2021–22 Slovak First Football League

Fortuna liga 2021–22
Season information
Dates	Regular season: 23 July 2021 – 21 May 2022 ECL play-offs: 24 – 27 May 2022
Winners	Slovan Bratislava 12th title
Relegated	Sereď Senica Pohronie
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Slovan Bratislava
Europa Conference League	Spartak Trnava Ružomberok DAC Dunajská Streda
Season statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	338
Average	2.68 (per match)
Top goalscorer	Jakub Kadák (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Slovan 5–0 Senica
Biggest away win	Tatran 1–4 Slovan Pohronie 0–3 DAC Senica 0–3 Slovan DAC 0–3 Spartak Spartak 0–3 (awd.) Slovan Spartak 0–3 Ružomberok Zemplín 0–3 Ružomberok Tatran 0–3 Trenčín Senica 0–3 Trenčín Sereď 0–3 Slovan
Highest scoring	Pohronie 3–4 Slovan Trenčín 4–3 ViOn Trenčín 5–2 Tatran
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The 2021–22 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions for the third successive year, after picking up the second consecutive domestic double in the previous season. Slovan successfully retained their league title, winning a record-breaking fourth title in a row and 12th overall since the competition was established in 1993.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season, the relegation play-offs winner and the one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (promoted to the top flight for the first time) was promoted from the 2020–21 2. Liga. Nitra (relegated after four years in the top flight) had been relegated to 2021–22 2. Liga.

Stadiums and locations

FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	FK Pohronie	MFK Ružomberok	FK Senica
MOL Aréna UEFA	Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA	Štadión pod Čebraťom	OMS Arena UEFA
Capacity: 12,700	Capacity: 2,309	Capacity: 4,817	Capacity: 5,070
ŠKF Sereď	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	FC Spartak Trnava	MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
ŠAM - City Arena UEFA	Tehelné pole UEFA	ŠAM - City Arena UEFA	NTC Poprad UEFA
Capacity: 19,200	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: 10,000 (planned)	Capacity: 4,440	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 11,253

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda	Oszkár Világi	João Janeiro	Zsolt Kalmár	macron	Kukkonia
Pohronie	Igor Rozenberg	Peter Lérant	Patrik Blahút	Erreà	REMESLO
Ružomberok	Milan Fiľo	Peter Struhár	Ján Maslo	Adidas	TAURIS
Senica	Oldřich Duda	Libor Fašiang	Juraj Piroska	Adidas	KOMPLEXX GROUP SK
Sereď	Róbert Stareček	Juraj Jarábek	Ľubomír Michalík	Nike	ORION TIP
Slovan Bratislava	Ivan Kmotrík	Vladimír Weiss	Vasil Bozhikov	Adidas	Niké
Spartak Trnava	Peter Macho	Michal Gašparík	Martin Mikovič	Adidas	Tipsport
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	Milan Mikušiak	Marek Petruš	Richard Bartoš	Sportika	VEREX
Trenčín	Jozef Liptovský	Juraj Ančic (interim)	Jakub Kadák	macron	Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce	Ján Sabol	Norbert Hrnčár	Igor Žofčák	Adidas	ISDB, St. Nicolaus
Zlaté Moravce	Karol Škula	Ján Kocian	Tomáš Ďubek	Erreà	ViOn
Žilina	Jozef Antošík	Ivan Belák (interim)	Jakub Paur	Nike	Preto

