2024–25 Slovak First Football League

Niké liga
Season2024–25
DatesRegular season:
27 July 2024 – 17 May 2025
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava (23rd title)
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
Europa LeagueSpartak Trnava
Conference LeagueŽilina
Matches played206
Goals scored564 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerTigran Barseghyan (20)
David Strelec (20)
Biggest home winPodbrezová 7–1 MFK Skalica
(17 Aug 2024)
Slovan Bratislava 6–0 KFC Komárno
(4 Dec 2024)
Biggest away winSlovan Bratislava 0–5 MŠK Žilina
(1 Sep 2024)
MŠK Žilina 0–5 Slovan Bratislava
(5 Apr 2025)
Highest scoringMichalovce 4–5 KFC Komárno
(11 May 2025)
Highest attendance14,125
Slovan Bratislava 1-0 FC Košice
(17 May 2025)[1]

The 2024–25 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

Slovan Bratislava is the six-time defending champion.

Teams

The league will consist of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Komárno has been promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the 2023–24 2. Liga, replacing the 2023–24 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Zlaté Moravce after 14 years in top flight. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the sixth successive year).

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in Niké liga 2024–25
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda FK 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: 12,555 Capacity: 4,000
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 KFC Komárno MŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť
UEFA 		Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA 		ViOn Aréna
UEFA 		Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,400 Capacity: 4,008 Capacity: 10,897

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda Tibor Végh Branislav Fodrek Yhoan Andzouana Macron Kukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica Ivan Šabo František Straka Ľubomír Willwéber Adidas Veolia
Košice Dušan Trnka Roman Skuhravý Ján Krivák Adidas Niké
Podbrezová Július Kriváň Štefan Markulík Matej Oravec Adidas Niké
Ružomberok Ľubomír Golis Ondřej Smetana Martin Chrien Adidas Niké
Skalica Peter Bartoš David Oulehla Martin Nagy Adidas Tipsport
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Vladimír Weiss Vladimír Weiss Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava Peter Macho Michal Gašparík Martin Mikovič Puma Tipsport
Trenčín Róbert Rybníček Ivan Galád Damián Bariš Macron Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce Ján Sabol Anton Šoltis Igor Žofčák Adidas Tipsport
Komárno Juraj Baráth Mikuláš Radványi Martin Šimko Adidas MOL
Žilina Jozef Antošík Michal Ščasný Tomáš Hubočan Nike Preto

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Banská Bystrica Mario Auxt End of interim spell 16 June 2024 Pre-season Marek Bažík 16 June 2026[2]
Michalovce František Straka End of contract 28 June 2024 Anton Šoltis 28 June 2026[3]
Podbrezová Roman Skuhravý End by own request 6 July 2024[4] Vladimír Cifranič 12 July 2024[5]
Skalica Pavol Majerník Released 3 September 2024 12 David Oulehla 3 September 2024[6]
Podbrezová Vladimír Cifranič Becomes assistant 2 September 2024 8 Štefan Markulík 2 September 2024[7]
FC Košice Gergely Geri Released 24 September 2024 10 Roman Skuhravý 24 September 2024[8]
AS Trenčín Ilija Stolica Released 1 October 2024 11 Ivan Galád 1 October 2024[9]
MFK Ružomberok Ondřej Smetana Signed with 1. FC Slovácko 13 November 2024 6 Radim Kučera 13 November 2024[10]
Dunajská Streda Xisco Muñoz Released 27 November 2024 4 Branislav Fodrek 27 November 2024[11]
MFK Ružomberok Radim Kučera Released 20 December 2024 10 Norbert Hrnčár 20 December 2024[12]
Banská Bystrica Marek Bažík Becomes assistant 27 December 2024 9 Martin Poljovka 27 December 2024[13]
Banská Bystrica Martin Poljovka Released 17 March 2025 12 František Straka 17 March 2025[14]
MFK Ružomberok Norbert Hrnčár Released 8 April 2025 11 Ondřej Smetana 13 November 2024[15]

