# 2020–21 2. Liga (Slovakia)

The 2020–21 2. Liga (Slovakia) was the 28th edition of the second tier 2. Liga footbal annual tournament in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Železiarne Podbrezová | Podbrezová | ZELPO Aréna | 4,061 |
| MFK Skalica | Skalica | Mestský štadión Skalica | 1,500 |
| FK Dubnica | Dubnica nad Váhom | Mestský futbalový štadión | 5,450 |
| MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | MFK Zvolen Stadium | 9,881 |
| FC Petržalka | Petržalka | Štadión FC Petržalka | 1,600 |
| FK Poprad | Poprad | NTC Poprad | 5,070 |
| MŠK Žilina B | Žilina | Štadión pod Dubňom | 11,258 |
| KFC Komárno | Komárno | Mestský štadión Komárno | 1,250 |
| FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín | Šamorín | Pomlé Stadium | 1,950 |
| MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Liptovský Mikuláš | Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš | 1,950 |
| Partizán Bardejov | Bardejov | Mestský štadión Bardejov | 3,040 |
| FK Slavoj Trebišov | Trebišov | Štadión Slavoj Trebišov | 2,000 |
| Slovan Bratislava U21 | Bratislava | Štadión Pasienky | 11,401 |
| MŠK Púchov | Púchov | Mestský štadión Púchov | 6,614 |
| FC Košice | Košice | Štadión Lokomotívy | 9,000 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| MFK Skalica | Jozef Kostelník | Martin Nagy | Puma | - |
| FK Slavoj Trebišov | Ondrej Desiatnik | Tomáš Ilinjo | Adidas | Armstav |
| FK Poprad | Stanislav Ďuriš | Matej Grešák | Adidas | Ritro |
| MŠK Žilina B | Norbert Gula | Adam Kopas | Nike | Preto |
| KFC Komárno | Szilárd Németh | Kristóf Domonkos | Adidas | MOL |
| MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Marek Petruš | Richard Bartoš | Sportika SA | Verex |
| Partizán Bardejov | Hajrudin Nuhic | Ján Čikoš-Pavličko | Adidas | SETL SK |
| FC Petržalka | Ladislav Pecko | Boris Turčák | Erreà | - |
| FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín | Ján Blaháč | Ľubomír Mezovský | Kappa | Slovnaft |
| FK Dubnica | Peter Jakuš | Dalibor Pleva | Adidas | - |
| MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica | Stanislav Varga | Róbert Polievka | Adidas | Veolia |
| Slovan Bratislava U21 | Stanislav Moravec | TBA | Adidas | grafobal |
| MŠK Púchov | Lukáš Kaplan | František Brezničan | Jako | - |
| FC Košice | Jozef Vukušič | František Vancák | Adidas | BMW Regnum Košice |
| Podbrezová | Mikuláš Radványi | Erik Grendel | Adidas | Železiarne Podbrezová |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (C, P) | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 60 | Promotion to Fortuna liga |
| 2 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 56 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Skalica | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 55 | |
| 4 | Železiarne Podbrezová | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 54 | |
| 5 | Košice | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 49 | |
| 6 | Šamorín | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 41 | |
| 7 | Púchov | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Komárno | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 38 | |
| 9 | Petržalka | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 37 | |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebišov | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 35 | |
| 11 | Dubnica | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 33 | |
| 12 | Žilina B | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 33 | |
| 13 | Partizán Bardejov | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 28 | |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava U21 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 21 | |
| 15 | Poprad (R) | 28 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 88 | −63 | 4 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
* ↑ FK Poprad was punished by subtracting 6 points.

## Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 28 matches each.
| Home \ Away | DBB | LMI | POD | SKA | KOŠ | SAM | KOM | PÚC | STV | PET | ZAB | DUB | PAR | SJN | POP |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Podbrezová | 3–4 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Skalica | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Košice | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Šamorín | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Komárno | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| Púchov | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Slavoj Trebišov | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Petržalka | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Žilina B | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 |
| Dubnica | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Partizán Bardejov | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Slovan Bratislava U21 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | | 5–1 |
| Poprad | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | |

## Season statistics

    As of 21 May 2021

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Wisdom Kanu | Trebišov | 18 |
| 2 | Daniel Šebesta | Skalica | 17 |
| 2 | Miladin Vujošević | Banská Bystrica | 17 |
| 4 | Richard Bartoš | Liptovský Mikuláš | 15 |
| 5 | Martin Rymarenko | Šamorín | 14 |
| 6 | Róbert Polievka | Banská Bystrica | 13 |
| 7 | Lukáš Gašparovič | Petržalka | 12 |
| 8 | Roland Galčík | Podbrezová | 11 |
| 9 | Michal Ranko | Skalica | 10 |
| 9 | Daniel Pavúk | Podbrezová | 10 |
| 10 | Usman Adekunle Issa | Trebišov | 9 |
| 10 | Taofiq Jibril | Žilina B | 9 |

### Top Eleven

Source:
* Goalkeeper: Matúš Kira (FC Košice)
* Defence: František Pavúk (FC Košice), Boris Godál (Podbrezová), Michal Ranko (MFK Skalica), Lukáš Migaľa (Banská Bystrica)
* Midfield: Erik Grendel (Podbrezová), Richard Bartoš (Liptovský Mikuláš), Wisdom Kanu (FK Slavoj Trebišov)
* Attack: Daniel Šebesta (MFK Skalica), Roland Galčík (Podbrezová), Róbert Polievka (Banská Bystrica)

### Individual awards

Manager of the season
Stanislav Varga (Banská Bystrica)
Player of the Year
Róbert Polievka (Banská Bystrica)
Young player of the Year
Roland Galčík (Podbrezová)