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Pohronie	Jan Kameník	End of contract	02021-05-21-21 May 2021	rowspan=5| Pre-season	Gergely Geri	02021-06-02-2 June 2021
Ružomberok	Ján Haspra	End of contract	02021-05-27-27 May 2021	Peter Struhár	02021-05-30-30 May 2021
Sereď	Gergely Geri	Signed with Pohronie	02021-06-02-2 June 2021	Juraj Jarábek	02021-06-11-11 June 2021
Trenčín	Juraj Ančic	End of interim spell	02021-06-02-2 June 2021	Peter Hlinka	02021-06-02-2 June 2021
Senica	Karol Praženica	Released	02021-06-02-2 June 2021	Pavel Šustr	02021-06-02-2 June 2021
Pohronie	Gergely Geri	Released	02021-08-29-29 August 2021	10	Štefan Zaťko (interim)	02021-08-30-30 August 2021
Pohronie	Štefan Zaťko	End of interim spell	02021-10-04-4 October 2021	12	Pablo Villar	02021-10-04-4 October 2021
Žilina	Pavol Staňo	Released	02021-10-04-4 October 2021	7	Peter Černák	02021-10-04-4 October 2021
DAC Dunajská Streda	Antal Németh	Released	02021-11-10-10 November 2021	5	João Janeiro	02021-11-11-11 November 2021
Trenčín	Peter Hlinka	Resigned	02021-12-05-5 December 2021	7	Juraj Ančic	02021-12-05-5 December 2021
Pohronie	Pablo Villar	Released	02021-12-21-21 December 2021	12	Martin Bittengl	02022-01-04-4 January 2022
Zemplín Michalovce	Anton Šoltis	Released	02022-03-15-15 March 2022	9	Norbert Hrnčár	02022-03-15-15 March 2022
Senica	Pavel Šustr	Resigned	02022-04-16-16 April 2022	8	Libor Fašiang	02022-04-16-16 April 2022
Pohronie	Martin Bittengl	Released	02021-04-19-19 April 2021	12	Peter Lérant	02022-04-19-19 April 2022
Žilina	Peter Černák	Released	02022-04-23-23 April 2022	6	Ivan Belák (interim)	02022-04-23-23 April 2022
Zlaté Moravce	Ľuboš Benkovský	Released	02022-05-05-5 May 2022	11	Ján Kocian	02022-05-05-5 May 2022

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovan Bratislava	22	16	5	1	52	16	+36	53	Qualification for the championship group
2	Spartak Trnava	22	13	6	3	29	12	+17	45
3	Ružomberok	22	11	8	3	39	17	+22	41
4	DAC Dunajská Streda	22	10	6	6	28	23	+5	36
5	Sereď	22	9	5	8	28	28	0	32
6	Žilina	22	8	6	8	34	33	+1	30
7	Senica	22	7	6	9	21	32	−11	27	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Trenčín	22	6	7	9	32	33	−1	25
9	Zemplín Michalovce	22	7	2	13	20	31	−11	23
10	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	22	5	6	11	27	43	−16	21
11	Zlaté Moravce	22	4	7	11	22	36	−14	19
12	Pohronie	22	2	4	16	19	47	−28	10

Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLO	RUŽ	TRN	DAC	SER	ŽIL
1	Slovan Bratislava (C)	32	22	8	2	71	25	+46	74	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	1–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	2–2
2	Ružomberok	32	17	12	3	58	23	+35	63	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round		0–0	—	0–0	4–1	3–1	3–0
3	Spartak Trnava	32	17	9	6	36	17	+19	60	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		0–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–1	1–0
4	DAC Dunajská Streda (O)	32	12	10	10	39	37	+2	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs		2–0	2–3	1–1	—	0–0	2–0
5	Sereď (R)	32	10	9	13	34	46	−12	39	Relegation		0–3	1–3	0–2	0–0	—	1–1
6	Žilina	32	8	10	14	43	52	−9	34	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs		2–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	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.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		TRE	TLM	ZMI	SEN	ZLM	POH
7	Trenčín	32	13	9	10	58	43	+15	48	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs		—	5–2	2–2	4–1	4–3	2–0
8	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	32	11	7	14	42	57	−15	40			0–3	—	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–0
9	Zemplín Michalovce	32	12	4	16	32	42	−10	40			1–0	1–2	—	1–0	1–0	1–0
10	Senica (R)	32	9	7	16	29	51	−22	34	Relegation		0–3	0–3	2–1	—	0–0	2–1
11	Zlaté Moravce	32	7	9	16	33	50	−17	30			0–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	—	1–3
12	Pohronie (R)	32	4	6	22	27	59	−32	18	Relegation to the 2. Liga		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	—

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.
(R) Relegated

Europa Conference League play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	4	DAC Dunajská Streda	4
	8	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	2
						4	DAC Dunajská Streda	2
						7	Trenčín	1
	6	Žilina	0
	7	Trenčín	2

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jakub Kadák Trenčín 13 2 Philip Azango1 Trenčín 10 Martin Regáli Ružomberok 4 Ezekiel Henty Slovan Bratislava 9 5 Milan Ristovski Spartak Trnava 8 Jaromír Zmrhal Slovan Bratislava Miloš Lačný Pohronie 1 plus 1 play-off goal

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Ibrahim Rabiu Slovan Bratislava 8 2 Adam Krčík Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 7 Vahan Bichakhchyan Žilina Philip Azango Trenčín Karol Mondek Zlaté Moravce

External links

• Official website

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