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Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | Regular season: 28 July 2023 – 18 May 2024 |
Champions | Slovan Bratislava (22nd title) |
Relegated | Zlaté Moravce |
Champions League | Slovan Bratislava |
Europa League | Ružomberok |
Conference League | DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Spartak Trnava |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 356 (2.83 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Róbert Polievka (13) Tigran Barseghyan (13) |
Biggest home win | Podbrezová 5–0 MFK Ružomberok (21 October 2023) |
Biggest away win | Podbrezová 0-6 Slovan (9 December 2023) |
Highest scoring | MŠK Žilina 5–3 MFK Skalica (29 September 2023) Podbrezová 5–3 FC Košice (1 October 2023) |
Highest attendance | 12,528 Spartak Trnava 1-2 Slovan Bratislava (22 October 2023) |
Lowest attendance | 369 Skalica 3–0 Podbrezová (15 December 2023) |
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← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
The 2023–24 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 31st season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
The winners (Slovan Bratislava) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023–24 Slovak Cup winners (Ružomberok) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. The second and third-placed teams (DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda and Spartak Trnava) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League second qualifying round. The eleventh-placed team (Zemplín Michalovce) qualified for the relegation play-offs. The bottom-placed team (Zlaté Moravce) were relegated to the 2024–25 2. Liga.
The league consisted of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Košice were promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the 2022–23 2. Liga, replacing the 2022–23 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (relegated after two seasons in the top flight).[2][3] Slovan Bratislava entered the season as defending champions (for the fifth successive year).
After more than six years, all teams in the league are once again playing their home matches in their respective stadiums. The last time this occurred was during the autumn part of the 2016–17 season.[4]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | FC Košice | FK Železiarne Podbrezová |
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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 |
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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 |
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AS Trenčín | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 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 |
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Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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DAC Dunajská Streda | ![]() |
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TBA | Macron | Kukkonia |
Dukla Banská Bystrica | ![]() |
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Adidas | Veolia |
Košice | ![]() |
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Adidas | Niké |
Podbrezová | ![]() |
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Adidas | Niké |
Ružomberok | ![]() |
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Adidas | Niké |
Skalica | ![]() |
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Puma | Tipsport |
Slovan Bratislava | ![]() |
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Adidas | Niké |
Spartak Trnava | ![]() |
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Puma | Tipsport |
Trenčín | ![]() |
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Macron | Tipsport |
Zemplín Michalovce | ![]() |
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Adidas | Tipsport, St. Nicolaus |
Zlaté Moravce | ![]() |
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Erreà | Tipsport |
Žilina | ![]() |
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Nike | Preto |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Trenčín | ![]() |
End of contract | 26 May 2023 | Pre-season | ![]() |
27 May 2023[5] |
Ružomberok | ![]() |
29 May 2023[6] | ![]() |
5 June 2023[7] | ||
Zlaté Moravce | ![]() |
5 June 2023[8] | ![]() |
12 June 2023[9] | ||
Zemplín Michalovce | ![]() |
End of interim spell | 20 June 2023 | ![]() |
21 June 2023[10] | |
Zemplín Michalovce | ![]() |
Sacked | 26 September 2023 | 12th | ![]() |
28 September 2023[11] |
Košice | ![]() |
23 October 2023[12] | 10th | ![]() |
31 October 2023[13] | |
Ružomberok | ![]() |
24 October 2023 | 8th | ![]() |
24 October 2023[14] | |
Banská Bystrica | ![]() |
Signed with ![]() |
25 October 2023[15] | 5th | ![]() |
25 October 2023 |
Zlaté Moravce | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 November 2023 | 11th | ![]() |
12 November 2023[16] |
Dunajská Streda | ![]() |
17 November 2023 | 6th | ![]() |
18 November 2023[17] | |
Zemplín Michalovce | ![]() |
20 February 2024 | 11th | ![]() |
20 February 2024[18] | |
Zlaté Moravce | ![]() |
21 February 2024 | 12th | ![]() |
26 February 2024[19] | |
MŠK Žilina | ![]() |
Released | 11 April 2024 | 4th | ![]() |
11 April 2023[20] |
Košice | ![]() |
Released | 13 May 2024[21] | 11th | ![]() |
13 May 2023 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 16 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for the championship group |
2 | Žilina | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 41 | |
3 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 39 | |
4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 37 | |
5 | Podbrezová | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 34[a] | |
6 | Ružomberok | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 34[a] | |
7 | Trenčín | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 34[a] | Qualification for the relegation group |
8 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 34[a] | |
9 | Skalica | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 23 | |
10 | Košice | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 17 | |
11 | Zemplín Michalovce | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 10 | |
12 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 4 |
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
Home \ Away | DAC | DUK | KOŠ | POD | RUŽ | SKA | SLO | TRN | TRE | ZMI | ZLM | ŽIL |
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DAC Dunajská Streda | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
Dukla Banská Bystrica | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
Košice | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
Podbrezová | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
Ružomberok | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
Skalica | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
Spartak Trnava | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
Trenčín | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
Zemplín Michalovce | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
Zlaté Moravce | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
Žilina | 5–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | ŽIL | RUŽ | POD | |
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1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 58 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | 5–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 57 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
4 | Žilina | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 55 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | ||
5 | Ružomberok | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | |
6 | Podbrezová | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 37 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | DUK | TRE | SKA | KOŠ | ZMI | ZLM | |
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1 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 51 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||
2 | Trenčín | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 49 | 2–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
3 | Skalica | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 40 | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | ||
4 | Košice | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 27[a] | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | ||
5 | Zemplín Michalovce (O) | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 27[a] | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | |
6 | Zlaté Moravce (R) | 32 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 12 | Relegation to the 2. Liga | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
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
Petržalka | 2–1 | Zemplín Michalovce |
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Attendance: 3,898
Referee: Erik Gemzický
2nd leg
Zemplín Michalovce | 2–0 | Petržalka |
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Attendance: 2,986
Referee: Peter Kráľovič
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Banská Bystrica | 13 |
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Banská Bystrica | 12 |
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Slovan | 11 |
6 | ![]() |
Michalovce | 10 |
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Trenčín | ||
10 | ![]() |
Slovan | 9 |
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Košice | ||
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Slovan |
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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Slovan | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
Podbrezová | 10 |
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Banská Bystrica | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
Banská Bystrica | 7 |
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Dunajská Streda | 6 |
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Košice | ||
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Trnava | ||
10 | ![]() |
Žilina | 5 |
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Košice |
Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Podbrezová | Banská Bystrica | 4–1 (A) | 28 July 2023 | [24] |
7 P.O | ![]() |
Dunajská Streda | Slovan | 5–3 (H) | 28 April 2024 | [25] |
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Dunajská Streda | Žilina | 2–3 (A) | 18 May 2024 | [26] |
4 Player scored 4 goals
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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Trnava | 14 |
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Trenčín | 13 |
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4 | ![]() |
Slovan | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
Žilina | 8 |
6 | ![]() |
Michalovce | 7 |
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Skalica | 6 |
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10 | ![]() |
Podbrezová | 5 |
Kashia
Kmeť
Bajrić
Andzouana
Kucka
Zeljković
Kováčik
Polievka
Ďuriš
Barseghyan
Team of the Season was:[31]
Manager of the Season
Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)
Player of the Season
Juraj Kucka (Slovan Bratislava)
Young Player of the Season
Nino Marcelli (Slovan Bratislava)
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