2021–22 Slovak First Football League

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Fortuna Liga
Season2021–22
DatesRegular season:
23 July 2021 – 21 May 2022
Europa Conference League play-offs:
24 – 27 May 2022
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Europa Conference LeagueSpartak Trnava
Ružomberok
DAC Dunajská Streda
Matches played192
Goals scored502 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJakub Kadák
(13 goals)
Biggest home winSlovan Bratislava 5–0 Senica
(12 February 2022)
Biggest away winTatran Liptovský Mikuláš 1–4 Slovan Bratislava
(24 July 2021)
Pohronie 0–3 DAC Dunajská Streda
(27 August 2021)
Senica 0–3 Slovan Bratislava
(25 September 2021)
DAC Dunajská Streda 0–3 Spartak Trnava
(26 September 2021)
Spartak Trnava 0–3 (awd.) Slovan Bratislava
(17 October 2021)
Spartak Trnava 0–3 Ružomberok
(28 November 2021)
Zemplín Michalovce 0–3 Ružomberok
(4 December 2021)
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 0–3 Trenčín
(2 April 2022)
Senica 0–3 Trenčín
(14 May 2022)
Sereď 0–3 Slovan Bratislava
(14 May 2022)
Highest scoringPohronie 3–4 Slovan Bratislava
(19 February 2022)
Trenčín 4–3 Zlaté Moravce
(26 April 2022)
Trenčín 5–2 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
(30 April 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches
Slovan Bratislava
Longest unbeaten run20 matches
Slovan Bratislava
Longest winless run17 matches
Pohronie
Longest losing run5 matches
Pohronie
Trenčín
Highest attendance9,000
Spartak Trnava 0–3 (awd.) Slovan Bratislava
(17 October 2021)[1]
Lowest attendance0[A]
All matches from 25 November 2021 to 12 February 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2022.

The 2021–22 Slovak First Football League was the 29th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions for the third successive year, after picking up the second consecutive domestic double in the previous season. Slovan successfully retained their league title, winning a record-breaking fourth title in a row and 12th overall since the competition was established in 1993.

Teams[edit]

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season, the relegation play-offs winner and the one team promoted from the 2. Liga, Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš, who were promoted to the top flight for the first time. Nitra (relegated after four years in the top flight) had been relegated to 3. Liga.

Stadiums and locations[edit]

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Location of teams in Fortuna liga 2021–22
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda FK Pohronie MFK Ružomberok FK Senica
MOL Aréna
UEFA 		Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA 		Štadión pod Čebraťom OMS Arena
UEFA
Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 2,309 Capacity: 4,817 Capacity: 5,070
ŠKF Sereď ŠK Slovan Bratislava FC Spartak Trnava MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
ŠAM - City Arena
UEFA 		Tehelné pole
UEFA 		ŠAM - City Arena
UEFA 		NTC Poprad
UEFA
Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 5,700
AS Trenčín MFK Zemplín Michalovce FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce MŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť
UEFA 		Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA 		Štadión FC ViOn
UEFA 		Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA
Capacity: 4,200 (10,000 planned) Capacity: 4,440 Capacity: 4,006 Capacity: 11,253

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda Slovakia Oszkár Világi Portugal João Janeiro Hungary Zsolt Kalmár Macron Kukkonia
Pohronie Slovakia Igor Rozenberg Slovakia Peter Lérant Slovakia Patrik Blahút Erreà REMESLO
Ružomberok Slovakia Milan Fiľo Slovakia Peter Struhár Slovakia Ján Maslo Adidas TAURIS
Senica Czech Republic Oldřich Duda Slovakia Libor Fašiang Slovakia Juraj Piroska Adidas KOMPLEXX GROUP SK
Sereď Slovakia Róbert Stareček Slovakia Juraj Jarábek Slovakia Ľubomír Michalík Nike ORION TIP
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia Ivan Kmotrík Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Bulgaria Vasil Bozhikov Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava Slovakia Peter Macho Slovakia Michal Gašparík Slovakia Martin Mikovič Adidas Tipsport
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Slovakia Milan Mikušiak Slovakia Marek Petruš Slovakia Richard Bartoš Sportika VEREX
Trenčín Slovakia Jozef Liptovský Slovakia Juraj Ančic (interim) Slovakia Jakub Kadák Macron Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce Slovakia Ján Sabol Slovakia Norbert Hrnčár Slovakia Igor Žofčák Adidas ISDB, St. Nicolaus
Zlaté Moravce Slovakia Karol Škula Slovakia Ján Kocian Slovakia Tomáš Ďubek Erreà ViOn
Žilina Slovakia Jozef Antošík Slovakia Ivan Belák (interim) Slovakia Jakub Paur Nike Preto

