2024–25 MŠK Žilina season

MŠK Žilina
2024–25 season
Manager	Michal Ščasný
Stadium	Štadión pod Dubňom
Slovak First Football League	2nd
colours	colours

The 2024–25 season is the 116th season in the history of MŠK Žilina. During this season the club will be participating in the following competitions: Slovak First Football League, Slovak Cup.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 January 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Jakub Badžgoň
2	DF	SVK	Peter Pekarík
4	DF	UKR	Nikita Kelembet (on loan from Petržalka)
5	DF	SVK	Tomáš Jaššo
6	MF	CMR	Xavier Adang
7	FW	SVK	František Kóša
8	FW	CMR	Antoin Essomba
10	FW	SVK	Adrián Kaprálik
11	MF	GHA	Samuel Gidi
14	FW	CIV	Eric Bile
15	DF	SVK	Tomáš Hubočan
16	FW	SVK	Patrik Iľko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	CMR	James Ndjeungoue
19	DF	SVK	Samuel Kopásek
20	DF	SVK	Kristián Bari
21	DF	SVK	Timotej Hranica
22	GK	SVK	Samuel Belaník
23	DF	SVK	Ján Minárik
24	MF	SVK	Samuel Ďatko
28	MF	SVK	Samuel Javorček
29	FW	SVK	Dávid Ďuriš
30	GK	SVK	Ľubomír Belko
37	MF	SVK	Mário Sauer
66	MF	SVK	Miroslav Káčer
TBA	FW	SVK	Timotej Jambor (on loan from Rapid București)
TBA	FW	NGA	Ridwan Sanusi

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers summer 2024 and
List of Slovak football transfers winter 2024–25.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SVK	Marek Teplan (at Košice until 31 May 2025)
25	DF	SVK	Tomáš Nemčík (at Rosenborg BK until 31 Dec 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	SVK	Dominik Javorček (at Holstein Kiel until 30 June 2025)
3	DF	SVK	Patrik Leitner (at MFK Chrudim until 30 June 2025)

Reserve team

Friendlies

26 June 2024 Friendly	Baník Ostrava	1–1	Žilina	Markvartovice
16:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Fotbalové hřiště Markvartovice

29 June 2024 Friendly	Győri ETO	3–0	Žilina	Győr
17:00 CET		Report		Stadium: ETO Park

3 July 2024 Friendly	Žilina	3–0	FC Košice	Žilina
17:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Futbalové ihrisko v Budatíne

6 July 2024 Friendly	Sigma Olomouc	2–0	Žilina	Slatinice
11:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Hrište Slatinice

13 July 2024 Friendly	Ried	3–0	Žilina	Ulrichsberg
13:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Union Ulrichsberg

13 July 2024 Friendly	Žilina	1–5	Slavia Prague	Ulrichsberg
16:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Union Ulrichsberg

18 July 2024 Friendly	Debreceni VSC	2–1	Žilina	Enns
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Bleicherbach-Arena Enns

7 August 2024 Friendly	Žilina	1–2	Apollon	Žilina
16:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom

11 January 2025 Friendly	Žilina	2–2	Tatran Prešov	Žilina
11:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom

18 January 2025 Friendly	Ulsan HD	1–1	Žilina	Dubai
16:00	Ko Seung-beom 24'	Report	Jambor 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence artificial field

23 January 2025 Friendly	Riga	1–2	Žilina	Dubai
16:00	Pape Gueye 70' Černomordijs 77'	Report	Ďuriš 11' Káčer 39' Basirou Badjie 70' Lukáš Prokop 81'	Stadium: Dubai Sports City Football Academy

1 February 2025 Friendly	Žilina	1–1	Zlín	Žilina
13:00 CET	Ďuriš 22'	Report	Poznar 38'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom

Slovak First Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovan Bratislava	22	15	4	3	48	25	+23	49	Qualification for the championship group
2	Žilina	22	13	6	3	42	20	+22	45
3	Spartak Trnava	22	12	8	2	34	17	+17	44
4	DAC Dunajská Streda	22	8	8	6	32	22	+10	32
5	Podbrezová	22	7	9	6	31	29	+2	30
6	Košice	22	7	8	7	31	25	+6	29

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SLO	ŽIL	TRN	DAC	KOŠ	POD
1	Slovan Bratislava (C)	32	22	6	4	74	39	+35	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	—	4–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
2	Žilina	32	15	9	8	55	40	+15	54	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round	0–5	—	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
3	Spartak Trnava	32	14	10	8	46	34	+12	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round	2–3	2–4	—	1–1	0–1	2–1
4	DAC Dunajská Streda (O)	32	13	12	7	48	34	+14	51	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	2–1	3–1	1–0	—	3–2	1–1
5	Košice	32	11	11	10	45	38	+7	44		2–3	3–2	2–1	2–2	—	1–1
6	Železiarne Podbrezová	32	8	13	11	40	43	−3	37		1–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	—

