Slovak First Football League Explained

Niké liga
Country:Slovakia
Confed:UEFA
Founded:2009
Teams:12
Relegation:2. liga
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Slovak Cup
Confed Cup:UEFA Champions League
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Champions:ŠK Slovan Bratislava (14th title)
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Current:2024–25 Slovak First Football League
Most Champs:Slovan Bratislava (14 titles)
Season:2023–24
Pyramid:Slovak football league system
Organiser:Slovak Football Association

The Slovak First Football League, shortly just 1st League (), currently Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league in the Slovak football league system.[1] It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is thirteen, held by Slovan Bratislava, who are the current title holders.

History

The current independent top football division in Slovakia was formed in 1993 as a result of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The predecessors of the current top football division in Slovakia were Zväzové Majstrovstvá Slovenska (1925–1933) and Slovenská liga (1938–1944).

Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia (1918–1939 and 1945–1993) and the best Slovak clubs played in the joint Czechoslovak league. Three Slovak clubs managed to win it.[2]

Zväzové Majstrovstvá Slovenska (1925–1933)

Season Champions (number of titles) Runners-up Third place
1925–261. ČsŠK Bratislava
1926–271. ČsŠK Bratislava
1927–28SK Žilina
1928–29SK Žilina
1929–301. ČsŠK Bratislava
1930–31Ligeti SC
1931–321. ČsŠK Bratislava
1932–33SC Rusj Uzhorod

Slovenská liga (1938–1944)

Season Champions (number of titles) Runners-up Third place
1938–39AC Sparta Považská BystricaŠK BratislavaMŠK Žilina
1939–40ŠK BratislavaAC Sparta Považská BystricaMŠK Žilina
1940–41ŠK BratislavaFC VrútkyAC Sparta Považská Bystrica
1941–42ŠK BratislavaFC VrútkyMŠK Žilina
1942–43OAP BratislavaŠK BratislavaAC Sparta Považská Bystrica
1943–44ŠK BratislavaOAP BratislavaTSS Trnava
1944–45

Slovak winners of the Czechoslovak 1. League (1945–1993)

width=150pxClubwidth=40pxWinnerswidth=500pxWinning seasons
Slovan Bratislava1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1991–92
Spartak Trnava
Inter Bratislava1958–59

Competition format

Over the years, the number of teams competing in the top division has varied. The current number of 12 teams has been in effect since the 2006–07 season. However, there were also changes in the playing format afterwards. In the current format, which has been in effect since the 2017–18 season, teams play home-and-away against every other team in the regular stage, for a total of 22 matches each. The table is then divided into two halves of 6 teams each – the top 6 play in the championship group and the bottom 6 play in the relegation group. Within these groups, teams play home-and-away each other again, for a total of 10 matches each.

PeriodNumber of teams
1993–199612
1996–200016
2000–200610
2006–present12

Sponsorship

PeriodSponsorName
1993–1997No sponsor1. liga
1997–2002ReemtsmaMars superliga
2002–2003No sponsor1. liga
2003–2014HeinekenCorgoň liga[3]
2014–2023FortunaFortuna liga[4]
2023–presentNikéNiké liga[5]

