2020–21 MŠK Žilina season

MŠK Žilina
2020–21 season
Chairman	Jozef Antošík
Manager	Pavol Staňo
Stadium	Štadión pod Dubňom
Fortuna liga	4th
Slovak Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was MŠK Žilina's 113th season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Slovak football. In addition to the domestic league, Žilina participated in this season's edition of the Slovak Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Marek Teplan
2	DF	SVK	Dominik Javorček
5	DF	SVK	Adam Kopas
6	FW	SVK	Adrián Kaprálik
7	MF	SVK	Patrik Myslovič
8	FW	NGA	Taofiq Jibril
9	MF	SVK	Miroslav Gono
11	MF	ARM	Vahan Bichakhchyan
13	FW	NGA	Tenton Yenne
14	DF	POL	Jakub Piotr Kiwior
16	FW	SVK	Patrik Iľko
17	MF	SVK	Jakub Paur (captain)
18	MF	MKD	Enis Fazlagikj
19	FW	SVK	Timotej Jambor


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	SVK	Adam Goljan
21	MF	SVK	Ján Bernát
22	GK	SVK	Samuel Petráš
23	DF	SVK	Ján Minárik (vice-captain)
24	MF	SVK	Tibor Slebodník
25	DF	SVK	Tomáš Nemčík
27	DF	SVK	Branislav Sluka
28	DF	GHA	Benson Anang
29	FW	SVK	Dávid Ďuriš
30	GK	SVK	Ľubomír Belko
32	FW	SVK	Kristián Bari
66	MF	SVK	Matúš Rusnák
90	FW	POL	Dawid Kurminowski

Competitions overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Fortuna liga	8 August 2020	28 May 2021	Matchday 1	Matchday 32	34	16	8	10	80	56	+24	047.06
Slovak Cup	16 September 2020	19 May 2021	2nd round	Final	7	4	3	0	20	7	+13	057.14
Europa League	27 August 2020	27 August 2020	1st qualifying round	1st qualifying round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					42	20	11	11	101	66	+35	047.62

Source: Competitions

Slovak First Football League

Regular stage

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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 by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W
Position	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2021. Source: Futbalnet
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 August 2020 1	FK Senica	0–4	MŠK Žilina	Senica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	59' Ďuriš 64' Paur 79' Bichakhchyan 83' Bichakhchyan	Stadium: OMS ARENA Senica Attendance: 1238 Referee: Michal Smolák

11 August 2020 2	MŠK Žilina	1–2	FC Nitra	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	45' Bichakhchyan	Report	56' Faško 66'Faško	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1705 Referee: Filip Glova

15 August 2020 3	AS Trenčín	2–4	MŠK Žilina	Žilina
CEST (UTC+02:00)	45' (pen.) Čataković 75' Bukari	Report	7' Paur 51' Iľko 85' Kaprálik 90' (pen.) Bichakhchyan	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1210 Referee: Erik Gemzický

22 August 2020 4	FK Pohronie	2–1	MŠK Žilina	Žiar nad Hronom
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	36' Bimenyimana 61' Fadera	Report	53' Iľko	Stadium: Mestský štadión Attendance: 1150 Referee: Erik Gemzický

30 August 2020 5	MŠK Žilina	6–2	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	17' (pen.), 73' Kurminowski 40' Ďuriš 49' Mysloviš 61' Kiwior 68' Bichakhchyan	Report	56' Žofčák 65' Begala	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1192 Referee: Martin Dohál

12 September 2020 6	ŠKF Sereď	3–2	MŠK Žilina	Žiar nad Hronom
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	28' Pankaričan 42', 55' Špehar	Report	77' Kristián Vallo 90' Kurminowski	Stadium: Mestský štadión Attendance: 284 Referee: Boris Marhefka

19 September 2020 7	MŠK Žilina	2–2	Slovan Bratislava	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	16' Kurminowski 30' (o.g.) Bajrić	Report	13' Medveděv 39' Bajrić	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 972 Referee: Boris Marhefka

26 September 2020 8	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	4–0	MŠK Žilina	Žiar nad Hronom
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	7' Balaj 35' (pen.) Ďubek 42' Hrnčár 57' Kyziridis	Report		Stadium: Mestský štadión Attendance: 893 Referee: Dušan Sedlák

