2024–25 Slovak First Football League
Season | 2024–25 |
---|---|
Dates | Regular season: 27th of July 2024 – TBA May 2025 |
Matches played | 76 |
Goals scored | 211 (2.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tigran Barseghyan (9) |
Biggest home win | Podbrezová 7–1 MFK Skalica (17 Aug 2024) |
Biggest away win | Slovan Bratislava 0–5 MŠK Žilina (1 Sep 2024) |
Highest scoring | Podbrezová 7–1 MFK Skalica (17 Aug 2024) |
Highest attendance | 13,583 Spartak Trnava 0-1 Slovan Bratislava (19 Oct 2024) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 3 November 2024. |
The 2024–25 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
The defending champion is Slovan Bratislava.
Teams
[edit]The league will consist of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Komárno has been promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the 2023–24 2. Liga, replacing the 2023–24 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Zlaté Moravce. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the sixth successive year).
Stadiums and locations
[edit]FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | FC Košice | FK Železiarne Podbrezová |
---|---|---|---|
MOL Aréna UEFA |
Štadión SNP UEFA |
Košická futbalová aréna UEFA |
ZELPO Aréna UEFA |
Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 7,030 | Capacity: 12,555 | Capacity: 4,000 |
MFK Ružomberok | MFK Skalica | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | FC Spartak Trnava |
Štadión pod Čebraťom | Štadión MFK Skalica | Tehelné pole UEFA |
Štadión Antona Malatinského UEFA |
Capacity: 4,876 | Capacity: 2,600 | Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 18,200 |
AS Trenčín | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | KFC Komárno | MŠK Žilina |
Štadión Sihoť UEFA |
Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA |
ViOn Aréna UEFA |
Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA |
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,400 | Capacity: 4,008 | Capacity: 10,897 |
Personnel and kits
[edit]Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DAC Dunajská Streda | Tibor Végh | Xisco Muñoz | Yhoan Andzouana | Macron | Kukkonia |
Dukla Banská Bystrica | Ivan Šabo | Marek Bažík | Ľubomír Willwéber | Adidas | Veolia |
Košice | Dušan Trnka | Roman Skuhravý | Ján Krivák | Adidas | Niké |
Podbrezová | Július Kriváň | Štefan Markulík | Matej Oravec | Adidas | Niké |
Ružomberok | Ľubomír Golis | Ondřej Smetana | Martin Chrien | Adidas | Niké |
Skalica | Peter Bartoš | David Oulehla | Martin Nagy | Adidas | Tipsport |
Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík | Vladimír Weiss | Vladimír Weiss | Adidas | Niké |
Spartak Trnava | Peter Macho | Michal Gašparík | Martin Mikovič | Puma | Tipsport |
Trenčín | Róbert Rybníček | Ivan Galád | Damián Bariš | Macron | Tipsport |
Zemplín Michalovce | Ján Sabol | Anton Šoltis | Igor Žofčák | Adidas | Tipsport |
Komárno | Juraj Baráth | Mikuláš Radványi | Martin Šimko | Adidas | MOL |
Žilina | Jozef Antošík | Michal Ščasný | Tomáš Hubočan | Nike | Preto |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banská Bystrica | Mario Auxt | End of interim spell | 16 June 2024 | Pre-season | Marek Bažík | 16 June 2026[1] |
Michalovce | František Straka | End of contract | 28 June 2024 | Anton Šoltis | 28 June 2026[2] | |
Podbrezová | Roman Skuhravý | End by own request | 6 July 2024[3] | Vladimír Cifranič | 12 July 2024[4] | |
Skalica | Pavol Majerník | Released | 3 September 2024 | 12 | David Oulehla | 3 September 2024[5] |
Podbrezová | Vladimír Cifranič | Becomes assistant | 2 September 2024 | 8 | Štefan Markulík | 2 September 2024[6] |
FC Košice | Gergely Geri | Released | 24 September 2024 | 10 | Roman Skuhravý | 24 September 2024[7] |
AS Trenčín | Ilija Stolica | Released | 1 October 2024 | 11 | Ivan Galád | 1 October 2024[8] |
Regular stage
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Slovan Bratislava | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 34 | Qualification for the championship group |
2 | Žilina | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 31 | |
3 | Spartak Trnava | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 27 | |
4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 21 | |
5 | Ružomberok | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 17 | |
6 | Košice | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 16 | |
7 | Zemplín Michalovce | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 14 | Qualification for the relegation group |
8 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 13[a] | |
9 | Podbrezová | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 13[a] | |
10 | Trenčín | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 13[a] | |
11 | Skalica | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 12 | |
12 | Komárno | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 9 |
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.
