Slovak First Football League

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The Slovak First Football League, shortly just 1st League (1. liga), currently Niké liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the top flight league in the Slovakian 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.

Niké liga
Organising bodySlovak Football Association
Founded2009
CountrySlovakia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to2. liga
Domestic cup(s)Slovak Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League
Current championsSlovan Bratislava (14th title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsSlovan Bratislava (14 titles)
TV partnersDomestic
Markíza
RTVS (highlights)
International
Eleven Sports
OneFootball
Websitenikeliga.sk
Current: 2024–25 Slovak First Football League

History

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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
1925–26 1. ČsŠK Bratislava
1926–27 1. ČsŠK Bratislava
1927–28 SK Žilina
1928–29 SK Žilina
1929–30 1. ČsŠK Bratislava
1930–31 Ligeti SC
1931–32 1. ČsŠK Bratislava
1932–33 SC Rusj Uzhorod

Slovenská liga (1938–1944)

Season Champions (number of titles) Runners-up Third place
1938–39 AC Sparta Považská Bystrica ŠK Bratislava MŠK Žilina
1939–40 ŠK Bratislava AC Sparta Považská Bystrica MŠK Žilina
1940–41 ŠK Bratislava FC Vrútky AC Sparta Považská Bystrica
1941–42 ŠK Bratislava FC Vrútky MŠK Žilina
1942–43 OAP Bratislava ŠK Bratislava AC Sparta Považská Bystrica
1943–44 ŠK Bratislava OAP Bratislava TSS Trnava
1944–45
abandoned in September 1944

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

Club Winners Winning seasons
Slovan Bratislava
8
1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1991–92
Spartak Trnava
5
1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
Inter Bratislava
1
1958–59

Competition format

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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.

Period Number of teams
1993–1996 12
1996–2000 16
2000–2006 10
2006–present 12

Sponsorship

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Period Sponsor Name
1993–1997 No sponsor 1. liga
1997–2002 Reemtsma Mars superliga
2002–2003 No sponsor 1. liga
2003–2014 Heineken Corgoň liga[3]
2014–2023 Fortuna Fortuna liga[4]
2023–present Niké Niké liga[5]

Clubs

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Champions

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Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top scorer Goals Team
1993–94 Slovan Bratislava (1) Inter Bratislava DAC Dunajská Streda   Pavol Diňa 19 DAC Dunajská Streda
1994–95 Slovan Bratislava (2) 1. FC Košice Inter Bratislava   Robert Semenik 18 Dukla Banská Bystrica
1995–96 Slovan Bratislava (3) 1. FC Košice Spartak Trnava   Robert Semenik 29 1. FC Košice
1996–97 1. FC Košice (1) Spartak Trnava Slovan Bratislava   Jozef Kožlej 22 1. FC Košice
1997–98 1. FC Košice (2) Spartak Trnava Inter Bratislava   Ľubomír Luhový 17 Spartak Trnava
1998–99 Slovan Bratislava (4) Inter Bratislava Spartak Trnava   Martin Fabuš 19 Trenčín
1999–00 Inter Bratislava (1) 1. FC Košice Slovan Bratislava   Szilárd Németh 16 Inter Bratislava
2000–01 Inter Bratislava (2) Slovan Bratislava Ružomberok   Szilárd Németh 23 Inter Bratislava
2001–02 Žilina (1) Púchov Inter Bratislava   Marek Mintál 21 Žilina
2002–03 Žilina (2) Petržalka Slovan Bratislava   Martin Fabuš
  Marek Mintál
20 Trenčín, Žilina
Žilina
2003–04 Žilina (3) Dukla Banská Bystrica Ružomberok   Roland Števko 17 Ružomberok
2004–05 Petržalka (1) Žilina Dukla Banská Bystrica   Filip Šebo 22 Petržalka
2005–06 Ružomberok (1) Petržalka Spartak Trnava   Róbert Rák
  Erik Jendrišek
21 Nitra
Ružomberok
2006–07 Žilina (4) Petržalka Slovan Bratislava   Tomáš Oravec 16 Petržalka
2007–08 Petržalka (2) Žilina Nitra   Ján Novák 17 Košice
2008–09 Slovan Bratislava (5) Žilina Spartak Trnava   Pavol Masaryk 15 Slovan Bratislava
2009–10 Žilina (5) Slovan Bratislava Dukla Banská Bystrica   Róbert Rák 18 Nitra
2010–11 Slovan Bratislava (6) Senica Žilina   Filip Šebo 22 Slovan Bratislava
2011–12 Žilina (6) Spartak Trnava Slovan Bratislava   Pavol Masaryk 18 Ružomberok
2012–13 Slovan Bratislava (7) Senica Trenčín   David Depetris 16 Trenčín
2013–14 Slovan Bratislava (8) Trenčín Spartak Trnava   Tomáš Malec 14 Trenčín
2014–15 Trenčín (1) Žilina Slovan Bratislava   Matej Jelić
  Jan Kalabiška
19 Žilina
Senica
2015–16 Trenčín (2) Slovan Bratislava Spartak Myjava   Gino van Kessel 17 Trenčín
2016–17 Žilina (7) Slovan Bratislava Ružomberok   Filip Hlohovský
  Seydouba Soumah
20 Žilina
Slovan Bratislava
2017–18 Spartak Trnava (1) Slovan Bratislava DAC Dunajská Streda   Samuel Mráz 21 Žilina
2018–19 Slovan Bratislava (9) DAC Dunajská Streda Ružomberok   Andraž Šporar 29 Slovan Bratislava
2019–20 Slovan Bratislava (10) Žilina DAC Dunajská Streda   Andraž Šporar 12 Slovan Bratislava
2020–21 Slovan Bratislava (11) DAC Dunajská Streda Spartak Trnava   Dawid Kurminowski 19 Žilina
2021–22 Slovan Bratislava (12) Ružomberok Spartak Trnava   Jakub Kadák 13 Trenčín
2022–23 Slovan Bratislava (13) DAC Dunajská Streda Spartak Trnava   Nikola Krstović 18 DAC Dunajská Streda
2023–24 Slovan Bratislava (14) DAC Dunajská Streda Spartak Trnava   Róbert Polievka
  Tigran Barseghyan
13 Banská Bystrica
Slovan Bratislava