3 October 2020 9	MŠK Žilina	4–1	DAC Dunajská Streda	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	10' Iľko 23' Kurminowski 34' Bichakhchyan 70' (o.g.) Kružliak	Report	33' Balić	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

17 October 2020 10	MŠK Žilina	2–1	Spartak Trnava	Žilina
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	5' Bichakhchyan 71' Gamboš	Report	50' Mikovič	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova

24 October 2020 11	MFK Ružomberok	2–1	MŠK Žilina	Ružomberok
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	82' Kochan 90' Regáli	Report	20' Kurminowski	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Glova

31 October 2020 12	MŠK Žilina	3–1	FK Senica	Žilina
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	25' Kurminowski 41' (o.g.) Asanović 63' (pen.) Bichakhchyan	Report	35' (o.g.) Vallo	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Ladislav Prešinský

7 November 2020 13	FC Nitra	0–3	MŠK Žilina	Nitra
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	56' Bichakhchyan 90' Kurminowski 90+3' Paur	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 0 Referee: Adam Somoláni

21 November 2020 14	MŠK Žilina	2–0	AS Trenčín	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	15' Bernát 59' Kurminowski	Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Dušan Sedlák

28 November 2020 15	MŠK Žilina	2–1	FK Pohronie	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	43' Bernát 76' Ďuriš	Report	89' Blahut	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Ladislav Prešinský

5 December 2020 16	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	1–1	MŠK Žilina	Michalovce
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	85' Taiwo	Report	50' Bernát	Stadium: Mestský futbalový štadión Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

12 December 2020 17	MŠK Žilina	0–0	ŠKF Sereď	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Marek Mastiš

16 December 2020 18	Slovan Bratislava	3–2	MŠK Žilina	Bratislava
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bernát 38' Fazlagikj 85'	Report	Daniel 48', 65' Ratão 90+4'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Gemzický

13 February 2021 19	MŠK Žilina	4–1	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jibril 42' Moško 66' (o.g.) Iľko 69' Slebodník 83'	Report	Kovaľ 62'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Dohál

21 February 2021 20	DAC Dunajská Streda	1–1	MŠK Žilina	Dunajská Streda
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nicolaescu 10'	Report	Jibril 47'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 0 Referee: Michal Smolák

27 February 2021 21	FC Spartak Trnava	2–1	MŠK Žilina	Trnava
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yusuf 15', 30' Koštrna 58'	Report	Javorček 40'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Boris Marhefka

6 March 2021 22	MŠK Žilina	3–2	MFK Ružomberok	Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rusnák 6' Myslovič 11' Ďuriš 43'	Report	Kružliak 12' Boďa 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Ziemba

Championship group

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W
Position	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Futbalnet
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

13 March 2021 1	MŠK Žilina	2–1	FC Spartak Trnava	Žilina
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jibril 88' Twardzik 90+6' (o.g.)	Report	Cabral 49' Jendrek 90+3'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Adam Somoláni

20 March 2021 2	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	2–2	MŠK Žilina	Bratislava
17:30	Moha 49' (pen.) Ratão 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Ďuriš 32' Kurminowski 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 0

4 April 2021 3	MŠK Žilina	3–3	FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	Žilina
16:00	Ďuriš 30', 41' Kurminowski 35' (pen.)	Report	Ramírez 22', 45+1' Balić 33'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Michal Smolák

10 April 2021 4	AS Trenčín	2–3	MŠK Žilina	Trenčín
15:30	Čataković 45' (pen.) Ghali 79'	Report	Lavrinčík 6' (o.g.) Kurminowski 21' Kaprálik 59'	Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti Attendance: 0 Referee: Boris Marhefka

18 April 2021 5	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	1–0	MŠK Žilina	Zlaté Moravce
16:00	Balaj 89'	Report		Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

25 April 2021 6	MŠK Žilina	2–3	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Žilina
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Minárik 43' Bernát 54'	Report	Anang 19' (o.g.) Ratão 38' Weiss 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0

1 May 2021 7	FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	2–1	MŠK Žilina	Dunajská Streda
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Davis 16' (pen.) Taiwo 68'	Report	Paur 30'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 42 Referee: Michal Smolák

8 May 2021 8	MŠK Žilina	5–3	AS Trenčín	Žilina
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ďuriš 5' Kurminowski 49', 61' Kiwior 69' Goljan 76'	Report	Aschraf El Mahdioui 24' 56' Ikoba 32' (pen.) Čataković 80', 88'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 0 Referee: Bálint Kišš