Regular stage

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

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 KOM KOŠ POD RUŽ SKA SLO TRN TRE ZMI ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–3
Dukla Banská Bystrica 1–0 2–3 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 6–1 1–0 1–2
Komárno 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–0
Košice 2–2 4–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–2
Podbrezová 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 7–1 1–3 0–4 2–1 4–1 0–0
Ružomberok 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–5 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–0
Skalica 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
Slovan Bratislava 2–1 3–1 6–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–5
Spartak Trnava 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0
Trenčín 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–4
Zemplín Michalovce 0–3 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 4–2 2–1 2–4 0–0 1–1 1–1
Žilina 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–1 3–1
Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

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

Relegation group

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

Conference League play-offs

The winner of the 2024–25 Slovak Cup, Spartak Trnava, finished in the top 3 in the league, which already secured them a spot in the Europa League. As a result, a playoff was held for the final spot in the Conference League, which involved the teams ranked in 4th–7th place at the conclusion of the regular season. The play-offs were one-off matches with extra time and penalties used to determine the winner if necessary, with the higher-ranked teams given home advantage against the lower-ranked teams (i.e. 3rd v. 7th and 5th v. 6th) in the semi-finals. The higher-ranked of the two semi-final winners also gained home advantage in the final. DAC Dunajská Streda won the play-offs but were subsequently excluded from the Conference League due to the club having the same ownership as Hungarian side Győri ETO FC, who had also qualified for the competition.[16]

Semi-finals Final
      
4 DAC Dunajská Streda 2
7 Zemplín Michalovce 1
4 DAC Dunajská Streda 3
6 Podbrezová 2
5 Košice 2(4)
6 Podbrezová (p) 2(5)

Semi-finals

Košice2–2 (a.e.t.)Podbrezová
  • Faško 15'
  • Niarchos 16'
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 2,857
Referee: Martin Dohál
DAC Dunajská Streda2–1Zemplín Michalovce
 Report
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: Peter Ziemba

Final

DAC Dunajská Streda3–2Podbrezová
 Report
Attendance: 5,382
Referee: Michal Očenáš

Relegation play-offs

The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from 2. Liga for one spot in the top flight in the next season.

1st leg

Zlaté Moravce1–1Trenčín
 Report
Attendance: 2,886
Referee: Filip Glova

2nd leg

Trenčín4–2Zlaté Moravce
 Report
Attendance: 2,225

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 18 May 2025[17]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tigran Barseghyan Slovan 20
David Strelec Slovan
3 Alexandros Kyziridis1 Michalovce 14
4 Martin Rymarenko Banská Bystrica 13
5 Matej Trusa Dunajská Streda 10
Dávid Ďuriš Žilina
Róbert Mak Slovan
Jan Hladík Ružomberok
9 Žan Medved Košice 9
Kelvin Ofori Trnava
Ammar Ramadan2 Dunajská Streda

1 plus 1 playoff goal
2 plus 2 playoff goals

Hat-tricks

Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
15 Martin Rymarenko Banská Bystrica Trenčín 6–1 (H) 23 November 2024 [18]
19 Róbert Mak Slovan Bratislava Ružomberok 5–1 (A) 9 February 2025 [19]
8 (CG) David Strelec Slovan Bratislava Žilina 4–3 (H) 3 May 2025 [20]

Clean sheets

As of 18 May 2025[21]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Martin Junas Skalica 13
2 Žiga Frelih Trnava 10
3 Aleksandar Popović Dunajská Streda 9
Dávid Šípoš Košice
5 Ľubomír Belko Žilina 8
Filip Dlubáč Komárno
7 Adam Danko Podbrezová 7
8 Matúš Slavíček Trenčín 6
9 Andrija Katić Trenčín 4
Dominik Ťapaj Ružomberok

Discipline

As of 18 May 2025

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 11[22]

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 78[23]
    • Trenčín
  • Most red cards: 6[24]
    • Michalovce

Awards

Annual awards

Team of the Season

Team of the Season was:[25]

Individual awards

Manager of the Season

Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)

Player of the Season

Tigran Barseghyan (Slovan Bratislava)

Young Player of the Season

Mario Sauer (MŠK Žilina)

See also

References

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