# 2014–15 Slovak First Football League

The 2014–15 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 11 July 2014. ŠK Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 11 sides from the 2013–14 season and one promoted from the 2. liga.
Relegation for FC Nitra to the 2014–15 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 20 May 2014. The one relegated team was replaced by ŽP Šport Podbrezová.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2013–14 season |
| AS Trenčín | Trenčín | Stadium na Sihoti | 4,500 | Corgoň Liga runners-up |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Dunajská Streda | Mestský štadión | 16,410 | 11th in Corgoň Liga |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | SNP Stadium | 10,000 | 8th in Corgoň Liga |
| ŽP Šport Podbrezová | Podbrezová | Stadium Kolkáreň | 4,500 | 2. liga champions |
| FK Senica | Senica | Stadium FK Senica | 4,500 | 6th in Corgoň Liga |
| MFK Košice | Košice | Stadium Lokomotívy v Čermeli | 9,000 | 5th in Corgoň Liga |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ružomberok | Štadión pod Čebraťom | 4,817 | 4th in Corgoň Liga |
| MŠK Žilina | Žilina | Stadium pod Dubňom | 11,181 | 9th in Corgoň Liga |
| Slovan Bratislava | Bratislava | Pasienky | 12,000 | Corgoň Liga champions |
| Spartak Myjava | Myjava | Stadium Myjava | 2,709 | 7th in Corgoň Liga |
| Spartak Trnava | Trnava | Stadium Antona Malatinského | 3,350 | 3rd in Corgoň Liga |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Zlaté Moravce | FC ViOn Stadium | 4,000 | 10th in Corgoň Liga |

## Personnel and kits

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| AS Trenčín | Tscheu La Ling | Martin Ševela | Peter Kleščík | Nike | Aegon |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Oszkár Világi | Tomislav Marić | Otto Szabó | Adidas | Kukkonia |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Martin Poljovka | Štefan Rusnák | Peter Boroš | Adidas | |
| FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová | Július Kriváň | Branislav Benko | Ivan Minčič | Adidas | Železiarne Podbrezová |
| FK Senica | Viktor Blažek | Eduard Pagáč | Tomáš Kóňa | hummel | |
| MFK Košice | Blažej Podolák | Marek Fabuľa | Peter Šinglár | Jako | Steel Trans |
| MFK Ružomberok | Milan Fiľo | Ivan Galád | Marek Sapara | Adidas | MAESTRO |
| MŠK Žilina | Jozef Antošík | Adrián Guľa | Viktor Pečovský | Nike | Preto |
| Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík | Dusan Tittel | Martin Dobrotka | Adidas | Niké |
| Spartak Myjava | Pavel Halabrín | Peter Gergely | Martin Černáček | Uhlsport | NAD RESS |
| Spartak Trnava | Michal Pethö | Juraj Jarábek | Marek Janečka | Adidas | Škoda Transportation |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Karol Škula | Branislav Mráz | Július Szöke | Erreà | ViOn |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Spartak Myjava | Radúz Dorňák | Sacked | 31 May 2014 | Pre-season | Peter Gergely | 1 June 2014 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Jozef Chovanec | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | Pre-season | Ladislav Šimčo | 5 June 2014 |
| ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Dušan Galis | Mutual agreement | 13 June 2014 | Pre-season | František Straka | 11 June 2014 |
| ŠK Slovan Bratislava | František Straka | Mutual agreement | 7 October 2014 | 5th | Jozef Chovanec | 16 October 2014 |
| FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | Norbert Hrnčár | Sacked | 9 October 2014 | 12th | Štefan Rusnák | 9 October 2014 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ladislav Šimčo | Sacked | 17 November 2014 | 12th | Ivan Galád | 17 November 2015 |
| MFK Košice | Radoslav Látal | End by own request | 29 November 2014 | 7th | Marek Fabuľa | 29 November 2015 |
| FK Senica | Pavel Hapal | Signs with Slovakia U21 | 23 December 2014 | 3rd | Jozef Kostelník | 4 January 2015 |
| FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Branislav Mráz | Sacked | 12 January 2015 | 10th | Ladislav Totkovič | 12 January 2015 |
| FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | Mikuláš Radványi | Sacked | 17 January 2015 | 9th | Tomislav Marić | 17 January 2015 |
| FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová | Jaroslav Kentoš | Sacked | 17 February 2015 | 8th | Jozef Mores | 24 February 2015 |
| ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Jozef Chovanec | Sacked | 6 April 2015 | 5th | Dušan Tittel | 7 April 2015 |
| FK Senica | Jozef Kostelník | Mutual agreement | 8 May 2015 | 5th | Eduard Pagáč | 8 May 2015 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Trenčín (C) | 33 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Žilina | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 33 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Senica | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 47 | |
| 6 | Košice (R) | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 41 | Relegation to 2. Liga |
| 7 | Ružomberok | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 40 | |
| 8 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 39 | |
| 9 | Spartak Myjava | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 39 | |
| 10 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 32 | |
| 11 | Podbrezová | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 29 | |
| 12 | Dukla Banská Bystrica (R) | 33 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Liga |
* ↑ MFK Košice did not obtain a licence for the 2015–16 season.

