# 2023–24 ŠK Slovan Bratislava season

The 2023–24 season was ŠK Slovan Bratislava's 18th consecutive in the top flight of Slovak football, where they competed as five-time defending champions.
In addition to the domestic league, Slovan also competed in this season's edition of the Slovak Cup. As the league champions from the previous season, Slovan qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
The season covered the period from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024.

## Players

As of 4 September 2023
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from / Previous club | Since |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 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 21) | Youth system | 2022 |
| 82 | Milan Borjan | GK | (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37) | Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 2023 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 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 | Kevin Wimmer | CB | (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 32) | Rapid Wien | 2023 |
| 12 | Kenan Bajrić | CB / DM | (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 30) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2018 |
| 25 | Lukáš Pauschek | RB / LB | (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 32) | Mladá Boleslav | 2019 |
| 27 | Matúš Vojtko | LB | (2000-10-05) 5 October 2000 (age 24) | Zemplín Michalovce | 2021 |
| 28 | César Blackman | RB / RW | (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 26) | DAC Dunajská Streda | 2023 |
| 36 | Lucas Lovat | LB | (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 28) | Spartak Trnava | 2020 |
| — | Siemen Voet (out on loan at Fortuna Sittard) | CB | (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 25) | PEC Zwolle | 2022 |
| 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 | Jaromír Zmrhal | LW / RW / LB | (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31) | Brescia | 2021 |
| 11 | Tigran Barseghyan | RW / LW | (1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 31) | Astana | 2022 |
| 18 | Nino Marcelli | RW / LW | (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 (age 19) | Youth system | 2023 |
| 20 | Jaba Kankava | DM / CM | (1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 38) | Valenciennes | 2021 |
| 24 | Marko Tolić | CAM / LW / RW | (1996-07-05) 5 July 1996 (age 28) | Dinamo Zagreb (loan) | 2023 |
| 26 | Filip Lichý | CM / DM / CB | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24) | Youth system | 2020 |
| 33 | Juraj Kucka | DM / CM | (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 37) | Parma | 2022 |
| 88 | Kyriakos Savvidis | DM / CM | (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 29) | Spartak Trnava | 2023 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 13 | David Strelec | ST | (2001-04-04) 4 April 2001 (age 23) | Spezia (loan) | 2023 |
| 15 | Abubakari Malik | ST | (2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24) | Malmö FF (loan) | 2023 |
| 23 | Sharani Zuberu | LW / RW / ST | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 25) | Dreams (loan) | 2023 |
| 77 | Aleksandar Čavrić | RW / ST | (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 30) | Genk | 2016 |
| — | Adler Da Silva (out on loan at Stal Rzeszów) | ST / CAM | (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 26) | Pohronie | 2022 |
| — | Ivan Šaponjić (out on loan at Ümraniyespor) | ST | (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 27) | Atlético Madrid | 2022 |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From / Previous club | Fee |
| 4 June 2023 | MF | Kyriakos Savvidis | Spartak Trnava | Free transfer |
| 8 June 2023 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | Rapid Wien | Free transfer |
| 14 June 2023 | DF | César Blackman | DAC Dunajská Streda | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | Kenan Bajrić | Pafos | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Ezekiel Henty | Apollon Limassol | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Ivan Šaponjić | Bandırmaspor | Loan return |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | Matúš Vojtko | Gorica | Loan return |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 22 June 2023 | MF | Marko Tolić | Dinamo Zagreb | 30 June 2024 |
| 4 July 2023 | GK | Milan Borjan | Red Star Belgrade | 30 June 2024 |
| 9 August 2023 | FW | David Strelec | Spezia | 30 June 2024 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To / Next club | Fee |
| 5 June 2023 | DF | David Hrnčár | Beveren | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2023 | FW | Žan Medved | Košice | Free transfer |
| 21 June 2023 | DF | Jurij Medveděv | Sochi | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Giorgi Chakvetadze | Gent | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Vernon De Marco | End of contract | End of contract |
| 5 July 2023 | DF | Vernon De Marco | Hatta | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Andre Green | End of contract | End of contract |
| 2 August 2023 | MF | Andre Green | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Dávid Holman | End of contract | End of contract |
| 24 July 2023 | MF | Dávid Holman | Budapest Honvéd | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | Maudo Jarjué | IF Elfsborg | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | Michal Šulla | End of contract | End of contract |
| 28 September 2023 | GK | Michal Šulla | Spartak Trnava | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2023 | GK | Adrián Chovan | Panserraikos | Free transfer |
| 11 August 2023 | FW | Ezekiel Henty | AEL Limassol | €60,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 24 August 2023 | FW | Ivan Šaponjić | Ümraniyespor | 30 June 2024 |
| 1 September 2023 | DF | Siemen Voet | Fortuna Sittard | 30 June 2024 |
| 4 September 2023 | FW | Adler Da Silva | Stal Rzeszów | 30 June 2024 |
* ↑ Unofficial fee.

