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 StredaMFK Dukla Banská BystricaFK Železiarne PodbrezováMFK Ružomberok
MOL Aréna
UEFA
Štadión SNP
UEFA
ZELPO Aréna
UEFA
Štadión pod Čebraťom
Capacity: 12,700Capacity: 7,900Capacity: 4,061Capacity: 4,817
MFK SkalicaŠK Slovan BratislavaFC Spartak TrnavaMFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
Štadión MFK SkalicaTehelné pole
UEFA
Štadión Antona Malatinského
UEFA
NTC Poprad
UEFA
Capacity: 1,500Capacity: 22,500Capacity: 19,200Capacity: 5,700
AS TrenčínMFK Zemplín MichalovceFC ViOn Zlaté MoravceMŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť
UEFA
Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA
Štadión FC ViOn
UEFA
Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA
Capacity: 4,200 (10,000 planned)Capacity: 4,440Capacity: 4,006Capacity: 11,253

Personnel and kits edit

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda Oszkár Világi Adrián Guľa Zsolt KalmárMacronKukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica Ivan Šabo Michal Ščasný Róbert PolievkaAdidasVeolia
Podbrezová Július Kriváň Roman Skuhravý Richard LudhaAdidasNiké
Ružomberok Milan Fiľo Peter Struhár Marek ZsigmundAdidasNiké
Skalica Peter Bartoš Pavol Majerník Martin NagyPumaTipsport
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Vladimír Weiss Vladimír Weiss Jr.AdidasNiké
Spartak Trnava Peter Macho Michal Gašparík Martin MikovičAdidasTipsport
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Milan Mikušiak Ondrej Desiatnik Richard BartošKappaVEREX, Tipsport
Trenčín Róbert Rybníček František Straka Filip BainovićMacronTipsport
Zemplín Michalovce Ján Sabol Vladimír Rusnák Igor ŽofčákAdidasTipsport, St. Nicolaus
Zlaté Moravce Karol Škula Ivan Galád Anton SlobodaErreàTipsport
Žilina Jozef Antošík Jaroslav Hynek Tomáš NemčíkNikePreto

Managerial changes edit

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Marek PetrušSigned with Tatran Prešov27 May 2022[5]Pre-season Jozef Kostelník27 May 2022[6][7]
DAC Dunajská Streda João JaneiroEnd of contract31 May 2022[8] Adrián Guľa15 June 2022[9]
Žilina Ivan BelákEnd of interim spell31 May 2022 Jaroslav Hynek31 May 2022[10]
Skalica Jozef KostelníkSigned with Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš1 June 2022 Juraj Jarábek1 June 2022[11]
Trenčín Juraj AnčicEnd of contract7 June 2022[12] Peter Hyballa12 June 2022
Dukla Banská Bystrica Stanislav VargaEnd of contract1 July 2022[13][14] Michal Ščasný3 July 2022[15]
Trenčín Peter HyballaReleased27 July 2022[16]12 Marián Zimen27 July 2022
Zlaté Moravce Ján KocianEnd by own request4 October 2022[17]11 Ivan Galád6 October 2022
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Jozef KostelníkReleased14 November 2022[18]12 Marek Fabuľa22 November 2022[19]
Skalica Juraj JarábekReleased16 December 2022[20]11 Pavol Majerník22 December 2022[21]
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Marek FabuľaReleased28 February 2023[22]12 Ondrej Desiatnik10 March 2023[23]
Trenčín Marián ZimenReleased27 March 202310 František Straka27 March 2023[24]
Michalovce Norbert HrnčárReleased16 May 2023[25]10 Vladimír Rusnák (interim)16 May 2023

