2020–21 Slovak First Football League

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The 2020–21 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna liga[5] for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

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Slovak Super Liga
Season2020–21
Dates8 August 2020[1] – 22 May 2021[2][3]
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Europa Conference LeagueDAC Dunajská Streda
Spartak Trnava
MŠK Žilina
Matches played197
Goals scored574 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerDawid Kurminowski (19 goals)
Biggest home winDAC Dunajská Streda 6–0 Sereď
(9 August 2020)

DAC Dunajská Streda 6–0 Nitra
(15 August 2020)
Biggest away winNitra 0–5 Slovan Bratislava
(8 August 2020)

Sereď 0–5 Slovan Bratislava
(28 February 2021)
Highest scoringŽilina 6–2 Zemplín Michalovce
(30 August 2020)

Sereď 2–6 Spartak Trnava
(5 December 2020)

Trenčín 2–6 Slovan Bratislava
(14 March 2021)

Žilina 5–3 Trenčín
(8 May 2021)
Highest attendance6,297 DAC Dunajská Streda 2–1 Spartak Trnava
(22 August 2020)[4]
Lowest attendance0[A]
All matches from 1 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All statistics correct as of 24 May 2021.
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Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions for the second successive year, after picking up the domestic double in the previous season. Slovan successfully defended their title, winning their third consecutive title and record-extending 11th Slovak title overall.

In this season, teams were allowed to make five substitutions during matches in a maximum of three stoppages in play for one team.[6]

Teams

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Twelve teams competed in the league – all sides from the previous season.

Stadiums and locations

More information AS Trenčín, FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda ...
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Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
SenicaSlovakia Patrik DurkáčEnd of a contract14 July 2020Pre-seasonSlovakia Anton Šoltis14 July 2020[8]
TrenčínSlovakia Juraj AnčicEnd of interim spell17 July 2020Belgium Stijn Vreven17 July 2020[9]
Slovan BratislavaSlovakia Ján KozákReleased4 September 2020[10]3Slovenia Darko Milanič7 September 2020[11]
Spartak TrnavaSlovakia Marián ŠarmírReleased14 September 20206Slovakia Norbert Hrnčár14 September 2020[12]
PohronieSlovakia Mikuláš RadványiReleased9 October 2020[13]12Czech Republic Jan Kameník12 October 2020[14]
NitraSlovakia Gergely GeriOwn request30 November 20207Slovakia Ivan Galád (interim)1 December 2020[15]
SereďSlovakia Peter LérantEnd of a contract[16]15 December 20207Czech Republic František Šturma29 December 2020[17]
Spartak TrnavaSlovakia Norbert HrnčárReleased31 December 20205Slovakia Michal Gašparík1 January 2021[18]
NitraSlovakia Ivan GaládEnd of interim spell3 January 20218Czech Republic Michal Ščasný3 January 2021[19]
NitraCzech Republic Michal ŠčasnýReleased22 January 2021[20]8Slovakia Peter Lérant22 January 2021[21]
SenicaSlovakia Anton ŠoltisReleased20 February 2021[22]12Slovakia Karol Praženica 23 February 2021
SereďCzech Republic František ŠturmaHealth and family reasons16 February 20219Slovakia Ján Blaháč (interim)16 February 2021[23]
SereďSlovakia Ján BlaháčInterim8 March 2021[24]10Slovakia Gergely Geri8 March 2021
NitraSlovakia Peter LérantReleased25 March 2021[25]11Czech Republic Michal Ščasný26 March 2021[26]
MichalovceSlovakia Jozef MajorošReleased13 April 202111Slovakia Anton Šoltis13 April 2021[27]
Dunajská StredaGermany Bernd StorckReleased21 April 20212Hungary Antal Németh (interim)21 April 2021[28]
TrenčínBelgium Stijn VrevenReleased27 April 20216Slovakia Juraj Ančic (interim)27 April 2021[29]
Slovan BratislavaSlovenia Darko MilaničReleased10 May 20211Slovakia Vladimír Weiss12 May 2021[30]
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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 22 17 3 2 54 12 +42 54 Qualification for the championship group
2 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 13 5 4 48 28 +20 44
3 Žilina 22 11 4 7 49 33 +16 37
4 Spartak Trnava 22 11 2 9 32 29 +3 35
5 Zlaté Moravce 22 9 6 7 38 29 +9 33
6 Trenčín 22 7 7 8 30 38 8 28
7 Ružomberok 22 5 8 9 31 37 6 23 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Nitra 22 6 4 12 21 38 17 22
9 Zemplín Michalovce 22 5 7 10 22 42 20 22
10 Sereď 22 5 7 10 22 39 17 22
11 Senica 22 5 6 11 23 40 17 21
12 Pohronie 22 3 11 8 27 32 5 20
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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

