2011–12 Slovak First Football League

The 2011–12 Slovak First Football League[2] (known as Corgoň Liga due to sponsorship purposes) was the nineteenth season of the Corgoň Liga, the first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 15 July 2011 and was completed on 19 May 2012.[3] Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions, having won their sixth Slovak league championship at the end of the 2010–11 season.

Corgoň Liga
Season2011–12
Dates15 July 2011 – 19 May 2012
ChampionsŽilina
PromotedSpartak Myjava
RelegatedDunajská Streda
Champions LeagueŽilina
Europa LeagueSpartak Trnava
Slovan Bratislava
Senica
Matches played198
Goals scored454 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerPavol Masaryk (18 goals)
Biggest home winB.Bystrica 4–0 Košice
Senica 4–0 Trenčín
Trenčín 4–0 Prešov
Ružomb. 4–0 Z.Moravce
Senica 4–0 Trenčín
Prešov 4–0 D.Streda
Senica 5–1 D.Streda
Biggest away winB.Bystrica 0–3 Trnava
Highest scoringZ.Moravce 3–5 Ružomb.
Highest attendance8,482
Average attendanceDecrease 2,171[1]

Teams

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Dubnica were relegated after finishing the 2010–11 season in 12th and last place, ending a 10-season stay in this competition. They were replaced by 2010–11 1. Liga champions AS Trenčín, who returned to the competition after a three-season absence.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500
DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión – DAC Dunajská Streda 3,170
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000
MFK Košice Košice Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli 9,000
FC Nitra Nitra Štadión pod Zoborom 11,384
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817
FK Senica Senica Štadión FK Senica 4,600
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448
Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 5,410
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce Štadión FC ViOn 4,000
MŠK Žilina[4] Žilina Stadium pod Dubňom 11,181

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dunajská Streda   Werner Lorant   Ján Marcin Adidas NEGIN
Trenčín   Adrián Guľa   Martin Ševela Nike Aegon
Dukla Banská Bystrica   Štefan Zaťko   Martin Poljovka Adidas Express Slovakia
Košice   Ján Kozák   Peter Šinglár Givova Steel Trans
Nitra   Ladislav Jurkemik   Miloš Šimončič Jako Bonul Security, El Comp, Špeciál Izotex
Ružomberok   Aleš Křeček   Pavol Masaryk Umbro Mondi SCP
Senica   Stanislav Griga   Ján Gajdošík Hummel NAD RESS
Slovan Bratislava   Vladimír Weiss   Igor Žofčák Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava   Pavel Hoftych   Miroslav Karhan Givova TSS Grade
Tatran Prešov   Serhiy Kovalets   Ján Papaj Adidas IMPA
Zlaté Moravce   Juraj Jarábek   Pavol Majerník Legea ViOn
Žilina   Frans Adelaar   Miroslav Barčík Nike Preto

