2022–23 Slovak First Football League

The 2022–23 Slovak First Football League (known as Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th season of top-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

Fortuna Liga
Season2022–23
DatesRegular season:
15 July 2022 – 20 May 2023
Europa Conference League play-offs and Relegation play-offs:
23 – 26 May 2023
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
RelegatedTatran Liptovský Mikuláš
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Europa Conference LeagueSpartak Trnava
DAC Dunajská Streda
Žilina
Matches played192
Goals scored541 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerNikola Krstović (18 goals)
Biggest home winSpartak Trnava 6–1 Podbrezová
(11 March 2023)
Biggest away winZemplín Michalovce 0–4 Spartak Trnava
(14 August 2022)

Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 1–5 Slovan Bratislava
(14 August 2022)

Trenčín 0–4 DAC Dunajská Streda
(12 November 2022)
Highest scoringŽilina 6–4 Dukla Banská Bystrica
(17 March 2023)
Highest attendance15,606
Slovan Bratislava 0–1 Podbrezová
(20 May 2023)
Lowest attendance141
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 0–3 Skalica
(11 March 2023)
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2023.

The winter break began earlier than usual this season due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the last full round scheduled for 11–13 November 2022. Four postponed matches then took place on 24 and 27 November. The first round after the winter break was scheduled for 10–12 February 2023.

Slovan Bratislava successfully defended their title, securing a record-extending fifth consecutive championship.

Teams edit

Team changes edit

Twelve teams competed in the league – nine teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the 2. Liga.

Podbrezová (promoted to the top flight for the second time) earned an automatic promotion thanks to the victory of the 2. Liga, replacing Pohronie (relegated after three years in the top flight), who finished last in the 2021–22 Slovak First Football League.

Dukla Banská Bystrica[1] (promoted after seven years of absence) and Skalica[2] (promoted to the top flight for the second time) were also promoted, and they will replace Senica[3] and Sereď[4] – two teams that did not obtain a licence for the 2022–23 season.

Promoted from
2. Liga
Relegated from
Fortuna liga
Podbrezová
Dukla Banská Bystrica
Skalica
Pohronie
Sereď
Senica

Stadiums and locations edit

FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica FK Železiarne Podbrezová MFK Ružomberok
MOL Aréna
UEFA     
Štadión SNP
UEFA    
ZELPO Aréna
UEFA   
Štadión pod Čebraťom
Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 7,900 Capacity: 4,061 Capacity: 4,817
       
MFK Skalica ŠK Slovan Bratislava FC Spartak Trnava MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
Štadión MFK Skalica Tehelné pole
UEFA     
Štadión Antona Malatinského
UEFA     
NTC Poprad
UEFA    
Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 5,700
       
AS Trenčín MFK Zemplín Michalovce FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce MŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť
UEFA     
Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA    
Štadión FC ViOn
UEFA   
Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA     
Capacity: 4,200 (10,000 planned) Capacity: 4,440 Capacity: 4,006 Capacity: 11,253
       

Personnel and kits edit

Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda   Oszkár Világi   Adrián Guľa   Zsolt Kalmár Macron Kukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica   Ivan Šabo   Michal Ščasný   Róbert Polievka Adidas Veolia
Podbrezová   Július Kriváň   Roman Skuhravý   Richard Ludha Adidas Niké
Ružomberok   Milan Fiľo   Peter Struhár   Marek Zsigmund Adidas Niké
Skalica   Peter Bartoš   Pavol Majerník   Martin Nagy Puma Tipsport
Slovan Bratislava   Ivan Kmotrík   Vladimír Weiss   Vladimír Weiss Jr. Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava   Peter Macho   Michal Gašparík   Martin Mikovič Adidas Tipsport
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš   Milan Mikušiak   Ondrej Desiatnik   Richard Bartoš Kappa VEREX, Tipsport
Trenčín   Róbert Rybníček   František Straka   Filip Bainović Macron Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce   Ján Sabol   Vladimír Rusnák   Igor Žofčák Adidas Tipsport, St. Nicolaus
Zlaté Moravce   Karol Škula   Ivan Galád   Anton Sloboda Erreà Tipsport
Žilina   Jozef Antošík   Jaroslav Hynek   Tomáš Nemčík Nike Preto

