2024–25 Slovak First Football League Explained

Competition:Niké liga
Season:2024–25
Dates:Regular season:
27th of July 2024 – TBA May 2025
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup3:Conference League
Nextseason:2025–26
Updated:18 May 2024

The 2024–25 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

The defending champion is Slovan Bratislava.

Teams

The league will consist of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Komárno has been promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the 2023–24 2. Liga, replacing the 2023–24 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Zlaté Moravce. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the sixth successive year).

Stadiums and locations

FC DAC 1904 Dunajská StredaFK Dukla Banská BystricaFC KošiceFK Železiarne Podbrezová
MOL Aréna
UEFA
Štadión SNP
UEFA
Košická futbalová aréna
UEFA
ZELPO Aréna
UEFA
Capacity: 12,700Capacity: 7,030Capacity: 12,555Capacity: 4,000
MFK RužomberokMFK SkalicaŠK Slovan BratislavaFC Spartak Trnava
Štadión pod ČebraťomŠtadión MFK SkalicaTehelné pole
UEFA
Štadión Antona Malatinského
UEFA
Capacity: 4,876Capacity: 2,600Capacity: 22,500Capacity: 18,200
AS TrenčínKFC KomárnoMŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť
UEFA
Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA
ViOn Aréna
UEFA
Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA
Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 4,400 Capacity: 4,008Capacity: 10,897

Personnel and kits

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda Tibor Végh Xisco Muñoz Yhoan AndzouanaMacronKukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica Ivan Šabo Ľubomír WillwéberAdidasVeolia
Košice Dušan Trnka Gergely Geri Ján KrivákAdidasNiké
Podbrezová Július Kriváň Matej OravecAdidasNiké
Ružomberok Ľubomír Golis Ondřej Smetana Martin ChrienAdidasNiké
Skalica Peter Bartoš Pavol Majerník Martin NagyAdidasTipsport
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Vladimír Weiss Vladimír WeissAdidasNiké
Spartak Trnava Peter Macho Michal Gašparík Martin MikovičPumaTipsport
Trenčín Róbert Rybníček Ilija Stolica Damián BarišMacronTipsport
Zemplín Michalovce Ján Sabol Anton Šoltis Igor ŽofčákAdidasTipsport
Komárno Juraj Baráth Mikuláš Radványi Martin ŠimkoAdidasMOL
Žilina Jozef Antošík Michal Ščasný Tomáš HubočanNikePreto

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
End of interim spellPre-season[1]
End of contract[2]
End by own request[3] [4]

Regular stage

League table

Results

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

Season statistics

Top assists

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Banská Bystrica predstavila nového trénera, klub povedie bývalý hráč .
  2. Web site: MFK Zemplín povedie Anton Šoltis .
  3. http://www.zpfutbal.sk/roman-skuhravy-opusta-podbrezovu/
  4. https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-zeleziarne-podbrezova-novy-trener-vladimir-cifranic-nike-liga-2024-2025/