# 2018–19 ŠK Slovan Bratislava season

The 2018–19 season was ŠK Slovan Bratislava's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Slovak football.
The season proved to be exceptional for the club in various aspects. After a four-season drought, Slovan finally regained the league title, a feat they last accomplished in the 2013–14 season. Slovan clinched the title on 14 April 2019, with six rounds remaining in the competition. Andraž Šporar emerged as the league's top scorer, netting 29 goals and equaling the record for the most goals scored in a single season in the Slovak First Football League.
On 3 March 2019, Slovan inaugurated their new stadium, marking their return after an absence of over nine years. On 3 May 2019, the club celebrated the 100th anniversary since its establishment.
Having won the 2017–18 Slovak Cup, Slovan were the defending champions; however, they were eliminated from the competition after the first match due to an administrative breach of the rules. Slovan also participated in the UEFA Europa League but were knocked out in the third qualifying round.
The season covers the period from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2019.

## Players

As of 24 May 2019
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Dominik Greif | GK | (1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 27) |
| 30 | Michal Šulla | GK | (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33) |
| 31 | Martin Trnovský | GK | (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24) |
| — | Matúš Ružinský (out on loan at Šamorín) | GK | (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 33) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Mitch Apau | RB | (1990-04-27) 27 April 1990 (age 34) |
| 17 | Jurij Medveděv | RB | (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 28) |
| 20 | Stefan Stangl | LB | (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 (age 33) |
| 23 | Artem Sukhotskyi | LB | (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 32) |
| 25 | Martin Majling | CB | (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 24) |
| 26 | Richárd Guzmics | CB | (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 37) |
| 29 | Vasil Bozhikov (captain) | CB / LB | (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 36) |
| 66 | Kenan Bajrić | CB / DM | (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 30) |
| — | Vernon De Marco (out on loan at Lech Poznań) | CB / LB | (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 32) |
| — | Samuel Kozlovský (out on loan at Petržalka) | LB | (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 25) |
| — | Adam Laczkó (out on loan at Trenčín) | CB | (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Joeri de Kamps | DM | (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32) |
| 7 | Moha | LW | (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 31) |
| 8 | Marin Ljubičić | DM | (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36) |
| 10 | Ibrahim Rabiu | CM / CAM | (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 33) |
| 11 | Dejan Dražić | RW / LW / CAM | (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 29) |
| 13 | Nono | CM / DM | (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 31) |
| 14 | Adam Jackuliak | RW | (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 24) |
| 15 | Denis Potoma | CAM | (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24) |
| 27 | Dávid Holman | CAM | (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31) |
| 45 | Aleksandar Čavrić | RW | (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 30) |
| — | David Hrnčár (out on loan at Pohronie) | RW | (1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 27) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Andraž Šporar | ST | (1994-02-27) 27 February 1994 (age 30) |
| 12 | Boris Cmiljanić | ST / RW / LW | (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 28) |
| 21 | Rafael Ratão (on loan from Zorya Luhansk) | ST / CAM / RW / LW | (1995-11-30) 30 November 1995 (age 29) |
| 24 | David Strelec | ST / CAM | (2001-04-04) 4 April 2001 (age 23) |
| 33 | Róbert Vittek | ST | (1982-04-01) 1 April 1982 (age 42) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 8 June 2018 | GK | Matúš Ružinský | Sereď | Free transfer |
| 16 June 2018 | MF | Dejan Dražić | Celta Vigo B | Free transfer |
| 21 June 2018 | DF | Mitch Apau | Olimpija Ljubljana | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Juraj Kotula | Zlaté Moravce | Loan return |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Juraj Kotula | Senica | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Jurij Medveděv | Senica | Loan return |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Samuel Šefčík | Senica | Loan return |
| 25 August 2018 | MF | Marin Ljubičić | DAC Dunajská Streda | Free transfer |
| 26 January 2019 | DF | Richárd Guzmics | Yanbian Funde | Free transfer |
| 23 February 2019 | DF | Stefan Stangl | Free agent | Free agent |
| 24 May 2019 | FW | Róbert Vittek | Free agent | Free agent |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 6 February 2019 | FW | | Rafael Ratão | Zorya Luhansk | 30 June 2019 | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 15 June 2018 | DF | Boris Sekulić | End of contract | End of contract |
| 21 June 2018 | DF | Boris Sekulić | CSKA Sofia | Free transfer |
| 17 July 2018 | DF | Diamantis Chouchoumis | Vojvodina | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2018 | DF | Erik Čikoš | Debrecen | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2018 | MF | Lukáš Droppa | Shakhter Karagandy | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2018 | MF | Filip Oršula | Slovan Liberec | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2018 | MF | Uroš Damnjanović | Radnički Niš | Free transfer |
| 27 September 2018 | MF | Samuel Šefčík | Vysočina Jihlava | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2019 | MF | Mitchell Schet | Released | Released |
| 1 January 2019 | MF | Ricky van Haaren | Released | Released |
| 28 January 2019 | DF | Milan Rundić | Karviná | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2019 | DF | Kornel Saláta | Szombathelyi Haladás | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Vukan Savićević | Wisła Kraków | €50,000 |
| 26 February 2019 | DF | Juraj Kotula | Zbrojovka Brno | Free transfer |
| 2 March 2019 | FW | Filip Hološko | Slovácko | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2019 | FW | Róbert Vittek | Retired | Retired |
* ↑ Unofficial fee.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 17 July 2018 | DF | Juraj Kotula | Senica | 31 January 2019 |
| 6 September 2018 | DF | Samuel Kozlovský | Petržalka | 30 June 2019 |
| 22 January 2019 | MF | David Hrnčár | Pohronie | 30 June 2019 |
| 21 February 2019 | DF | Adam Laczkó | Trenčín | 31 December 2019 |
| 21 February 2019 | GK | Matúš Ružinský | Šamorín | 15 June 2019 |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season
## 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 | 22 July 2018 | 24 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 078.13 |
| Slovak Cup | 29 August 2018 | 29 August 2018 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 12 July 2018 | 16 August 2018 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 99 | 46 | +53 | 074.36 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 18 | +35 | 58 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Žilina | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 44 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 44 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Ružomberok | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Zemplín Michalovce | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 32 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Sereď | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 31 | Qualification for the championship group |

#### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | RUŽ | ŽIL | ZMI | SER |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–4 |
| 3 | Ružomberok | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Žilina | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 54 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | — | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| 5 | Zemplín Michalovce | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 40 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | Sereď | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 38 | | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — |

### 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 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 80 |

### Matches
## Statistics

    As of match played 24 May 2019

### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Fortuna liga | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Mins | Apps | Mins | Apps | Mins |
| 1 | GK | | Dominik Greif | 28 | 2,520 | 2 | 180 | 30 | 2,700 |
| 2 | DF | | Mitch Apau | 25 | 2,186 | 6 | 530 | 31 | 2,716 |
| 3 | DF | | Milan Rundić | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| 4 | MF | | Vukan Savićević | 16 | 534 | 6 | 249 | 22 | 783 |
| 6 | MF | | Joeri de Kamps | 23 | 1,798 | 2 | 98 | 25 | 1,896 |
| 7 | MF | | Moha | 29 | 2,484 | 6 | 540 | 35 | 3,024 |
| 8 | MF | | Marin Ljubičić | 21 | 1,724 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1,724 |
| 9 | FW | | Andraž Šporar | 30 | 2,661 | 6 | 522 | 36 | 3,183 |
| 10 | MF | | Ibrahim Rabiu | 8 | 365 | 4 | 232 | 12 | 597 |
| 11 | MF | | Dejan Dražić | 31 | 1,960 | 6 | 300 | 37 | 2,260 |
| 12 | FW | | Boris Cmiljanić | 12 | 273 | 4 | 86 | 16 | 359 |
| 13 | MF | | Nono | 14 | 766 | 6 | 414 | 20 | 1,180 |
| 15 | MF | | Denis Potoma | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | DF | | Jurij Medveděv | 10 | 726 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 726 |
| 18 | MF | | David Hrnčár | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | DF | | Kornel Saláta | 12 | 922 | 3 | 270 | 15 | 1,192 |
| 20 | DF | | Stefan Stangl | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| 20 | MF | | Ricky van Haaren | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| 21 | FW | | Filip Hološko | 9 | 206 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 221 |
| 21 | FW | | Rafael Ratão | 5 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 150 |
| 23 | DF | | Artem Sukhotskyi | 26 | 2,314 | 3 | 270 | 29 | 2,584 |
| 24 | FW | | David Strelec | 13 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 301 |
| 25 | DF | | Adam Laczkó | 5 | 151 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 152 |
| 26 | DF | | Richárd Guzmics | 9 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 384 |
| 27 | MF | | Dávid Holman | 24 | 1,700 | 4 | 248 | 28 | 1,948 |
| 29 | DF | | Vasil Bozhikov | 24 | 2,086 | 6 | 540 | 30 | 2,626 |
| 30 | GK | | Michal Šulla | 4 | 360 | 4 | 360 | 8 | 720 |
| 45 | MF | | Aleksandar Čavrić | 27 | 2,011 | 6 | 456 | 33 | 2,467 |
| 66 | DF | | Kenan Bajrić | 31 | 2,790 | 6 | 540 | 37 | 3,330 |