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš   Marek Petruš Signed with Tatran Prešov 27 May 2022[5] Pre-season   Jozef Kostelník 27 May 2022[6][7]
DAC Dunajská Streda   João Janeiro End of contract 31 May 2022[8]   Adrián Guľa 15 June 2022[9]
Žilina   Ivan Belák End of interim spell 31 May 2022   Jaroslav Hynek 31 May 2022[10]
Skalica   Jozef Kostelník Signed with Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 1 June 2022   Juraj Jarábek 1 June 2022[11]
Trenčín   Juraj Ančic End of contract 7 June 2022[12]   Peter Hyballa 12 June 2022
Dukla Banská Bystrica   Stanislav Varga End of contract 1 July 2022[13][14]   Michal Ščasný 3 July 2022[15]
Trenčín   Peter Hyballa Released 27 July 2022[16] 12   Marián Zimen 27 July 2022
Zlaté Moravce   Ján Kocian End by own request 4 October 2022[17] 11   Ivan Galád 6 October 2022
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš   Jozef Kostelník Released 14 November 2022[18] 12   Marek Fabuľa 22 November 2022[19]
Skalica   Juraj Jarábek Released 16 December 2022[20] 11   Pavol Majerník 22 December 2022[21]
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš   Marek Fabuľa Released 28 February 2023[22] 12   Ondrej Desiatnik 10 March 2023[23]
Trenčín   Marián Zimen Released 27 March 2023 10   František Straka 27 March 2023[24]
Michalovce   Norbert Hrnčár Released 16 May 2023[25] 10   Vladimír Rusnák (interim) 16 May 2023

Regular stage edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 14 6 2 39 17 +22 48 Qualification for the championship group
2 Slovan Bratislava 22 14 5 3 47 23 +24 47
3 Spartak Trnava 22 12 4 6 39 26 +13 40
4 Podbrezová 22 9 8 5 32 24 +8 35
5 Žilina 22 9 4 9 34 33 +1 31
6 Dukla Banská Bystrica 22 9 4 9 34 37 −3 31
7 Ružomberok 22 7 9 6 24 22 +2 30 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Zemplín Michalovce 22 6 5 11 22 34 −12 23
9 Zlaté Moravce 22 4 11 7 28 35 −7 23
10 Trenčín 22 5 7 10 20 33 −13 22
11 Skalica 22 4 7 11 19 31 −12 19
12 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 22 1 6 15 17 40 −23 9
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 edit

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

Home \ Away DAC DUK POD RUŽ SKA SLO TRN TLM TRE ZMI ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–2
Dukla Banská Bystrica 1–3 0–2 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–2 2–1
Podbrezová 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–1
Ružomberok 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2
Skalica 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0
Slovan Bratislava 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 4–2 4–1 3–1
Spartak Trnava 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 2–2
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 0–1 1–2 2–5 0–0 0–0 1–5 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2
Trenčín 0–4 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Zemplín Michalovce 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–2
Zlaté Moravce 2–2 4–4 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–0
Žilina 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLO DAC TRN POD DUK ŽIL
1 Slovan Bratislava (C) 32 21 6 5 65 32 +33 69 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–1
2 DAC Dunajská Streda 32 20 7 5 54 29 +25 67 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
3 Spartak Trnava 32 15 7 10 55 38 +17 52 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a] 0–0 1–1 6–1 0–1 4–2
4 Podbrezová 32 13 8 11 44 44 0 47 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–2 3–2
5 Dukla Banská Bystrica 32 13 5 14 50 56 −6 44 1–2 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–1
6 Žilina (O) 32 11 6 15 49 53 −4 39 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 6–4
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; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Spartak Trnava qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Slovak Cup.

Relegation group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation RUŽ SKA TRE ZMI ZLM TLM
1 Ružomberok 32 12 11 9 43 31 +12 47 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
2 Skalica 32 10 10 12 38 38 0 40 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 4–0
3 Trenčín 32 9 9 14 35 52 −17 36 0–3 1–3 3–3 2–1 2–2
4 Zemplín Michalovce 32 9 9 14 39 50 −11 36 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0
5 Zlaté Moravce (O) 32 6 13 13 35 49 −14 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–5 0–1
6 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (R) 32 3 9 20 24 59 −35 18 Relegation to the 2. Liga 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–3 1–1
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.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Europa Conference League play-offs edit

The winner of the 2022–23 Slovak Cup, Spartak Trnava, finished in the top 3 in the league, which already secured them a spot in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. As a result, a playoff was held for the final spot in the Europa Conference League, which involved the teams ranked in 4th–7th place at the conclusion of the regular season. The play-offs were one-off matches with extra time and penalties used to determine the winner if necessary, with the higher-ranked teams given home advantage against the lower-ranked teams (i.e. 3rd v. 7th and 5th v. 6th) in the semi-finals. The higher-ranked of the two semi-final winners also gained home advantage in the final. Žilina won the play-offs and earned a place in the Europa Conference League first qualifying round.

