2015–16 Slovak First Football League

The 2015–16 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga[2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. AS Trenčín were the defending champions, after winning their 1st Slovak championship.

Fortuna Liga
Season2015–16
Dates18 July 2015 – 20 May 2016
ChampionsTrenčín
RelegatedSkalica
Champions LeagueTrenčín
Europa LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Spartak Myjava
Spartak Trnava
Matches played198
Goals scored524 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerGino van Kessel (17 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 6–0 ViOn Zlaté Moravce
(18 March 2016)
Biggest away winSlovan Bratislava 0–4 Trenčín
(8 May 2016)
Highest scoringPodbrezová 6–2 Michalovce
(1 August 2015)
Trenčín 5–3 Spartak Trnava
(13 September 2015)
Highest attendance15,101 (Sp.Trnava–Slovan)
Lowest attendance0 (Trenčín-Podbrezová)
Average attendanceIncrease 2413 [1]
All statistics correct as of 23 June 2015.

Teams

edit

A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 10 sides from the 2014–15 season and two who were promoted from the 2. liga.

Relegation for MFK Košice and FK Dukla Banská Bystrica to the 2015–16 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 30 May 2015. These two relegated teams were replaced by 2. liga champion MFK Zemplín Michalovce and 2. liga runner-up MFK Skalica. Both teams made their debut at the highest level. Despite that MFK Košice finished as 6th, they did not obtain a licence for the 2015–16 season.[3]

Stadiums and locations

edit
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 3,500 Champions
DAC Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión 16,410 8th in Fortuna Liga
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Podbrezová ZELPO Aréna1 4,061 11th in Fortuna Liga
FK Senica Senica OMS Arena 5,070 5th in Fortuna Liga
Michalovce Michalovce Mestský futbalový štadión 4,440 2. Liga Champions
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión pod Čebraťom2 4,817 7th in Fortuna Liga
MFK Skalica Skalica Mestský štadión Skalica3 3,000 2nd in 2. Liga
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181 2nd in Fortuna Liga
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000 3rd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Myjava Myjava Stadium Myjava 2,709 9th in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Trnava Trnava Stadium Antona Malatinského 19,200 4th in Fortuna Liga
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce FC ViOn Stadium 4,000 10th in Fortuna Liga

1Some matches were played at Mestský štadión Brezno in Brezno while ZELPO Aréna had been under renovation.
2Some matches were played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Štadión MFK Ružomberok had been under renovation.
3Some matches were played at OMS Arena in Senica while Mestský štadión Skalica had been under renovation.

Personnel and kits

edit
Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
AS Trenčín   Tscheu La Ling   Martin Ševela   Peter Kleščík Adidas AEGON
DAC Dunajská Streda   Oszkár Világi   Tomislav Marić   Ľubomír Michalík Adidas Kukkonia
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová   Július Kriváň   Marek Fabuľa   Jaroslav Kostelný Adidas Železiarne Podbrezová
FK Senica   Vladimír Levársky   Juraj Sabol   Petr Pavlík hummel Business Funding Solutions
MFK Ružomberok   Milan Fiľo   Ladislav Pecko   Marek Sapara Adidas MAESTRO
MŠK Žilina   Jozef Antošík   Adrián Guľa   Viktor Pečovský Nike Preto
Slovan Bratislava   Ivan Kmotrík   Nikodimos Papavasiliou   Marko Milinković Adidas niké
Spartak Myjava   Pavel Halabrín   Norbert Hrnčár   Štefan Pekár Uhlsport NAD RESS
Spartak Trnava   Michal Pethö   Miroslav Karhan   Martin Mikovič Adidas ŽOS Trnava, ŠKODA
ViOn Zlaté Moravce   Karol Škula   Libor Fašiang   Pavel Kováč Erreà ViOn
MFK Michalovce   Igor Šoltinský   Stanislav Griga   Marián Kelemen Adidas Scorp
MFK Skalica   Peter Bartoš   Štefan Horný   Pavol Majerník Nike

Managerial changes

edit
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Spartak Myjava   Peter Gergely Sacked 30 May 2015[4] Pre-season   Norbert Hrnčár 2 June 2015[4]
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová   Branislav Benko End of caretaker spell 30 May 2015[5]   Zdenko Frťala 15 June 2015[5]
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce   Branislav Mráz signed by FC Spartak Trnava 16 June 2015[6]   Milko Gjurovski 15 June 2015[6]
MFK Skalica   Štefan Horný End of contract 30 June 2015[7]   Aleš Křeček 3 July 2015[8]
ŠK Slovan Bratislava   Dušan Tittel Resigned 21 August 2015[9] 4th   Nikodimos Papavasiliou 21 August 2015[9]
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce   Milko Gjurovski Sacked 23 August 2015[10] 11th   Libor Fašiang 27 August 2015[10]
FC Spartak Trnava   Juraj Jarábek Resigned 28 August 2015[11] 9th   Branislav Mráz 28 August 2015[11]
MFK Ružomberok   Ivan Galád Sacked 2 September 2015[12] 10th   Ladislav Pecko 11 September 2015[13]
FC Spartak Trnava   Branislav Mráz End of interim contract 2 September 2015[14] 6th   Ivan Hucko 2 September 2015[14]
FK Senica   Eduard Pagáč Sacked 8 September 2015[15] 8th   Juraj Sabol 8 September 2015[15]
Podbrezová   Zdenko Frťala Sacked 21 September 2015 12th   Marek Fabuľa 21 September 2015[16]
MFK Skalica   Aleš Křeček Sacked 28 October 2015 11th   Štefan Horný 28 October 2015[17]
Zemplín Michalovce   František Šturma Sacked 30 December 2015 10th   Stanislav Griga 30 December 2015[18]
FC Spartak Trnava   Ivan Hucko Resigned 21 April 2015 5th   Miroslav Karhan 21 April 2015[19]

League table

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Trenčín (C) 33 26 3 4 73 28 +45 81 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[a]
2 Slovan Bratislava 33 20 9 4 50 25 +25 69 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Spartak Myjava 33 18 6 9 41 33 +8 60
4 Spartak Trnava 33 16 6 11 49 41 +8 54
5 Žilina 33 14 6 13 58 46 +12 48
6 Ružomberok 33 12 9 12 42 41 +1 45
7 DAC Dunajská Streda 33 12 7 14 38 42 −4 43
8 Podbrezová 33 10 7 16 43 46 −3 37
9 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 33 7 10 16 38 57 −19 31
10 Senica 33 7 9 17 30 48 −18 30
11 Zemplín Michalovce 33 7 8 18 32 55 −23 29
12 Skalica (R) 33 6 6 21 30 62 −32 24 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Soccerway
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.[20]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Trenčín qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Slovak Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results

edit
Home \ Away TRE DAC POD SEN ZMI RUŽ SKA ŽIL SLO MYJ TRN ZLM TRE DAC POD SEN ZMI RUŽ SKA ŽIL SLO MYJ TRN ZLM
Trenčín 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 4–1 5–3 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–2 3–1 1–3
DAC Dunajská Streda 0–2 5–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–1
Podbrezová 0–2 0–0 1–0 6–2 0–1 3–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
Senica 1–4 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1
Zemplín Michalovce 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Ružomberok 0–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–1
Skalica 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0
Žilina 2–3 1–1 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 5–1 4–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 6–0
Slovan Bratislava 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–4 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 4–1
Spartak Myjava 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–4 0–2 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 3–2
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

edit

Top goalscorers

edit
Updated through matches played on 20 May 2016.
Rank Player Club Goals[21]
1   Gino van Kessel AS Trenčín 17
2   Matúš Bero AS Trenčín 15
  David Depetris Spartak Trnava
4   Tamás Priskin Slovan Bratislava 12
5   Peter Sládek Spartak Myjava 11
  Leandre Tawamba ViOn Zlaté Moravce
7   Róbert Vittek Slovan Bratislava 10
  Erik Pačinda DAC Dunajská Streda
  Miloš Lačný MFK Ružomberok
10   Marques De Souza Zlaté Moravce 9
  Ákos Szarka DAC Dunajska Streda

Hat-tricks

edit
Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
7   Ákos Szarka4 DAC D.Streda Podbrezová 5–1 29 August 2015 [22]
11   Matúš Bero AS Trenčín MFK Skalica 3–0 26 September 2015 [23]
17   Leandre Tawamba Zlaté Moravce MFK Skalica 3–1 21 November 2015 [24]
24   Filip Hlohovský MŠK Žilina Zlaté Moravce 6–0 18 March 2016 [25]
27   David Depetris Spartak Trnava MFK Skalica 5–1 16 April 2016 [26]
32   Gino van Kessel4 AS Trenčín MŠK Žilina 5–2 13 May 2016 [27]
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

edit
Updated through matches played on 20 May 2016
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[28]
1   Igor Šemrinec AS Trenčin 15
2   Ján Mucha Slovan Bratislava 14
3   Miloš Volešák MŠK Žilina 11
  Martin Kuciak FO ZP Sport Podbrezová
  Matúš Hruška Spartak Myjava
6   Tomáš Tujvel DAC Dunajská Streda 8
7   Michal Šulla FK Senica 7
  Darko Tofiloski MFK Ružomberok
9   Ľuboš Kamenár Spartak Trnava 6
  Adam Jakubech Spartak Trnava
  Marián Kelemen Zemplin Michalovce

Discipline

edit
As of matches played on 20 May 2016.