15 May 2021 9	FC Spartak Trnava	1–1	MŠK Žilina	Trnava
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yusuf 44'	Report	Kurminowski 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Referee: Ivan Kružliak

22 May 2021 10	MŠK Žilina	5–1	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Žilina
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kurminowski 8', 32', 36' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Lambor 82'	Report	Švec 71'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Referee: Bálint Kišš

Europa Conference League play-offs

Semi-final

25 May 2021 (2021-05-25)	MŠK Žilina	4–2	ŠKF Sereď	Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kurminowski 9' Rusnák 32' Bernát 38' Slebodník 87'	Report	Bušnja 60' Jureškin 83'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 164 Referee: Michal Smolák

Final

28 May 2021 (2021-05-28)	MŠK Žilina	3−2 (a.e.t.)	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Žilina
19:00	Bichakhchyan 43' (pen.), 45+8' (pen.) Jibril 101'	Report	Balaj 13' Hrnčár 23'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 340 Referee: Filip Glova

Slovak Cup

16 September 2020 2nd round	MŠK Námestovo (3)	0–7	MŠK Žilina	Námestovo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	5', 29', 54' Kurminowski 39', 51' Bernát 41' Ďuriš 82' Rusnák	Attendance: 950 Referee: Pavel Ochotnický

30 September 2020 3rd round	TJ Tatran Oravské Veselé (3)	1–1 (3–4 p)	MŠK Žilina	Oravské Veselé
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	6' Jurky	Report	2' Bari	Referee: Erik Gemzický
	Penalties
	Žilák Kmeť Jurky Struhár Feriančik		Díaz Kaprálik Javorček Nemčík Myslovič

4th round

ŠK Belá (5)

Cancelled^[A]

MŠK Žilina

Belá

7 April 2021 Round of 16	MŠK Žilina	1–1 (6–5 p)	FK Železiarne Podbrezová (2)	Topoľčany
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Iľko 26'	Report	Breznanik 87'
	Penalties
	Myslovič Bernát Kopas Sluka Fazlagikj Jibril Javorček Ďuriš Nemčík Rusnák		Bakaľa Ďatko Paraj Pajer Chvátal Grešák Skiba Breznaník Gerebenits Urgela

13 April 2021 Quarter-final	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (1)	0–2	MŠK Žilina	Zlaté Moravce
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Rusnák 33' Paur 87'	Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 0 Referee: Michal Smolák

Semi-finals

28 April 2021 First leg	FC Košice (2)	2–4	MŠK Žilina	Košice
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pačinda 47', 86'	Report	Slebodník 28' Kaprálik 41', 65' Bernát 87'	Stadium: Štadión Lokomotívy Attendance: 0 Referee: Adam Somoláni

4 May 2021 Second leg	MŠK Žilina	4–1 (8–3 agg.)	FC Košice	Žilina
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ďuriš 1' Bichakhchyan 12' (pen.) Myslovič 38' Minárik 90'	Report	Pačinda 17'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Referee: Martin Dohál

Final

19 May 2021	MŠK Žilina	1–2 (a.e.t.)	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava
18:00 (UTC+2)	Kiwior 30'	Report	Henty 61' Weiss 105' (pen.)	Stadium: Tehelné pole Referee: Peter Kráľovič

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

27 August 2020 (2020-08-27) Q1	The New Saints	3–1 (a.e.t.)	MŠK Žilina	Park Hall, Oswestry
19:30 (18:30 BST)	Robles 56' Smith 100' Cieślewicz 108' (pen.)	Report	Myslovič 77'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Notes

^ Due the COVID-19 pandemic organizers make changes in a format of the 2020–21 Slovak Cup. MŠK Žilina promote to the Round of 16.^[1]

References

^ "SLOVNAFT CUP – Ročník dohrajú len kluby Fortuna ligy a II. Ligy". 10 March 2021.

External links

Official website

[2] Due the COVID-19 pandemic organizers make changes in a format of the 2020–21 Slovak Cup. MŠK Žilina promote to the Round of 16.^[1]

[1] "SLOVNAFT CUP – Ročník dohrajú len kluby Fortuna ligy a II. Ligy". 10 March 2021.

[A]

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