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The 2019–20 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna liga[3] for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

Season2019–20
Dates20 July 2019 – 11 July 2020
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
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Fortuna liga
Season2019–20
Dates20 July 2019 – 11 July 2020
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Europa LeagueŽilina
Dunajská Streda
MFK Ružomberok
Matches156
Goals398 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerAndraž Šporar (12)
Biggest home winTrenčín 8–1 Michalovce
(15 February 2020)
Biggest away winSereď 0–4 Slovan
(18 August 2019)

Pohronie 0–4 Trenčín
(24 August 2019)
Highest scoringTrenčín 8–1 Michalovce
(15 February 2020)
Highest attendance14,933 (Slovan-Trnava)[1]
Lowest attendance147 (Trenčín-Sereď)[2]
Average attendanceIncrease 2,493
All statistics correct as of 11 July 2020.
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Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 10th Slovak title.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Since March, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 March, the 22nd and last round of the regular stage took place. Both the championship group and the relegation group were subsequently supposed to have 10 rounds starting on 14 March. However, the season was interrupted until the end of May. On 22 May, the league committee approved the restart of the competition with a new 5-round model starting on 13 June.[4] The committee also decided that no team would be directly relegated at the end of the season. The last team would face the winner of the 2. Liga in the relegation play-offs.

Decision

The decision was made on 22 May after meeting of the Slovak Presidium of the Union of League Clubs (ÚLK) with representatives of Fortuna League clubs.[5] The continuation of the competition depended on the voting of the clubs. They chose between restarting the league in full format, short format or abandoning the season.

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Due to hygienic measures, the number of spectators at individual matches was limited. Until 30 June, a maximum of 500 spectators could be present at the stadiums, which, however, also included the teams' staff, the media or stewards. From 1 July, the number of spectators allowed to attend a match was increased to 50% of a stadium's capacity.

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Revised schedule
Round Original dates Revised dates
23 14–15 March 13–14 June
24 21–22 March 20–21 June
25 4–5 April 27 June – 1 July
26 11–12 April 4 July
27 18–19 April 11 July
28 25–26 April Cancelled
29 2–4 May
30 9 May
31 16 May
32 23 May
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Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top eleven sides from the previous season and one team promoted from the 2. liga. The promoted team was Pohronie. They replaced Železiarne Podbrezová.

