# 2006–07 Slovak Superliga

The 2006–07 Slovak Superliga (known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 14 July 2006 and ended on 30 May 2007. MFK Ružomberok were the defending champions.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2005–06 season and three promoted from the 2. Liga, due to the league's expansion.
Relegation for SK Matador Púchov to the 2006–07 1. Liga was confirmed on 27 May 2006. The one relegated team were replaced by MFK Košice, ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FC Senec.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Artmedia Bratislava | Petržalka | Štadión Petržalka | 7,500 |
| FK AS Trenčín | Trenčín | Štadión na Sihoti | 4,500 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | SNP Stadium | 10,000 |
| FK Inter Bratislava | Bratislava | Štadión Pasienky | 12,000 |
| FC Nitra | Nitra | Štadión pod Zoborom | 11,384 |
| MFK Košice | Košice | Lokomotíva Stadium | 9,000 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ružomberok | Štadión MFK Ružomberok | 4,817 |
| MŠK Žilina | Žilina | Štadión pod Dubňom | 11,181 |
| FC Senec | Senec | NTC Senec | 3,264 |
| Slovan Bratislava | Bratislava | Tehelné pole | 30,085 |
| Spartak Trnava | Trnava | Štadión Antona Malatinského | 18,448 |
| ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom | Dubnica | Štadión Zimný | 5,450 |

## First stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Žilina | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 13 | +40 | 52 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | Artmedia Bratislava | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Košice | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Ružomberok | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 31 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 31 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Senec | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 31 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | Nitra | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 30 | Qualification for championship group |
| 8 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 26 | Qualification for championship group |
| 9 | Inter Bratislava | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 10 | ZTS Dubnica | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 25 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 11 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 24 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 12 | Trenčín | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 14 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ART | BB | DUB | INT | KOŠ | NIT | RUŽ | SEN | SLO | TRE | TRN | ŽIL |
| Artmedia Bratislava | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| ZTS Dubnica | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Inter Bratislava | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Košice | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Nitra | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Ružomberok | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Senec | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Trenčín | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Trnava | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–3 |
| Žilina | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |

## Championship group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Žilina (C) | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 17 | +63 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Artmedia Bratislava | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 41 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Ružomberok | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 37 | |
| 5 | Košice | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 35 | |
| 6 | Nitra | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 31 | |
| 7 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 27 | |
| 8 | Senec | 28 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 63 | −41 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ART | BB | KOŠ | NIT | RUŽ | SEN | SLO | ŽIL |
| Artmedia Bratislava | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Košice | 0–3 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Nitra | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Ružomberok | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Senec | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 3–2 |
| Žilina | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |

## Promotion/relegation group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Trnava (O) | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 25 | Remain in Corgoň Liga |
| 2 | ZTS Dubnica (O) | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 23 | Remain in Corgoň Liga |
| 3 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce (P) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 22 | Promoted to Corgoň Liga Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Trenčín (O) | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 21 | Remain in Corgoň Liga |
| 5 | Inter Bratislava (R) | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 19 | Relegated to 1. Liga |
| 6 | Eldus Močenok | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 18 | Remain in 1. Liga |
| 7 | Rimavská Sobota | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 15 | Remain in 1. Liga |
| 8 | Slovan Duslo Šaľa | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 8 | Remain in 1. Liga |
* ↑ ViOn Zlaté Moravce qualify for 2007–08 UEFA Cup as winner of 2006–07 Slovak Cup.

### Results

| Home \ Away | DUB | INT | ELD | RIM | ŠAL | TRE | TRN | ZLM |
| ZTS Dubnica | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Eldus Močenok | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Rimavská Sobota | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Slovan Duslo Šaľa | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Trenčín | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Spartak Trnava | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tomáš Oravec | Artmedia Bratislava | 16 |
| 2 | Stanislav Šesták | Žilina | 15 |
| 3 | Dare Vršič | Žilina | 14 |
| 3 | Adam Nemec | Žilina | 14 |
| 3 | Pavol Masaryk | Slovan Bratislava | 14 |
| 6 | Peter Štyvar | Trenčín(3)/Žilina(10) | 13 |
| 7 | Róbert Rák | Nitra(1)/Ružomberok(11) | 12 |
| 7 | Andrej Porázik | Žilina | 12 |
| 9 | Michal Filo | ZTS Dubnica | 10 |
| 9 | Juraj Halenár | Artmedia Bratislava | 10 |
| 11 | Ivan Lietava | Banska Bystrica | 9 |
| 11 | Róbert Jež | Žilina | 9 |

## Awards

Source:

### Top Eleven

* Goalkeeper: Štefan Senecký (FC Nitra)
* Defence: Peter Pekarík, Tomáš Hubočan, Benjamin Vomáčka (all MŠK Žilina), Marián Čišovský (Artmedia)
* Midfield: Igor Žofčák (Ružomberok), Zdeno Štrba (MŠK Žilina), Samuel Slovák (Slovan Bratislava), Róbert Jež (MŠK Žilina)
* Attack: Tomáš Oravec (Artmedia), Stanislav Šesták (MŠK Žilina)

### Individual awards

Manager of the season
Pavel Vrba (MŠK Žilina)
Referee of the Year
Ľuboš Micheľ