Semi-finals Final
      
5 Dukla Banská Bystrica 1
6 Žilina 3
6 Žilina 3
7 Ružomberok 1
4 Podbrezová 0
7 Ružomberok 3

Semi-finals edit

Podbrezová0–3Ružomberok
Report
Attendance: 1,130
Referee: Peter Kráľovič
Dukla Banská Bystrica1–3Žilina
Report
Attendance: 1,511
Referee: Michal Smolák

Final edit

Žilina3–1Ružomberok
Report
Attendance: 2,072
Referee: Michal Smolák

Relegation play-offs edit

The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from 2. Liga for one spot in the top flight in the next season.

1st leg

2nd leg

Zlaté Moravce3–0Tatran Prešov
Report
Attendance: 3,120

Zlaté Moravce won 3–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of 20 May 2023
Rank Player Club Goals[26]
1   Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda 18
2   Aleksandar Čavrić Slovan Bratislava 15
  Róbert Polievka Dukla Banská Bystrica
4   Abdulrahman Taiwo Spartak Trnava 14
5   Andrej Fábry Skalica 11
6   David Depetris1 Dukla Banská Bystrica 9
  Vladimír Weiss Jr. Slovan Bratislava
  Moses Cobnan Podbrezová
  Adrián Kaprálik1 Žilina
10   Zsolt Kalmár DAC Dunajská Streda 8
  Timotej Jambor Žilina
  Štefan Gerec1 Ružomberok
  Dávid Ďuriš Žilina

1 plus 1 play-off goal

Hat-tricks edit

Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
17   Adrián Kaprálik4 MŠK Žilina Slovan Bratislava 4–1 (H) 6 November 2022 [27]
1.CH   Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda Dukla Banská Bystrica 2–3 (A) 12 March 2023 [28]
10.CH   Abdulrahman Taiwo Spartak Trnava MŠK Žilina 4–2 (H) 20 May 2023 [29]
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Top assists edit

As of 20 May 2023
Rank Player Club Assists[30]
1   Lucas Lovat Slovan Bratislava 8
2   Samuel Štefánik Spartak Trnava 6
  Alex Pinto DAC Dunajská Streda
  Adrián Kaprálik Žilina
  Brian Peña Zemplín Michalovce
6   Vladimír Kukoľ Podbrezová 5
  Ammar Ramadan DAC Dunajská Streda
  Andrej Fábry Skalica
  Wisdom Kanu Zemplín Michalovce
  Matúš Rusnák Žilina
  Karol Mondek Zlaté Moravce

Clean sheets edit

As of 20 May 2023
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[31]
1   Samuel Petráš DAC Dunajská Streda 10
2   Martin Junas Skalica 9
3   Patrik Lukáč Zlaté Moravce 8
  Richard Ludha Podbrezová
  Benjamín Száraz Zemplín Michalovce
6   Ľubomír Belko Žilina 7
  Dominik Takáč Spartak Trnava
8   Matúš Hruška Dukla Banská Bystrica 6
  Adrián Chovan Slovan Bratislava
10   Michal Kukučka Trenčín 5
  Ivan Krajčírik Ružomberok
  Martin Trnovský Slovan Bratislava

Discipline edit

As of 20 May 2023

Player edit

Club edit

  • Most yellow cards: 82[33]
    • Zlaté Moravce
  • Most red cards: 8[34]
    • Trenčín
  • Fewest yellow cards: 46[33]
    • Slovan Bratislava
  • Fewest red cards: 0[34]
    • Zlaté Moravce

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month References
Player Club Player Club
July   Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda   Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda [35][36]
August   Róbert Polievka Dukla Banská Bystrica   Adam Kopas Žilina [37][38]
September   Dávid Ďuriš Žilina   Dávid Ďuriš Žilina [39][40]
October   Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda   Rastislav Václavík Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš [41][42]
November   Aleksandar Čavrić Slovan Bratislava   Azeez Oseni Spartak Trnava [43][44]
February   Róbert Polievka Dukla Banská Bystrica   Róbert Polievka Dukla Banská Bystrica [45][46]
March   Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda   Regő Szánthó DAC Dunajská Streda [47][48]
April   Aleksandar Čavrić Slovan Bratislava   Vladimír Weiss Jr. Slovan Bratislava [49]
May   Adam Kopas Žilina

Annual awards edit

Team of the Season edit

Team of the Season was:[50]

Individual awards edit

Manager of the Season

  Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)

Player of the Season

  Vladimír Weiss Jr. (Slovan Bratislava)

Young Player of the Season

  Artur Gajdoš (Trenčín)

See also edit

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