# 2013–14 Slovak First Football League

The 2013–14 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 12 July 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014.
ŠK Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions and successfully retained their league title.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 11 sides from the 2012–13 season and one promoted from the 2. liga.
Relegation for 1. FC Tatran Prešov to the 2013–14 Slovak Second Football League was confirmed on 26 May 2013. The one relegated team was replaced by FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2012–13 season |
| AS Trenčín | Trenčín | Stadium na Sihoti | 4,500 | 3rd in Corgoň Liga |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Dunajská Streda | DAC Stadium | 16,410 | 2. liga champions |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | SNP Stadium | 10,000 | 9th in Corgoň Liga |
| FC Nitra | Nitra | Stadium pod Zoborom | 11,384 | 10th in Corgoň Liga |
| FK Senica | Senica | Stadium FK Senica | 4,500 | Corgoň Liga runners-up |
| MFK Košice | Košice | Stadium Lokomotívy v Čermeli | 9,000 | 5th in Corgoň Liga |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ružomberok | Stadium MFK Ružomberok | 4,817 | 6th in Corgoň Liga |
| MŠK Žilina | Žilina | Stadium pod Dubňom | 11,181 | 7th in Corgoň Liga |
| Slovan Bratislava | Bratislava | Pasienky | 12,000 | Corgoň Liga champions |
| Spartak Myjava | Myjava | Stadium Myjava | 2,709 | 4th in Corgoň Liga |
| Spartak Trnava | Trnava | Stadium Antona Malatinského | 3,350 | 11th in Corgoň Liga |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Zlaté Moravce | FC ViOn Stadium | 4,000 | 8th in Corgoň Liga |

## Personnel and kits

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| AS Trenčín | Tscheu La Ling | Martin Ševela | Miloš Volešák | Nike | Aegon |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Oszkár Világi | Mikuláš Radványi | Peter Majerník | Adidas | TBA |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Tomáš Geist | Norbert Hrnčár | Peter Boroš | Adidas | |
| FC Nitra | Eugen Árvay | Ladislav Hudec | Cléber | Jako | Mesto Nitra |
| FK Senica | Viktor Blažek | Pavel Hapal | Juraj Piroska | hummel | |
| MFK Košice | Blažej Podolák | Radoslav Látal | Peter Šinglár | Nike | Steel Trans |
| MFK Ružomberok | Milan Fiľo | Jozef Chovanec | Tomáš Ďubek | Adidas | MAESTRO |
| MŠK Žilina | Jozef Antošík | Adrián Guľa | Viktor Pečovský | Nike | Preto |
| Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík | Jozef Valovič | Igor Žofčák | Adidas | Niké |
| Spartak Myjava | Pavel Halabrín | Radúz Dorňák | Martin Černáček | Uhlsport | NAD RESS |
| Spartak Trnava | Michal Pethö | Juraj Jarábek | Roman Procházka | Adidas | Danube Wings.eu, ŽOS Trnava |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Karol Škula | Branislav Mráz | Martin Babic | Luanvi | ViOn |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| FK Senica | Vladimír Koník | End of contract | 27 May 2013 | Pre-season | Eduard Pagáč | 3 June 2013 |
| FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Juraj Jarábek | Signed by Spartak Trnava | 28 May 2013 | Pre-season | Branislav Mráz | 28 May 2013 |
| FC Spartak Trnava | Vladimír Ekhardt | End of interim contract | 28 May 2013 | Pre-season | Juraj Jarábek | 28 May 2013 |
| AS Trenčín | Adrián Guľa | Signed by MŠK Žilina | 30 June 2013 | Pre-season | Ľubomír Nosický | 4 June 2013 |
| MŠK Žilina | Štefan Tarkovič | End of interim contract | 30 June 2013 | Pre-season | Adrián Guľa | 1 July 2013 |
| FC Nitra | Jozef Vukušič | End of contract | 30 June 2013 | Pre-season | Ladislav Šimčo | 10 June 2013 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ladislav Šimčo | End of contract | 30 June 2013 | Pre-season | Jozef Vukušič | 12 June 2013 |
| MFK Košice | Ján Kozák | Signed by Slovakia | 2 July 2013 | Pre-season | Jaroslav Galko | 2 July 2013 |
| ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Samuel Slovák | Sacked | 28 July 2013 | 9th | Jozef Valovič | 28 July 2013 |
| FC Nitra | Ladislav Šimčo | Sacked | 27 August 2013 | 11th | Igor Demo | 27 August 2013 |
| AS Trenčín | Ľubomír Nosický | Sacked | 30 August 2013 | 4th | Martin Ševela | 30 August 2013 |
| FC Nitra | Igor Demo | End of caretaker spell | 10 September 2013 | 12th | Vladimír Koník | 10 September 2013 |
| MFK Košice | Jaroslav Galko | Sacked | 18 September 2013 | 9th | Radoslav Látal | 18 September 2013 |
| Spartak Myjava | Ladislav Hudec | Mutual agreement | 19 December 2013 | 5th | Radúz Dorňák | 23 December 2013 |
| FC Nitra | Vladimír Koník | Mutual agreement | 7 January 2014 | 11th | Ladislav Hudec | 19 February 2014 |
| FK Senica | Eduard Pagáč | Sacked | 12 March 2014 | 4th | Pavel Hapal | 12 March 2014 |

