2007–08 Slovak Superliga

The 2007–08 Slovak Superliga (known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 14 July 2007 and ended on 31 May 2008.^[1] MŠK Žilina were the defending champions.

Corgoň Liga

Season	2007–08
Dates	14 July 2007 – 31 May 2008
Champions	Artmedia Bratislava
Relegated	AS Trenčín
Champions League	Artmedia Bratislava
UEFA Cup	Žilina Spartak Trnava
Intertoto Cup	Nitra
Matches played	198
Goals scored	534 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ján Novák (17 goals)
Average attendance	3,106
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Teams

A total of 12 teams was contested in the league, including 12 sides from the 2006–07 season and one promoted from the 1. Liga via play-off.

Relegation for FK Inter Bratislava to the 2007–08 1. Liga was confirmed on 30 May 2007. The one relegated team were replaced by FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce.

Stadiums and locations

 

Location of teams in 2007–08 Corgoň Liga

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Artmedia Bratislava	Petržalka	Štadión Petržalka	7,500
FK AS Trenčín	Trenčín	Štadión na Sihoti	4,500
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	SNP Stadium	10,000
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Zlaté Moravce	Štadión FC ViOn	3,787
FC Nitra	Nitra	Štadión pod Zoborom	11,384
MFK Košice	Košice	Lokomotíva Stadium	9,000
MFK Ružomberok	Ružomberok	Štadión MFK Ružomberok	4,817
MŠK Žilina	Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,181
FC Senec	Senec	NTC Senec	3,264
Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Tehelné pole	30,085
Spartak Trnava	Trnava	Štadión Antona Malatinského	18,448
ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom	Dubnica	Štadión Zimný	5,450

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Artmedia Bratislava (C)	33	27	3	3	77	30	+47	84	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Žilina	33	22	7	4	75	30	+45	73	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Nitra	33	17	6	10	40	26	+14	57	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Spartak Trnava	33	15	7	11	52	40	+12	52	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
5	Slovan Bratislava	33	15	6	12	46	37	+9	51
6	Košice	33	13	6	14	45	44	+1	45
7	Ružomberok	33	10	14	9	46	43	+3	44
8	Dukla Banská Bystrica	33	10	9	14	41	37	+4	39
9	ZTS Dubnica	33	7	12	14	34	53	−19	33
10	FC Senec	33	6	10	17	30	51	−21	28
11	ViOn Zlaté Moravce	33	6	7	20	22	66	−44	25
12	Trenčín (R)	33	3	7	23	26	77	−51	16	Relegation to 1. Liga

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Spartak Trnava qualify for 2008–09 UEFA Cup as runner-up of 2007–08 Slovak Cup.

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away	ART	BB	DUB	KOŠ	NIT	RUŽ	SEN	SLO	TRE	TRN	ZLM	ŽIL
Artmedia Bratislava		6–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	5–0	2–3
Dukla Banská Bystrica	2–2		0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3
ZTS Dubnica	1–3	1–0		0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–2
Košice	0–1	1–3	0–0		2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	3–2	3–0	2–0
Nitra	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–1
Ružomberok	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–2		1–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–2
Senec	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–3		1–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–0
Slovan Bratislava	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0		2–1	2–3	2–2	2–3
Trenčín	1–4	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2		0–2	4–0	2–2
Spartak Trnava	0–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	6–0		2–0	4–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		1–2
Žilina	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	7–1	2–1	4–1

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away	ART	BB	DUB	KOŠ	NIT	RUŽ	SEN	SLO	TRE	TRN	ZLM	ŽIL
Artmedia Bratislava		2–1		1–0				2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0
Dukla Banská Bystrica			3–2	3–0			2–0	0–1				1–1
ZTS Dubnica	0–2				2–1	1–1	0–0				2–0
Košice			6–2		1–2		4–0	1–1	2–1			2–2
Nitra	0–3	1–0				1–0			3–0	0–0	2–0
Ružomberok	2–2	0–0		3–0					0–0	4–0	2–2
Senec	4–5				1–0	2–2				4–1	1–0
Slovan Bratislava			3–2		3–2	0–0	4–0		3–0			0–0
Trenčín		1–3	1–1				0–0			2–1	0–0
Spartak Trnava		1–0	1–1	2–0				0–1				3–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce		0–4		2–1				0–1		0–2		1–6
Žilina	0–1		5–0		1–1	4–1	1–0		4–0

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Ján Novák	Košice	17
2	Juraj Halenár	Artmedia Bratislava	16
3	Peter Štyvar	Žilina	15
4	Mário Breška	Žilina	14
5	Mouhamadou Seye	ZTS Dubnica	13
6	Ján Kozák	Artmedia Bratislava	11
7	Admir Vladavić	Žilina	10
	Jaroslav Kolbas	Košice
	Ivan Lietava	Žilina
	Marek Bakoš	Ružomberok
11	Ľubomír Bernáth	Spartak Trnava	9

See also

• 2007–08 Slovak Cup
• 2007–08 Slovak First League

References

1. NIFS.no
2. "Top goalscorers". Retrieved 1 June 2008.

External links

• RSSSF.org (Tables and statistics)