	2	Vladimír Koník (carateker)
		End of caretaker spell		5	Ivan Vukomanović	^[16]
		Sacked		12	Ján Karaffa (carateker)	^[17]
		Sacked		11		^[18]
	Ján Karaffa	End of caretaker spell		11	Miroslav Jantek	^[19]
		Sacked		12	Juraj Jarábek	^[20]
		Sacked		3	Karol Praženica	^[21]

League table

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[22]
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

Round	Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
21				4–3	25 February 2017	^[23]
30				4–3	7 May 2017	^[24]

Clean sheets

Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[25]
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

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^[26]
  • Miroslav Petko (Tatran Prešov)
  • Marin Ljubičić (DAC D.Streda)
  • Erik Streňo (Tatran Prešov)

• Most red cards: 1
  • 25 players

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref
July			^[27]
August			^[28]
September			^[29]
October			^[30]
Nov/Dec			^[31]
Feb/March			^[32]
April			^[33]

Top Eleven

Source:^[34]

• Goalkeeper: Adam Jakubech (Spartak Trnava)
• Defence: Ernest Mabouka (MŠK Žilina), Kornel Saláta (Slovan Bratislava), Denis Vavro (MŠK Žilina), Jakub Holúbek (AS Trenčín/MŠK Žilina)
• Midfield: Michal Škvarka (MŠK Žilina), Marin Ljubičić (D.Streda), Nikolas Špalek (MŠK Žilina), Seydouba Soumah (Slovan Bratislava), Filip Hlohovský (MŠK Žilina)
• Attack: Jakub Mareš (MFK Ružomberok)

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

• 2016–17 Slovak Cup
• 2016–17 2. Liga (Slovakia)
• List of transfers summer 2016
• List of transfers winter 2016-17
• List of foreign players

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