2021–22 in Slovak football

The 2021–22 season was the 27th season of competitive association football in Slovakia after Czechoslovakia was divided into two new states.^[1]

Football in Slovakia

Season	2021–22
Men's football
Fortuna Liga	Slovan Bratislava
2. Liga	Podbrezová
Slovak Cup	Spartak Trnava
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Slovakia national football team

Main article: Slovakia national football team

Kits

First colours

Second colours

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Group H

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	10	7	2	1	21	4	+17	23	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup
2	Russia[a]	10	7	1	2	19	6	+13	22	Advance to play-offs
3	Slovakia	10	3	5	2	17	10	+7	14
4	Slovenia	10	4	2	4	13	12	+1	14
5	Cyprus	10	1	2	7	4	21	−17	5
6	Malta	10	1	2	7	9	30	−21	5

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. On 28 February 2022, FIFA suspended Russia from international competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[2]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures and results

Slovenia  v  Slovakia

1 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovenia	1–1	Slovakia	Ljubljana
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stojanović 42'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Boženík 32'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 4,034[3] Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Slovakia  v  Croatia

4 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	0–1	Croatia	Bratislava
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Brozović 86'	Stadium: Tehelné Pole Attendance: 9,047[4] Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Slovakia  v  Cyprus

7 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	2–0	Cyprus	Bratislava
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schranz 55' Koscelník 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Tehelné Pole Attendance: 6,762[5] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Russia  v  Slovakia

8 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	1–0	Slovakia	Kazan
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Škriniar 24' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Ak Bars Arena Attendance: 9,588[6] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Croatia  v  Slovakia

11 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Croatia	2–2	Slovakia	Osijek
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kramarić 25' Modrić 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Schranz 20' Haraslín 45'	Stadium: Gradski Vrt Stadium Attendance: 9,926[7] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Slovakia  v  Slovenia

11 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	2–2	Slovenia	Trnava
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duda 58' (pen.) Strelec 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Zajc 18' Mevlja 62'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 2,726[8] Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Malta  v  Slovakia

14 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	0–6	Slovakia	Ta' Qali
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Rusnák 6', 16' Duda 8', 69', 80' De Marco 72'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,293[9] Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

2022–23 UEFA Nations League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Nations League

2022–23 UEFA Nations League C Group 3

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kazakhstan (P)	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Promotion to League B		—	2–0	2–1	2–1
2	Azerbaijan	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10			3–0	—	0–1	2–0
3	Slovakia	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7			0–1	1–2	—	1–1
4	Belarus	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3			1–1	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

2022–23 UEFA Nations League fixtures and results

Slovakia  v  Belarus

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C	Slovakia	v	Belarus
20:45		Report

Slovakia  v Kazakhstan or Moldova

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C	Slovakia	v	Kazakhstan or Moldova
20:45		Report

Azerbaijan  v  Slovakia

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C	Azerbaijan	v	Slovakia
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)		Report

Kazakhstan or Moldova v  Slovakia

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13) 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C	Kazakhstan or Moldova	v	Slovakia
16:00 (20:00 UTC+6) or 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report

Friendlies

Norway  v  Slovakia

25 March 2022 Friendly	Norway	v	Slovakia	Oslo, Norway
				Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Slovakia  v  Finland

29 March 2022 Friendly	Slovakia	v	Finland	Murcia, Spain
				Stadium: Estadio Enrique Roca

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovan Bratislava	3–2[A]	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	1–2

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovan Bratislava	2–3	Young Boys	0–0	2–3

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lincoln Red Imps	2–4	Slovan Bratislava	1–3	1–1

Play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos	5–2	Slovan Bratislava	3–0	2–2

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

First qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Žilina	6–3	Dila Gori	5–1	1–2
Mosta	3–4[B]	Spartak Trnava	3–2	0–2

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Limassol	3–5	Žilina	1–3	2–2
Partizan	3–0	DAC Dunajská Streda	1–0	2–0
Spartak Trnava	1–1 (4–3 p)	Sepsi OSK	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tobol	0–6	Žilina	0–1	0–5
Spartak Trnava	0–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–0	0–1

Play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jablonec	8–1	Žilina	5–1	3–0

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Group Stage

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COP	PAO	SLO	LIN
1	Copenhagen	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15	Advance to round of 16		—	1–2	2–0	3–1
2	PAOK	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	1–1	2–0
3	Slovan Bratislava	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8			1–3	0–0	—	2–0
4	Lincoln Red Imps	6	0	0	6	2	17	−15	0			0–4	0–2	1–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Notes

1. Losers drawn to receive a bye to the Europa Conference League third qualifying round.
2. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Men's football

Fortuna liga

Main article: 2021–22 Slovak First Football League

Regular stage

Pos	Team v t e	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.

Championship group

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[10]

Relegation group

Pos	Team v t e	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.

2. liga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Liga (Slovakia)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Podbrezová (C, P)	30	24	2	4	86	25	+61	74	Promotion to Fortuna liga
2	Dukla Banská Bystrica (P)	30	21	6	3	62	24	+38	69
3	Skalica (P)	30	19	5	6	49	20	+29	62
4	Komárno	30	17	8	5	51	29	+22	59
5	Košice	30	17	5	8	73	38	+35	56
6	Humenné	30	16	8	6	36	30	+6	56
7	Šamorín	30	13	5	12	47	42	+5	44
8	Petržalka	30	12	5	13	54	48	+6	41
9	Žilina B	30	10	7	13	46	48	−2	37
10	Slavoj Trebišov	30	9	7	14	28	48	−20	34
11	Dubnica	30	8	7	15	33	51	−18	31
12	Púchov	30	8	5	17	36	49	−13	29
13	Rohožník (R)	30	8	5	17	30	58	−28	29	Relegation to 3. Liga
14	Slovan Bratislava U21 (R)	30	7	5	18	36	61	−25	26
15	Partizán Bardejov (R)	30	3	9	18	26	54	−28	18
16	Námestovo (R)	30	2	3	25	19	87	−68	9

Source: druhaliga.sk
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Cup Competitions

Slovak Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Slovak Cup

Final

Main article: 2022 Slovak Cup final

Slovan Bratislava	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Spartak Trnava
Mustafić 49'	Report	Bukata 52' Azevedo 114'

8 May 2022

17:30 (UTC+2)

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 10,411

Referee: Peter Ziemba

See also

• List of Slovak football transfers summer 2021
• List of Slovak football transfers winter 2021–22
• List of foreign Slovak First League players

References

1. "Slovakia harnessing women's talent". UEFA.com. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
2. "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA (Press release). 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
3. "Slovenia vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
4. "Slovakia vs. Croatia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
5. "Slovakia vs. Cyprus" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Russia vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
7. "Croatia vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
8. "Slovakia vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
9. "Malta vs. Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
10. "Koniec ŠKF Sereď!". Retrieved 21 May 2022.

External links

• Slovak Football Association
• UEFA
• futbalnet.sk