# 2012–13 Slovak First Football League

The 2012–13 Slovak First Football League season, known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th edition of top flight football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It started on 14 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013.
MŠK Žilina were the 2012 defending champions.

## Teams

12 teams contested in the league, including 11 sides from the 2011–12 season and one promoted from the 2. liga. Spartak Myjava made their promotional debut in the Slovak First Football League. They replaced DAC Dunajská Streda.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2011–12 season |
| AS Trenčín | Trenčín | Stadium na Sihoti | 4,500 | 5th in Corgoň Liga |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | SNP Stadium | 10,000 | 9th in Corgoň Liga |
| FC Nitra | Nitra | Stadium pod Zoborom | 11,384 | 8th in Corgoň Liga |
| FK Senica | Senica | Stadium FK Senica | 4,500 | 4th in Corgoň Liga |
| MFK Košice | Košice | Stadium Lokomotívy v Čermeli | 9,000 | 11th in Corgoň Liga |
| MFK Ružomberok | Ružomberok | Stadium MFK Ružomberok | 4,817 | 6th in Corgoň Liga |
| MŠK Žilina | Žilina | Stadium pod Dubňom | 11,181 | Corgoň Liga champions |
| Slovan Bratislava | Bratislava | Pasienky | 12,000 | 3rd in Corgoň Liga |
| Spartak Myjava | Myjava | Stadium Myjava | 2,000 | 2. liga champions |
| Spartak Trnava | Trnava | Stadium Antona Malatinského | 18,448 | Corgoň Liga runners-up |
| Tatran Prešov | Prešov | Tatran Stadium | 5,410 | 10th in Corgoň Liga |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Zlaté Moravce | FC ViOn Stadium | 4,000 | 7th in Corgoň Liga |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| AS Trenčín | Tscheu La Ling | Adrián Guľa | Miloš Volešák | Nike | Aegon |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Tomáš Geist | Norbert Hrnčár | Martin Poljovka | adidas | Express Slovakia |
| FC Nitra | Eugen Árvay | Jozef Vukušič | Petr Kaspřák | Jako | Bonul Security, El Comp, Špeciál Izotex |
| FK Senica | Viktor Blažek | Vladimír Koník | Tomáš Kóňa | hummel | |
| MFK Košice | Blažej Podolák | Ján Kozák | Peter Šinglár | Nike | Steel Trans |
| MFK Ružomberok | Milan Fiľo | Ladislav Šimčo | Tomáš Ďubek | Adidas | Mondi SCP |
| MŠK Žilina | Jozef Antošík | Štefan Tarkovič | Miroslav Barčík | Nike | Preto |
| Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík | Samuel Slovák | Igor Žofčák | adidas | Niké |
| Spartak Myjava | Pavel Halabrín | Ladislav Hudec | Martin Černáček | Uhlsport | NAD RESS |
| Spartak Trnava | Michal Pethö | Vladimír Ekhardt | Miroslav Karhan | Adidas | Danube Wings.eu, ŽOS Trnava |
| Tatran Prešov | Miroslav Remeta | Jozef Bubenko | Peter Petráš | adidas | DÚHA |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Karol Škula | Juraj Jarábek | Pavol Majerník | Legea | ViOn |
Adidas is the official ball supplier for Corgoň Liga.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| FK Senica | Stanislav Griga | Mutual consent | 26 April 2012 | Pre-season | Zdeněk Psotka | 4 May 2012 |
| MFK Ružomberok | Aleš Křeček | End of contract | 15 May 2012 | Pre-season | Ladislav Šimčo | 4 June 2012 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Štefan Zaťko | Sacked | 23 May 2012 | Pre-season | Norbert Hrnčár | 6 June 2012 |
| 1. FC Tatran Prešov | Serhiy Kovalets | End of contract | 30 June 2012 | Pre-season | Angel Chervenkov | 8 July 2012 |
| ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Vladimír Weiss | Resigned | 29 July 2012 | 5th | Samuel Slovák | 3 August 2012 |
| FC Nitra | Ladislav Jurkemik | Sacked | 5 November 2012 | 12th | Jozef Vukušič | 6 November 2012 |
| FC Spartak Trnava | Pavel Hoftych | Resigned | 18 November 2012 | 12th | Peter Zelenský | 19 November 2012 |
| 1. FC Tatran Prešov | Angel Chervenkov | Resigned | 20 November 2012 | 11th | Ladislav Totkovič | 20 November 2012 |
| FK Senica | Zdeněk Psotka | Mutual consent | 3 January 2013 | 3rd | Vladimír Koník | 3 January 2013 |
| MŠK Žilina | Frans Adelaar | Sacked | 3 January 2013 | 5th | Štefan Tarkovič | 3 January 2013 |
| 1. FC Tatran Prešov | Ladislav Totkovič | Sacked | 16 April 2013 | 10th | Jozef Bubenko | 16 April 2013 |
| FC Spartak Trnava | Peter Zelenský | Mutual agreement | 23 April 2013 | 12th | Vladimír Ekhardt | 23 April 2013 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Senica | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 55 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Trenčín | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Spartak Myjava | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 48 | |
| 5 | Košice | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 47 | |
| 6 | Ružomberok | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 45 | |
| 7 | Žilina | 33 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 42 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 8 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | |
| 9 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Nitra | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 36 | |
| 11 | Spartak Trnava | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 35 | |
| 12 | Tatran Prešov (R) | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 33 | Relegation to 2. liga |
* ↑ Nitra was docked three points by the Slovak Football Association (Incident in match between FC Nitra – Spartak Trnava).

## Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. The two first rounds consisted of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule. The pairings of the third round were set according to the 2010–11 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team.
| Home \ Away | BB | KOŠ | NIT | RUŽ | SEN | SLO | MYJ | TRN | PRE | TRE | ZLM | ŽIL | BB | KOŠ | NIT | RUŽ | SEN | SLO | MYJ | TRN | PRE | TRE | ZLM | ŽIL |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | | | | | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Košice | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | | | 1–1 | | | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Nitra | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | | | 3–3 | | | | |
| Ružomberok | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | |
| Senica | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | | | 0–3 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | | 5–0 | | | 1–1 |
| Spartak Myjava | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | | | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Spartak Trnava | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Prešov | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | | | | |
| Trenčín | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | | 3–0 | 5–0 | | 4–1 | | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | | | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Žilina | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | |

## Top scorers

    Updated through matches played on 26 May 2013.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | David Depetris | Trenčín | 16 |
| 2 | Andrej Hodek | Zlaté Moravce | 13 |
| 2 | Dávid Škutka | Košice | 13 |
| 2 | Tomáš Ďubek | Ružomberok | 13 |
| 5 | Róbert Pich | Žilina | 11 |
| 6 | Cléber | Nitra | 10 |
| 6 | Lester Peltier | Slovan Bratislava | 10 |
| 6 | Peter Sládek | Spartak Myjava | 10 |
| 6 | Rolando Blackburn | Senica | 10 |
| 10 | Filip Hlohovský | Slovan Bratislava | 8 |

## Awards
### Top Eleven

* Goalkeeper: Matúš Putnocký (ŠK Slovan)
* Defence: Mamadou Bagayoko (ŠK Slovan), Jozef Piaček (MŠK Žilina), Nicolas Ezequiel Gorosito (Šk Slovan), Tomáš Hučko (Dukla B.Bystrica)
* Midfield: Igor Žofčák (ŠK Slovan), Tomáš Kóňa (FK Senica), Tomáš Ďubek (MŠK Ružomberok), Marko Milinković (ŠK Slovan)
* Attack: Lester Peltier (ŠK Slovan), Andrej Hodek (FC ViOn)

### Individual awards

Manager of the season Samuel Slovák (ŠK Slovan)
Player of the Year Tomáš Ďubek (MŠK Ružomberok)
Young player of the Year Stanislav Lobotka (AS Trenčín)