# 2024–25 Slovak First Football League

The 2024–25 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Slovan Bratislava is the six-time defending champion.

## Teams

The league will consist of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Komárno has been promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the 2023–24 2. Liga, replacing the 2023–24 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Zlaté Moravce. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the sixth successive year).

### Stadiums and locations

| FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | FC Košice | FK Železiarne Podbrezová |
| MOL Aréna UEFA | Štadión SNP UEFA | Košická futbalová aréna UEFA | ZELPO Aréna UEFA |
| Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 7,030 | Capacity: 12,555 | Capacity: 4,000 |
| MFK Ružomberok | MFK Skalica | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | FC Spartak Trnava |
| Štadión pod Čebraťom | Štadión MFK Skalica | Tehelné pole UEFA | Štadión Antona Malatinského UEFA |
| Capacity: 4,876 | Capacity: 2,600 | Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 18,200 |
| AS Trenčín | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | KFC Komárno | MŠK Žilina |
| Štadión Sihoť UEFA | Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA | ViOn Aréna UEFA | Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,400 | Capacity: 4,008 | Capacity: 10,897 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Tibor Végh | Branislav Fodrek | Yhoan Andzouana | Macron | Kukkonia |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Ivan Šabo | František Straka | Ľubomír Willwéber | Adidas | Veolia |
| Košice | Dušan Trnka | Roman Skuhravý | Ján Krivák | Adidas | Niké |
| Podbrezová | Július Kriváň | Štefan Markulík | Matej Oravec | Adidas | Niké |
| Ružomberok | Ľubomír Golis | Norbert Hrnčár | Martin Chrien | Adidas | Niké |
| Skalica | Peter Bartoš | David Oulehla | Martin Nagy | Adidas | Tipsport |
| Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík | Vladimír Weiss | Vladimír Weiss | Adidas | Niké |
| Spartak Trnava | Peter Macho | Michal Gašparík | Martin Mikovič | Puma | Tipsport |
| Trenčín | Róbert Rybníček | Ivan Galád | Damián Bariš | Macron | Tipsport |
| Zemplín Michalovce | Ján Sabol | Anton Šoltis | Igor Žofčák | Adidas | Tipsport |
| Komárno | Juraj Baráth | Mikuláš Radványi | Martin Šimko | Adidas | MOL |
| Žilina | Jozef Antošík | Michal Ščasný | Tomáš Hubočan | Nike | Preto |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Banská Bystrica | Mario Auxt | End of interim spell | 16 June 2024 | Pre-season | Marek Bažík | 16 June 2026 |
| Michalovce | František Straka | End of contract | 28 June 2024 | Pre-season | Anton Šoltis | 28 June 2026 |
| Podbrezová | Roman Skuhravý | End by own request | 6 July 2024 | Pre-season | Vladimír Cifranič | 12 July 2024 |
| Skalica | Pavol Majerník | Released | 3 September 2024 | 12 | David Oulehla | 3 September 2024 |
| Podbrezová | Vladimír Cifranič | Becomes assistant | 2 September 2024 | 8 | Štefan Markulík | 2 September 2024 |
| FC Košice | Gergely Geri | Released | 24 September 2024 | 10 | Roman Skuhravý | 24 September 2024 |
| AS Trenčín | Ilija Stolica | Released | 1 October 2024 | 11 | Ivan Galád | 1 October 2024 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ondřej Smetana | Signed with 1. FC Slovácko | 13 November 2024 | 6 | Radim Kučera | 13 November 2024 |
| Dunajská Streda | Xisco Muñoz | Released | 27 November 2024 | 4 | Branislav Fodrek | 27 November 2024 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Radim Kučera | Released | 20 December 2024 | 10 | Norbert Hrnčár | 20 December 2024 |
| Banská Bystrica | Marek Bažík | Becomes assistant | 27 December 2024 | 9 | Martin Poljovka | 27 December 2024 |
| Banská Bystrica | Martin Poljovka | Released | 17 March 2025 | 12 | František Straka | 17 March 2025 |

## Regular stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 49 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Žilina | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 45 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 44 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 32 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Podbrezová | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 30 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Košice | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 29 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 7 | Zemplín Michalovce | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 8 | Komárno | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 9 | Ružomberok | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 20 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 10 | Trenčín | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 20 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 11 | Skalica | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 12 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation group |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Ružomberok (4); Trenčín (1).

### Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
| Home \ Away | DAC | DUK | KOM | KOŠ | POD | RUŽ | SKA | SLO | TRN | TRE | ZMI | ŽIL |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8 FEB | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 8 FEB | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Komárno | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 22 FEB | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 15 FEB |
| Košice | 2–2 | 15 FEB | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Podbrezová | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 15 FEB | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Ružomberok | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 22 FEB | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 8 FEB | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Skalica | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 15 FEB | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 15 FEB | 0–5 |
| Spartak Trnava | 15 FEB | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 22 FEB | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Trenčín | 0–3 | 2–2 | 8 FEB | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 22 FEB | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Zemplín Michalovce | 0–3 | 22 FEB | 0–0 | 3–2 | 8 FEB | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Žilina | 22 FEB | 2–0 | 2–1 | 8 FEB | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |

## Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | ŽIL | TRN | DAC | KOŠ | POD |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | | a | | | |
| 2 | Žilina | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 46 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | | — | | | | 0–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 46 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | a | | — | 1–1 | | |
| 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 36 | | | | | — | | |
| 5 | Košice | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 32 | | 2–3 | | | | — | |
| 6 | Podbrezová | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 31 | | | | | | | — |

## Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ZMI | KOM | SKA | TRE | RUŽ | DUK |
| 1 | Zemplín Michalovce | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 30 | | — | | | | | |
| 2 | Komárno | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 28 | | | — | | | | |
| 3 | Skalica | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 25 | | | | — | | | |
| 4 | Trenčín | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 23 | | 3–2 | | | — | | |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 20 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | | 0–1 | | | — | |
| 6 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 17 | Relegation to the 2. Liga | | | 0–2 | | | — |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tigran Barseghyan | Slovan | 17 |
| 2 | David Strelec | Slovan | 12 |
| 3 | Martin Rymarenko | Banská Bystrica | 10 |
| 3 | Alexandros Kyziridis | Michalovce | 10 |
| 5 | Žan Medved | Košice | 9 |
| 6 | Kelvin Ofori | Trnava | 8 |
| 7 | Matej Trusa | Dunajska Streda | 7 |
| 7 | Ammar Ramadan | Dunajska Streda | 7 |
| 7 | Eric Bile | Žilina | 7 |
| 7 | Dávid Ďuriš | Žilina | 7 |
| 7 | Alasana Yirajang | Podbrezová | 7 |
| 7 | Róbert Mak | Slovan |

#### Hat-tricks

| Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| 15 | Martin Rymarenko | Banská Bystrica | Trenčín | 6–1 (H) | 23 November 2024 | |
| 19 | Róbert Mak | Slovan | Ružomberok | 5–1 (A) | 9 February 2025 | |

### Clean sheets

    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Žiga Frelih | Trnava | 10 |
| 1 | Martin Junas | Skalica | 10 |
| 3 | Aleksandar Popović | Dunajská Streda | 9 |
| 4 | Ľubomír Belko | Žilina | 7 |
| 4 | Dávid Šípoš | Košice | 7 |
| 6 | Adam Danko | Podbrezová | 6 |
| 7 | Filip Dlubáč | Komárno | 5 |
| 8 | Matúš Slavíček | Trenčín | 4 |
| 9 | Martin Trnovský | Slovan | 3 |
| 9 | Muhamed Sahinović | Michalovce | 3 |
| 9 | Andrija Katić | Trenčín | 3 |

### Discipline

    As of 15 March 2025

#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 9
** Mahmudu Bajo (Dun.Streda)
* Most red cards: 2
** Chinonso Emeka (Trenčín)
** Ján Krivák (Košice)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 63
** Trenčín
* Most red cards: 5
** Trenčín