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The 2023–24 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 31st season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

Slovan Bratislava are the defending champions for the fifth successive year.

Teams

Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga – Košice^[1] (promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history). Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš were relegated to 2. Liga after spending two seasons in the top flight.^[2]

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 2. Liga	Relegated from 2022–23 Fortuna liga
Košice	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš

Stadiums and locations

After more than six years, all teams in the league are once again playing their home matches in their respective stadiums. The last time this occurred was during the autumn part of the 2016–17 season.^[3]

Location of teams in Niké liga 2023–24

FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	FC Košice	FK Železiarne Podbrezová
MOL Aréna UEFA	Štadión SNP UEFA	Košická futbalová aréna UEFA	ZELPO Aréna UEFA
Capacity: 12,700	Capacity: 7,030	Capacity: 5,836 (12,658 planned)	Capacity: 4,000
	File:Stiavnicky.jpg		File:Podbrezova.png
MFK Ružomberok	MFK Skalica	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	FC Spartak Trnava
Štadión pod Čebraťom	Štadión MFK Skalica	Tehelné pole UEFA	Štadión Antona Malatinského UEFA
Capacity: 4,876	Capacity: 2,600	Capacity: 22,500	Capacity: 18,200

AS Trenčín	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	MŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť UEFA	Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA	ViOn Aréna UEFA	Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA
Capacity: 4,200 (10,000 planned)	Capacity: 4,400	Capacity: 4,008	Capacity: 10,897

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda	Oszkár Világi	Adrián Guľa	Zsolt Kalmár	Macron	Kukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Ivan Šabo	Michal Ščasný	Róbert Polievka	Adidas	Veolia
Košice	Dušan Trnka	Anton Šoltis	Erik Pačinda	Adidas	Niké
Podbrezová	Július Kriváň	Roman Skuhravý	Richard Ludha	Adidas	Niké
Ružomberok	Milan Fiľo	Peter Tomko	Ivan Krajčírik	Adidas	Niké
Skalica	Peter Bartoš	Pavol Majerník	Martin Nagy	Puma	Tipsport
Slovan Bratislava	Ivan Kmotrík	Vladimír Weiss	Vladimír Weiss	Adidas	Niké
Spartak Trnava	Peter Macho	Michal Gašparík	Roman Procházka	Adidas	Tipsport
Trenčín	Róbert Rybníček	Ilija Stolica	Damián Bariš	Macron	Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce	Ján Sabol	Marek Petruš	Igor Žofčák	Adidas	Tipsport, St. Nicolaus
Zlaté Moravce	Karol Škula	Vladimír Cifranič	Karol Mondek	Erreà	Tipsport
Žilina	Jozef Antošík	Jaroslav Hynek	Tomáš Nemčík	Nike	Preto

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Trenčín	František Straka	End of contract	26 May 2023	Pre-season	Ilija Stolica	27 May 2023^[4]
Ružomberok	Peter Struhár	End of contract	29 May 2023^[5]		Peter Tomko	5 June 2023^[6]
Zlaté Moravce	Ivan Galád	End of contract	5 June 2023^[7]		Vladimír Cifranič	12 June 2023^[8]
Zemplín Michalovce	Vladimír Rusnák	End of interim spell	20 June 2023		Marek Petruš	21 June 2023^[9]

Regular stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Žilina	6	5	0	1	16	7	+9	15	Qualification for the championship group
2	Trenčín	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4	13
3	Dukla Banská Bystrica	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11
4	Podbrezová	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10
5	DAC Dunajská Streda	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8
6	Slovan Bratislava	4	2	2	0	7	5	+2	8
7	Skalica	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Košice	5	2	1	2	5	8	−3	7
9	Spartak Trnava	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
10	Ružomberok	5	1	2	2	6	10	−4	5
11	Zlaté Moravce	6	0	1	5	3	10	−7	1
12	Zemplín Michalovce	5	0	1	4	1	9	−8	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2023. Source: Niké 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

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

Home \ Away	DAC	DUK	KOŠ	POD	RUŽ	SKA	SLO	TRN	TRE	ZMI	ZLM	ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda		1–2	5–2
Dukla Banská Bystrica				1–4	1–1	2–1
Košice							0–0				1–0	0–3
Podbrezová									2–2		1–0	2–0
Ružomberok	1–1					2–1
Skalica							1–2	0–0		2–1	2–0
Slovan Bratislava		2–2		3–2				a
Spartak Trnava				2–0			a		1–2			0–2
Trenčín	1–0				4–1					2–0
Zemplín Michalovce	0–0	0–3	0–2
Zlaté Moravce	0–2							1–1
Žilina					3–1				5–2		3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2023. Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 4 September 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[10]
1	Rahim Ibrahim	AS Trenčín	4
	Henry Addo	MŠK Žilina
	Peter Kováčik	Podbrezová
4	Róbert Polievka	Banská Bystrica	3
	Kristóf Domonkos	Ružomberok
	Enzo Arevalo	Banská Bystrica
	Dávid Ďuriš	MŠK Žilina
	Tigran Barseghyan	ŠK Slovan

Hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
1	Peter Kováčik	Podbrezová	Banská Bystrica	4–1 (A)	28 July 2023	^[11]

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Top assists

As of 4 September 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[12]
1	Timotej Záhumenský	Banská Bystrica	4
2	Mario Sauer	MŠK Žilina	3
3	12 Players	Various	2

Clean sheets

As of 4 September 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[13]
1	Matúš Kira	FC Košice	3
2	Richard Ludha	Podbrezová	2
	Ľubomír Belko	Žilina
	Vozinha	Trenčín
	Dominik Takáč	Spartak Trnava
	Matěj Luksch	Skalica
7	Benjamín Száraz	Zemplín Michalovce	1
	Matúš Hruška	Banská Bystrica
	Milan Borjan	Slovan Bratislava
	Aleksandar Popović	Dunajská Streda
	Samuel Petráš	Dunajská Streda

Discipline

As of 4 September 2023

Player

Most yellow cards: 4^[14]
- Oleksandr Holikov (Košice)
- Damián Bariš (Trenčín)

Most red cards: 1^[14]
- Rahim Ibrahim (Trenčín)
- Spyros Risvanis (Dunajská Streda)
- Adrian Zeljković (Trnava)

Club

Most yellow cards: 15^[15]
- Podbrezová

Most red cards: 1^[16]
- Trenčín
- Trnava
- Dunajská Streda

Notes

References

^ "Košice sú kolo pred koncom víťazmi 2. ligy a postupujú do Fortuna ligy". nikeliga.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
^ "Liptovský Mikuláš nezvládol ďalší zápas, z Fortuna ligy vypadáva". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-05-15.
^ "Všetky tímy doma. Toto sú štadióny, na ktorých sa hrá Niké liga". Niké liga. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
^ "SRB Stolica je nový tréner AS Trenčín". 26 May 2023.
^ "Kouč Struhár končí na lavičke Ružomberka: Vedenie klubu ohlási jeho náhradu v najbližších dňoch". 29 May 2023.
^ "V Ružomberku reagujú na koniec Struhára, tím povedie jeho asistent".
^ https://twitter.com/FutZakulisie/status/1665782225487495169/photo/1
^ "Do Fortuna ligy sa vracia po vyše štyroch rokoch. ViOn má nového trénera".
^ "Je to magnet, hoci vie do čoho ide. Hlinka sa po 22 rokoch vracia do Prešova".
^ "NIKE LIGA - Najlepší kanonieri" (in Slovak). 5 September 2023.
^ https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2223-dbb-pod
^ https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/hraci?id_atribute=3&id_season=2023&id_team=&id_position=. Retrieved 5 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Fortuna liga https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/brankari?id_atribute=1&id_season=2023&id_team=. Retrieved 5 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Hráči | Štatistiky". Nike liga. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |urlhttps://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/hraci?id_atribute= ignored (help)
^ Nike liga https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/timy?id_atribute=12&id_season=2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Tímy - Štatistiky". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Košice sú kolo pred koncom víťazmi 2. ligy a postupujú do Fortuna ligy". nikeliga.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-05-15.

[2] "Liptovský Mikuláš nezvládol ďalší zápas, z Fortuna ligy vypadáva". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-05-15.

[3] "Všetky tímy doma. Toto sú štadióny, na ktorých sa hrá Niké liga". Niké liga. Retrieved 2023-08-03.

[4] "SRB Stolica je nový tréner AS Trenčín". 26 May 2023.

[5] "Kouč Struhár končí na lavičke Ružomberka: Vedenie klubu ohlási jeho náhradu v najbližších dňoch". 29 May 2023.

[6] "V Ružomberku reagujú na koniec Struhára, tím povedie jeho asistent".

[7] ttps://twitter.com/FutZakulisie/status/1665782225487495169/photo/1

[8] "Do Fortuna ligy sa vracia po vyše štyroch rokoch. ViOn má nového trénera".

[9] "Je to magnet, hoci vie do čoho ide. Hlinka sa po 22 rokoch vracia do Prešova".

[10] "NIKE LIGA - Najlepší kanonieri" (in Slovak). 5 September 2023.

