# 2022–23 ŠK Slovan Bratislava season

The 2022–23 season was ŠK Slovan Bratislava's 17th consecutive in the top flight of Slovak football.
Slovan successfully defended their league title, winning it for a record-extending fifth consecutive time.
In addition to the domestic league, Slovan also competed in the Slovak Cup. However, for the second consecutive year, they lost in a final.
As the league champions from the previous season, Slovan qualified for the UEFA Champions League. However, they were eliminated in the second qualifying round. Subsequently, Slovan participated in this season's edition of the UEFA Europa League but were eliminated in the third qualifying round. Slovan automatically advanced to the UEFA Conference League, where they topped their group, ensuring their participation in the Round of 16. This was also the first time since the famous year of 1969 when Slovan played in a European competition during the spring part of the season.
The season covers the period from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023.

## Players

As of 20 May 2023
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from / Previous club | Since |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Adrián Chovan | GK | (1995-10-08) 8 October 1995 (age 29) | Zlaté Moravce | 2021 |
| 30 | Michal Šulla | GK | (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33) | Senica | 2018 |
| 31 | Martin Trnovský | GK | (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24) | Youth system | 2019 |
| 35 | Adam Hrdina | GK | (2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 20) | Youth system | 2022 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Siemen Voet | CB | (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 24) | PEC Zwolle | 2022 |
| 4 | Guram Kashia | CB | (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 37) | Locomotive Tbilisi | 2021 |
| 5 | Richard Križan | CB | (1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 27) | Trenčín | 2021 |
| 6 | Maudo Jarjué | CB | (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27) | IF Elfsborg (loan) | 2023 |
| 17 | Jurij Medveděv | RB | (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 28) | Senica | 2018 |
| 25 | Lukáš Pauschek | RB / LB | (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 32) | Mladá Boleslav | 2019 |
| 36 | Lucas Lovat | LB | (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 27) | Spartak Trnava | 2020 |
| 81 | Vernon De Marco | LB / CB | (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 32) | Zemplín Michalovce | 2017 |
| — | Kenan Bajrić (out on loan at Pafos) | CB / DM | (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 30) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2018 |
| — | David Hrnčár (out on loan at Beveren) | RB / RW | (1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 27) | Youth system | 2021 |
| — | Matúš Vojtko (out on loan at Gorica) | LB | (2000-10-05) 5 October 2000 (age 24) | Zemplín Michalovce | 2021 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 3 | Uche Agbo | DM / CM / CB | (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 29) | Deportivo La Coruña | 2021 |
| 7 | Vladimír Weiss Jr. (captain) | CAM / LW / RW | (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 35) | Al-Gharafa | 2020 |
| 8 | Dávid Holman | CAM / CM | (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31) | Debrecen | 2017 |
| 10 | Giorgi Chakvetadze | CAM / LW | (1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 25) | Gent (loan) | 2022 |
| 11 | Tigran Barseghyan | RW / LW | (1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 31) | Astana | 2022 |
| 19 | Andre Green | LW / RW / ST | (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998 (age 26) | Sheffield Wednesday | 2021 |
| 20 | Jaba Kankava | DM / CM | (1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 38) | Valenciennes | 2021 |
| 21 | Jaromír Zmrhal | LW / RW / LB | (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31) | Brescia | 2021 |
| 26 | Filip Lichý | CM / CAM / DM | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) | Youth system | 2020 |
| 33 | Juraj Kucka | DM / CM | (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 37) | Parma | 2022 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 15 | Abubakari Malik | ST | (2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24) | Malmö FF (loan) | 2023 |
| 23 | Sharani Zuberu | ST / RW / LW | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | Dreams (loan) | 2023 |
| 28 | Adler Da Silva | ST / CAM | (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 26) | Pohronie | 2022 |
| 77 | Aleksandar Čavrić | ST / RW | (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 30) | Genk | 2016 |
| — | Ezekiel Henty (out on loan at Apollon Limassol) | ST | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) | Puskás Akadémia | 2020 |
| — | Žan Medved (out on loan at Skalica) | ST | (1999-06-14) 14 June 1999 (age 25) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2020 |
| — | Ivan Šaponjić (out on loan at Bandırmaspor) | ST | (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 27) | Atlético Madrid | 2022 |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From / Previous club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Kenan Bajrić | Pafos | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Erik Daniel | Zagłębie Lubin | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Joeri de Kamps | Sparta Rotterdam | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Dejan Dražić | Honvéd | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Ezekiel Henty | Al-Hazem | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Marián Chobot | Zlaté Moravce | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Filip Lichý | Ružomberok | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Žan Medved | Celje | Loan return |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Alen Ožbolt | Hapoel Haifa | Loan return |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Adler Da Silva | Pohronie | €250,000 |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Juraj Kucka | Parma | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Siemen Voet | PEC Zwolle | €150,000 |
| 31 December 2022 | MF | Filip Lichý | Ružomberok | Loan return |
| 31 December 2022 | FW | Adler Da Silva | Zemplín Michalovce | Loan return |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Eric Ramírez | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 June 2023 |
| 4 July 2022 | MF | Giorgi Chakvetadze | Gent | 30 June 2023 |
| 1 February 2023 | FW | Abubakari Malik | Malmö FF | 31 December 2023 |
| 1 February 2023 | DF | Maudo Jarjué | IF Elfsborg | 30 June 2023 |
| 1 February 2023 | FW | Sharani Zuberu | Dreams | 31 December 2023 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To / Next club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Samuel Mráz | Spezia | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Vasil Bozhikov | | End of contract |
| 17 July 2022 | FW | Alen Ožbolt | Hapoel Tel Aviv | €220,000 |
| 20 July 2022 | MF | Erik Daniel | Spartak Trnava | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2022 | FW | Roman Čerepkai | Teplice | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2022 | MF | Dejan Dražić | Bodrumspor | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2022 | MF | Joeri de Kamps | Lechia Gdańsk | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2023 | DF | Myenty Abena | Ferencváros | €400,000 |
| 19 January 2023 | MF | Ibrahim Rabiu | | End of contract |
| 27 January 2023 | MF | Alen Mustafić | OB | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Adler Da Silva | Zemplín Michalovce | 31 December 2022 |
| 2 July 2022 | DF | Kenan Bajrić | Pafos | 30 June 2023 |
| 5 July 2022 | MF | Filip Lichý | Ružomberok | 31 December 2022 |
| 11 July 2022 | DF | Matúš Vojtko | Gorica | 30 June 2023 |
| 11 August 2022 | FW | Ezekiel Henty | Apollon Limassol | 30 June 2023 |
| 5 January 2023 | FW | Žan Medved | Skalica | 30 June 2023 |
| 19 January 2023 | DF | David Hrnčár | Beveren | 30 June 2023 |
| 2 February 2023 | FW | Ivan Šaponjić | Bandırmaspor | 30 June 2023 |
* ↑ Unofficial fee.
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* ↑ Unofficial fee.
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## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season