## Results

| Home \ Away | DAC | BB | KOŠ | POD | RUŽ | SEN | SLO | MYJ | TRN | TRE | ZLM | ŽIL | DAC | BB | KOŠ | POD | RUŽ | SEN | SLO | MYJ | TRN | TRE | ZLM | ŽIL |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | | 1–1 | | | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | 0–1 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | | 1–2 | 0–4 | | | | 0–1 | | 0–3 |
| Košice | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–2 | |
| Podbrezová | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | | | | | 2–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Ružomberok | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | | | 2–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Senica | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | | 3–0 | 4–2 | | | 1–1 | | 0–4 | | 1–2 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | | | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Myjava | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | | | | 3–6 | | 0–3 | | 2–2 | |
| Spartak Trnava | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | | | | 3–0 | |
| Trenčín | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | | | | 3–1 | 1–0 | | | 0–1 |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | 3–2 | | | | 1–3 | | |
| Žilina | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | | | 4–1 | | | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    Updated through matches played on 30 May 2015.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jan Kalabiška | FK Senica | 19 |
| 1 | Matej Jelić | MŠK Žilina | 19 |
| 3 | Jaroslav Mihalík | MŠK Žilina | 13 |
| 4 | Štefan Pekár | Spartak Myjava | 11 |
| 4 | Ján Vlasko | Spartak Trnava | 11 |
| 4 | Erik Sabo | Spartak Trnava | 11 |
| 7 | Adam Zreľák | Slovan Bratislava/Ružomberok | 10 |
| 7 | Martin Mikovič | Spartak Trnava | 10 |
| 7 | Lukáš Čmelík | MŠK Žilina | 10 |
| 7 | Nermin Haskić | MFK Košice | 10 |

### Hat-tricks

| Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| 24 | Matej Jelić | MŠK Žilina | MFK Košice | 4–1 | 4 April 2015 |
| 24 | Jan Kalabiška | FK Senica | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 0–4 | 4 April 2015 |
| 26 | Martin Juhar | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | FK Senica | 3–2 | 18 April 2015 |

### Clean sheets

    Updated through matches played on 30 May 2015
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Miloš Volešák | AS Trenčín/MŠK Žilina | 11 |
| 2 | Igor Šemrinec | AS Trenčín | 10 |
| 3 | Michal Šulla | FK Senica | 8 |
| 4 | Pavel Kováč | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 7 |
| 4 | Peter Boroš | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | 7 |
| 6 | Andrej Maťašovský | FO ŽP Podbrezová | 6 |
| 6 | Dobrivoj Rusov | FC Spartak Trnava | 6 |
| 6 | Martin Krnáč | MŠK Žilina/Slovan Bratislava | 6 |
| 9 | Darko Tofiloski | MFK Košice | 5 |
| 9 | Peter Solnička | Spartak Myjava | 5 |
| 9 | Dušan Perniš | Slovan Bratislava | 5 |

## Awards

Source:

### Top Eleven

* Goalkeeper: Miloš Volešák (AS Trenčín/MŠK Žilina)
* Defence: Ernest Mabouka (MŠK Žilina), Ramón (AS Trenčín), Milan Škriniar (MŠK Žilina), Matúš Čonka (Spartak Trnava)
* Midfield: Viktor Pečovský (MŠK Žilina), Stanislav Lobotka (AS Trenčín), Jaroslav Mihalík (MŠK Žilina), Ján Vlasko (Spartak Trnava)
* Attack: Jan Kalabiška (FK Senica), Matej Jelić (MŠK Žilina)

### Individual awards

Manager of the season
Martin Ševela and Ivan Vrabec (AS Trenčín)
Player of the Year
Viktor Pečovský (MŠK Žilina)
Young player of the Year
Matúš Bero (AS Trenčín)