2020–21 Slovak First Football League

The 2020–21 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna liga[4] for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. ŠK Slovan Bratislava are the defending champions, having won their 10th Slovak league title in the previous season.

Fortuna liga
Season2020–21
Dates8 August 2020[1] – May 2021[2]
Matches played105
Goals scored320 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerFilip Balaj
Zsolt Kalmár
(11 goals)
Biggest home winDAC Dunajská Streda 6–0 Sereď
(9 August 2020)
DAC Dunajská Streda 6–0 Nitra
(15 August 2020)
Biggest away winNitra 0–5 Slovan Bratislava
(8 August 2020)
Highest scoringŽilina 6–2 Zemplín Michalovce
(30 August 2020)
Sereď 2–6 Spartak Trnava
(5 December 2020)
Highest attendance6,297 DAC Dunajská Streda 2–1 Spartak Trnava
(22 August 2020)[3]
Lowest attendance0[upper-alpha 1]
All matches from 1 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 17 December 2020.

In this season, teams are allowed to make five substitutions during matches in a maximum of three stoppages in play for one team.[5]

Teams

Twelve teams compete in the league, including all sides from the previous season.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in Fortuna liga 2020–21
AS Trenčín FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda FK Pohronie MFK Zemplín Michalovce
Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA 		MOL Aréna
UEFA 		Mestský štadión
UEFA 		Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA
Capacity: 11,258 Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 2,309 Capacity: 4,440
FK Senica MFK Ružomberok MŠK Žilina ŠK Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena
UEFA 		Štadión pod Čebraťom Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA 		Tehelné pole
UEFA
Capacity: 5,070 Capacity: 4,817 Capacity: 11,258 Capacity: 22,500
FC Spartak Trnava ŠKF Sereď FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce FC Nitra
ŠAM - City Arena
UEFA 		Štadión FC ViOn
UEFA 		Štadión FC ViOn
UEFA 		Štadión pod Zoborom
UEFA
Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 7,480

Personnel and kits
Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda Oszkár Világi Bernd Storck Zsolt Kalmár macron Kukkonia
Nitra Ladislav Palaky Peter Lérant TBA Adidas
Pohronie Jozef Urblík Jan Kameník Petr Pavlík Erreà REMESLO
Ružomberok Milan Fiľo Ján Haspra Ján Maslo Adidas MAESTRO
Senica Oldřich Duda[6] Anton Šoltis Juraj Piroska hummel KOMPLEXX GROUP SK
Sereď Róbert Stareček František Šturma Ľubomír Michalík Nike
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Darko Milanič Vasil Bozhikov Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava Milan Cuninka Michal Gašparík Dobrivoj Rusov Adidas
Trenčín Jozef Liptovský Stijn Vreven Aschraf El Mahdioui Adidas ORION Tip
Zemplín Michalovce Ján Sabol Jozef Majoroš Igor Žofčák Adidas ISDB, St. Nicolaus
Zlaté Moravce Karol Škula Ľuboš Benkovský Tomáš Ďubek Erreà ViOn
Žilina Jozef Antošík Pavol Staňo Jakub Paur Nike Preto

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Senica Patrik DurkáčEnd of a contract14 July 2020Pre-season Anton Šoltis14 July 2020[7]
Trenčín Juraj AnčicEnd of interim spell17 July 2020 Stijn Vreven17 July 2020[8]
Slovan Bratislava Ján KozákReleased4 September 2020[9]3 Darko Milanič7 September 2020[10]
Spartak Trnava Marián ŠarmírReleased14 September 20206 Norbert Hrnčár14 September 2020[11]
Pohronie Mikuláš RadványiReleased9 October 2020[12]12 Jan Kameník12 October 2020[13]
Nitra Gergely GeriOwn request30 November 20207 Ivan Galád (interim)1 December 2020[14]
Sereď Peter LérantEnd of a contract[15]15 December 20207 František Šturma29 December 2020[16]
Spartak Trnava Norbert HrnčárReleased31 December 20205 Michal Gašparík1 January 2021[17]
Nitra Ivan GaládEnd of interim spell3 January 20218 Michal Ščasný3 January 2021[18]
Nitra Michal ŠčasnýReleased22 January 2021[19]8 Peter Lérant22 January 2021[20]

