# 2021–22 2. Liga (Slovakia)

The 2021–22 2. Liga was the 29th season of the 2. Liga in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993.

## Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | Národný Atletický Štadión | 7,000 |
| MFK Skalica | Skalica | Mestský štadión Skalica | 1,500 |
| Podbrezová | Podbrezová | ZELPO Aréna | 4,061 |
| FC Košice | Košice | Košická futbalová aréna | 5,836 |
| FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín | Šamorín | Pomlé Stadium | 1,950 |
| MŠK Púchov | Púchov | Mestský štadión Púchov | 6,614 |
| KFC Komárno | Komárno | Mestský štadión Komárno | 1,250 |
| FC Petržalka | Petržalka | Štadión FC Petržalka | 1,600 |
| FK Slavoj Trebišov | Trebišov | Štadión Slavoj Trebišov | 2,000 |
| FK Dubnica | Dubnica nad Váhom | Mestský futbalový štadión | 5,450 |
| MŠK Žilina B | Žilina | Štadión pod Dubňom | 11,258 |
| Partizán Bardejov | Bardejov | Mestský štadión Bardejov | 3,040 |
| Slovan Bratislava U21 | Bratislava | Štadión Pasienky | 11,401 |
| Humenné | Humenné | Štadión Humenné | 1,806 |
| Rohožník | Rohožník | Štadión FC Rohožník | 1,100 |
| Námestovo | Námestovo | Štadión MŠK Námestovo | 2,000 |

### 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 | Roman Begala | Adidas | Armstav |
| MŠK Žilina B | Vladimír Veselý | Viktor Pečovský | Nike | Preto |
| KFC Komárno | Mikuláš Radványi | Kornel Saláta | Adidas | MOL |
| Partizán Bardejov | Jaroslav Galko | Richard Župa | Adidas | SETL SK |
| FC Petržalka | Mário Auxt | Lukáš Gašparovič | Erreà | PORTUM Towers |
| FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín | Michal Kuruc | Juraj Pančík | Kappa | Slovnaft |
| FK Dubnica | Peter Jakuš | Marek Kuzma | Adidas | - |
| MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica | Stanislav Varga | Ľuboš Kupčík | Adidas | Veolia |
| Slovan Bratislava U21 | Vladimir Gala | Ondřej Petrák | Adidas | grafobal |
| MŠK Púchov | Vladimír Cifranič | František Brezničan | Jako |
| FC Košice | Jozef Vukušič | František Vancák | Adidas | HELL |
| Podbrezová | Roman Skuhravý | Boris Godál | Adidas | Železiarne Podbrezová |
| FC Rohožník | Szilárd Németh | Marek Pittner | Nike | - |
| MŠK Námestovo | Roman Marčok | Michal Čiernik | Adidas | Klenoty LOREN |
| FK Humenné | Jozef Škrlík | Erik Streňo | Sportika | Triada |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Podbrezová (C, P) | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 86 | 25 | +61 | 74 | Promotion to Fortuna liga |
| 2 | Dukla Banská Bystrica (P) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 69 | Promotion to Fortuna liga |
| 3 | Skalica (P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 62 | Promotion to Fortuna liga |
| 4 | Komárno | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 59 | |
| 5 | Košice | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 56 | |
| 6 | Humenné | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 56 | |
| 7 | Šamorín | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Petržalka | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Žilina B | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 37 | |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebišov | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 34 | |
| 11 | Dubnica | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 31 | |
| 12 | Púchov | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 29 | |
| 13 | Rohožník (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 29 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava U21 (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 26 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 15 | Partizán Bardejov (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 18 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 16 | Námestovo (R) | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 87 | −68 | 9 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

## Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches each.
| Home \ Away | POD | DBB | SKA | KOM | KOŠ | HUM | SAM | PET | ZAB | STV | DUB | ROH | PÚC | SJN | PAR | NAM |
| Podbrezová | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Skalica | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Komárno | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Košice | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
| Humenné | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Šamorín | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Petržalka | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–8 | 1–1 | 7–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| Žilina B | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 9–0 |
| Slavoj Trebišov | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Dubnica | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Rohožník | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Púchov | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Slovan U21 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Partizán Bardejov | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 4–1 |
| Námestovo | 2–4 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |

## Season statistics

    As of 20 May 2022

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Martin Junas | Skalica | 17 |
| 2 | Richard Ludha | Podbrezová | 14 |
| 3 | Matúš Hruška | Banská Bystrica | 13 |
| 4 | Dávid Slávik | Humenné | 12 |
| 5 | Miloslav Bréda | Komárno | 10 |
| 6 | Igor Šemrinec | Košice | 8 |
| 7 | Martin Melichar | Trebišov | 6 |
| 7 | Samuel Vavrúš | Dubnica | 6 |
| 9 | Marek Teplan | Žilina B | 5 |
| 10 | Ján Čikoš-Pavličko | Bardejov | 4 |
| 10 | Dániel Veszelinov | Šamorín | 4 |
| 10 | Erik Zoltán Gyurákovics | Šamorín | 4 |
| 10 | Kristián Strelčík | Púchov | 4 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 10
** Erik Streňo (Humenné)
* Most red cards: 2
** Tomáš Filipiak (Trebišov)
** Martin Luberda (Humenné)
** Ondřej Rudzan (Skalica)
** Matej Moško (Košice)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 82
** Komárno
* Most red cards: 7
** Bardejov

## Awards
### Annual awards
#### Team of the Season

Source:
* Goalkeeper: Richard Ludha (Podbrezová)
* Defenders: Peter Kováčik (Podbrezová), Marek Bartoš (Podbrezová), Ondřej Rudzan (Skalica), René Paraj (Podbrezová), Šimon Šmehýl (Komárno)
* Midfielders: Samuel Ďatko (Podbrezová), Roland Galčík (Podbrezová), Erik Streňo (Humenné), Erik Pačinda (Košice)
* Forward: Róbert Polievka (B.Bystrica)

#### Individual awards

Manager of the Season
Roman Skuhravý (Podbrezová)
Player of the Season
Róbert Polievka (B.Bystrica)
Young Player of the Season
Roland Galčík (Podbrezová)