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Pohronie Czech Republic Jan Kameník End of contract 21 May 2021[2] Pre-season Slovakia Gergely Geri 2 June 2021[3]
Ružomberok Slovakia Ján Haspra End of contract 27 May 2021[4] Slovakia Peter Struhár 30 May 2021[5]
Sereď Slovakia Gergely Geri Signed with Pohronie 2 June 2021 Slovakia Juraj Jarábek 11 June 2021[6]
Trenčín Slovakia Juraj Ančic End of interim spell 2 June 2021 Slovakia Peter Hlinka 2 June 2021[7]
Senica Slovakia Karol Praženica Released 2 June 2021 Czech Republic Pavel Šustr 2 June 2021[8]
Pohronie Slovakia Gergely Geri Released 29 August 2021[9] 10 Slovakia Štefan Zaťko (interim) 30 August 2021
Pohronie Slovakia Štefan Zaťko End of interim spell 4 October 2021[10] 12 Spain Pablo Villar 4 October 2021
Žilina Slovakia Pavol Staňo Released 4 October 2021[11] 7 Slovakia Peter Černák 4 October 2021
DAC Dunajská Streda Hungary Antal Németh Released 10 November 2021 5 Portugal João Janeiro 11 November 2021[12]
Trenčín Slovakia Peter Hlinka Resigned 5 December 2021 7 Slovakia Juraj Ančic 5 December 2021[13]
Pohronie Spain Pablo Villar Released 21 December 2021[14] 12 Czech Republic Martin Bittengl 4 January 2022[15]
Zemplín Michalovce Slovakia Anton Šoltis Released 15 March 2022 9 Slovakia Norbert Hrnčár 15 March 2022 [16]
Senica Czech Republic Pavel Šustr Resigned 16 April 2022 8 Slovakia Libor Fašiang 16 April 2022 [17]
Pohronie Czech Republic Martin Bittengl Released 19 April 2021 12 Slovakia Peter Lérant 19 April 2022[18]
Žilina Slovakia Peter Černák Released 23 April 2022[19] 6 Slovakia Ivan Belák (interim) 23 April 2022
Zlaté Moravce Slovakia Ľuboš Benkovský Released 5 May 2022[20] 11 Slovakia Ján Kocian 5 May 2022

Regular stage[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava 22 16 5 1 52 16 +36 53 Qualification for the championship group
2 Spartak Trnava 22 13 6 3 29 12 +17 45
3 Ružomberok 22 11 8 3 39 17 +22 41
4 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 10 6 6 28 23 +5 36
5 Sereď 22 9 5 8 28 28 0 32
6 Žilina 22 8 6 8 34 33 +1 30
7 Senica 22 7 6 9 21 32 −11 27 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Trenčín 22 6 7 9 32 33 −1 25
9 Zemplín Michalovce 22 7 2 13 20 31 −11 23
10 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 22 5 6 11 27 43 −16 21
11 Zlaté Moravce 22 4 7 11 22 36 −14 19
12 Pohronie 22 2 4 16 19 47 −28 10
Source: Fortuna 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.

Results[edit]

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

Home \ Away DAC POH RUŽ SEN SER SLO TRN TLM TRE ZMI ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–1
Pohronie 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–2
Ružomberok 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 5–1
Senica 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2
Sereď 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–1
Slovan Bratislava 0–0 5–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–2
Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–3[a] 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 1–0 5–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1
Trenčín 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 4–2 4–0 1–3
Zemplín Michalovce 4–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0
Zlaté Moravce 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1
Žilina 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 4–1
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was suspended after 15 minutes of play due to the riots of the spectators, who entered the pitch. Subsequently, the match was abandoned by the referee. On 20 October, Slovan were awarded a technical 3–0 victory by the Presidium of the Union of League Clubs, which is the governing organization for the Slovak top level football competition.