#### Notes

* Adrián Guľa was announced new MŠK Žilina manager for the 2013–14 season on 3 January 2013.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 33 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 75 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Trenčín | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 63 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 53 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ružomberok | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 50 | |
| 5 | Košice | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 46 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Senica | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 46 | |
| 7 | Myjava | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 45 | |
| 8 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 42 | |
| 9 | Žilina | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 40 | |
| 10 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 38 | |
| 11 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 26 | |
| 12 | Nitra (R) | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 26 | Relegation to 2. liga West |
* ↑ 2013–14 Slovak Cup winners Košice qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ Dunajská Streda were deducted six points at the end of the season due to match-fixing.

## Results

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

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    Updated through matches played on 31 May 2014
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tomáš Malec | AS Trenčín | 14 |
| 2 | Léandre Tawamba | MFK Ružomberok | 13 |
| 2 | Juraj Piroska | FK Senica | 13 |
| 4 | Pavel Fořt | Slovan Bratislava | 12 |
| 4 | Róbert Vittek | Slovan Bratislava | 12 |
| 6 | Miloš Lačný | MFK Ružomberok | 11 |
| 6 | Štefan Pekár | Spartak Myjava | 11 |
| 6 | Pavol Jurčo | Banská Bystrica(8)/Žilina(3) | 11 |
| 9 | Gino van Kessel | AS Trenčín | 10 |
| 9 | Tomáš Ďubek | MFK Ružomberok | 10 |
| 9 | Erik Sabo | Spartak Trnava | 10 |

### Hat-tricks

| Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| 1 | Fanendo Adi | AS Trenčín | FC Nitra | 4–0 | 13 July 2013 |
| 3 | Tomáš Malec | AS Trenčín | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | 4–2 | 28 July 2013 |
| 5 | Fanendo Adi | AS Trenčín | DAC Dunajská Streda | 6–0 | 11 August 2013 |
| 9 | Erik Pačinda | MFK Košice | DAC Dunajská Streda | 4–1 | 14 September 2013 |
| 15 | Miloš Lačný | MFK Ružomberok | FC Nitra | 4–0 | 26 October 2013 |
| 18 | Štefan Pekár | Spartak Myjava | DAC Dunajská Streda | 3–0 | 23 November 2013 |
| 31 | Adam Zreľák | MFK Ružomberok | Spartak Myjava | 5–0 | 17 May 2014 |

## Awards
### Top Eleven

* Goalkeeper: Darko Tofiloski (MFK Košice)
* Defence: Mamadou Bagayoko (ŠK Slovan), Peter Kleščík (AS Trenčín), Nicolas Ezequiel Gorosito (Šk Slovan), Boris Sekulić (MFK Košice)
* Midfield: Gino van Kessel (AS Trenčín), Viktor Pečovský (MŠK Žilina), Igor Žofčák (ŠK Slovan), Marko Milinković (ŠK Slovan)
* Attack: Róbert Vittek (ŠK Slovan), Juraj Piroska (FK Senica)

### Individual awards

Manager of the season Jozef Valovič (ŠK Slovan) and Radoslav Látal (MFK Košice)
Player of the Year Róbert Vittek (ŠK Slovan)
Young player of the Year Martin Chrien (Dukla Banská Bystrica)