Slovak Super Liga

"Fortuna liga" redirects here. For Czech Fortuna liga, see Czech First League. For Polish Fortuna I liga, see I liga.

The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement.^[1] It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, held by Slovan Bratislava, who are the current title holders.

Fortuna liga

Founded	1993
Country	Slovakia
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	2. liga
Domestic cup(s)	Slovak Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Slovan Bratislava (12th title) (2021–22)
Most championships	Slovan Bratislava (12 titles)
TV partners	Domestic RTVS OrangeTV Markíza International Eleven Sports OneFootball
Website	www.fortunaliga.sk
Current: 2022–23 Fortuna Liga

History

Czechoslovakia period

Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia (1918–1939 and 1945–1993). The first Slovak championship Zväzové Majstrovstvá Slovenska was played between Slovak teams (1925–1933); until 1935-36, no Slovak team played in the Czechoslovak (professional, state) league. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1939 and the establishment of the German-allied Slovak Republic, the sole Slovak club in the Czechoslovak, ŠK Bratislava, played in the new Slovak league, the Slovenská liga (1939–1945).

Winners:^[2]

Zväzové Majstrovstvá Slovenska (1925–1933) 1925 - 1. ČsŠK Bratislava 1925–26 - 1. ČsŠK Bratislava 1926–27 - 1. ČsŠK Bratislava 1927–28 - SK Žilina 1928–29 - SK Žilina 1929–30 - 1. ČsŠK Bratislava 1930–31 - Ligeti SC 1931–32 - 1. ČsŠK Bratislava 1932–33 - SC Rusj Uzhorod

Slovenská liga (1939–1945) 1938–39 - Sparta Považská Bystrica 1939–40 - ŠK Bratislava 1940–41 - ŠK Bratislava 1941–42 - ŠK Bratislava 1942–43 - OAP Bratislava 1943–44 - ŠK Bratislava 1944–45 - abandoned in September 1944

Slovak winners of the Czechoslovak 1. League

Club	Winners	Winning Years
SK Slovan Bratislava / NV Bratislava	8	1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1991–92
FC Spartak Trnava	5	1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
FK Inter Bratislava	1	1958–59

Format

Throughout the Fortuna liga history, the number of clubs competing at the top level in 1996 has increased, in 2000 has been gradually decreased and in 2006 has again increased. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history:

Number of teams   12 clubs = 1993–1996 16 clubs = 1996–2000 10 clubs = 2000–2006 12 clubs = 2006–present

Sponsorship

Period	Sponsor	Name
1993/94–1996/97	No main sponsor	1. liga
1997/98–2001/02	Reemtsma	Mars superliga
2002/03	No main sponsor	1. liga
2003/04–2013/14	Heineken	Corgoň liga^[3]
2014/15–2022/23	Fortuna	Fortuna liga^[4]

Current teams (2021–2022)

 

 

Trenčín

 

Senica

 

Dunajská Streda

 

Slovan

 

Trnava

 

Žilina

 

Zlaté Moravce

 

Ružomberok

 

Sereď

 

Liptovský Mikuláš

 

Michalovce

 

Pohronie

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Location of teams in Fortuna liga 2021–22

Team	Stadium	Capacity or seats
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	MOL Aréna	12,700
FC Spartak Trnava	Anton Malatinský Stadium	19,200
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Štadión FC ViOn	4,000
AS Trenčín	Štadión Sihoť	10,000
FK Senica	OMS ARENA Senica	5,070
MFK Ružomberok	Štadión pod Čebraťom	4,817
ŠKF Sereď	Anton Malatinský Stadium	19,200
MFK Zemplín Michalovce	Mestský futbalový štadión	4,440
MŠK Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,258
ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Tehelné pole	22,500
FK Pohronie	Mestský štadión	2,309
MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	NTC Poprad	5,700

Source for teams:^[5]