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

More information Home \ Away, DAC ...
Home \ Away DAC NIT POH RUŽ SEN SER SLO TRN TRE ZMI ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 6–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 6–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1
Nitra 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–5 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3
Pohronie 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
Ružomberok 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1
Senica 2–4 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–4
Sereď 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 4–0 0–5 2–6 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–2
Slovan Bratislava 3–1 0–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–2
Spartak Trnava 0–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1
Trenčín 3–3 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–4
Zemplín Michalovce 2–4 1–0 2–0 4–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Zlaté Moravce 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–4 5–0 0–0 4–0
Žilina 4–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 6–2 4–1
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Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLO DAC TRN ŽIL ZLM TRE
1 Slovan Bratislava (C) 32 22 5 5 78 28 +50 71 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–1
2 DAC Dunajská Streda 32 19 8 5 66 38 +28 65 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
3 Spartak Trnava 32 17 4 11 48 37 +11 55 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0
4 Žilina 32 15 7 10 73 52 +21 52 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 2–3 3–3 2–1 5–1 5–3
5 Zlaté Moravce 32 11 7 14 42 51 9 40 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
6 Trenčín 32 8 8 16 42 61 19 32 2–6 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–0
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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

Relegation group

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation SER RUŽ POH ZMI SEN NIT
7 Sereď 32 11 8 13 37 48 11 41 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–1
8 Ružomberok 32 10 9 13 41 44 3 39 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
9 Pohronie 32 8 14 10 38 38 0 38 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0
10 Zemplín Michalovce 32 8 11 13 34 53 19 35 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
11 Senica (O) 32 8 9 15 31 51 20 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0
12 Nitra (R) 32 7 6 19 26 55 29 27 Relegation to the 2. Liga 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–4 0–3
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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.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Europa Conference League play-offs

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Should one of the top 3 teams win the 2020–21 Slovak Cup, Europa Conference League qualification playoffs will be held among the 4th, 5th, 6th team in the championship group and the top team of the relegation round. On 19 May 2021, Slovan Bratislava, who have won the league title, also won the cup, thus confirming the need of playoffs.

The 4th team play the top team of the relegation group and the 5th play the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals play the final to determine the Europa Conference League qualification spot. Europa Conference League qualification playoff games are one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team. The winners qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Semi-finals

More information MŠK Žilina, 4–2 ...
MŠK Žilina4–2ŠKF Sereď
Kurminowski 9'
Rusnák 32'
Bernát 38'
Slebodník 87'
Report Bušnja 60'
Jureškin 83'
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Attendance: 164
Referee: Michal Smolák
More information FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce, 2–0 ...
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Attendance: 217
Referee: Peter Kráľovič

Final

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Attendance: 340
Referee: Filip Glova

Relegation play-offs

The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from 2. Liga 2020–21 for one spot in the top flight the next season.

