# 2020–21 MŠK Žilina season

The 2020–21 season was MŠK Žilina's 113th season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Slovak football. In addition to the domestic league, Žilina participated in this season's edition of the Slovak Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

## Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Marek Teplan |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Dominik Javorček |
| 5 | DF | SVK | Adam Kopas |
| 6 | FW | SVK | Adrián Kaprálik |
| 7 | MF | SVK | Patrik Myslovič |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Taofiq Jibril |
| 9 | MF | SVK | Miroslav Gono |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Vahan Bichakhchyan |
| 13 | FW | NGA | Tenton Yenne |
| 14 | DF | POL | Jakub Piotr Kiwior |
| 16 | FW | SVK | Patrik Iľko |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Jakub Paur (captain) |
| 18 | MF | MKD | Enis Fazlagikj |
| 19 | FW | SVK | Timotej Jambor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | SVK | Adam Goljan |
| 21 | MF | SVK | Ján Bernát |
| 22 | GK | SVK | Samuel Petráš |
| 23 | DF | SVK | Ján Minárik (vice-captain) |
| 24 | MF | SVK | Tibor Slebodník |
| 25 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Nemčík |
| 27 | DF | SVK | Branislav Sluka |
| 28 | DF | GHA | Benson Anang |
| 29 | FW | SVK | Dávid Ďuriš |
| 30 | GK | SVK | Ľubomír Belko |
| 32 | FW | SVK | Kristián Bari |
| 66 | MF | SVK | Matúš Rusnák |
| 90 | FW | POL | Dawid Kurminowski |

## Competitions overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Fortuna liga | 8 August 2020 | 28 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 32 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 56 | +24 | 047.06 |
| Slovak Cup | 16 September 2020 | 19 May 2021 | 2nd round | Final | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 057.14 |
| Europa League | 27 August 2020 | 27 August 2020 | 1st qualifying round | 1st qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 101 | 66 | +35 | 047.62 |
Source: Competitions

## Slovak First Football League
### Regular stage
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 12 | +42 | 54 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 44 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Žilina | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Trenčín | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for the championship group |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Championship group
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | ŽIL | ZLM | TRE |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Žilina | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Trenčín | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |