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2017–18 Slovak First Football League

The 2017–18 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga[4] for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. MŠK Žilina were the defending champions, after winning their 7th Slovak championship.

Fortuna Liga
Season2017–18
Dates22 July 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsSpartak Trnava
(1st title)
RelegatedPrešov
Champions LeagueSpartak Trnava
Europa LeagueDAC Dunajská Streda
Slovan Bratislava
Trenčín
Matches played202
Goals scored520 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerSamuel Mráz (21 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 7–1 Senica
(18 August 2017)
Slovan 6–0 Žilina
(24 February 2018)
Biggest away winPrešov 0–7 Trenčín
(24 September 2017)
Podbrezová 1–8 Trenčín
(3 November 2017)
Highest scoringPodbrezová 1–8 Trenčín
(3 November 2017)
Highest attendance17,113 (Trnava-Trenčín)[1]
Lowest attendance106 (Nitra-Trnava)[2]
Average attendance2,317 [3]

Format changes edit

Starting from this season, the competition format was changed. The previous 33-match round robin structure was replaced by a regular stage round of 22 games and a playoff round, where 12 teams are divided into two groups: championship group (top-6 teams after regular stage) and relegation group (bottom 6 teams). The playoff round uses a 10-game round robin structure.

The top team in the championship group wins the league title and qualifies to next season's Champions League qualification; the runner-up and 3rd team obtain spots of next season's Europa League Qualification. The bottom team of the relegation group will be relegated to next season's 2. Liga and replaced by the 2. Liga winner. The second-bottom ranked team will play a two-leg relegation playoff with the runner-up of 2. Liga.

Should one of the top 3 teams wins of the 2017-18 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. The 4th team plays the top team of the relegation group and the 5th plays the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals will play the final to determine the Europa League qualification spot. Europa League qualification playoff games will be one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team.[5]

Teams edit

A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 11 sides from the 2016–17 season and one promoted from the 2. liga.

Withdrawal of Spartak Myjava was confirmed on 21 December 2016. The withdrawn team was meant to be replaced initially by FC VSS Košice, but that team was rejected a promotion and went into bankruptcy. FC Nitra was promoted instead of Košice.

2017–18 Teams

Stadiums and locations edit

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Location of teams in Fortuna Liga 2017–18
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2016–17 season
AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 3,500 4th in Fortuna Liga
FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda MOL Aréna 9,901 7th in Fortuna Liga
FK Železiarne Podbrezová Podbrezová ZELPO Aréna 4,061 5th in Fortuna Liga
FK Senica Senica OMS Arena 5,070 9th in Fortuna Liga
MFK Zemplín Michalovce Michalovce Mestský futbalový štadión 4,440 8th in Fortuna Liga
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión pod Čebraťom 4,817 3rd in Fortuna Liga
FC Nitra Nitra Stadium pod Zoborom 5,500 2nd in 2. Liga
1. FC Tatran Prešov Prešov NTC Poprad1 5,700 11th in Fortuna Liga
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,258 Champions
ŠK Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000 2nd in Fortuna Liga
FC Spartak Trnava Trnava Stadium Antona Malatinského 19,200 6th in Fortuna Liga
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce FC ViOn Stadium 4,000 10th in Fortuna Liga

1Tatran played their home matches in this season at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Tatran Stadium went under renovation.

AS Trenčín Dunajská Streda Podbrezová Michalovce
Štadión na Sihoti MOL Aréna
UEFA Stadium       		ZELPO Aréna Mestský futbalový štadión
Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 9,901 Capacity: 4,061 Capacity: 4,440
       
FK Senica MFK Ružomberok MŠK Žilina Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena
UEFA Stadium       		Štadión pod Čebraťom Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA Stadium         		Pasienky
Capacity: 5,070 Capacity: 4,817 Capacity: 11,258 Capacity: 12,000
       
Spartak Trnava Tatran Prešov Zlaté Moravce FC Nitra
ŠAM - City Arena
UEFA Stadium         		NTC Poprad
UEFA Stadium       		Štadión FC ViOn Štadión pod Zoborom
Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 5,700 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 5,500
   |    

Personnel and kits edit

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
AS Trenčín   Tscheu La Ling   Vladimír Cifranič   Peter Kleščík Adidas MAGIC club
DAC Dunajská Streda   Oszkár Világi   Marco Rossi   Marin Ljubičić macron Kukkonia
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová   Július Kriváň   Marek Fabuľa   Miroslav Viazanko Adidas Železiarne Podbrezová
FK Senica   Vladimír Levársky   Ton Caanen   Blažej Vaščák hummel -
MFK Ružomberok   Milan Fiľo   Norbert Hrnčár   Dominik Kružliak Adidas MAESTRO
MŠK Žilina   Jozef Antošík   Adrián Guľa   Michal Škvarka Nike Preto
Slovan Bratislava   Ivan Kmotrík   Martin Ševela   Boris Sekulić Adidas -
FC Nitra   Jozef Petráni   Ivan Galád   Miloš Šimončič Jako -
Spartak Trnava   Dušan Keketi   Nestor El Maestro   Lukáš Greššák Adidas ŽOS Trnava
ViOn Zlaté Moravce   Karol Škula   Juraj Jarábek   Martin Chren Erreà ViOn
MFK Michalovce   Ján Sabol   Anton Šoltis   Igor Žofčák Adidas ISDB
1. FC Tatran Prešov   Miroslav Remeta   Anton Mišovec   Martin Luberda ATAK Sportswear Dúha

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Spartak Trnava   Miroslav Karhan End of contract 28 May 2017[6] Pre-season   Nestor El Maestro 1 June 2017[7]
DAC Dunajská Streda   Csaba László End of contract 9 June 2017[8]   Marco Rossi 11 June 2017[9]
FK Senica   Miroslav Mentel End of contract 16 June 2017   Ivan Vrabec 16 June 2017[10]
FK Senica   Ivan Vrabec Released 11 September 2017 12   Ladislav Hudec 11 September 2017[11]
AS Trenčín   Martin Ševela Released 12 September 2017 10   Vladimír Cifranič
  Roman Marčok		 12 September 2017[12]
1. FC Tatran Prešov   Miroslav Jantek Released 14 September 2017 10   Pavol Mlynár (interim) 24 September 2017[13]
FK Železiarne Podbrezová   Karol Praženica Released 19 September 2017 11   Marek Fabuľa 19 September 2017[14]
1. FC Tatran Prešov   Pavol Mlynár End of interim spell 9 October 2017 11   Serhiy Kovalets 9 October 2017[15]
ŠK Slovan Bratislava   Ivan Vukomanović Released 30 October 2017[16] 3   Martin Ševela 30 October 2017
1. FC Tatran Prešov   Serhiy Kovalets Released 24 January 2018[17] 11   Anton Mišovec 24 January 2018
FK Senica   Ladislav Hudec Manager position 8 February 2018[18] 12   Ton Caanen 8 February 2018

Regular stage edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spartak Trnava 22 16 2 4 34 16 +18 50 Qualification for the championship group
2 Slovan Bratislava 22 11 8 3 45 26 +19 41
3 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 10 9 3 29 20 +9 39
4 Žilina 22 12 1 9 42 35 +7 37
5 Trenčín 22 10 6 6 54 32 +22 36
6 Ružomberok 22 8 9 5 31 21 +10 33
7 Nitra 22 7 9 6 19 14 +5 30 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Zemplín Michalovce 22 6 6 10 18 25 −7 24
9 Podbrezová 22 6 2 14 19 37 −18 20
10 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 22 7 4 11 28 37 −9 25
11 Senica 22 3 5 14 17 42 −25 14
12 Tatran Prešov 22 3 5 14 13 44 −31 14
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.[19]

Results edit

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches played each.

Home \ Away TRČ DAC POD SEN ZPM RUŽ ŽIL SLO NIT TRV TAT ZTM
Trenčín — 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–2 5–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–2 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3
Podbrezová 1–8 0–2 — 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–0
Senica 1–2 0–2 1–0 — 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1
Zemplín Michalovce 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–0
Ružomberok 3–3 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 — 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–1
Žilina 5–1 0–0 1–0 7–1 2–1 2–0 — 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 2–0
Slovan Bratislava 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 6–0 — 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1
Nitra 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–1 2–0 1–0
Spartak Trnava 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
Tatran Prešov 0–7 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–5 0–4 0–2 — 1–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 1–4 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–4 4–1 —
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Championship group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TRN SLO DAC ŽIL TRE RUŽ
1 Spartak Trnava (C) 32 20 4 8 41 28 +13 64 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round — 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0
2 Slovan Bratislava 32 17 8 7 58 37 +21 59 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round 2–1 — 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–0
3 DAC Dunajská Streda 32 16 9 7 46 32 +14 57 1–0 0–1 — 3–1 0–3 3–0
4 Žilina 32 17 2 13 63 51 +12 53 Qualification for Europa League play-offs[a] 6–0 2–0 2–3 — 1–5 3–0
5 Trenčín (O) 32 15 6 11 75 47 +28 51 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 — 3–1
6 Ružomberok 32 10 10 12 36 39 −3 40 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–2 2–1 —
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; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ As the winners of 2017–18 Slovak Cup (Slovan Bratislava) finished in the top three of the league, the last Europa League spot awarded through the league (first qualifying round) will be decided by play-offs among the teams finishing fourth to seventh.