Championship group[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLO RUŽ TRN DAC SER ŽIL
1 Slovan Bratislava (C) 32 22 8 2 71 25 +46 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round — 1–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–2
2 Ružomberok 32 17 12 3 58 23 +35 63 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round 0–0 — 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–0
3 Spartak Trnava 32 17 9 6 36 17 +19 60 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a] 0–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 1–0
4 DAC Dunajská Streda (O) 32 12 10 10 39 37 +2 46 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 2–0 2–3 1–1 — 0–0 2–0
5 Sereď (R) 32 10 9 13 34 46 −12 39 Relegation[b] 0–3 1–3 0–2 0–0 — 1–1
6 Žilina 32 8 10 14 43 52 −9 34 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 2–3 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 —
Source: Fortuna 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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Spartak Trnava qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as the 2021–22 Slovak Cup winners.
  2. ^ Sereď did not obtain a license for the next season and were automatically relegated.[21]

Relegation group[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation TRE TLM ZMI SEN ZLM POH
7 Trenčín 32 13 9 10 58 43 +15 48 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs — 5–2 2–2 4–1 4–3 2–0
8 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 32 11 7 14 42 57 −15 40 0–3 — 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
9 Zemplín Michalovce 32 12 4 16 32 42 −10 40 1–0 1–2 — 1–0 1–0 1–0
10 Senica (R) 32 9 7 16 29 51 −22 34 Relegation[a] 0–3 0–3 2–1 — 0–0 2–1
11 Zlaté Moravce 32 7 9 16 33 50 −17 30 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 — 1–3
12 Pohronie (R) 32 4 6 22 27 59 −32 18 Relegation to the 2. Liga 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 —
Source: Fortuna 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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Senica did not obtain a license for the next season and were automatically relegated.

Europa Conference League play-offs[edit]

Semi-finals Final
      
4 DAC Dunajská Streda 4
8 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 2
4 DAC Dunajská Streda 2
7 Trenčín 1
6 Žilina 0
7 Trenčín 2

Semi-finals[edit]

Žilina0–2Trenčín
Report
Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Michal Smolák
DAC Dunajská Streda4–2Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
 Report
Attendance: 4,338
Referee: Peter Kráľovič

Final[edit]

DAC Dunajská Streda2–1Trenčín
 Report
Attendance: 5,257

Season statistics[edit]

As of 27 May 2022

Hat-tricks[edit]

Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
6 Nigeria Ezekiel Henty Slovan Bratislava Zlaté Moravce 4–1 (H) 29 August 2021 [24]
22 Montenegro Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda Žilina 3–1 (H) 26 February 2022 [25]
8.R Serbia Njegoš Kupusović Trenčín Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 5–2 (H) 30 April 2022 [26]

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[27]
1 Slovakia Dominik Takáč Spartak Trnava 18
2 Slovakia Ivan Krajčírik Ružomberok 16
3 Czech Republic Martin Jedlička DAC Dunajská Streda 8
Slovakia Adrián Chovan Slovan Bratislava
5 Slovakia Michal Kukučka Trenčín 7
6 Slovakia Henrich Ravas Senica 6
7 Slovakia Benjamín Száraz Zemplín Michalovce 5
8 Slovakia Michal Šulla Slovan Bratislava 4
North Macedonia Dejan Iliev Sereď (3)/Trenčín (1)
Slovakia Matúš Kira Zlaté Moravce
Ukraine Andriy Kozhukhar Zemplín Michalovce
Slovakia Martin Chudý Sereď
Hungary Dániel Veszelinov DAC Dunajská Streda
Slovakia Patrik Lukáč Zlaté Moravce

Discipline[edit]

Player[edit]

Club[edit]

  • Most yellow cards: 71[29]
    • Sereď
  • Most red cards: 4[30]
    • Senica
    • Pohronie
    • Sereď

Awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month References
Player Club Player Club
July/August Slovakia Jakub Kadák Trenčín Hungary András Schäfer DAC Dunajská Streda [31][32]
September Slovakia Erik Jendrišek Slovakia Ľuboslav Laura Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš [33][34]
October Slovakia Ján Maslo Ružomberok Greece Kyriakos Savvidis Spartak Trnava [35][36]
November Slovakia Martin Regáli Indonesia Egy Maulana Vikri Senica [37][38]
December Slovakia Lukáš Fabiš Slovakia Matej Trusa Zemplín Michalovce [39][40]
February Croatia Roko Jureškin Sereď Croatia Roko Jureškin Sereď [41]
March Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Jr. Slovan Bratislava Germany Brahim Moumou DAC Dunajská Streda
April Slovakia Tomáš Ďubek Zlaté Moravce Latvia Andrejs Cigaņiks
May Montenegro Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda Montenegro Nikola Krstović [42]

Annual awards[edit]

Team of the Season[edit]

Team of the Season was:[43]

Under-21 Team of the Season[edit]

Source:[43]

Individual awards[edit]

Manager of the Season

Slovakia Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)

Player of the Season

Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Jr. (Slovan Bratislava)

Young Player of the Season

Slovakia Jakub Kadák (Trenčín)

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Matches were played behind closed doors without any spectators.

References[edit]

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  43. ^ a b "Jedenastka sezony..." Fortuna liga. 22 May 2022.

External links[edit]

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