# 2009–10 Slovak Superliga

The 2009–10 Slovak Superliga season of the Slovak Superliga, also known as Corgoň Liga due to sponsorship reasons, was the 17th edition of the league since its establishment. It began on 10 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010.
Slovan Bratislava were the 2008–09 defending champions.

## Team changes from 2008–09

ViOn Zlaté Moravce were relegated after finishing the 2008–09 season in 12th and last place. They were replaced by 2008–09 1. Liga champions Inter Bratislava.
While the First League promotees will carry the name of the former Slovak champions, the team will actually play its home matches in Senica after a merger with fourth-division side FK Senica. An intended name change for the 2009–10 season was filed too late to be accepted, so the team will be renamed at the beginning of the following season.
In another name change, FC Artmedia Petržalka were renamed MFK Petržalka effective 1 July 2009.

## Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| DAC 1904 | Dunajská Streda | Mestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda | 16,410 |
| MFK Dubnica | Dubnica | Mestský štadión | 5,450 |
| Dukla | Banská Bystrica | SNP Stadium | 10,000 |
| FK Senica | Senica | Štadión FK Senica | 4,600 |
| MFK Košice | Košice | Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli | 9,600 |
| FC Nitra | Nitra | Štadión pod Zoborom | 11,384 |
| MFK Petržalka | Petržalka, Bratislava | Štadión Petržalka | 9,500 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ružomberok | Štadión MFK Ružomberok | 4,817 |
| Slovan | Bratislava | Tehelné pole | 30,085 |
| Spartak | Trnava | Štadión Antona Malatinského | 18,448 |
| Tatran | Prešov | Tatran Štadión | 14,000 |
| MŠK Žilina | Žilina | Stadium pod Dubňom | 13,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Žilina (C) | 33 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 73 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 70 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Nitra | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 47 | |
| 6 | Senica | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 43 | |
| 7 | Spartak Trnava | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 41 | |
| 8 | Tatran Prešov | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 38 | |
| 9 | Dubnica | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 36 | |
| 10 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 33 | |
| 11 | Košice | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 33 | |
| 12 | Petržalka (R) | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to 1. Liga |
* ↑ Slovan Bratislava won the 2009–10 Slovak Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

## Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. The two first rounds consist of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule. The pairings of the third round were set according to the 2008–09 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team.

### First and second round

| Home \ Away | DAC | BB | NIT | SEN | DUB | KOŠ | PET | RUŽ | ŽIL | SLO | TRN | PRE |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Nitra | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Senica | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Dubnica | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Košice | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Petržalka | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Ružomberok | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Žilina | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Spartak Trnava | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 |
| Prešov | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |

### Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in final standings 2008–09):
| 23rd round | 24th round | 25th round | 26th round | 27th round | 28th round |
| 1 - 12 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 12 | 1 - 4 | 3 - 12 | 1 - 6 |
| 2 - 11 | 8 - 6 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 5 |
| 3 - 10 | 9 - 5 | 4 - 11 | 9 - 7 | 5 - 1 | 3 - 4 |
| 4 - 9 | 10 - 4 | 5 - 10 | 10 - 6 | 6 - 11 | 10 - 8 |
| 5 - 8 | 11 - 3 | 6 - 9 | 11 - 5 | 7 - 10 | 11 - 7 |
| 6 - 7 | 12 - 7 | 7 - 8 | 12 - 8 | 8 - 9 | 12 - 9 |
| 29th round | 30th round | 31st round | 32nd round | 33rd round |
| 4 - 12 | 1 - 8 | 5 - 12 | 1 - 10 | 6 - 12 |
| 5 - 3 | 2 - 7 | 6 - 4 | 2 - 9 | 7 - 5 |
| 6 - 2 | 3 - 6 | 7 - 3 | 3 - 8 | 8 - 4 |
| 7 - 1 | 4 - 5 | 8 - 2 | 4 - 7 | 9 - 3 |
| 8 - 11 | 11 - 9 | 9 - 1 | 5 - 6 | 10 - 2 |
| 9 - 10 | 12 - 10 | 10 - 11 | 12 - 11 | 11 - 1 |
| Home \ Away | DAC | BB | NIT | SEN | DUB | KOŠ | PET | RUŽ | ŽIL | SLO | TRN | PRE |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | | 1–1 | | | | | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | | | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | | | |
| Nitra | 1–0 | | | | | | | 3–1 | | 2–5 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Senica | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | | | | | | | 1–2 |
| Dubnica | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | | |
| Košice | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | | | 2–0 | 0–4 | | | 3–1 |
| Petržalka | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | | | 0–4 | | | 2–3 |
| Ružomberok | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Žilina | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | | | | 1–0 | | | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | | |
| Spartak Trnava | | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | | 0–3 | | |
| Prešov | | 0–1 | | | 2–0 | | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

Updated through games played on 15 May 2010; Source:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Róbert Rák | FC Nitra | 18 |
| 2 | Ivan Lietava | MŠK Žilina | 13 |
| 3 | Ján Novák | MFK Košice | 11 |
| 4 | Juraj Halenár | Slovan Bratislava | 11 |
| 4 | Oleksandr Pyschur | MFK Ružomberok | 11 |
| 4 | Tomáš Oravec | MŠK Žilina | 11 |
| 7 | Pavol Masaryk | Slovan Bratislava | 10 |
| 8 | Peter Doležaj | Spartak Trnava | 9 |
| 9 | Tomáš Majtán | MFK Petržalka/MŠK Žilina | 8 |
| 9 | Ľubomír Bernáth | Spartak Trnava | 8 |