Clubs

Champions

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeTop scorerGoalsTeam
1993–94Slovan Bratislava (1)Inter BratislavaDAC Dunajská Streda Pavol Diňa19DAC Dunajská Streda
1994–95Slovan Bratislava (2)1. FC KošiceInter Bratislava Robert Semenik18Dukla Banská Bystrica
1995–96Slovan Bratislava (3)1. FC KošiceSpartak Trnava Robert Semenik291. FC Košice
1996–971. FC Košice (1)Spartak TrnavaSlovan Bratislava Jozef Kožlej221. FC Košice
1997–981. FC Košice (2)Spartak TrnavaInter Bratislava Ľubomír Luhový17Spartak Trnava
1998–99Slovan Bratislava (4)Inter BratislavaSpartak Trnava Martin Fabuš19Trenčín
1999–00Inter Bratislava (1)1. FC KošiceSlovan Bratislava Szilárd Németh16Inter Bratislava
2000–01Inter Bratislava (2)Slovan BratislavaRužomberok Szilárd Németh23Inter Bratislava
2001–02Žilina (1)PúchovInter Bratislava Marek Mintál21Žilina
2002–03Žilina (2)PetržalkaSlovan Bratislava Martin Fabuš
Marek Mintál		20Trenčín, Žilina
Žilina
2003–04Žilina (3)Dukla Banská BystricaRužomberok Roland Števko17Ružomberok
2004–05Petržalka (1)ŽilinaDukla Banská Bystrica Filip Šebo22Petržalka
2005–06Ružomberok (1)PetržalkaSpartak Trnava Róbert Rák
Erik Jendrišek		21Nitra
Ružomberok
2006–07Žilina (4)PetržalkaSlovan Bratislava16Petržalka
2007–08Petržalka (2)ŽilinaNitra17Košice
2008–09Slovan Bratislava (5)ŽilinaSpartak Trnava Pavol Masaryk15Slovan Bratislava
2009–10Žilina (5)Slovan BratislavaDukla Banská Bystrica18Nitra
2010–11Slovan Bratislava (6)SenicaŽilina Filip Šebo22Slovan Bratislava
2011–12Žilina (6)Spartak TrnavaSlovan Bratislava Pavol Masaryk18Ružomberok
2012–13Slovan Bratislava (7)SenicaTrenčín David Depetris16Trenčín
2013–14Slovan Bratislava (8)TrenčínSpartak Trnava Tomáš Malec14Trenčín
2014–15Trenčín (1)ŽilinaSlovan Bratislava19Žilina
Senica
2015–16Trenčín (2)Slovan BratislavaSpartak Myjava Gino van Kessel17Trenčín
2016–17Žilina (7)Slovan BratislavaRužomberok Filip Hlohovský
Seydouba Soumah		20Žilina
Slovan Bratislava
2017–18Spartak Trnava (1)Slovan BratislavaDAC Dunajská Streda Samuel Mráz21Žilina
2018–19Slovan Bratislava (9)DAC Dunajská StredaRužomberok Andraž Šporar29Slovan Bratislava
2019–20Slovan Bratislava (10)ŽilinaDAC Dunajská Streda Andraž Šporar12Slovan Bratislava
2020–21Slovan Bratislava (11)DAC Dunajská StredaSpartak Trnava19Žilina
2021–22Slovan Bratislava (12)RužomberokSpartak Trnava Jakub Kadák13Trenčín
2022–23Slovan Bratislava (13)DAC Dunajská StredaSpartak Trnava Nikola Krstović18DAC Dunajská Streda
2023–24Slovan Bratislava (14)DAC Dunajská StredaSpartak Trnava13Banská Bystrica
Slovan Bratislava

Source for list of championship winners:[6]

Performance by club

Clubs in bold currently play in the top division.

ClubWinnersRunners-upChampionship seasonsRunners-up seasons
Slovan Bratislava1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–242000–01, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Žilina2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–172004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2019–20
VSS Košice1996–97, 1997–981994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00
Petržalka2004–05, 2007–082002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07
Inter Bratislava1999–00, 2000–011993–94, 1998–99
Trenčín2014–15, 2015–162013–14
Spartak Trnava2017–181996–97, 1997–98, 2011–12
Ružomberok2005–062021–22
DAC Dunajská Streda–2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
Senica–2010–11, 2012–13
Púchov–2001–02
Dukla Banská Bystrica–2003–04

Titles by city

CityTitlesWinning clubs
BratislavaSlovan Bratislava (14), Inter Bratislava (2), Petržalka (2)
ŽilinaŽilina (7)
KošiceVSS Košice (2)
TrenčínTrenčín (2)
RužomberokRužomberok (1)
TrnavaSpartak Trnava (1)

2023–24 season

Twelve clubs compete in the 2023–24 season.[7]