Slovan announced their pre-season program on 3 June 2022. The match against Zbrojovka Brno was confirmed at a later date.

### Mid-season

Slovan announced their winter break schedule on 7 December 2022.

## Competition 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 | 16 July 2022 | 20 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 065.63 |
| Slovak Cup | 24 September 2022 | 1 May 2023 | Second round | Runners-up | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 062.50 |
| Champions League | 6 July 2022 | 27 July 2022 | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 4 August 2022 | 11 August 2022 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Europa Conference League | 18 August 2022 | 16 March 2023 | Play-off round | Round of 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 109 | 65 | +44 | 057.14 |
Source: Competitions

## Fortuna liga
### League table
#### Regular stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 40 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Žilina | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 31 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 31 | Qualification for the championship group |

#### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | POD | DUK | ŽIL |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| 5 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Žilina (O) | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–4 | — |
* ↑ Spartak Trnava qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Slovak Cup.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ground | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 69 |

### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2022.

## UEFA Champions League
### First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 14 June 2022.

### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

## UEFA Europa League
### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

## UEFA Europa Conference League
### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022 with the fixtures announced on a day later.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | BSL | PYU | ZAL |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Pyunik | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Žalgiris | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Slovan Bratislava 4, Basel 1.

#### Results by matchday

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

#### Matches
### Knockout phase
#### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of match played 20 May 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Slovak Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Siemen Voet | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 3 | MF | | Uche Agbo | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Guram Kashia | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | Vladimír Weiss Jr. | 9 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | MF | | Dávid Holman | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Ivan Šaponjić | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Giorgi Chakvetadze | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Tigran Barseghyan | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | 8 |
| 15 | FW | | Abubakari Malik | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | MF | | Alen Mustafić | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Jurij Medveděv | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | | David Hrnčár | 5 | 2 | | | | 7 |
| 19 | MF | | Andre Green | 6 | 3 | | 2 | | 11 |
| 20 | MF | | Jaba Kankava | 1 | 2 | | | | 3 |
| 21 | MF | | Jaromír Zmrhal | 2 | 1 | | | | 3 |
| 24 | FW | | Eric Ramírez | 3 | 1 | | | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | DF | | Lukáš Pauschek | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | | Juraj Kucka | 6 | | | | 2 | 8 |
| 36 | DF | | Lucas Lovat | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 77 | FW | | Aleksandar Čavrić | 15 | 5 | | | 4 | 24 |
| 81 | DF | | Vernon De Marco | 2 | | 1 | | | 3 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 65 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 109 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 20 May 2023
| No. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Slovak Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | | Adrián Chovan | 6 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 10 |
| 31 | | Martin Trnovský | 5 | | | | | 5 |
| 32 | | Branislav Chudík | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 35 | | Adam Hrdina | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
* ↑ In the 9th round of Fortuna liga match against Dukla Banská Bystrica, the goalkeeper Martin Trnovský was injured and replaced by Adrián Chovan in the 35th minute when the score was 0–0. Slovan eventually won the match 1–0, and thus both goalkeepers kept a clean sheet in one match. For this reason, the sum of their individual clean sheets is higher than the total number of clean sheets.

### Attendances

    As of match played 20 May 2023
| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Fortuna liga | 16 | 95,618 | 5,976 | 15,606 | 2,689 |
| Slovak Cup | 1 | 2,157 | 2,157 | 2,157 | 2,157 |
| Champions League | 2 | 32,089 | 16,045 | 21,500 | 10,589 |
| Europa League | 1 | 18,133 | 18,133 | 18,133 | 18,133 |
| Europa Conference League | 5 | 83,251 | 16,650 | 21,675 | 11,227 |
| Total | 25 | 231,248 | 9,250 | 21,675 | 2,157 |

## Awards
### Fortuna liga Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| November | Aleksandar Čavrić | |
| April | Aleksandar Čavrić | |

### Fortuna liga Goal of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| April | Vladimír Weiss Jr. | |

### Fortuna liga Team of the Season

| Position | Player |
| DF | Jurij Medveděv |
| DF | Guram Kashia |
| DF | Lucas Lovat |
| MF | Juraj Kucka |
| MF | Vladimír Weiss Jr. |
| FW | Aleksandar Čavrić |

### Fortuna liga Player of the Season

| Season | Player | Ref |
| 2022–23 | Vladimír Weiss Jr. | |

### Fortuna liga Manager of the Season

| Season | Manager | Ref |
| 2022–23 | Vladimír Weiss | |