Regular stage edit

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1DAC Dunajská Streda2214623917+2248Qualification for the championship group
2Slovan Bratislava2214534723+2447
3Spartak Trnava2212463926+1340
4Podbrezová229853224+835
5Žilina229493433+131
6Dukla Banská Bystrica229493437−331
7Ružomberok227962422+230Qualification for the relegation group
8Zemplín Michalovce2265112234−1223
9Zlaté Moravce2241172835−723
10Trenčín2257102033−1322
11Skalica2247111931−1219
12Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš2216151740−239
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 \ AwayDACDUKPODRUŽSKASLOTRNTLMTREZMIZLMŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda3–02–11–02–11–11–02–11–21–03–05–2
Dukla Banská Bystrica1–30–22–30–00–10–22–03–03–14–22–1
Podbrezová0–03–10–20–22–13–11–02–02–20–03–1
Ružomberok0–11–12–22–00–13–21–10–01–02–20–2
Skalica1–11–21–10–21–41–13–02–00–00–21–0
Slovan Bratislava1–12–23–12–03–04–11–04–04–24–13–1
Spartak Trnava3–11–21–10–22–10–01–03–24–12–02–2
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš0–11–22–50–00–01–51–21–11–11–21–2
Trenčín0–40–21–10–03–14–00–22–13–11–10–0
Zemplín Michalovce0–22–01–01–13–10–10–41–22–00–03–2
Zlaté Moravce2–24–41–12–22–21–10–31–11–00–14–0
Žilina1–14–10–12–01–04–11–24–21–12–01–0
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationSLODACTRNPODDUKŽIL
1Slovan Bratislava (C)3221656532+3369Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round2–11–00–14–00–1
2DAC Dunajská Streda3220755429+2567Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round2–33–12–11–01–0
3Spartak Trnava32157105538+1752Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]0–01–16–10–14–2
4Podbrezová32138114444047Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs1–22–00–31–23–2
5Dukla Banská Bystrica32135145056−6441–22–32–03–11–1
6Žilina (O)32116154953−4392–40–11–10–16–4
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegationRUŽSKATREZMIZLMTLM
1Ružomberok32121194331+1247Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs1–24–12–02–03–0
2Skalica3210101238380401–12–03–20–14–0
3Trenčín3299143552−17360–31–33–32–12–2
4Zemplín Michalovce3299143950−11362–21–10–21–00–0
5Zlaté Moravce (O)32613133549−1431Qualification for the relegation play-offs1–00–01–22–50–1
6Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (R)3239202459−3518Relegation to the 2. Liga2–10–30–21–31–1
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-finalsFinal
      
5Dukla Banská Bystrica1
6Žilina3
6Žilina3
7Ružomberok1
4Podbrezová0
7Ružomberok3

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
RankPlayerClubGoals[26]
1 Nikola KrstovićDAC Dunajská Streda18
2 Aleksandar ČavrićSlovan Bratislava15
Róbert PolievkaDukla Banská Bystrica
4 Abdulrahman TaiwoSpartak Trnava14
5 Andrej FábrySkalica11
6 David Depetris1Dukla Banská Bystrica9
Vladimír Weiss Jr.Slovan Bratislava
Moses CobnanPodbrezová
Adrián Kaprálik1Žilina
10 Zsolt KalmárDAC Dunajská Streda8
Timotej JamborŽilina
Štefan Gerec1Ružomberok
Dávid ĎurišŽilina

1 plus 1 play-off goal

Hat-tricks edit

RoundPlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
17 Adrián Kaprálik4MŠK ŽilinaSlovan Bratislava4–1 (H)6 November 2022[27]
1.CH Nikola KrstovićDAC Dunajská StredaDukla Banská Bystrica2–3 (A)12 March 2023[28]
10.CH Abdulrahman TaiwoSpartak TrnavaMŠK Žilina4–2 (H)20 May 2023[29]
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Top assists edit

As of 20 May 2023
RankPlayerClubAssists[30]
1 Lucas LovatSlovan Bratislava8
2 Samuel ŠtefánikSpartak Trnava6
Alex PintoDAC Dunajská Streda
Adrián KaprálikŽilina
Brian PeñaZemplín Michalovce
6 Vladimír KukoľPodbrezová5
Ammar RamadanDAC Dunajská Streda
Andrej FábrySkalica
Wisdom KanuZemplín Michalovce
Matúš RusnákŽilina
Karol MondekZlaté Moravce

Clean sheets edit

As of 20 May 2023
RankPlayerClubClean
sheets[31]
1 Samuel PetrášDAC Dunajská Streda10
2 Martin JunasSkalica9
3 Patrik LukáčZlaté Moravce8
Richard LudhaPodbrezová
Benjamín SzárazZemplín Michalovce
6 Ľubomír BelkoŽilina7
Dominik TakáčSpartak Trnava
8 Matúš HruškaDukla Banská Bystrica6
Adrián ChovanSlovan Bratislava
10 Michal KukučkaTrenčín5
Ivan KrajčírikRužomberok
Martin TrnovskýSlovan 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

MonthPlayer of the MonthGoal of the MonthReferences
PlayerClubPlayerClub
July Nikola KrstovićDAC Dunajská Streda Nikola KrstovićDAC Dunajská Streda[35][36]
August Róbert PolievkaDukla Banská Bystrica Adam KopasŽilina[37][38]
September Dávid ĎurišŽilina Dávid ĎurišŽilina[39][40]
October Nikola KrstovićDAC Dunajská Streda Rastislav VáclavíkTatran Liptovský Mikuláš[41][42]
November Aleksandar ČavrićSlovan Bratislava Azeez OseniSpartak Trnava[43][44]
February Róbert PolievkaDukla Banská Bystrica Róbert PolievkaDukla Banská Bystrica[45][46]
March Nikola KrstovićDAC Dunajská Streda Regő SzánthóDAC Dunajská Streda[47][48]
April Aleksandar ČavrićSlovan Bratislava Vladimír Weiss Jr.Slovan Bratislava[49]
May Adam KopasŽilina

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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