2024–25 Slovak First Football League

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.

Niké liga
Season2024–25
DatesRegular season:
27th of July 2024 – TBA May 2025
Matches played109
Goals scored287 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerTigran Barseghyan (14)
Biggest home winPodbrezová 7–1 MFK Skalica
(17 Aug 2024)

Slovan Bratislava 6–0 KFC Komárno
(4 Dec 2024)
Biggest away winSlovan Bratislava 0–5 MŠK Žilina
(1 Sep 2024)
Highest scoringPodbrezová 7–1 MFK Skalica
(17 Aug 2024)
Highest attendance13,583
Spartak Trnava 0-1 Slovan Bratislava
(19 Oct 2024)
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2024.

The defending champion is Slovan Bratislava.

Teams

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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

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FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda FK Dukla Banská Bystrica FC Košice FK Železiarne Podbrezová
MOL Aréna
UEFA     
Štadión SNP
UEFA    
Košická futbalová aréna
UEFA     
ZELPO Aréna
UEFA   
Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 7,030 Capacity: 12,555 Capacity: 4,000
   
MFK Ružomberok MFK Skalica ŠK Slovan Bratislava FC Spartak Trnava
Štadión pod Čebraťom Štadión MFK Skalica Tehelné pole
UEFA     
Štadión Antona Malatinského
UEFA     
Capacity: 4,876 Capacity: 2,600 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 18,200
       
AS Trenčín MFK Zemplín Michalovce KFC Komárno MŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť
UEFA     
Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA    
ViOn Aréna
UEFA   
Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA     
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,400 Capacity: 4,008 Capacity: 10,897
       

Personnel and kits

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Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda   Tibor Végh   Branislav Fodrek   Yhoan Andzouana Macron Kukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica   Ivan Šabo   Marek Bažík   Ľubomír Willwéber Adidas Veolia
Košice   Dušan Trnka   Roman Skuhravý   Ján Krivák Adidas Niké
Podbrezová   Július Kriváň   Štefan Markulík   Matej Oravec Adidas Niké
Ružomberok   Ľubomír Golis   Norbert Hrnčár   Martin Chrien Adidas Niké
Skalica   Peter Bartoš   David Oulehla   Martin Nagy Adidas Tipsport
Slovan Bratislava   Ivan Kmotrík   Vladimír Weiss   Vladimír Weiss Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava   Peter Macho   Michal Gašparík   Martin Mikovič Puma Tipsport
Trenčín   Róbert Rybníček   Ivan Galád   Damián Bariš Macron Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce   Ján Sabol   Anton Šoltis   Igor Žofčák Adidas Tipsport
Komárno   Juraj Baráth   Mikuláš Radványi   Martin Šimko Adidas MOL
Žilina   Jozef Antošík   Michal Ščasný   Tomáš Hubočan Nike Preto

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Banská Bystrica   Mario Auxt End of interim spell 16 June 2024 Pre-season   Marek Bažík 16 June 2026[1]
Michalovce   František Straka End of contract 28 June 2024   Anton Šoltis 28 June 2026[2]
Podbrezová   Roman Skuhravý End by own request 6 July 2024[3]   Vladimír Cifranič 12 July 2024[4]
Skalica   Pavol Majerník Released 3 September 2024 12   David Oulehla 3 September 2024[5]
Podbrezová   Vladimír Cifranič Becomes assistant 2 September 2024 8   Štefan Markulík 2 September 2024[6]
FC Košice   Gergely Geri Released 24 September 2024 10   Roman Skuhravý 24 September 2024[7]
AS Trenčín   Ilija Stolica Released 1 October 2024 11   Ivan Galád 1 October 2024[8]
MFK Ružomberok   Ondřej Smetana Signed with   1. FC Slovácko 13 November 2024 6   Radim Kučera 13 November 2024[9]
Dunajská Streda   Xisco Muñoz Released 27 November 2024 4   Branislav Fodrek 27 November 2024[10]
MFK Ružomberok   Radim Kučera Released 20 December 2024 10   Norbert Hrnčár 20 December 2024[11]

Regular stage

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava (Q) 18 14 2 2 41 21 +20 44 Qualification for the championship group
2 Žilina (Q) 18 12 5 1 39 15 +24 41
3 Spartak Trnava (Q) 18 10 6 2 27 14 +13 36
4 DAC Dunajská Streda 18 6 6 6 24 19 +5 24[a]
5 Podbrezová 18 6 6 6 24 23 +1 24[a]
6 Zemplín Michalovce 18 5 7 6 22 28 −6 22
7 Košice 18 4 8 6 21 21 0 20 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Komárno 18 5 2 11 21 35 −14 17[b]
9 Dukla Banská Bystrica 18 4 5 9 20 27 −7 17[b]
10 Ružomberok 18 4 5 9 19 29 −10 17[b]
11 Trenčín 18 2 9 7 19 32 −13 15
12 Skalica 18 3 5 10 19 32 −13 14
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: DAC Dunajská Streda 4; Podbrezová 1.
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Komárno 9; Dukla Banská Bystrica 4; Ružomberok 4. → Head-to-head points: Dukla Banská Bystrica 4; Ružomberok 1.