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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ZMI	KOM	SKA	RUŽ	TRE	DUK
1	Zemplín Michalovce	32	10	10	12	48	56	−8	40	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	—	4–5	2–4	2–1	3–2	3–3
2	Komárno	32	11	6	15	36	48	−12	39		0–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1
3	Skalica	32	10	8	14	36	45	−9	38		1–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	3–1
4	Ružomberok	32	10	6	16	35	50	−15	36		1–0	0–1	3–2	—	1–0	1–2
5	Trenčín (O)	32	7	14	11	37	48	−11	35	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–2
6	Dukla Banská Bystrica (R)	32	5	7	20	35	60	−25	22	Relegation to the 2. Liga	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	—

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.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
23	13	7	3	42	20	+22	46	8	3	1	25	13	+12	5	4	2	17	7	+10

Last updated: 8 March 2025.
Source: soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D
Position	8	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 July 2024 1	Podbrezová	0–0	Žilina	Podbrezová
18:00 CET	Mrva 39' Koštrna 65' Vincent Chyla 82'	Report	Ďuriš 46'	Stadium: ZELPO Aréna Attendance: 1,467 Referee: Martin Dohál

10 August 2024 3	Žilina	3–1	Zemplín Michalovce	Žilina
18:00 CET	Bile 45+4' (pen.) 65' Sauer 55'	Report	Bahi 48' Taraduda 51' Zubairu 80'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,686 Referee: Michal Smolak

18 August 2024 4	Spartak Trnava	0–0	Žilina	Trnava
18:00 CET	Kratochvíl 89'	Report	Kopásek 35' Sauer 44' Ndjeungoue 68' Minárik 90+4'	Stadium: City Arena – Anton Malatinsky Stadium Attendance: 3,919 Referee: Filip Glova

24 August 2024 5	Žilina	4–1	Trenčín	Žilina
20:30 CET	Timotej Hranica 30' Gidi 41' 52' Káčer 60' Javorček 72' Alijagić 82'	Report	Stojsavljević 8' Bariš 15' Hubočan 25' (o.g.) Gajdoš 34' 39' Katić 57'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,939 Referee: Igor Valent

1 September 2024 6	Slovan Bratislava	0–5	Žilina	Bratislava
15:30 CET	Weiss 80'	Report	Kaprálik 32' Timotej Hranica 41' Ďuriš 58' Sauer 82' 90'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 8,119 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

14 September 2024 7	Žilina	3–2	Skalica	Žilina
18:00 CET	Hubočan 42' Alijagić 45+4' Kaprálik 54' 66' Gidi 69'	Report	Podhorín 43' (pen.) Mášik 45' Hroššo 70' Matejov 72' Krčík 78' Černek 90+2'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,399 Referee: Kristián Micheľ

21 September 2024 8	FC Košice	1–2	Žilina	Košice
18:00 CET	Medved 6' Niarchos 51' Takáč 65'	Report	Káčer 30' Kaprálik 67' Minárik 84' Kopásek 90+4'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 3,889 Referee: Bálint Kišš

29 September 2024 9	Žilina	2–1	Komárno	Žilina
18:00 CET	Ďuriš 2' Ndjeungoue 35' Kaprálik 62' Pekarík 68' Minárik 70'	Report	Patrik Voleský 48' Pillár 49' Sluka 75' Tobiáš Diviš 90+2'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 2,062 Referee: Pavel Ochotnický

6 October 2024 10	DAC 1904	0–3	Žilina	Dunajská Streda
18:00 CET	Alex Méndez 51' Mateus Brunetti 73'	Report	Kaprálik 9' Minárik 17' Ndjeungoue 61' Ďuriš 70' Kopásek 82'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Boris Marhefka

20 October 2024 11	Žilina	2–0	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Žilina
15:30 CET	Bile 62' Bari 69' Kopásek 77'	Report	Willwéber 35' Godál 39'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 2,330 Referee: Michal Smolak

26 October 2024 12	Žilina	2–2	Podbrezová	Žilina
15:30 CET	Sauer 31' Iľko 85'	Report	Daniel Smékal 15' Depetris 90+2' 90+3'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,982 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

29 October 2024 2	Žilina	3–1	Ružomberok	Žilina
18:00 CET	Bile 8' 36' 69' Kaprálik 37' Peter Pekarík 48' Ďuriš 61'	Report	Lavrinčík 37' Hladík 58'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 2,572 Referee: Kristián Micheľ

3 November 2024 13	Ružomberok	1–0	Žilina	Ružomberok
15:30 CET	Malý 45+2' Selecký 84'	Report	Adama Drame 6' Kopásek 56'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Filip Glova