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Spartak Trnava   Peter Zelenský End of caretaker spell 5 May 2011[5] Pre-season   Pavel Hoftych 19 May 2011[6]
Dunajská Streda   Mikuláš Radványi End of contract 28 May 2011[7] Pre-season   Štefan Horný 20 June 2011[8]
Košice   Štefan Tarkovič Mutual agreement 1 June 2011[9] Pre-season   Ladislav Šimčo 10 June 2011[10]
Tatran Prešov   Ladislav Pecko End of contract 2 June 2011[11] Pre-season   Štefan Tarkovič 4 June 2011[12]
Žilina   Pavel Hapal Sacked 16 July 2011[13] Pre-season   Ľubomír Nosický 16 July 2011[14]
Slovan Bratislava   Karel Jarolím Mutual agreement 5 August 2011[15] 4th   Vladimír Weiss 5 August 2011[16]
Dunajská Streda   Štefan Horný Resigned 6 August 2011[17] 12th   Krisztián Németh 7 August 2011[18]
Ružomberok   Ladislav Jurkemik Sacked 22 September 2011[19] 8th   Aleš Křeček 22 September 2011[20]
Nitra   Cyril Stachura Sacked 19 November 2011[21] 7th   Róbert Barborík 20 November 2011[22]
Nitra   Róbert Barborík End of caretaker spell 20 December 2011[23] 7th   Ladislav Jurkemik 20 December 2011[24]
Tatran Prešov   Štefan Tarkovič Sacked 23 January 2012[25] 11th   Serhiy Kovalets 23 January 2012[26]
Dunajská Streda   Krisztián Németh Mutual agreement 25 March 2012[27] 12th   Werner Lorant 25 March 2012[28]
Žilina   Ľubomír Nosický Sacked 16 April 2012[29] 1st   Frans Adelaar 16 April 2012[30]
Košice   Ladislav Šimčo Sacked 30 April 2012[31] 12th   Ján Kozák 30 April 2012[32]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žilina (C) 33 19 10 4 52 27 +25 67 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Spartak Trnava 33 19 8 6 44 22 +22 65 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Slovan Bratislava 33 16 11 6 48 35 +13 59
4 Senica 33 15 12 6 47 23 +24 57 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5 Trenčín 33 12 12 9 51 49 +2 48
6 Ružomberok 33 11 11 11 39 34 +5 44
7 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 33 11 8 14 34 43 −9 41
8 Nitra 33 9 12 12 33 39 −6 39
9 Dukla Banská Bystrica 33 9 10 14 37 44 −7 37
10 Tatran Prešov 33 7 12 14 23 35 −12 33
11 Košice 33 6 11 16 25 40 −15 29
12 DAC Dunajská Streda (R) 33 5 1 27 21 63 −42 16 Relegation to 2. liga
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since 2011–12 Slovak Cup winners Žilina qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, so cup runners-up Senica qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. Moreover, Slovan Bratislava were moved up a round as the cup winner spot was not used.

Results

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The schedule consisted of three rounds. The two first rounds consisted of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule. The pairings of the third round were set according to the 2010–11 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team.

First and second round

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Home \ Away DAC BB KOŠ NIT RUŽ SEN SLO TRN PRE TRE ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1
Dukla Banská Bystrica 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–3
Košice 3–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2
Nitra 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–2
Ružomberok 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2
Senica 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–2
Slovan Bratislava 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1
Spartak Trnava 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Prešov 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Trenčín 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 4–0 3–1 3–3
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1
Žilina 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in 2010–11 final standings):

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
1–12 1–2 2–12 1–4 3–12 1–6
2–11 8–6 3–1 2–3 4–2 2–5
3–10 9–5 4–11 9–7 5–1 3–4
4–9 10–4 5–10 10–6 6–11 10–8
5–8 11–3 6–9 11–5 7–10 11–7
6–7 12–7 7–8 12–8 8–9 12–9
29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
4–12 1–8 5–12 1–10 6–12
5–3 2–7 6–4 2–9 7–5
6–2 3–6 7–3 3–8 8–4
7–1 4–5 8–2 4–7 9–3
8–11 11–9 9–1 5–6 10–2
9–10 12–10 10–11 12–11 11–1
Home \ Away DAC BB KOŠ NIT RUŽ SEN SLO TRN PRE TRE ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 0–2
Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1
Košice 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1
Nitra 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0
Ružomberok 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Senica 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–1
Slovan Bratislava 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–0
Spartak Trnava 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2
Prešov 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Trenčín 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–0
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 3–2 3–5 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–3
Žilina 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[33]
1   Pavol Masaryk Ružomberok 18
2   Juraj Halenár Slovan Bratislava 15
3   Lester Peltier Trenčín 11
4   Martin Jakubko Dukla Banská Bystrica 10
  Róbert Pich Žilina
6   Tomáš Majtán Žilina 9
  Martin Vyskočil Spartak Trnava
8   John Delarge Dunajská Streda 8
  David Depetris Trenčín
10   Miroslav Barčík Žilina 6
  Filip Hlohovský Trenčín
  Martin Hruška Zlaté Moravce
  Erik Pačinda Košice
  Ladislav Tomaček Spartak Trnava

Awards

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Top Eleven

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Individual awards

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Manager of the season Stanislav Griga (FK Senica)

Player of the Year Miroslav Karhan (Spartak Trnava)

Young player of the Year Norbert Gyömbér (Dukla Banská Bystrica)

See also

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References

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