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Dunajská StredaMOL Aréna12,700
Dukla Banská BystricaBanská BystricaŠtadión SNP7,900
KošiceKošiceKošická futbalová aréna12,555
PodbrezováPodbrezováZELPO Aréna4,061
RužomberokŠtadión pod Čebraťom4,817
SkalicaSkalicaŠtadión MFK Skalica3,000
BratislavaTehelné pole22,500
Spartak TrnavaTrnavaŠtadión Antona Malatinského19,200
TrenčínTrenčínŠtadión Sihoť10,000
Zemplín MichalovceMichalovceMestský futbalový štadión4,440
Zlaté MoravceViOn Aréna4,006
ŽilinaŠtadión pod Dubňom11,253

All-time league table

The all-time league table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Slovak I. liga since its inception in 1993. The table as of the end of 2023–24 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2024–25 Niké liga. There is no club that played all seasons in top-flight. The best clubs in that respect, are Žilina and Spartak Trnava, missed 1 season, Slovan Bratislava missed 2 seasons.

PosTeamSPWDLFAGDPts
1Slovan Bratislava2994254121119017119157961834
2MŠK Žilina301006484223299171311255881675
3Spartak Trnava30998457224313139410853091595
4MFK Ružomberok2791235125930211871104831312
5AS Trenčín2480531618030911761126501128
6DAC Dunajská Streda 21666242167257823921(-98)887 *
7VSS Košice1961624114822783579936863
8Dukla Banská Bystrica21680224183273825883(-58)855
9FC Petržalka14463204114145676561115726
10Inter Bratislava14454203102149667519148693
11FC Nitra18572177128299607875(-268)644
1216515148143224529734(-205)577
13FK Senica14448147113186510619(-138)556
14ViOn Zlaté Moravce17545139135273553859(-306)552
15MFK Dubnica13424119117188436604(-168)473
16Zemplín Michalovce103148680146336497(-161)338
17MŠK Púchov6216705393235294(-59)263
18Železiarne Podbrezová7224714994259326(-67)262
19Chemlon Humenné72167143102238323(-85)246
2072165944113239369(-130)212
21Spartak Myjava5132552750167177(-10)192
22ŠKF Sereď5155493967176237(-61)186
235156483771180241(-61)174
24Partizán Bardejov5154452485159232(−73)159
25FC Rimavská Sobota4126352962129193(−64)134
26FK Pohronie4123264255128179(-51)120
27MFK Skalica397272347103138(-35)104
28FC Senec39118284585152(−67)82
29Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš26414163466116(-50)58
30FC Košice13276192756(-29)27
31KFC Komárno000000000
S = Number of seasons; P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
aSpartak Myjava withdrew from the league on 21 December 2016, and their results from season 2016-17 were expunged.

League or status:

2024–25 Slovak First Football League
2024–25 2. Liga (Slovakia)
2024–25 3. Liga (Slovakia)
4. Liga (Slovakia)
Below 4th tier
Defunct

European competitions

See main article: article and Slovak football clubs in European competitions.

UEFA coefficients

See also: UEFA coefficient. The following data indicates Slovak coefficient rankings between European football leagues.[8]

Country ranking:UEFA League Ranking as of the end 2022/23 season for the period of 2018-2023:[9]
Club ranking:UEFA 5-year Club Ranking as of the end of the 2023/24 season:[10]

Players

The clubs sell their players to financially stronger clubs from western Europe. Examples of players that have succeeded in notable leagues are Marek Hamšík, who was captain of Italian club SSC Napoli, Peter Pekarík who captains Bundesliga side Hertha BSC or Martin Škrtel, a well-known former Liverpool centre-back currently playing for Fenerbahçe. Moreover, over the last few years more and more youngsters have been given chances to perform regularly in the league and as the result, many transfers were to be seen. For example Leon Bailey, Milan Škriniar, Stanislav Lobotka or Samuel Kalu could have been seen playing football at Slovak stadiums recently.