Source for list of championship winners:[6]

Performance by club

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Clubs in bold currently play in the top division.

Club Winners Runners-up Championship seasons Runners-up seasons
Slovan Bratislava
14
5
1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 2000–01, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Žilina
7
5
2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2019–20
VSS Košice
2
3
1996–97, 1997–98 1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00
Artmedia Bratislava
2
3
2004–05, 2007–08 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07
Inter Bratislava
2
2
1999–00, 2000–01 1993–94, 1998–99
Trenčín
2
1
2014–15, 2015–16 2013–14
Spartak Trnava
1
3
2017–18 1996–97, 1997–98, 2011–12
Ružomberok
1
1
2005–06 2021–22
DAC Dunajská Streda
4
2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
Senica
2
2010–11, 2012–13
Púchov
1
2001–02
Dukla Banská Bystrica
1
2003–04

Titles by city

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City Titles Winning clubs
  Bratislava
18
Slovan Bratislava (14), Inter Bratislava (2), Artmedia Bratislava (2)
  Žilina
7
Žilina (7)
  Košice
2
VSS Košice (2)
  Trenčín
2
Trenčín (2)
  Ružomberok
1
Ružomberok (1)
  Trnava
1
Spartak Trnava (1)

2023–24 season

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

Team Location Stadium Capacity
DAC Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda MOL Aréna 12,700
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica Štadión SNP 7,900
Košice Košice Košická futbalová aréna 12,555
Podbrezová Podbrezová ZELPO Aréna 4,061
Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión pod Čebraťom 4,817
Skalica Skalica Štadión MFK Skalica 3,000
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 22,500
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 19,200
Trenčín Trenčín Štadión Sihoť 10,000
Zemplín Michalovce Michalovce Mestský futbalový štadión 4,440
Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce ViOn Aréna 4,006
Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,253

All-time league table

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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, Žilina and Spartak Trnava, missed 1 season, Slovan Bratislava missed 2 seasons.

Pos Team S P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Slovan Bratislava 29 942 541 211 190 1711 915 796 1834
2 MŠK Žilina 30 1006 484 223 299 1713 1125 588 1675
3 Spartak Trnava 30 998 457 224 313 1394 1085 309 1595
4 MFK Ružomberok 27 912 351 259 302 1187 1104 83 1312
5 AS Trenčín 24 805 316 180 309 1176 1126 50 1128
6 DAC Dunajská Streda 21 666 242 167 257 823 921 (-98) 887 *
7 VSS Košice 19 616 241 148 227 835 799 36 863
8 Dukla Banská Bystrica 21 680 224 183 273 825 883 (-58) 855
9 FC Petržalka 14 463 204 114 145 676 561 115 726
10 Inter Bratislava 14 454 203 102 149 667 519 148 693
11 FC Nitra 18 572 177 128 299 607 875 (-268) 644
12 Tatran Prešov 16 515 148 143 224 529 734 (-205) 577
13 FK Senica 14 448 147 113 186 510 619 (-138) 556
14 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 17 545 139 135 273 553 859 (-306) 552
15 MFK Dubnica 13 424 119 117 188 436 604 (-168) 473
16 Zemplín Michalovce 10 314 86 80 146 336 497 (-161) 338
17 MŠK Púchov 6 216 70 53 93 235 294 (-59) 263
18 Železiarne Podbrezová 7 224 71 49 94 259 326 (-67) 262
19 Chemlon Humenné 7 216 71 43 102 238 323 (-85) 246
20 Baník Prievidza 7 216 59 44 113 239 369 (-130) 212
21 Spartak Myjava 5 132 55 27 50 167 177 (-10) 192
22 ŠKF Sereď 5 155 49 39 67 176 237 (-61) 186
23 Lokomotíva Košice 5 156 48 37 71 180 241 (-61) 174
24 Partizán Bardejov 5 154 45 24 85 159 232 (−73) 159
25 FC Rimavská Sobota 4 126 35 29 62 129 193 (−64) 134
26 FK Pohronie 4 123 26 42 55 128 179 (-51) 120
27 MFK Skalica 3 97 27 23 47 103 138 (-35) 104
28 FC Senec 3 91 18 28 45 85 152 (−67) 82
29 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 2 64 14 16 34 66 116 (-50) 58
30 FC Košice 1 32 7 6 19 27 56 (-29) 27
31 KFC Komárno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.