Notes:
Results
[edit]Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
Season statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 30 Oct 2024[9]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tigran Barseghyan | Slovan | 8 |
2 | Žan Medved | Košice | 6 |
Matej Trusa | Dunajská Streda | ||
David Strelec | Slovan Bratislava | ||
5 | Adrián Kaprálik | Žilina | 5 |
Eric Bile | Žilina | ||
Martin Rymarenko | Banská Bystrica | ||
8 | Tomáš Malec | Banská Bystrica | 4 |
Mario Sauer | Žilina | ||
Damir Redzic | Dunajská Streda | ||
Matúš Marcin | Michalovce | ||
Jan Hladík | Ružomberok | ||
Roland Galčík | Podbrezová | ||
Erik Daniel | Trnava |
Top assists
[edit]- As of 30 Oct 2024[10]
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mario Sauer | Žilina | 5 |
2 | Marko Tolić | Slovan | 4 |
Miroslav Káčer | Žilina | ||
Adrián Kaprálik | Žilina | ||
Timotej Záhumenský | Banská Bystrica | ||
6 | Artur Gajdoš | Trenčín(2)/Slovan(1) | 3 |
Michal Ďuriš | Trnava | ||
Ganbayar Ganbold | Komárno | ||
Dávid Gallovič | Košice | ||
Matej Trusa | Dunajská Streda | ||
Ammar Ramadan | Dunajská Streda |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Clean sheets
[edit]- As of 30 Oct 2024[11]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Žiga Frelih | Trnava | 6 |
2 | Ľubomír Belko | Žilina | 5 |
Aleksandar Popović | Dunajská Streda | ||
4 | Martin Junas | Skalica | 3 |
4 | Dávid Šípoš | Košice | 2 |
Martin Trnovský | Slovan | ||
Matúš Slavíček | Trenčín | ||
Patrik Lukáč | Michalovce | ||
8 | Ivan Rehák | Banská Bystrica | 1 |
Tomáš Frühwald | Ružomberok | ||
Dominik Ťapaj | Ružomberok | ||
Adam Danko | Podbrezová | ||
Jakub Trefil | Komárno | ||
Michal Trnovský | Banská Bystrica | ||
Dominik Takáč | Slovan |
Discipline
[edit]- As of 30 Oct 2024
Player
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 5[12]
- 8 players
- Most red cards: 1[12]
- 12 players
Club
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 38[13]
- Trenčin
- Most red cards: 3[14]
- Trenčín
See also
[edit]- 2024–25 Slovak Cup
- 2024–25 2. Liga (Slovakia)
- List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024
- List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024–25
- List of foreign Slovak First League players
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banská Bystrica predstavila nového trénera, klub povedie bývalý hráč".
- ^ "MFK Zemplín povedie Anton Šoltis".
- ^ http://www.zpfutbal.sk/roman-skuhravy-opusta-podbrezovu/
- ^ https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-zeleziarne-podbrezova-novy-trener-vladimir-cifranic-nike-liga-2024-2025/
- ^ https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/384385/do-nike-ligy-vstupuje-dalsie-ceske-meno-skalica-ohlasila-prichod-noveho-trenera
- ^ https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/384241/netradicny-krok-podbrezovej-na-trenerskej-lavicke-sa-udiala-zaujimava-vymena
- ^ https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-trenerska-vymena-gergely-geri-roman-skuhravy-fc-kosice-nike-liga-2024-2025/
- ^ https://sita.sk/galad-sa-vratil-do-znameho-posobiska-as-trencin-prebral-po-srbovi-stolicovi-foto/
- ^ "Štatistiky – Hráči" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
- ^ "Štatistiky – Hráči" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
- ^ "Štatistiky – Brankári" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
- ^ a b "Hráči | Štatistiky". Nike liga.
- ^ "Tímy | Štatistiky". Nike liga. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Tímy - Štatistiky". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 30 August 2021.