Top scorers

As of the end of the 2017–18 season.

width = 30Goalswidth = 120Name width = 1000Clubs/goals for the club
125Juraj HalenárInter Bratislava 35, Petržalka 33, Slovan Bratislava 57
120Róbert SemeníkDukla Banská Bystrica 72, 1. FC Košice 43, Nitra 5
86Marek UjlakySpartak Trnava 79, Slovan Bratislava 2, Senec 3, Zlaté Moravce 2
86Pavol MasarykSpartak Trnava 10, Slovan Bratislava 45, Ružomberok 28, Senica 2, Skalica 1
85Szilárd NémethSlovan Bratislava 25, 1. FC Košice 21, Inter Bratislava 39
83Vladimír KožuchSpartak Trnava 61, Tatran Prešov 22
81Martin FabušODu/AS Trenčín 59, Žilina 17, Dukla Banská Bystrica 5
78Tomáš Oravec1. FC Košice 4, Ružomberok 19, Petržalka 28, Žilina 24, Spartak Trnava 3
78Róbert RákNitra 61, Ružomberok 17
76Marek MintálŽilina 76
73Tomáš MedveďPetržalka 31, Inter Bratislava 13, Dukla Banská Bystrica 8, Humenné 8, Slovan Bratislava 8, Lokomotíva Košice 2, 1. FC Košice 1, Senec 2
71Róbert VittekSlovan Bratislava 71
63Stanislav ŠestákTatran Prešov 8, Slovan Bratislava 6, Žilina 49

Transfers

See also: List of most expensive association football transfers.

Record departures

RankPlayerFromToFeeYear
1. Szilárd NémethInter Bratislava Middlesbrough€6.75 million2001[11]
2. Andraž ŠporarSlovan Bratislava Sporting CP€6 million2020[12]
3. László BénesŽilina Mönchengladbach€5.5 million2016[13]
4. Róbert BoženíkŽilina Feyenoord€4.6 million2020[14]
5. Dávid HanckoŽilina Fiorentina€4.5 million2018[15]
Nikola KrstovićDAC Dunajská Streda US Lecce€4.5 million2023[16]
6. Peter DubovskýSlovan Bratislava Real Madrid€4.3 million (110 mil. SKK)1993[17]
7. WesleyTrenčín Club Brugge€4.2 million2016[18]
8. Tomáš HubočanŽilina Zenit Saint Petersburg€3.8 million2008[19]
9. Matúš BeroTrenčín Trabzonspor€3.5 million2016[20]
10. Dominik GreifSlovan Bratislava RCD Mallorca€2.5 million2021[21]
David StrelecSlovan Bratislava Spezia Calcio€2.5 million2021[22]
11. Miroslav KarhanSpartak Trnava Real Betis€2.3 million1999[23]
12. Vladimír KinderSlovan Bratislava Middlesbrough€2.2 million (64 mil. SKK)1996[24]
Vakoun Issouf BayoDAC Dunajská Streda Celtic€2.2 million2019[25]
13. Hilary GongTrenčín Vitesse€2.0 million2018[26]
Jakub KiwiorŽilina Spezia€2.0 million2021[27]
14. Eric RamírezDAC Dunajská Streda FC Dynamo Kyiv€1.8 million2021[28]
15. Nemanja MatićKošice Chelsea€1.75 million2009[29]

Record arrivals

RankPlayerFromToFeeYear
1. Rabiu Ibrahim GentSlovan Bratislava€1.0 million2017[30]
2. Dávid Holman DebrecenSlovan Bratislava€0.7 million2017
Lester Peltier TrenčínSlovan Bratislava€0.7 million2012[31]
Marek Špilár Tatran Prešov1. FC Košice€0.7 million (20mil SKK)*1997[32]
András Telek Ferencváros1. FC Košice€0.7 million (20mil SKK)*1997
David Strelec Spezia CalcioSlovan Bratislava€0.7 million2024[33]
3. Kenan Bajrić Olimpija LjubljanaSlovan Bratislava€0.6 million2018[34] [35]
Andraž Šporar BaselSlovan Bratislava€0.6 million2018[36] [37] [38]
Samuel Štefánik NEC NijmegenSlovan Bratislava€0.6 million2014

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