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Top scorer	Goals	Team
1993–94	Slovan Bratislava (1)	Inter Bratislava	Dunajská Streda	Pavol Diňa	19	Dunajska Streda
1994–95	Slovan Bratislava (2)	1. FC Košice	Inter Bratislava	Robert Semenik	18	Dukla Banská Bystrica
1995–96	Slovan Bratislava (3)	1. FC Košice	Spartak Trnava	Robert Semenik	29	1. FC Košice
1996–97	1. FC Košice (1)	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	Jozef Kožlej	22	1. FC Košice
1997–98	1. FC Košice (2)	Spartak Trnava	Inter Bratislava	Ľubomír Luhový	17	Spartak Trnava
1998–99	Slovan Bratislava (4)	Inter Bratislava	Spartak Trnava	Martin Fabuš	19	Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
1999–00	Inter Bratislava (1)	1. FC Košice	Slovan Bratislava	Szilárd Németh	16	Inter Bratislava
2000–01	Inter Bratislava (2)	Slovan Bratislava	MFK Ružomberok	Szilárd Németh	23	Inter Bratislava
2001–02	MŠK Žilina (1)	Matador Púchov	Inter Bratislava	Marek Mintál	21	MŠK Žilina
2002–03	MŠK Žilina (2)	Artmedia Bratislava	Slovan Bratislava	Marek Mintál   Martin Fabuš	20	MŠK Žilina Laugaricio Trenčín, MŠK Žilina
2003–04	MŠK Žilina (3)	Dukla Banská Bystrica	MFK Ružomberok	Roland Števko	17	MFK Ružomberok
2004–05	Artmedia Bratislava (1)	MŠK Žilina	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Filip Šebo	22	Artmedia Petržalka
2005–06	MFK Ružomberok (1)	Artmedia Bratislava	Spartak Trnava	Róbert Rák   Erik Jendrišek	21	FC Nitra MFK Ružomberok
2006–07	MŠK Žilina (4)	Artmedia Bratislava	Slovan Bratislava	Tomáš Oravec	16	Artmedia Petržalka
2007–08	Artmedia Bratislava (2)	MŠK Žilina	FC Nitra	Ján Novák	17	MFK Košice
2008–09	Slovan Bratislava (5)	MŠK Žilina	Spartak Trnava	Pavol Masaryk	15	ŠK Slovan Bratislava
2009–10	MŠK Žilina (5)	Slovan Bratislava	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Róbert Rák	18	FC Nitra
2010–11	Slovan Bratislava (6)	FK Senica	MŠK Žilina	Filip Šebo	22	ŠK Slovan Bratislava
2011–12	MŠK Žilina (6)	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	Pavol Masaryk	18	MFK Ružomberok
2012–13	Slovan Bratislava (7)	FK Senica	AS Trenčín	David Depetris	16	AS Trenčín
2013–14	Slovan Bratislava (8)	AS Trenčín	Spartak Trnava	Tomáš Malec	14	AS Trenčín
2014–15	AS Trenčín (1)	MŠK Žilina	Slovan Bratislava	Matej Jelić   Jan Kalabiška	19	MŠK Žilina FK Senica
2015–16	AS Trenčín (2)	Slovan Bratislava	Spartak Myjava	Gino van Kessel	17	AS Trenčín
2016–17	MŠK Žilina (7)	Slovan Bratislava	MFK Ružomberok	Filip Hlohovský   Seydouba Soumah	20	MŠK Žilina Slovan Bratislava
2017–18	Spartak Trnava (1)	Slovan Bratislava	Dunajská Streda	Samuel Mráz	21	MŠK Žilina
2018–19	Slovan Bratislava (9)	Dunajská Streda	MFK Ružomberok	Andraž Šporar	29	Slovan Bratislava
2019–20	Slovan Bratislava (10)	MŠK Žilina	Dunajská Streda	Andraž Šporar	12	Slovan Bratislava
2020–21	Slovan Bratislava (11)	Dunajská Streda	Spartak Trnava	Dawid Kurminowski	19	MŠK Žilina
2021–22	Slovan Bratislava (12)	MFK Ružomberok	Spartak Trnava	Jakub Kadák	13	AS Trenčín

Source for list of championship winners:^[6]

Performance by club

Teams in bold are currently in the Superliga.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Championship seasons	Runners-Up seasons
Slovan Bratislava	12	5	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22	2000–01, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
MŠK Žilina	7	5	2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17	2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2019–20
VSS Košice	2	3	1996–97, 1997–98	1994–95, 1995–96, 1999–00
Petržalka	2	3	2004–05, 2007–08	2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07
Inter Bratislava	2	2	1999–00, 2000–01	1993–94, 1998–99
AS Trenčín	2	1	2014–15, 2015–16	2013–14
Spartak Trnava	1	3	2017–18	1996–97, 1997–98, 2011–12
MFK Ružomberok	1	1	2005–06	2021–22
Dunajská Streda	–	2	–	2018–19, 2020–21
FK Senica	–	2	–	2010–11, 2012–13
Matador Púchov	–	1	–	2001–02
Dukla Banská Bystrica	–	1	–	2003–04