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Europa League | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Mitch Apau | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Vukan Savićević | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Moha | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | MF | | Marin Ljubičić | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | | Andraž Šporar | 29 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | MF | | Dejan Dražić | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | FW | | Boris Cmiljanić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | | Kornel Saláta | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | | Ricky van Haaren | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | | Filip Hološko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | | Rafael Ratão | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Artem Sukhotskyi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | | David Strelec | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | | Dávid Holman | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | DF | | Vasil Bozhikov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 45 | MF | | Aleksandar Čavrić | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 66 | DF | | Kenan Bajrić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 84 | 15 | 99 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | | Dominik Greif | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 30 | | Michal Šulla | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Fortuna liga | Fortuna liga | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Mitch Apau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Vukan Savićević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Joeri de Kamps | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Moha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Marin Ljubičić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andraž Šporar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ibrahim Rabiu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Dejan Dražić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Nono | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Jurij Medveděv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Kornel Saláta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Filip Hološko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Artem Sukhotskyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | David Strelec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Dávid Holman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Vasil Bozhikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Michal Šulla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | | Aleksandar Čavrić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | | Kenan Bajrić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 |

### Attendances
#### Total

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Fortuna liga | 16 | 90,291 | 5,643 | 22,500 | 1,031 |
| Europa League | 3 | 16,914 | 5,638 | 9,563 | 3,175 |
| Total | 19 | 107,205 | 5,642 | 22,500 | 1,031 |

#### Before the winter break at the Pasienky Stadium

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Fortuna liga | 10 | 14,703 | 1,470 | 3,919 | 1,031 |
| Europa League | 3 | 16,914 | 5,638 | 9,563 | 3,175 |
| Total | 13 | 31,617 | 2,432 | 9,563 | 1,031 |

#### After the winter break at the Tehelné Pole Stadium

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Fortuna liga | 6 | 75,588 | 12,598 | 22,500 | 6,845 |
| Total | 6 | 75,588 | 12,598 | 22,500 | 6,845 |

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

| Month | Player | Ref |
| November/December | Andraž Šporar | |
| May | Andraž Šporar | |

### Fortuna liga Goal of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| September | Moha | |

### Fortuna liga Team of the Season

| Position | Player |
| GK | Dominik Greif |
| DF | Vasil Bozhikov |
| MF | Marin Ljubičić |
| MF | Aleksandar Čavrić |
| MF | Moha |
| FW | Andraž Šporar |

### Fortuna liga Player of the Season

| Season | Player | Ref |
| 2018–19 | Andraž Šporar | |

### Fortuna liga Manager of the Season

| Season | Manager | Ref |
| 2018–19 | Martin Ševela | |

### Fortuna liga Top Scorer of the Season

| Season | Player | Goals | Ref |
| 2018–19 | Andraž Šporar | 29 | |

### Fortuna liga Under-21 Team of the Season

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Dominik Greif | |