Stadiums and locations

More information AS Trenčín, Dunajská Streda ...
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Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
MFK RužomberokCzech Republic David HoloubekEnd of contract28 May 2019[6]Pre-seasonSlovakia Ján Haspra28 May 2019
FK SenicaPortugal Ricardo ChéuSigned by Trnava7 June 2019Czech Republic Michal Ščasný8 July 2019[7]
FC Spartak TrnavaCzech Republic Michal ŠčasnýEnd of contract7 June 2019[8]Portugal Ricardo Chéu7 June 2019
FC NitraSlovakia Michal KurucEnd of contract20 June 2019Slovakia Marián Süttö20 June 2019[9]
AS TrenčínSlovakia Ivan GaládEnd of contract30 June 2019[10]Germany Matthias Kohler18 June 2019[11]
ŠKF SereďCzech Republic Karel StromšíkEnd of contract28 June 2019North Macedonia Slavche Vojneski29 June 2019[12]
ŠK Slovan BratislavaSlovakia Martin ŠevelaReleased18 July 2019[13]Serbia Vladimir Radenković (interim)19 July 2019
ŠK Slovan BratislavaSerbia Vladimir RadenkovićReleased26 July 20191Slovakia Ján Kozák jr.26 July 2019[14]
FK PohronieSlovakia Milan NemecResigned31 July 201911Slovakia Rastislav Urgela (interim)31 July 2019[15]
FK PohronieSlovakia Rastislav UrgelaEnd of interim spell20 August 20199Slovakia Ján Rosinský20 August 2019[16]
FK PohronieSlovakia Ján RosinskýReleased12 October 2019[17]11Slovakia Mikuláš Radványi14 October 2019[18]
AS TrenčínGermany Matthias KohlerReleased22 October 20199Slovakia Norbert Hrnčár22 October 2019[19]
FC NitraSlovakia Marián SüttöReleased27 October 201911Slovakia Gergely Geri27 October 2019[20]
MFK Zemplín MichalovceSlovakia Anton ŠoltisReleased11 November 201910Slovakia Jozef Majoroš (caretaker)11 November 2019 [21]
ŠKF SereďNorth Macedonia Slavche VojneskiEnd by own request7 December 2019[22]10Slovakia Roland Praj20 December 2019[23]
MŠK ŽilinaSlovakia Jaroslav KentošMoved to Slovakia U2121 December 2019[24]2Slovakia Pavol Staňo2 January 2020[25]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská StredaGermany Peter HyballaReleased3 January 2020[26]3Portugal Hélder5 January 2020[27]
FC NitraSlovakia Gergely GeriReleased6 January 202011Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko6 January 2020[28]
ŠKF SereďSlovakia Roland PrajBecome GK coach9 February 2020[29]10Slovakia Peter Lérant9 February 2019
FK SenicaCzech Republic Michal ŠčasnýReleased12 February 20209Slovakia Ján Bíreš16 February 2019[30]
FC NitraUkraine Anatoliy DemyanenkoUnknown11 April 202011Slovakia Miroslav Nemec11 April 2020
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská StredaPortugal HélderEnd of contract31 May 20203Germany Bernd Storck1 June 2020[31]
FC Spartak TrnavaPortugal Ricardo ChéuReleased5 June 2019[32]5Slovakia Marián Šarmír5 June 2019
FC NitraSlovakia Miroslav NemecEnd of Contract30 June 202011Slovakia Ivan Galád30 June 2020[33]
FK SenicaSlovakia Ján BírešEnd of contract30 June 202010Slovakia Patrik Durkáč30 June 2019[34]
AS TrenčínSlovakia Norbert HrnčárEnd of contract30 June 20207Slovakia Juraj Ančic30 June 2020[35]
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Regular stage

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava 22 17 4 1 46 11 +35 55 Qualification for the championship group
2 Žilina 22 13 6 3 38 17 +21 45
3 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 11 5 6 31 25 +6 38
4 Spartak Trnava 22 9 3 10 25 26 −1 30
5 Zemplín Michalovce 22 8 6 8 28 32 −4 30
6 Ružomberok 22 6 10 6 25 27 −2 28
7 Trenčín 22 7 6 9 39 35 +4 27 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Zlaté Moravce 22 6 8 8 22 28 −6 26
9 Senica 22 6 6 10 24 33 −9 24
10 Sereď 22 5 7 10 23 34 −11 22
11 Nitra 22 5 4 13 17 31 −14 19
12 Pohronie 22 3 7 12 19 38 −19 16
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Source: Niké 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.

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Home \ Away DAC NIT POH RUZ SEN SER SLO TRN TRE ZMI ZIL ZLM
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–0 5–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 5–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Nitra 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–4 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1
Pohronie 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–4 2–2 0–1 1–1
Ružomberok 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0
Senica 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–3
Sereď 3–1 0–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–0
Slovan Bratislava 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–0
Spartak Trnava 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1
Trenčín 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–4 1–0 8–1 3–0 2–2
Zemplín Michalovce 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–2
Žilina 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 3–0
Zlaté Moravce 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–0
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Source: Niké 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 ŽIL DAC TRN RUŽ ZMI
1 Slovan Bratislava (C) 27 21 5 1 57 14 +43 68 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round — — — 0–0 1–0 4–0
2 Žilina 27 15 6 6 48 25 +23 51 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round 2–3 — — 2–1 — 5–0
3 DAC Dunajská Streda 27 15 5 7 42 28 +14 50 1–3 2–0 — — — 5–0
4 Spartak Trnava 27 10 5 12 30 32 −2 35 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs — — 0–2 — 2–0 —
5 Ružomberok (O) 27 7 11 9 28 33 −5 32[a] — 2–1 0–1 — — —
6 Zemplín Michalovce 27 8 8 11 31 49 −18 32[a] — — — 2–2 1–1 —
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Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Ružomberok 5, Zemplín Michalovce 2.