Titles by city

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Bratislava	16	Slovan Bratislava (12), Inter Bratislava (2), Artmedia Petržalka (2)
Žilina	7	MŠK Žilina (7)
Košice	2	VSS Košice (2)
Trenčín	2	AS Trenčín (2)
Ružomberok	1	MFK Ružomberok (1)
Trnava	1	Spartak Trnava (1)

All-Time Table

The All-time table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Slovak Super Liga since its inception in 1993. The table as of the end of 2021–22 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2022–23 Fortuna liga.top-flight. There is no club that played all seasons in top-flight. The best clubs in that respect - MŠK Žilina and Spartak Trnava missed 1 season, Slovan Bratislava missed 2 seasons.

Pos	Team	S	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Slovan Bratislava	27	878	497	201	180	1570	852	718	1692
2	MŠK Žilina	28	942	457	210	275	1610	1027	583	1568
3	Spartak Trnava	28	932	424	214	292	1292	1018	274	1480
4	MFK Ružomberok	25	848	327	237	284	1106	1030	76	1221
5	AS Trenčín	22	743	294	161	286	1093	1040	53	1046
6	VSS Košice	19	616	241	148	227	835	799	36	863
7	DAC Dunajská Streda	19	602	206	150	246	720	860	(-140)	762 *
8	Dukla Banská Bystrica	19	616	197	169	250	725	786	(-61)	751
9	FC Petržalka	14	463	204	114	145	676	561	115	726
10	Inter Bratislava	14	454	203	102	149	667	519	148	693
11	FC Nitra	18	572	177	128	299	607	875	(-268)	644
12	Tatran Prešov	16	515	148	143	224	529	734	(-205)	577
13	FK Senica	14	448	147	113	186	510	619	(-138)	556
14	ViOn Zlaté Moravce	15	481	131	116	236	497	743	(-246)	517
15	MFK Dubnica	13	424	119	117	188	436	604	(-168)	473
16	Zemplín Michalovce	8	250	71	62	115	268	399	(-131)	275
17	Matador Púchov	6	216	70	53	93	235	294	(-59)	263
18	Chemlon Humenné	7	216	71	43	102	238	323	(-85)	246
19	Baník Prievidza	7	216	59	44	113	239	369	(-130)	212
20	Spartak Myjava	5	132	55	27	50	167	177	(-10)	192
21	iClinic Sereď	5	155	49	39	67	176	237	(-61)	186
22	Železiarne Podbrezová	5	160	47	37	66	166	222	(-56)	183
23	Lokomotíva Košice	5	156	48	37	71	180	241	(-61)	174
24	JAS Bardejov	5	154	45	24	85	159	232	(−73)	159
25	FC Rimavská Sobota	4	126	35	29	62	129	193	(−64)	134
26	FK Pohronie	4	123	26	42	55	128	179	(-51)	120
27	FC Senec	3	91	18	28	45	85	152	(−67)	82
28	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	1	32	11	7	14	42	57	(-15)	40
29	MFK Skalica	1	33	6	6	21	30	62	(-32)	24

S = Number of seasons; P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
^aSpartak Myjava withdrew from the league on 21 December 2016, and their results from season 2016-17 were expunged.

• DAC had 6 points deducted in 2013/14 season.

League at 2022–23:

	2022–23 Slovak First Football League
	2022–23 2. Liga (Slovakia)
	2022–23 3. Liga (Slovakia)
	4. Liga (Slovakia)
	5. Liga (Slovakia)
	Clubs that no longer exist

All time top scorers

The table is accurate as of the end of the 2015–16 season.

#	Name	Clubs	Goals
1.	Juraj Halenár	Inter Bratislava (35), Artmedia (33), Slovan Bratislava (57)	125
2.	Róbert Semeník	Dukla B. Bystrica (72), 1.FC Košice (43), FC Nitra (5)	120
3.	Pavol Masaryk	Spartak Trnava (10), Slovan Bratislava (45), MFK Ružomberok (28), FK Senica (2), MFK Skalica (2)	87
4.	Marek Ujlaky	Spartak Trnava (79), Slovan Bratislava (2), FC Senec (3), ViOn Z. Moravce (2)	86
5.	Szilárd Németh	Slovan Bratislava (25), 1.FC Košice (21), Inter Bratislava (39)	85

In European competitions

Main article: Slovak football clubs in European competitions

UEFA coefficients

See also: UEFA coefficient

The following data indicates Slovak coefficient rankings between European football leagues.^[7]