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg

More information MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica, 1–2 ...
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MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen Stadium, Zvolen
Attendance: 350
Referee: Michal Očenáš

Second leg

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Attendance: 500
Referee: Ivan Kružliak

Position by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification for the Europa Conference League
Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Relegation to the 2. liga
More information Team \ Round ...
Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
Slovan Bratislava21322222222211111111111111111111
DAC Dunajská Streda12111111111122222222222222222222
Spartak Trnava43235653554654655444344444333333
Žilina34443446433333333333433333444444
Zlaté Moravce785677107886545444555555555555555
Trenčín67109111088119121011121010101087666666666666
Sereď1256743346788888877988107977788787
Ružomberok5101110911797657775666667711899877878
Pohronie8995689101210111212111212129710111210788999999
Zemplín Michalovce911121212121211101210910101111111111111299121111121211111110
Senica1012711109111291191199999121212101112101212101010101011
Nitra1168885653474667788109988111010111112121212
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Source: Fortunaliga.sk

Season statistics

As of 23 May 2021

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[31]
1 Poland Dawid Kurminowski1 Žilina 19
2 Venezuela Eric Ramirez DAC Dunajská Streda 16
3 Slovakia Filip Balaj2 Zlaté Moravce 14
Brazil Rafael Ratão Slovan Bratislava
5 Hungary Zsolt Kalmár DAC Dunajská Streda 13
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Hamza Čataković Trenčín 12
7 Croatia Marko Divković DAC Dunajská Streda 11
Slovakia Martin Regáli Ružomberok
9 Hungary Dávid Holman Slovan Bratislava 10
10 Armenia Vahan Bichakhchyan1 Žilina 9
Slovakia David Strelec Slovan Bratislava
Nigeria Bamidele Yusuf Trnava
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1 plus 1 play-off goal
2 plus 2 play-off goals

Hat-tricks

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RoundPlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
7Slovakia Ladislav AlmásiRužomberokZemplín Michalovce4–0 (H)19 September 2020[32]
10Slovakia Filip BalajZlaté MoravceNitra3–1 (H)17 October 2020[33]
13Slovakia Filip BalajZlaté MoravceTrenčín5–0 (H)7 November 2020[34]
18Slovakia Martin RegáliRužomberokZemplín Michalovce3–4 (A)16 December 2020[35]
CH.10Poland Dawid KurminowskiŽilinaZlaté Moravce5–1 (H)22 May 2021[36]
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Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[37]
1 Slovakia Dominik Greif Slovan Bratislava 12
2 Nigeria Mathew Yakubu Sereď 10
Czech Republic Martin Jedlička DAC Dunajská Streda
4 Slovakia Adrián Chovan Zlaté Moravce 8
5 Slovakia Dobrivoj Rusov Spartak Trnava 7
Slovakia Libor Hrdlička Pohronie
7 Croatia Matej Marković Zemplín Michalovce 6
Slovakia Dávid Šípoš Nitra
9 Slovakia Matúš Macík Ružomberok 5
10 Czech Republic Tomáš Fryšták Senica 4
Belgium Olivier Vliegen Senica
Slovakia Samuel Petráš Žilina
Slovakia Ivan Krajčírik MFK Ružomberok
Slovakia Dominik Takáč Trnava
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Awards

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Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...
Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month References
PlayerClub Player Club
AugustHungary Zsolt Kalmár DAC Dunajská Streda Venezuela Eric Ramírez DAC Dunajská Streda [41][42]
SeptemberSlovakia Ladislav Almási Ružomberok [43][44]
OctoberSlovakia Filip Balaj Zlaté Moravce Croatia Andrija Balić [45][46]
November Slovakia David Hrnčár 1 Greece Kyriakos Savvidis Spartak Trnava [47]
December Czech Republic Erik Daniel Slovan Bratislava [48]
February/March Venezuela Eric Ramírez DAC Dunajská Streda Hungary Zsolt Kalmár DAC Dunajská Streda [49][50]
April not announced Croatia Andrija Balić DAC Dunajska Streda [51]
May Slovakia Alex Iván Sereď
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1 Vote of the player of the month was united for November and December.

Annual awards

Team of the Season

Team of the Season was:[52]

Top Eleven U-21

Source:[52]

Individual awards

Manager of the season

Slovakia Pavol Staňo (Žilina)

Player of the Year

Hungary Zsolt Kalmár (DAC Dunajská Streda)

Young player of the Year

Slovakia David Hrnčár (Zlaté Moravce)

See also

Notes

  1. Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.

References

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