Relegation group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation TRE ZLM SER SEN POH NIT
7 Trenčín 27 11 6 10 52 43 +9 39 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs — — 3–2 — 4–0 0–3
8 Zlaté Moravce 27 8 9 10 27 33 −6 33 2–3 — 1–0 — — 2–1
9 Sereď 27 6 9 12 29 41 −12 27 — — — — 2–2 1–0
10 Senica 27 6 8 13 26 40 −14 26 1–3 0–0 1–1 — — —
11 Pohronie 27 6 8 13 25 44 −19 26 — 1–0 — 1–0 — —
12 Nitra 27 7 4 16 23 36 −13 25 Qualification for the relegation play-offs — — — 2–0 0–2 —
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Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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.

Europa League play-offs

Should one of the top 3 teams win the 2019–20 Slovak Cup, Europa 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 8 July 2020, 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 League qualification spot. Europa 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 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Semi-finals

More information MFK Ružomberok, 1–0 ...
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Attendance: 1,045
Referee: Peter Kráľovič
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Final

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Attendance: 3,959
Referee: Erik Gemzický

Relegation play-offs

The team placed bottom of the relegation group faced the first-placed team from the 2. Liga 2019–20 for a place in the league for the next season.

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg

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Mestský futbalový štadión, Dubnica nad Váhom
Attendance: 2,456[a]
Referee: Michal Smolák

Second leg

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FC Nitra3–0FK Dubnica
Kóša 7'
Ristovski 20' (pen.)
Hambálek 90'
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Attendance: 3,057[a]
Referee: Peter Kralovic
Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a maximum of 50% of the stadium's capacity was available for sporting events.

Position by round

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.

Leader – Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
Qualification for First Football League Relegation play-offs
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Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Slovan231111222111111111111111111
Žilina112222111222223332222222222
Dun. Streda523433333333332223333333333
Trnava464345455444585756676555644
Ružomberok6477889109775644444444666455
Michalovce1212121110910878810109101085857444566
Trenčín9910854666669878678565777777
Zlaté Moravce776666544556456567799888888
Sereď118557777899776781010101010101010999
Senica358121111121212101089109999988999101010
Pohronie10119991081111121111121212121212121212121212121111
Nitra8101110121211910111212111111111111111111111111111212
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Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)

Season statistics

As of 11 July 2020

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[36]
1 Slovenia Andraž Šporar Slovan 12
2 North Macedonia Milan Ristovskia Nitra 11
3 Ghana Osman Bukari Trenčín 10
4 Brazil Rafael Ratão Slovan 9
Slovakia Ján Bernát Žilina
Hungary Zsolt Kalmár DAC D.Streda
7 Colombia Frank Castañeda Senica 8
Niger Issa Modibo Sidibé Michalovce
Slovakia Tomáš Ďubek Z.Moravce
Croatia Ante Roguljić Trenčín
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a plus 1 play-off goal

Hat-tricks

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RoundPlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
10Hungary Dávid HolmanSlovanFC Nitra5–0 (H)28 September 2019[37]
19Ghana Osman BukariTrenčínMichalovce8–1 (H)15 February 2020[38]
1.CHCroatia Marko DivkovićDunajská StredaMichalovce5–0 (H)13 June 2020[39]
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Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[40]
1 Slovakia Dominik Greif Slovan 13
2 Slovakia Dominik Holec Žilina 11
3 Slovakia Branislav Pindroch Zl. Moravce 10
4 Czech Republic Martin Jedlička D.Streda 9
5 Czech Republic Vojtěch Vorel Senica 8
Slovakia Dávid Šípoš Nitra
7 Slovakia Dobrivoj Rusov Trnava 7
Slovakia Matúš Kira Michalovce
9 Slovakia Tomáš Jenčo Pohronie 6
10 Slovakia Michal Šulla Slovan 5
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Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

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Team of the Season

Team of the Season was:[50]

Top Eleven U-21

Source:[50]

Individual awards

Manager of the season

Slovakia Ján Kozák jr. (Slovan Bratislava)

Player of the Year

Slovakia Dominik Greif (Slovan Bratislava)

Young player of the Year

Slovakia Ján Bernát (Žilina)

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