[11] ttps://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2223-dbb-pod

[12] ttps://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/hraci?id_atribute=3&id_season=2023&id_team=&id_position=. Retrieved 5 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[13] Fortuna liga https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/brankari?id_atribute=1&id_season=2023&id_team=. Retrieved 5 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[futbalnet-14] "Hráči | Štatistiky". Nike liga. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |urlhttps://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/hraci?id_atribute= ignored (help)

[Yellow_cards-15] Nike liga https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/timy?id_atribute=12&id_season=2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Red_cards-16] "Tímy - Štatistiky". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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+==Season statistics==
+===Top goalscorers===
+{{updated|4 September 2023}}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+!Rank
+!Player
+!Club
+!Goals<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/hraci?id_atribute=1| date=5 September 2023|title=NIKE LIGA - Najlepší kanonieri|language=sk}}</ref>
+|-
+| rowspan="3" |1
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Rahim Ibrahim]]
+|align="left"|AS Trenčín
+| rowspan="3" |4
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Henry Addo]]
+| align="left" |MŠK Žilina
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Kováčik]]
+| align="left" |Podbrezová
+|-
+| rowspan="5" |4
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Róbert Polievka]]
+| align="left" |Banská Bystrica
+| rowspan="5" |3
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Kristóf Domonkos]]
+| align="left" |Ružomberok
+|-
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Enzo Arevalo]]
+|align="left"|Banská Bystrica
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dávid Ďuriš]]
+| align="left" |MŠK Žilina
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|ARM}} [[Tigran Barseghyan]]
+| align="left" |ŠK Slovan
+|}
+====Hat-tricks====
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Round !! Player !! For !! Against !! style="text-align:center"| Result !! Date !! Ref
+|-
+|align="center"|1 || {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Kováčik]] || Podbrezová || Banská Bystrica || 4–1 (A)|| 28 July 2023 || <ref>https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2223-dbb-pod</ref>
+|-
+|}
+;Note
+<sup>4</sup> Player scored 4 goals
+===Top assists===
+{{updated|4 September 2023}}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+!Rank
+!Player
+!Club
+!Assists<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/hraci?id_atribute=3&id_season=2023&id_team=&id_position=|access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
+|-
+|rowspan="1"|1
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Timotej Záhumenský]]
+|align="left"|Banská Bystrica
+|rowspan="1"|4
+|-
+| rowspan="1" |2
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Mario Sauer]]
+| align="left" |MŠK Žilina
+| rowspan="1" |3
+|-
+| rowspan="1" |3
+| align="left" |12 Players
+| align="left" |Various
+| rowspan="1" |2
+|}
+===Clean sheets===
+{{updated|4 September 2023}}
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+!Rank
+!Player
+!Club
+!Clean<br>sheets<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/brankari?id_atribute=1&id_season=2023&id_team=|website=Fortuna liga|access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
+|-
+|1
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Matúš Kira]]
+| align="left" |FC Košice
+|3
+|-
+| rowspan="5" |2
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Richard Ludha]]
+| align="left" |Podbrezová
+| rowspan="5" |2
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Ľubomír Belko]]
+| align="left" |Žilina
+|-
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|CPV}} [[Vozinha]]
+|align="left"|Trenčín
+|-
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominik Takáč]]
+|align="left"|Spartak Trnava
+|-
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Matěj Luksch]]
+|align="left"|Skalica
+|-
+| rowspan="5" |7
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Benjamín Száraz]]
+|align="left"|Zemplín Michalovce
+| rowspan="5" |1
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Matúš Hruška]]
+| align="left" |Banská Bystrica
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Milan Borjan]]
+| align="left" |Slovan Bratislava
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SER}} [[Aleksandar Popović (footballer, born 1999)|Aleksandar Popović]]
+| align="left" |Dunajská Streda
+|-
+| align="left" |{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Samuel Petráš]]
+| align="left" |Dunajská Streda
+|}
+===Discipline===
+{{updated|4 September 2023}}
+====Player====
+<!--NO LIVE UPDATES, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL SOURCES UPDATED-->
+* Most yellow cards: '''4'''<ref name="futbalnet">{{Cite web|urlhttps://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/hraci?id_atribute=7&id_season=2023&id_team=&id_position=|title=Hráči &#124; Štatistiky|website=Nike liga}}</ref>
+** {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Holikov]] (Košice)
+** {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Damián Bariš]] (Trenčín)
+<!--NO LIVE UPDATES, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL SOURCES UPDATED-->
+* Most red cards: '''1'''<ref name="futbalnet" />
+** {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Rahim Ibrahim]] (Trenčín)
+** {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Spyros Risvanis]] (Dunajská Streda)
+** {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Adrian Zeljković]] (Trnava)
+====Club====
+* Most yellow cards: '''15'''<ref name="Yellow cards">{{cite web|url=https://www.nikeliga.sk/statistiky/timy?id_atribute=12&id_season=2023|website=Nike liga|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
+** Podbrezová
+* Most red cards: '''1'''<ref name="Red cards">{{cite web|url=https://www.fortunaliga.sk/statistiky/timy?id_atribute=13&id_season=2022|title=Tímy - Štatistiky|website=Fortuna liga|access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref>
+** Trenčín
+** Trnava
+** Dunajská Streda
 ==See also==

v t e 2023–24 in European men's football (UEFA)
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Teams

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular stage

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Top assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

See also

Notes

References

External links