| Competition: | Fortuna Liga |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Dates: | 22 July 2017 – 19 May 2018 |
| Winners: | Spartak Trnava (1st title) |
| Relegated: | Prešov |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Spartak Trnava |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | DAC Dunajská Streda Slovan Bratislava Trenčín |
| Matches: | 202 |
| Total Goals: | 520 |
| League Topscorer: | Samuel Mráz (21 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Attendance: | 17,113 (Trnava-Trenčín)[1] |
| Lowest Attendance: | 106 (Nitra-Trnava)[2] |
| Average Attendance: | 2,317 [3] |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga[4] for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. MŠK Žilina were the defending champions, after winning their 7th Slovak championship.
Starting from this season, the competition format was changed. The previous 33-match round robin structure was replaced by the current regular stage round of 22 games and a playoff round, where 12 teams are divided into two groups: championship group (top-6 teams after regular stage) and relegation group (bottom 6 teams). The playoff round uses a 10-game round robin structure.
The top team in the championship group wins the league title and qualifies to next season's Champions League qualification; the runner-up and 3rd team obtain spots of next season's Europa League Qualification. The bottom team of the relegation group will be relegated to next season's 2. Liga and replaced by the 2. Liga winner. The second-bottom ranked team will play a two-leg relegation playoff with the runner-up of 2. Liga.
Should one of the top 3 teams wins of the 2017-18 Slovak Cup, Europa League qualification playoffs will be held among the 4th, 5th, 6th team in the championship group and the top team of the relegation round. The 4th team plays the top team of the relegation group and the 5th plays the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals will play the final to determine the Europa League qualification spot. Europa League qualification playoff games will be one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team.[5]
A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 11 sides from the 2016–17 season and one promoted from the 2. liga.
Withdrawal of Spartak Myjava was confirmed on 21 December 2016. The withdrawn team was meant to be replaced initially by FC VSS Košice, but that team was rejected a promotion and went into bankruptcy. FC Nitra was promoted instead of Košice.
2017–18 Teams
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2016–17 season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Trenčín | Trenčín | Štadión na Sihoti | 4th in Fortuna Liga | ||
| FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | Dunajská Streda | MOL Aréna | 7th in Fortuna Liga | ||
| FK Železiarne Podbrezová | Podbrezová | ZELPO Aréna | 5th in Fortuna Liga | ||
| FK Senica | Senica | OMS Arena | 9th in Fortuna Liga | ||
| MFK Zemplín Michalovce | Michalovce | Mestský futbalový štadión | 8th in Fortuna Liga | ||
| MFK Ružomberok | Ružomberok | Štadión pod Čebraťom | 3rd in Fortuna Liga | ||
| FC Nitra | Nitra | Stadium pod Zoborom | 2nd in 2. Liga | ||
| 1. FC Tatran Prešov | Prešov | NTC Poprad1 | 11th in Fortuna Liga | ||
| MŠK Žilina | Žilina | Štadión pod Dubňom | |||
| ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Bratislava | Pasienky | 2nd in Fortuna Liga | ||
| FC Spartak Trnava | Trnava | Stadium Antona Malatinského | 6th in Fortuna Liga | ||
| FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Zlaté Moravce | FC ViOn Stadium | 10th in Fortuna Liga |
| AS Trenčín | Dunajská Streda | Podbrezová | Michalovce | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Štadión na Sihoti | ZELPO Aréna | Mestský futbalový štadión | |||
| Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 9,901 | Capacity: 4,061 | Capacity: 4,440 | ||
| FK Senica | MFK Ružomberok | MŠK Žilina | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| Štadión pod Čebraťom | Pasienky | ||||
| Capacity: 5,070 | Capacity: 4,817 | Capacity: 11,258 | Capacity: 12,000 | ||
| Spartak Trnava | Tatran Prešov | Zlaté Moravce | FC Nitra | ||
| Štadión FC ViOn | Štadión pod Zoborom | ||||
| Capacity: 19,200 | Capacity: 5,700 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 5,500 | ||
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Trenčín | Tscheu La Ling |  Vladimír Cifranič | Peter Kleščík | Adidas | MAGIC club | |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Oszkár Világi |  Marco Rossi | Marin Ljubičić | macron | Kukkonia | |
| FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová | Július Kriváň | Marek Fabuľa | Miroslav Viazanko | Adidas | Železiarne Podbrezová | |
| FK Senica | Vladimír Levársky | Ton Caanen | Blažej Vaščák | hummel | - | |
| MFK Ružomberok | Milan Fiľo | Norbert Hrnčár | Dominik Kružliak | Adidas | MAESTRO | |
| MŠK Žilina | Jozef Antošík | Adrián Guľa | Michal Škvarka | Nike | Preto | |
| Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík | Martin Ševela | Boris Sekulić | Adidas | - | |
| FC Nitra | Jozef Petráni | Ivan Galád | Miloš Šimončič | Jako | - | |
| Spartak Trnava | Dušan Keketi | Nestor El Maestro | Lukáš Greššák | Adidas | ŽOS Trnava | |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Karol Škula | Juraj Jarábek | Martin Chren | Erreà | ViOn | |
| MFK Michalovce | Ján Sabol | Anton Šoltis | Igor Žofčák | Adidas | ISDB | |
| 1. FC Tatran Prešov | Miroslav Remeta |  Anton Mišovec | Martin Luberda | ATAK Sportswear | Dúha |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of contract | [6] | Pre-season | [7] | ||||
| End of contract | [8] | Marco Rossi | [9] | ||||
| End of contract | Ivan Vrabec | [10] | |||||
| Released | 12 | Ladislav Hudec | [11] | ||||
| Released | 10 | Vladimír Cifranič Roman Marčok | [12] | ||||
| Released | 10 | Pavol Mlynár (interim) | [13] | ||||
| Released | 11 | [14] | |||||
| Pavol Mlynár | End of interim spell | 11 | [15] | ||||
| Released | [16] | 3 | |||||
| Released | [17] | 11 | |||||
| Manager position | [18] | 12 |
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches played each.