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season

Slovan announced their pre-season program on 2 June 2023.

## 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 % |
| Slovak First Football League | 29 July 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 071.88 |
| Slovak Cup | 13 September 2023 | 13 March 2024 | Second round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 080.00 |
| Champions League | 12 July 2023 | 15 August 2023 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Europa League | 24 August 2023 | 31 August 2023 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 050.00 |
| Europa Conference League | 21 September 2023 | 22 February 2024 | Group stage | Knockout round play-offs | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 112 | 62 | +50 | 062.26 |
Source: Competitions

## Niké liga
### League table
#### Regular stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 16 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Žilina | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 41 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 37 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Podbrezová | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 34 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Ružomberok | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 34 | Qualification for the championship group |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Podbrezová 11, Ružomberok 9, Trenčín 8, Dukla Banská Bystrica 3.

#### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | ŽIL | RUŽ | POD |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 58 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | 5–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Žilina | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 55 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 |
| 6 | Podbrezová | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 37 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ Ružomberok qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 73 |

### Matches
## UEFA Champions League
### First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 20 June 2023.

### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

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

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

## UEFA Europa Conference League
### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023 with the fixtures announced on a day later.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LOSC | SLO | LJU | KÍ |
| 1 | Lille | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | KÍ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |

#### Results by matchday

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

#### Matches
### Knockout phase
#### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of match played 17 December 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Niké liga | Slovak Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 4 | DF | | Guram Kashia | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Richard Križan | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Vladimír Weiss Jr. | | | 3 | | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | Jaromír Zmrhal | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Tigran Barseghyan | 7 | | | 1 | | 8 |
| 13 | FW | | David Strelec | 8 | 1 | | 2 | | 11 |
| 15 | FW | | Abubakari Malik | 1 | 3 | | | | 4 |
| 17 | FW | | Rudolf Božík | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Nino Marcelli | 5 | | | | | 5 |
| 20 | MF | | Jaba Kankava | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Sharani Zuberu | | 1 | 2 | | | 3 |
| 24 | MF | | Marko Tolić | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 10 |
| 25 | DF | | Lukáš Pauschek | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 28 | DF | | César Blackman | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | | Juraj Kucka | 2 | | | | 2 | 4 |
| 36 | DF | | Lucas Lovat | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 77 | FW | | Aleksandar Čavrić | 9 | | 1 | | 4 | 14 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | | 1 | | | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 78 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 17 December 2023
| No. | Nat. | Name | Niké liga | Slovak Cup | Champions League | Europa Conference League | Total |
| 31 | | Martin Trnovský | 2 | 2 | | | 4 |
| 82 | | Milan Borjan | 6 | | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |

### Attendances

| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Niké liga | 16 | 92,530 | 5,783 | 11,130 | 2,329 |
| Slovak Cup | 2 | 3,893 | 1,947 | 2,273 | 1,620 |
| Champions League | 3 | 56,343 | 18,781 | 21,375 | 14,470 |
| Europa League | 1 | 17,564 | 17,564 | 17,564 | 17,564 |
| Europa Conference League | 4 | 68,255 | 17,064 | 21,544 | 12,454 |
| Total | 26 | 238,585 | 9,176 | 21,544 | 1,620 |

## Awards
### Niké liga Goal of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| September | Tigran Barseghyan | |
| October | Lucas Lovat | |