Results

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

Home \ Away DAC DUK KOM KOŠ POD RUŽ SKA SLO TRN TRE ZMI ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 1 MAR 8 FEB 1–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–3
Dukla Banská Bystrica 1–0 2–3 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 8 FEB 6–1 1–0 1 MAR
Komárno 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 22 FEB 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–3 15 FEB
Košice 2–2 15 FEB 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1 MAR 1–2
Podbrezová 0–0 1–1 1 MAR 0–0 2–0 7–1 1–3 0–4 15 FEB 4–1 0–0
Ružomberok 1–1 1–1 1–3 22 FEB 1–0 1–2 8 FEB 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–0
Skalica 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 15 FEB 2–3 1–2 1 MAR 0–0 0–0
Slovan Bratislava 2–1 3–1 6–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1 MAR 1–1 15 FEB 0–5
Spartak Trnava 15 FEB 1–0 3–2 1–0 22 FEB 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0
Trenčín 0–3 2–2 8 FEB 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 22 FEB 2–3 0–0 2–4
Zemplín Michalovce 0–3 22 FEB 0–0 3–2 8 FEB 4–2 2–1 2–4 0–0 1–1 1–1
Žilina 22 FEB 2–0 2–1 8 FEB 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of 20 Dec 2024[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Tigran Barseghyan Slovan 14
2   David Strelec Slovan 10
3   Martin Rymarenko Banská Bystrica 9
  Žan Medved Košice
5   Matej Trusa Dunajska Streda 7
  Kelvin Ofori Trnava
  Eric Bile Žilina
8   Adrián Kaprálik Žilina 6
  Alexandros Kyziridis Michalovce
  Alasana Yirajang Podbrezová
11   Mario Sauer Žilina 4
  Dávid Ďuriš Žilina
  Matúš Marcin Michalovce

Top assists

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As of 20 Dec 2024[13]
Rank Player Club Assists
1   Marko Tolić Slovan 9
2   Mario Sauer Žilina 6
3   Timotej Záhumenský Banská Bystrica 5
  Marián Pišoja Banská Bystrica
  Eric Bile Žilina
6   Miroslav Káčer Žilina 4
  Adrián Kaprálik Žilina
  Michal Ďuriš Trnava
  Dávid Gallovič Košice
  Daniel Smékal Podbrezová
11 13 players various 3

Hat-tricks

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Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
15   Martin Rymarenko Banská Bystrica Trenčín 6–1 (H) 23 Nov 20234 [14]
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

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As of 20 Dec 2024[15]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Žiga Frelih Trnava 9
2   Aleksandar Popović Dunajská Streda 8
3   Ľubomír Belko Žilina 6
4   Martin Junas Skalica 5
  Adam Danko Podbrezová
6   Matúš Slavíček Trenčín 4
  Dávid Šípoš Košice
8   Martin Trnovský Slovan 3
  Muhamed Sahinović Michalovce
10   Patrik Lukáč Michalovce 2
  Michal Trnovský Banská Bystrica
  Dominik Ťapaj Ružomberok
  Filip Dlubáč Komárno
14   Ivan Rehák Banská Bystrica 1
  Tomáš Frühwald Ružomberok
  Matěj Luksch Ružomberok
  Jakub Trefil Komárno
  Dominik Takáč Slovan
  Andrija Katić Trenčín

Discipline

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As of 20 Dec 2024

Player

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  • Most yellow cards: 8[16]

Club

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  • Most yellow cards: 49[17]
    • Trenčín
  • Most red cards: 4[18]
    • Trenčín

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Banská Bystrica predstavila nového trénera, klub povedie bývalý hráč".
  2. ^ "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. ^ https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-mfk-ruzomberok-novy-trener-norbert-hrncar-nike-liga-2024-2025/
  12. ^ "Štatistiky – Hráči" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
  13. ^ "Štatistiky – Hráči" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
  14. ^ "Dukla Banská Bystrica - Trenčín | Detail zápasu".
  15. ^ "Štatistiky – Brankári" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
  16. ^ a b "Hráči | Štatistiky". Nike liga.
  17. ^ "Tímy | Štatistiky". Nike liga. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Tímy - Štatistiky". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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