  • DAC had 6 points deducted in 2013/14 season.

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

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UEFA coefficients

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The following data indicates Slovak coefficient rankings between European football leagues.[8]

Players

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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

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As of the end of the 2017–18 season.

Goals Name Clubs/goals for the club
125 Juraj Halenár Inter Bratislava 35, Petržalka 33, Slovan Bratislava 57
120 Róbert Semeník Dukla Banská Bystrica 72, 1. FC Košice 43, Nitra 5
86 Marek Ujlaky Spartak Trnava 79, Slovan Bratislava 2, Senec 3, Zlaté Moravce 2
86 Pavol Masaryk Spartak Trnava 10, Slovan Bratislava 45, Ružomberok 28, Senica 2, Skalica 1
85 Szilárd Németh Slovan Bratislava 25, 1. FC Košice 21, Inter Bratislava 39
83 Vladimír Kožuch Spartak Trnava 61, Tatran Prešov 22
81 Martin Fabuš ODu/AS Trenčín 59, Žilina 17, Dukla Banská Bystrica 5
78 Tomáš Oravec 1. FC Košice 4, Ružomberok 19, Petržalka 28, Žilina 24, Spartak Trnava 3
78 Róbert Rák Nitra 61, Ružomberok 17
76 Marek Mintál Žilina 76
73 Tomáš Medveď Petržalka 31, Inter Bratislava 13, Dukla Banská Bystrica 8, Humenné 8, Slovan Bratislava 8, Lokomotíva Košice 2, 1. FC Košice 1, Senec 2
71 Róbert Vittek Slovan Bratislava 71
63 Stanislav Šesták Tatran Prešov 8, Slovan Bratislava 6, Žilina 49

Transfers

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Record departures

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Rank Player From To Fee Year
1.   Szilárd Németh Inter Bratislava   Middlesbrough €6.75 million 2001[11]
2.   Andraž Šporar Slovan Bratislava   Sporting CP €6 million[A] 2020[12]
3.   László Bénes Žilina   Mönchengladbach €5.5 million 2016[13]
4.   Róbert Boženík Žilina   Feyenoord €4.6 million 2020[14]
5.   Dávid Hancko Žilina   Fiorentina €4.5 million 2018[15]
  Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda   US Lecce €4.5 million 2023[16]
6.   Peter Dubovský Slovan Bratislava   Real Madrid €4.3 million (110 mil. SKK) 1993[17]
7.   Wesley Trenčín   Club Brugge €4.2 million 2016[18]
8.   Tomáš Hubočan Žilina   Zenit Saint Petersburg €3.8 million 2008[19]
9.   Matúš Bero Trenčín   Trabzonspor €3.5 million 2016[20]
10.   Dominik Greif Slovan Bratislava   RCD Mallorca €2.5 million 2021[21]
  David Strelec Slovan Bratislava   Spezia Calcio €2.5 million 2021[22]
11.   Miroslav Karhan Spartak Trnava   Real Betis €2.3 million 1999[23]
12.   Vladimír Kinder Slovan Bratislava   Middlesbrough €2.2 million (64 mil. SKK) 1996[24]
  Vakoun Issouf Bayo DAC Dunajská Streda   Celtic €2.2 million 2019[25]
13.   Hilary Gong Trenčín   Vitesse €2.0 million 2018[26]
  Jakub Kiwior Žilina   Spezia €2.0 million 2021[27]
14.   Eric Ramírez DAC Dunajská Streda   FC Dynamo Kyiv €1.8 million 2021[28]
15.   Nemanja Matić Košice   Chelsea €1.75 million 2009[29]
  1. ^ Fee may eventually rise above €7 million.

*-unofficial fee

Record arrivals

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Rank Player From To Fee Year
1.   Rabiu Ibrahim   Gent Slovan Bratislava €1.0 million 2017[30]
  Marko Tolić   Dinamo Zagreb Slovan Bratislava €1.0 million 2024[31]
2.   Dávid Holman   Debrecen Slovan Bratislava €0.7 million 2017[32]
  Lester Peltier   Trenčín Slovan Bratislava €0.7 million 2012[33]
  Marek Špilár   Tatran Prešov 1. FC Košice €0.7 million (20mil SKK)* 1997[34]
  András Telek   Ferencváros 1. FC Košice €0.7 million (20mil SKK)* 1997[34]
  David Strelec   Spezia Calcio Slovan Bratislava €0.7 million 2024[35]
3.   Kenan Bajrić   Olimpija Ljubljana Slovan Bratislava €0.6 million 2018[36][37]
  Andraž Šporar   Basel Slovan Bratislava €0.6 million 2018[38][39][40]
  Samuel Štefánik   NEC Nijmegen Slovan Bratislava €0.6 million 2014[41]

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