9 November 2024 14	Zemplín Michalovce	1–1	Žilina	Michalovce
15:30 CET	Artúr Musák 15' Adekunle 54' Lukáš Šimko 77' Marcin 90+3'	Report	Bile 34' Ndjeungoue 39' Gidi 45+8' Bari 78' Kaprálik 78' Lukas Prokop 81' 85'	Stadium: Mestský futbalový štadión Attendance: 1,384 Referee: Boris Marhefka

23 November 2024 15	Žilina	3–1	Spartak Trnava	Žilina
18:00 CET	Ujlaky 7' (o.g.) Kaprálik 15' Sauer 33' Hubočan 41' Ndjeungoue 52' Kopásek 90+1'	Report	Paur 12' Mikovič 64' Zeljković 83'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 2,681 Referee: Michal Smolak

30 November 2024 16	Trenčín	2–4	Žilina	Trenčín
15:30 CET	Bariš 35' Lukáš Mikulaj 45' Holúbek 51' Stojsavljević 62' Adrian Fiala 73'	Report	Bile 10' (pen.) Ďuriš 52' 63' Iľko 57' Timotej Hranica 65'	Stadium: Štadión Sihoť Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Erik Gemzický

7 December 2024 17	Žilina	2–1	Slovan Bratislava	Žilina
18:00 CET	Ndjeungoue 22' Hubočan 45+2' Bile 47' Minárik 90+2' Bari 90+5' Sauer 90+5'	Report	Barseghyan 22' Savvidis 31' Tolić 37' Blackman 55' Ihnatenko 61'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 5,732 Referee: Filip Glova

15 December 2024 18	Skalica	0–0	Žilina	Skalica
15:30 CET	Hradecky 62' Mášik 70' Černek 73'	Report		Stadium: Mestský štadión Skalica Attendance: 723 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

8 February 2025 19	Žilina	0–2	FC Košice	Žilina
18:00 CET	Aleksandre Narimanidze 63'	Report	Niarchos 17' 27' Jakubko 37' Miljanić 80' 83'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,575 Referee: Boris Marhefka

22 February 2025 21	Žilina	1–1	DAC 1904	Žilina
18:00 CET	Ďuriš 52' Adama Drame 54' Adang 77'	Report	Mateus Brunetti 50' Bajo 61'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,260 Referee: Peter Kráľovič

25 February 2025 20	Komárno	1–0	Žilina	Zlaté Moravce
18:00 CET	Martin Šimko 17' Tamás 30' 47'	Report	Adama Drame 79' František Kóša 85'	Stadium: ViOn Aréna Attendance: 328 Referee: Matej Choreň

1 March 2025 22	Dukla Banská Bystrica	1–2	Žilina	Banská Bystrica
15:30 CET	Willwéber 57' Iľko 75' (o.g.) Malec 82' Godál 86'	Report	Ďuriš 16' Migaľa 34' (o.g.) Kopásek 50' Belko 84'	Stadium: Národný Atletický Štadión Attendance: 964 Referee: Filip Glova

8 March 2025 23	Žilina	0–0	Podbrezová	Žilina
15:30 CET	Gidi 35' Bari 47'	Report	Daniel Smékal 51' Vincent Chyla 74'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Martin Dohál

15 March 2025 24	DAC 1904	-	Žilina	Dunajská Streda
18:00 CET				Stadium: DAC Aréna

30 March 2025 25	Spartak Trnava	-	Žilina	Trnava
15:30 CET				Stadium: City Arena – Anton Malatinsky Stadium

Slovak Cup

28 August 2024 Second Round	Horný Hričov	0–7	Žilina	Horný Hričov
17:00 CET		Report	Alijagić 2' 77' Bile 29' 33' 44' Sauer 32' Dominik Mičúch 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pod agátmi Horný Hričov

24 September 2024 Third Round	Námestovo	0–5	Žilina	Námestovo
15:30 CET		Report	Bile 22' 51' Iľko 41' Basirou Badjie 83' Kaprálik 87'	Stadium: Štadión MŠK Námestovo Attendance: 653

16 October 2024 Fourth Round	Partizán Osrblie	0–8	Žilina	Osrblie
15:00 CET		Report	Iľko 4' 43' Alijagić 8' 33' 78' Bile 14' Gidi 39' Ďuriš 82'	Stadium: Štadión Osrblie Attendance: 888 Referee: Erik Gemzický

6 November 2024 Round of 16	Zemplín Michalovce	1–1 (3–4 p)	Žilina	Michalovce
16:30 CET	Dzotsenidze 29' Adam Žulevič 38' Marcin 40' Bednár 71' Kyziridis 82'	Report	Ďuriš 51'	Stadium: Mestský futbalový štadión Attendance: 659 Referee: Erik Gemzický

11 March 2025 Quarter finals	Žilina	0–2	Spartak Trnava	Žilina
18:00 CET	Káčer 73' Adang 82'	Report	Ďuriš 17' 34' Štetina 28' Twardzik 90+4'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,996 Referee: Michal Smolak

References

^ "A-team squad list". Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[1] "A-team squad list". Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

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