2022–23 Slovak First Football League

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Fortuna liga 2022–23
Season information
Dates	Regular season: 15 July 2022 – 20 May 2023
Season statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	67
Average	2.79 (per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikola Krstović (3 goals)
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The 2022–23 Slovak First Football League only known as Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 30th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. It begin on 15 July 2022. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup will start on 21 November, the last round before stoppage will be held on 12–13 November. The league will resume games on 11 February.

Slovan Bratislava are the four-time consecutive defending champions.

Teams

Team changes

Twelve teams will compete 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 two years in the top flight), who finished last in the 2021–22 Slovak First Football League.

Dukla Banská Bystrica (promoted after seven years of absence) and Skalica (promoted to the top flight for the third time) were also promoted, and they will replace Senica and Sereď – 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

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: 10,000 (planned)	Capacity: 4,440	Capacity: 4,006	Capacity: 11,253

Personnel and kits

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	Boris Godál	Adidas	Železiarne Podbrezová
Ružomberok	Milan Fiľo	Peter Struhár	Ján Maslo	Adidas	TAURIS
Skalica	Peter Bartoš	Juraj Jarábek	Martin Nagy	Puma	Tipsport
Slovan Bratislava	Ivan Kmotrík	Vladimír Weiss jr.	Vladimír Weiss III	Adidas	Niké
Spartak Trnava	Peter Macho	Michal Gašparík	Martin Mikovič	Adidas	Tipsport
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	Milan Mikušiak	Jozef Kostelník	Richard Bartoš	Kappa	VEREX, Tipsport
Trenčín	Róbert Rybníček	Marián Zimen (carateker)	Filip Bainović	Macron	Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce	Ján Sabol	Norbert Hrnčár	Igor Žofčák	Adidas	Tipsport, St. Nicolaus
Zlaté Moravce	Karol Škula	Ján Kocian	Anton Sloboda	Puma	Tipsport
Žilina	Jozef Antošík	Jaroslav Hynek	Tomáš Nemčík	Nike	Preto

Managerial changes

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	02022-05-27-27 May 2022	rowspan="6" | Pre-season	Jozef Kostelník	02022-05-27-27 May 2022
DAC Dunajská Streda	João Janeiro	End of contract	02022-05-31-31 May 2022	Adrián Guľa	02022-06-15-15 June 2022
Žilina	Ivan Belák	End of interim spell	02022-05-31-31 May 2022	Jaroslav Hynek	02022-05-31-31 May 2022
Skalica	Jozef Kostelník	Signed with Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	02022-06-01-1 June 2022	Juraj Jarábek	02022-06-01-1 June 2022
Trenčín	Juraj Ančic	End of contract	02022-06-07-7 June 2022	Peter Hyballa	02022-06-12-12 June 2022
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Stanislav Varga	End of contract	1 July 2022	Michal Ščasný	02022-07-03-3 July 2022
Trenčín	Peter Hyballa	Released	02022-07-27-27 July 2022	12	Marián Zimen (caretaker)	02022-07-27-27 July 2022

Regular stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovan Bratislava	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	9	Qualification for the championship group
2	Žilina	5	2	3	0	8	4	+4	9
3	Ružomberok	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	9
4	DAC Dunajská Streda	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8
5	Podbrezová	5	1	4	0	6	5	+1	7
6	Spartak Trnava	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5
7	Skalica	5	1	2	2	5	8	−3	5	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Trenčín	5	1	2	2	3	7	−4	5
9	Zemplín Michalovce	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
10	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3
11	Dukla Banská Bystrica	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	3
12	Zlaté Moravce	5	0	2	3	3	9	−6	2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2022. Source: Fortuna Liga
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

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								2–1			3–0
Dukla Banská Bystrica				2–3
Podbrezová	0–0					2–1
Ružomberok			2–2						0–0
Skalica			1–1	0–2					2–0
Slovan Bratislava					3–0				4–0	4–2
Spartak Trnava		1–2	1–1								2–0	2–2
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš				0–0						1–1
Trenčín										3–1		0–0
Zemplín Michalovce		2–0
Zlaté Moravce					2–2			1–1
Žilina	1–1	4–1									1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2022. Source: Fortuna Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 7 August 2022

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Nikola Krstović DAC Dunajská Streda 3 David Depetris B.Bystrica David Hrnčár Slovan Bratislava 2 Martin Regáli Ružomberok 2 Andre Green Slovan Bratislava Ján Maslo Ružomberok Patrik Myslovič Žilina Marko Kelemen Ružomberok

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Erik Grendel Podbrezová 2 Adrián Kaprálik Žilina Dominik Veselovský DAC D.Streda Kristián Koštrna Trnava Matej Madleňák Ružomberok 6 30 players various 1

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Adrián Chovan	Slovan Bratislava	2
2	Dominik Takáč	Spartak Trnava	1
	Ivan Krajčírik	Ružomberok
	Samuel Petráš	DAC Dunajská Streda
	Michal Kukučka	Trenčín
	Benjamín Száraz	Zemplín Michalovce
	Martin Junas	Skalica
	Ľubomír Belko	Žilina
	Dániel Veszelinov	DAC Dunajská Streda
	Dominik Sváček	L.Mikuláš
	Tomáš Frühwald	Ružomberok
	Richard Ludha	Podbrezová

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 3
  • Boris Godál (Podbrezová)
  • Michal Pintér (ViOn)

• Most red cards: 1
  • 4 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 16
  • Zlaté Moravce

• Most red cards: 2
  • Skalica

See also

• 2022–23 Slovak Cup
• 2022–23 2. Liga (Slovakia)
• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

External links

• Official website

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