Relegation group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation NIT ZMI POD ZLM SEN TAT
7 Nitra 32 11 12 9 33 29 +4 45 Qualification for Europa League play-offs[a] — 1–3 0–0 1–0 5–2 3–2
8 Zemplín Michalovce 32 11 8 13 35 34 +1 41 4–0 — 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0
9 Podbrezová 32 11 5 16 29 43 −14 38 1–0 2–1 — 1–0 3–1 1–1
10 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 32 8 7 17 39 52 −13 31 2–2 2–2 0–1 — 2–2 4–0
11 Senica (O) 32 6 8 18 29 58 −29 26 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 — 0–0
12 Tatran Prešov (R) 32 5 11 16 22 56 −34 26 Relegation to 2. Liga 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 —
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.[21]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ As the winners of 2017–18 Slovak Cup (Slovan Bratislava) finished in the top three of the league, the last Europa League spot awarded through the league (first qualifying round) will be decided by play-offs among the teams finishing fourth to seventh.

Europa League play-offs edit

Teams placed between 4th and 7th position will take part in the Europa league play-offs. The best of them will play against the fourth-placed of the championship play-offs to determine the Europa League play-off winners. The winners will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

All times are UTC+2.

Semi-finals edit

MŠK Žilina5–0FC Nitra
 Report
Attendance: 1,699
Referee: Peter Ziemba
AS Trenčín4–2MFK Ružomberok
 Report
Attendance: 1,554
Referee: Pavol Chmura

Final edit

MŠK Žilina1–2 (a.e.t.)AS Trenčín
Kaša   65' Report   36', 99' Azango
Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Jozef Pavlík

Relegation play-offs edit

Team placed 11th in the relegation match will face 2nd team from 2. Liga 2017–18 to for two spots in the next season.

All times are UTC+2.

First leg edit

MFK Skalica2–1FK Senica
Sombat   23'
Majerník   45'		 Report Chacón   10'
Attendance: 2,137

Second leg edit

FK Senica1–0MFK Skalica
Kitambala   69' Report
Attendance: 1,752
Referee: Peter Ziemba

2–2 on aggregate. FK Senica won on away goal.

Season statistics edit

Hat-tricks edit

Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
1   Jakub Mareš Slovan Bratislava Tatran Prešov 1–5 23 July 2017 [24]
21   Aleksandar Čavrić Slovan Bratislava MŠK Žilina 6–0 24 February 2018 [25]
22   Antonio Mance AS Trenčín Zl. Moravce 1–4 3 March 2018 [26]
30   Frank Castañeda FK Senica Zl. Moravce 3–1 5 May 2018 [27]

Clean sheets edit

As of 19 May 2018
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[28]
1   Lukáš Hroššo FC Nitra 14
2   Patrik Macej DAC D.Streda 13
3   Martin Vantruba Spartak Trnava 11
  Miloš Volešák Žilina
5   Martin Kuciak Podbrezová 10
6   Matúš Macík MFK Ružomberok 8
7   Matúš Kira Michalovce 7
8   Pavel Kováč Zl. Moravce 5
  Michal Šulla Slovan
  Igor Šemrinec Trenčín

Discipline edit

As of 19 May 2018

Player edit

Club edit

Awards edit

Player of the Month edit

Month Player Club Ref
July/August   Lukáš Hroššo FC Nitra [32]
September   Erik Jirka Spartak Trnava [33]
October   Samuel Mráz MŠK Žilina [34]
Nov/Dec   Erik Pačinda Dunajská Streda [35]
Feb/Mar   Marvin Egho Spartak Trnava [36]
April   Samuel Mráz MŠK Žilina [37]
May   Samuel Mráz MŠK Žilina [38]

Top Eleven edit

Source:[39]

Top Eleven U-21 edit

Source:[39]

Individual awards edit

Manager of the season

Nestor El Maestro (Spartak Trnava)

Player of the Year

Boris Godál (Spartak Trnava)

Young player of the Year

Samuel Mráz (MŠK Žilina)

See also edit

References edit

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