Teams placed between 4th and 7th position will take part in the Europa league play-offs. The best of them will play against the fourth-placed of the championship play-offs to determine the Europa League play-off winners. The winners will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.
All times are UTC+2.
Team placed 11th in the relegation match will face 2nd team from 2. Liga 2017–18 to for two spots in the next season.
All times are UTC+2.
2–2 on aggregate. FK Senica won on away goal.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[19] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Mráz | Žilina | 21a |
| 2 | Rangelo Janga | AS Trenčín | 14 |
| 3 | Jakub Mareš | ŠK Slovan | 12 |
 Aleksandar Čavrić | ŠK Slovan | ||
| 5 | Róbert Gešnábel | Z.Moravce (9)/Ružomberok (2) | 11 |
| 6 | Erik Pačinda | DAC D.Streda | 10 |
| Antonio Mance | AS Trenčín | ||
| 8 | Filip Hološko | ŠK Slovan | 8 |
 Hilary Gong | AS Trenčin | ||
| Roland Černák | Prešov (7)/D.Streda (1) | ||
| Martin Koscelník | Michalovce |
| + | Rank | Player | Club | Assists[20] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Desley Ubbink | align=left | Trenčín | 17 |
| 2 | align=left | Hilary Gong | align=left | Trenčín | 12 |
| 3 | align=left | Nikolas Špalek | align=left | Žilina | 8 |
| align=left |  Dávid Holman | align=left | Slovan | ||
| align=left | Erik Daniel | align=left | Ružomberok | ||
| 6 | align=left |  Giorgi Beridze | align=left | Trenčín | 7 |
| 7 | align=left | Peter Orávik | align=left | Zl. Moravce | 6 |
| align=left | Ricky van Haaren | align=left | Trenčín(3)/Slovan(3) | ||
| align=left |  Marvin Egho | align=left | Trnava | ||
| align=left | Lukáš Skovajsa | align=left | Trenčín |
| Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–5 | 23 July 2017 | [21] | ||||
| 21 | 6–0 | 24 February 2018 | [22] | ||||
| 22 | 1–4 | 3 March 2018 | [23] | ||||
| 30 | 3–1 | 5 May 2018 | [24] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[25] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukáš Hroššo | FC Nitra | 14 |
| 2 | Patrik Macej | DAC D.Streda | 13 |
| 3 | Martin Vantruba | Spartak Trnava | 11 |
| Miloš Volešák | Žilina | ||
| 5 | Martin Kuciak | Podbrezová | 10 |
| 6 | Matúš Macík | MFK Ružomberok | 8 |
| 7 | Matúš Kira | Michalovce | 7 |
| 8 | Pavel Kováč | Zl. Moravce | 5 |
| Michal Šulla | Slovan | ||
| Igor Šemrinec | Trenčín | ||
Yasin Pehlivan (Trnava) Ján Krivák (Podbrezová) Damián Bariš (Zl.Moravce)| Month | Player | Club | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| July/August | [29] | ||
| September | [30] | ||
| October | [31] | ||
| Nov/Dec | [32] | ||
| Feb/Mar | [33] | ||
| April | [34] | ||
| May | [35] | ||
Source:[36]
Lukáš Hroššo (FC Nitra)
Erick Davis (DAC D.Streda), Ľubomír Šatka (DAC D.Streda), Boris Godál (Spartak Trnava), Boris Sekulić (ŠK Slovan) Erik Pačinda (DAC D.Streda), Marin Ljubičić (DAC D.Streda), Aschraf El Mahdioui (AS Trenčín), Aleksandar Čavrić (Slovan Bratislava) Marvin Egho (Spartak Trnava), Samuel Mráz (MŠK Žilina)Source:[36]
Martin Vantruba (Spartak Trnava) Matúš Kuník (FC Nitra), Dávid Hancko (MŠK Žilina), Richard Križan (FC Nitra), Andrej Kadlec (Spartak Trnava) Miroslav Káčer (MŠK Žilina), Erik Jirka (Spartak Trnava), 
Ewerton (Zl.Moravce), Hilary Gong (AS Trenčín) Samuel Mráz (MŠK Žilina)Manager of the season
Nestor El Maestro (Spartak Trnava)
Player of the Year
Boris Godál (Spartak Trnava)
Young player of the Year
Samuel Mráz (MŠK Žilina)