Player

edit

Club

edit

Awards

edit

Player of the Month

edit
Month Player Club Ref
August   Ákos Szarka DAC D.Streda [31]
September   Matúš Bero AS Trenčín [32]
October   Léandre Tawamba Zlaté Moravce [33]
November   Gino van Kessel AS Trenčín [34]
March   Miloš Lačný MFK Ružomberok [35]
April   Ryan Koolwijk AS Trenčín [36]
May   Gino van Kessel AS Trenčín [37]

Top Eleven

edit

Source:[38]

Individual awards

edit

Manager of the season

Martin Ševela (AS Trenčín)

Player of the Year

Matúš Bero (AS Trenčín)

Young player of the Year

Martin Šulek (AS Trenčín)

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "EFS Attendances".
  2. ^ "Najvyššia súťaž zmení názov, Fortuna nahradí Corgoň". Profutbal.sk (in Slovak). 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Nečakaný koniec medzi elitou, MFK Košice do druhej ligy!". Sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Novým trénerom Spartaka Myjava je Norbert Hrnčár". Sport.sme.sk. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Začiatok prípravy Podbrezovej v znamení nového trénera Frťalu". Teraz.sk. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b "FC ViOn s Djurovskim a Tawambom". Nitra.sme.sk. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  7. ^ "MFK Skalica nečakane mení trénera, Horný skončil".
  8. ^ "Na lavičku Skalice sa posadí Aleš Křeček - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  9. ^ a b "Slovan with new coach, Tittel resigned! / Slovan s novým trénerom, Tittel rezignoval!". Profutbal.sk. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  10. ^ a b "TRÉNER DJUROVSKI KONČÍ…". Nitra.sme.sk. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Trnava bez trénera, Juraj Jarábek abdikoval!". Profutbal.sk. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Čistky v Ružomberku, o miesto prišiel Galád! - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  13. ^ "Pecko trénerom Ružomberka, Tittel športovým riaditeľom - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  14. ^ a b "POTVRDENÉ: Hucko novým trénerom Trnavy: Cieľom je pritiahnuť ľudí do hľadiska - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  15. ^ a b "Pagáč skončil na poste hlavného trénera Senice, mení ho Sabol - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  16. ^ "Frťala v Podbrezovej skončil, nahradí ho Fabuľa z VSS (Video) - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  17. ^ "Štefan Horný opäť v Skalici! - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  18. ^ "Šturma v Michalovciach skončil, mení ho Griga - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  19. ^ "Hucko abdikoval, kormidlo prevezme v Trnave Karhan - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  20. ^ "Super Liga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  21. ^ "Spieler - Super Liga - Slowakei - Ergebnisse, Spielpläne, Tabellen und News - Soccerway".
  22. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga :: 7. kolo - Dunajsk Streda - Podbrezov 5:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  23. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga :: 11. kolo - Tren n - Skalica". Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  24. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga :: 17. kolo - Zlat Moravce - Skalica". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  25. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga :: 24. kolo - ilina - Zlat Moravce". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  26. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga :: 27. kolo - Trnava - Skalica". Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  27. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga :: 32. kolo - Tren n - ilina". Archived from the original on 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  28. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
  29. ^ a b "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  30. ^ a b "Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  31. ^ http://www.profutbal.sk/ligy/svk1/clanok197954-Kozaka_tesi_rast_navstevnosti_Szarka_si_prebral_ceny_ULK_Vdaka_fanusikom_DAC.htm [dead link]
  32. ^ "Bero hráčom mesiaca september Fortuna ligy".
  33. ^ "Zlatomoravčan Tawamba Hráčom mesiaca október vo Fortuna lige - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". www.profutbal.sk. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26.
  34. ^ "Gino van Kessel hráčom mesiaca november | FutbalPortal.sk".
  35. ^ "Marec vo Fortuna lige ovládol kanonier Ružomberka Miloš Lačný - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  36. ^ "Koolwijk hráčom mesiaca apríl | Novinky | Oficiálny portál ligového futbalu - fortunaliga.sk". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  37. ^ "Historický zápis van Kessela | Novinky | Oficiálny portál ligového futbalu - fortunaliga.sk". Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  38. ^ "Trenčania ovládli jedenástku sezóny, Bero hráčom roka - Profutbal.sk :: Fortuna liga". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
edit