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
Matches:96
Total Goals:257
League Topscorer:Tigran Barseghyan (12)
Highest Attendance:13,583
Nextseason:2025–26
Updated:1 December 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 Branislav Fodrek Yhoan AndzouanaMacronKukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica Ivan Šabo Ľubomír WillwéberAdidasVeolia
Košice Dušan Trnka Roman Skuhravý Ján KrivákAdidasNiké
Podbrezová Július Kriváň Matej OravecAdidasNiké
Ružomberok Ľubomír Golis Radim Kučera Martin ChrienAdidasNiké
Skalica Peter Bartoš David Oulehla Martin NagyAdidasTipsport
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Vladimír Weiss Vladimír WeissAdidasNiké
Spartak Trnava Peter Macho Michal Gašparík Martin MikovičPumaTipsport
Trenčín Róbert Rybníček Ivan Galád 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]
Released12[5]
Becomes assistant8[6]
Released 10[7]
Released 11[8]
Signed with 1. FC Slovácko6[9]
Released4[10]

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 goalscorers

[11]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Tigran BarseghyanSlovan12
2 Martin RymarenkoBanská Bystrica9
3 David StrelecSlovan8
Žan MedvedKošice
5 Matej TrusaDunajska Streda7
Kelvin OforiTrnava
7 Adrián KaprálikŽilina6
Eric BileŽilina
Alexandros KyziridisMichalovce
10 Mario SauerŽilina4
Dávid ĎurišŽilina
Matúš MarcinMichalovce
Alasana YirajangPodvrezová
Damir RedzicDunajská Streda
Jan HladíkRužomberok
Roland GalčíkPodbrezová
Erik DanielTrnava

Top assists

[12]

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Marko TolićSlovan 8
2 Mario SauerŽilina6
3 Timotej ZáhumenskýBanská Bystrica3
Marián PišojaBanská Bystrica
5 Miroslav KáčerŽilina4
Adrián KaprálikŽilina
Eric BileŽilina
Michal ĎurišTrnava
913 playersvarious3<--6 Artur GajdošTrenčín(2)/Slovan(1)3
Ganbayar GanboldKomárno
Dávid GallovičKošice
Tigran BarseghyanSlovan
Matej TrusaDunajská Streda
Ammar RamadanDunajská Streda

Hat-tricks

Note4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

[14]

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Aleksandar PopovićDunajská Streda8
2 Žiga FrelihTrnava7
3 Ľubomír BelkoŽilina5
4 Martin JunasSkalica4
Matúš SlavíčekTrenčín
Dávid ŠípošKošice
7 Adam DankoPodbrezová3
Dominik ŤapajRužomberok
9 Martin TrnovskýSlovan2
Patrik LukáčMichalovce
Michal TrnovskýBanská Bystrica
12 Ivan RehákBanská Bystrica1
Tomáš FrühwaldRužomberok
Matěj LukschRužomberok
Jakub TrefilKomárno
Filip DlubáčKomárno
Dominik TakáčSlovan
Muhamed SahinovićMichalovce

Discipline

Player

Club

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/
  5. https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/384385/do-nike-ligy-vstupuje-dalsie-ceske-meno-skalica-ohlasila-prichod-noveho-trenera
  6. https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/384241/netradicny-krok-podbrezovej-na-trenerskej-lavicke-sa-udiala-zaujimava-vymena
  7. https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-trenerska-vymena-gergely-geri-roman-skuhravy-fc-kosice-nike-liga-2024-2025/
  8. https://sita.sk/galad-sa-vratil-do-znameho-posobiska-as-trencin-prebral-po-srbovi-stolicovi-foto/
  9. https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/392527/ruzomberok-oficialne-rozviazal-zmluvu-s-hlavnym-trenerom-nahradi-ho-krajan
  10. https://tvnoviny.sk/sport/clanok/938065-dunajska-streda-ohlasila-nahradu-za-munoza-spaniela-nahradi-byvaly-trener-mladeznickej-reprezentacie
  11. Web site: Štatistiky – Hráči. Niké liga. sk.
  12. Web site: Štatistiky – Hráči. Niké liga. sk.
  13. Web site: Dukla Banská Bystrica - Trenčín | Detail zápasu .
  14. Web site: Štatistiky – Brankári. Niké liga. sk.
  15. Web site: Hráči | Štatistiky. Nike liga.
  16. Web site: Tímy | Štatistiky . Nike liga. 30 August 2023 .
  17. Web site: Tímy - Štatistiky. Fortuna liga. 30 August 2021.