2024–25 MFK Ružomberok season

MFK Ružomberok
2024–25 season
Manager	Ondřej Smetana
Stadium	Štadión pod Čebraťom
Slovak First Football League	5th
Slovak Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: ; Matúš Malý (2)

The 2024–25 season is the 119th season in the history of MFK Ružomberok, and the club's 22nd consecutive season in Slovak First Football League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Slovak Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

14 June 2024 Friendly

Ružomberok

4–0

FK Humenné

19 June 2024 Friendly

Ružomberok

2–2

KF Egnatia

22 June 2024 Friendly

NK Domžale

2–2

Ružomberok

25 June 2024 Friendly	Ružomberok	1–1	Rapid București	Slovenia
11:00 UTC+2

29 June 2024 Friendly

Liptovský Mikuláš

3–1

Ružomberok

3 July 2024 Friendly	Ružomberok	2–2	FC Zlín
17:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Slovak First Football League	28 July 2024		Matchday 1	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Slovak Cup	28 August 2024			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	25 July 2024		First qualifying round	3	1	0	2	5	5	+0	033.33
Total				4	1	1	2	6	6	+0	025.00

Last updated: 28 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Slovak First Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Košice	22	7	8	7	31	25	+6	29	Qualification for the championship group
7	Zemplín Michalovce	22	6	9	7	28	34	−6	27	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Komárno	22	6	4	12	24	38	−14	22
9	Ružomberok	22	5	5	12	22	39	−17	20^[a]
10	Trenčín	22	3	11	8	22	35	−13	20^[a]
11	Skalica	22	4	7	11	21	35	−14	19
12	Dukla Banská Bystrica	22	4	5	13	22	38	−16	17

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head points: Ružomberok (4); Trenčín (1).

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
1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 28 July 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A	H
Result	D	P
Position	5

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 July 2024 1	Ružomberok	1–1	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Ružomberok
18:00 UTC+2	Boďa 18'		Rymarenko 67'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Referee: Igor Valent

11 August 2024 3	Ružomberok	v	Trenčín	Ružomberok
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom

Slovak Cup

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2024.^[1]

11 July 2024 First leg	Ružomberok	5–2	Tobol	Ružomberok
19:00 UTC+2	Gabriel 11', 56' Selecký 40', 66' Malý 45+2', 88' Madleňák 77' Luterán 90+2'	Report	Ivanović 8' Chesnokov 33' Henen 45' Gabarayev 47' Shakhov 63' Ndiaye 86' Miladinović 90'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus)

18 July 2024 Second leg	Tobol	1–0 (3–5 agg.)	Ružomberok	Kostanay, Kazakhstan
20:00 UTC+5	El Messaoudi 8'			Stadium: Kostanay Central Stadium Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024 First leg	Ružomberok	0–2	Trabzonspor	Ružomberok
18:30 UTC+2	Gomola 51'	Report	Trézéguet 39' Elmalı 86' Çanak 90+1'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Trabzonspor	v (2–0 agg.)	Ružomberok	Trabzon, Turkey
20:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex

References

^ "Ružomberok spoznal súpera v 1. predkole Európskej ligy. Čaká ho ďaleká cesta za náročným súperom". Šport.sk. June 18, 2024.

[table_hth_RUŽ0.64683066990545-1] Ranked on head-to-head points: Ružomberok (4); Trenčín (1).

[2] "Ružomberok spoznal súpera v 1. predkole Európskej ligy. Čaká ho ďaleká cesta za náročným súperom". Šport.sk. June 18, 2024.

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