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava (Q) 18 14 2 2 45 11 +34 44 Qualification for the championship group
2 DAC Dunajská Streda (Q) 18 12 3 3 41 20 +21 39
3 Žilina (Q) 18 9 3 6 40 27 +13 30
4 Zlaté Moravce 17 6 6 5 30 20 +10 24
5 Spartak Trnava 17 7 2 8 24 24 0 23
6 Ružomberok 18 5 7 6 26 28 −2 22
7 Sereď 17 4 7 6 19 29 −10 19 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Nitra 17 5 4 8 18 31 −13 19
9 Trenčín 18 4 6 8 21 33 −12 18
10 Zemplín Michalovce 18 4 6 8 19 37 −18 18
11 Senica 18 4 5 9 17 33 −16 17
12 Pohronie 16 1 9 6 20 27 −7 12
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Futbalnet
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.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.

Home \ Away SLO DAC ZIL ZLM RUZ TRN SER NIT SEN TRE ZMI POH
Slovan Bratislava 3–2 2–1 5–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 5–0
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–1 1–3 3–2 2–1 6–0 6–0 2–0 3–1 0–0
Žilina 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 6–2 2–1
Zlaté Moravce 2–1 1–2 4–0 6 Feb 3–1 2–2 5–0 0–0 2–2
Ružomberok 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 0–0
Spartak Trnava 0–3 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–1
Sereď 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–6 4–0 1–1 1–1 9 Feb
Nitra 0–5 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1
Senica 0–3 2–4 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 3–0
Trenčín 1–2 2–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–1
Zemplín Michalovce 0–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 4–3 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0
Pohronie 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–3 2–2 6 Feb 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Position by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification for Europa Conference League 1QR
Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2. liga
Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122
Slovan Bratislava2132222222221111111
DAC Dunajská Streda1211111111112222222
Žilina344434464333333333
Zlaté Moravce7856771078865454444
Spartak Trnava432356535546546555
Ružomberok5101110911797657775666
Sereď1256743346788888877
Nitra1168885653474667788
Trenčín67109111088119121011121010109
Zemplín Michalovce9111212121212111012109101011111110
Senica101271110911129119119999911
Pohronie89956891012101112121112121212

Source: Fortunaliga.sk

Season statistics
As of 16 December 2020

Hat-tricks
RoundPlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
7 Ladislav AlmásiRužomberokZemplín Michalovce4–0 (H)19 September 2020[23]
10 Filip BalajZlaté MoravceNitra3–1 (H)17 October 2020[24]
13 Filip BalajZlaté MoravceTrenčín5–0 (H)7 November 2020[25]
18 Martin RegáliRužomberokZemplín Michalovce3–4 (A)16 December 2020[26]

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[27]
1 Dominik Greif Slovan Bratislava 8
2 Mathew Yakubu Sereď 6
Martin Jedlička DAC Dunajská Streda
4 Dobrivoj Rusov Spartak Trnava 5
Matúš Macík Ružomberok
6 Dávid Šípoš Nitra 4
Tomáš Fryšták Senica
Samuel Petráš Žilina
9 Matej Marković Zemplín Michalovce 3
Adrián Chovan Zlaté Moravce
11 Michal Šulla Slovan Bratislava 2
Tomáš Jenčo Pohronie

Player
  • Most red cards: 1[28]
    • 20 players

Club

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month References
PlayerClub Player Club
August Zsolt Kalmár DAC Dunajská Streda Eric Ramírez DAC Dunajská Streda [31][32]
September Ladislav Almási Ružomberok [33][34]
October Filip Balaj Zlaté Moravce Andrija Balić [35][36]
November David Hrnčár 1 Kyriakos Savvidis Spartak Trnava [37]
December Erik Daniel Slovan Bratislava [38]
1 Vote of the player of the months November and December was united.

See also

Notes
  1. Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.

References
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  34. https://www.fortunaliga.sk/gol-mesiaca?id=22
  35. https://www.fortunaliga.sk/clanok/2281-hetrikovy-filip-balaj-hracom-mesiaca-oktober
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