2008–09 Slovak Superliga

The 2008–09 Slovak Superliga was the 16th season of the league since its establishment. It began on 19 July 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. FC Artmedia Petržalka were the defending champions.

Slovak Superliga
Season2008–09
Dates19 July 2008 – 30 May 2009
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
5th title
RelegatedViOn Zlaté Moravce
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Europa LeagueŽilina
Spartak Trnava
Košice
Matches played198
Goals scored516 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Pavol Masaryk (14)
Biggest home winSlovan 6:0 Zlaté Moravce
Slovan 6:0 D.Streda
Biggest away winZ.Moravce 0:5 Petržalka
Highest scoringKošice 5:5 Prešov
Average attendance 3,009

Promotion and relegation

FK AS Trenčín were relegated after concluding the last season in 12th and last place. They were replaced by the champions of the 2007–08 1. Liga, 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Also DAC Dunajská Streda, who were Western Group champions of the 2007–08 2. Liga, merged with FC Senec and took their place in Superliga.

Overview

Team Stadium Capacity
ŠK Slovan BratislavaTehelné pole30,085
FC Spartak TrnavaŠtadión Antona Malatinského18,448
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská StredaMestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda16,410
FC Tatran PrešovTatran Štadión14,000
MŠK ŽilinaStadium Pod Dubňom13,000
FC NitraŠtadión pod Zoborom11,384
FK Dukla Banská BystricaSNP Stadium10,000
MFK KošiceŠtadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli9,600
FC Artmedia PetržalkaŠtadión Petržalka9,500
MFK DubnicaMestský štadión5,450
MFK RužomberokŠtadión MFK Ružomberok4,817
FC ViOn Zlaté MoravceŠtadión FC ViOn4,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slovan Bratislava (C) 33 21 7 5 69 25 +44 70 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Žilina 33 18 8 7 56 26 +30 62 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Spartak Trnava 33 15 10 8 45 38 +7 55 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Košice 33 14 10 9 48 42 +6 52 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Ružomberok 33 12 11 10 48 34 +14 47
6 Artmedia Petržalka 33 12 11 10 50 38 +12 47
7 Tatran Prešov 33 10 11 12 40 50 10 41
8 ZTS Dubnica 33 10 7 16 43 49 6 37
9 DAC Dunajská Streda 33 9 9 15 32 59 27 36
10 Dukla Banská Bystrica 33 9 8 16 30 39 9 35
11 Nitra 33 9 8 16 34 53 19 35
12 ViOn Zlaté Moravce (R) 33 5 8 20 21 63 42 23 Relegation to 2009–10 1. Liga
Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Košice won the 2008–09 Slovak Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. The pairings of the first round were set according to the 2007-08 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team. The remaining two rounds consist of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule.

First round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in final standings 2007-08):

1st round2nd round3rd round4th round5th round6th round
1 - 121 - 22 - 121 - 43 - 121 - 6
2 - 118 - 63 - 12 - 34 - 22 - 5
3 - 109 - 54 - 119 - 75 - 13 - 4
4 - 910 - 45 - 1010 - 66 - 1110 - 8
5 - 811 - 36 - 911 - 57 - 1011 - 7
6 - 712 - 77 - 812 - 88 - 912 - 9
7th round8th round9th round10th round11th round
4 - 121 - 85 - 121 - 106 - 12
5 - 32 - 76 - 42 - 97 - 5
6 - 23 - 67 - 33 - 88 - 4
7 - 14 - 58 - 24 - 79 - 3
8 - 1111 - 99 - 15 - 610 - 2
9 - 1012 - 1010 - 1112 - 1111 - 1
Home \ Away ART BB DUB DAC KOŠ NIT PRE RUŽ SLO TRN ZLM ŽIL
Artmedia Petržalka 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–2
Dukla Banská Bystrica 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0
ZTS Dubnica 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–3
DAC Dunajská Streda 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–0
Košice 3–1 5–5 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0
Nitra 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–5
Prešov 2–0 1–4 1–0 3–2 1–0
Ružomberok 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1
Slovan Bratislava 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–1
Spartak Trnava 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Žilina 3–1 5–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Source: kicker.de (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second and third round

Home \ Away ART BB DUB DAC KOŠ NIT PRE RUŽ SLO TRN ZLM ŽIL
Artmedia Petržalka 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 5–0 0–0
Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–1
ZTS Dubnica 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0
DAC Dunajská Streda 0–4 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–4 1–4 1–2 0–0
Košice 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Nitra 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2
Prešov 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0
Ružomberok 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Slovan Bratislava 2–0 5–0 3–1 6–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 6–0 2–0
Spartak Trnava 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–3 1–5 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–2
Žilina 3–1 1–0 5–2 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 5–1 2–1
Source: kicker.de (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: Slovak FA (in Slovak)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Pavol Masaryk Slovan Bratislava 15
2 Ján Novák MFK Košice 12
3 Juraj Halenár Slovan Bratislava/Petržalka 11
Leonard Kweuke DAC Dunajská Streda
Miloš Lačný MFK Ružomberok
Adauto MŠK Žilina
7 Tomáš Oravec Petržalka 10
8 Róbert Rák FC Nitra 9
Emil Rilke MŠK Žilina
Jakub Sylvestr Slovan Bratislava/Petržalka
Ján Kozák Slovan Bratislava/Petržalka
Mouhamadou Seye MFK Dubnica

See also

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