Country ranking UEFA League Ranking as of 31 July 2022:^[8] 23.   (24)   Allsvenskan (18.625) 24.   (23)   Parva Liga (17.125) 25.   (29)   Slovak Super Liga (16.250) 26.   (28)   Nemzeti Bajnokság I (16.250) 27.   (26)   Liga I (15.750)

Club ranking UEFA 5-year Club Ranking as of 30 July 2022:^[9] 93.   Slovan Bratislava (15.000) 117.   Spartak Trnava (10.500) 151.   DAC Dunajská Streda (8.500) 302.   Žilina (3.500) 302.   MFK Ružomberok (3.500) 319.   Trenčín (3.150)

Transfers

See also: List of most expensive association football transfers

Fortuna liga have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Fortuna liga after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard.

Record departures

Rank	Player	From	To	Fee	Year
1.	Szilárd Németh	Inter Bratislava	Middlesbrough F.C.	€6.75 million*	2001^[10]
2.	Andraž Šporar	Slovan Bratislava	Sporting CP	€6 million^[A]	2020^[11]
3.	László Bénes	MŠK Žilina	Mönchengladbach	€5.5 million*	2016^[12]
4.	Róbert Boženík	MŠK Žilina	Feyenoord	€4.6 million*	2020^[13]
5.	Dávid Hancko	MŠK Žilina	Fiorentina	€4.5 million*	2018^[14]
6.	Peter Dubovský	Slovan Bratislava	Real Madrid	€4.3 million* (110 mil. SKK)	1993^[15]
7.	Wesley	AS Trenčín	Club Brugge	€4.2 million*	2016^[16]
8.	Tomáš Hubočan	MŠK Žilina	Zenit Saint Petersburg	€3.8 million	2008^[17]
9.	Matúš Bero	AS Trenčín	Trabzonspor	€3.5 million*	2016^[18]
10.	Dominik Greif	Slovan Bratislava	RCD Mallorca	€2.5 million*	2021^[19]
	David Strelec	Slovan Bratislava	Spezia Calcio	€2.5 million	2021^[20]
11.	Miroslav Karhan	Spartak Trnava	Real Betis	€2.3 million	1999^[21]
12.	Vladimír Kinder	Slovan Bratislava	Middlesbrough	€2.2 million (64 mil. SKK)	1996^[22]
	Vakoun Issouf Bayo	DAC Dunajská Streda	Celtic	€2.2 million*	2019^[23]
13.	Hilary Gong	AS Trenčín	Vitesse	€2.0 million	2018^[24]
	Jakub Kiwior	MŠK Žilina	Spezia	€2.0 million*	2021^[25]
14.	Eric Ramírez	DAC Dunajská Streda	FC Dynamo Kyiv	€1.8 million	2021^[26]
15.	Nemanja Matić	MFK Košice	Chelsea	€1.75 million	2009^[27]

1. Fee may eventually rise above €7 million.

*-unofficial fee

Record arrivals

Rank	Player	From	To	Fee	Year
1.	Rabiu Ibrahim	Gent	Slovan Bratislava	€1.0 million	2017^[28]
2.	Dávid Holman	Debrecen	Slovan Bratislava	€0.7 million	2017
	Lester Peltier	AS Trenčín	Slovan Bratislava	€0.7 million	2012^[29]
	Marek Špilár	Tatran Prešov	1.FC Košice	€0.7 million (20mil SKK)*	1997^[30]
	András Telek	Ferencváros	1.FC Košice	€0.7 million (20mil SKK)*	1997^[30]
3.	Kenan Bajrić	Olimpija Ljubljana	Slovan Bratislava	€0.6 million	2018^[31]^[32]
	Andraž Šporar	Basel	Slovan Bratislava	€0.6 million	2018^[33]^[34]^[35]
	Samuel Štefánik	NEC Nijmegen	Slovan Bratislava	€0.6 million	2014

The Golden Star

Based on an idea of Umberto Agnelli, the honor of Golden Star for Sports Excellence was introduced to recognize sides that have won multiple championships or other honours by the display of gold stars on their team badges and jerseys.

The current officially sanctioned Fortuna liga stars are:

•   ŠK Slovan Bratislava received in 2009
•   MŠK Žilina received in 2010

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External links

• Official website
• Slovak football association website
• Current Super Liga table at eurorivals
• Super Liga results by round at The-Sports.org
• Slovak football website
• Slovak football website
• Slovak football leagues - standings, results