# 2020–21 ŠK Slovan Bratislava season

The 2020–21 season was ŠK Slovan Bratislava's 15th consecutive in the top flight of Slovak football.
Slovan were successful in their defence of the domestic double, after winning their third Slovak Super Liga title in a row and a second consecutive Slovak Cup title.
Having won the 2019–20 Slovak First Football League, Slovan contested in the UEFA Champions League, but were eliminated in the first qualifying round after a technical victory was awarded to the opponent according to the regulations related to COVID-19. Subsequently, Slovan competed in the UEFA Europa League, but were eliminated in the second qualifying round.
The season covers the period from July 2020 to 31 May 2021.

## Players

As of 22 May 2021
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Year signed |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Dominik Greif | GK | (1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 27) | 2015 |
| 22 | Matúš Ružinský | GK | (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 32) | 2018 |
| 30 | Michal Šulla | GK | (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33) | 2018 |
| 31 | Martin Trnovský | GK | (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24) | 2019 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | Adam Laczkó | CB | (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27) | 2016 |
| 14 | Myenty Abena | CB | (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 29) | 2019 |
| 17 | Jurij Medveděv | RB | (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 28) | 2018 |
| 25 | Lukáš Pauschek | RB | (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 31) | 2019 |
| 29 | Vasil Bozhikov (captain) | CB / LB | (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 36) | 2017 |
| 36 | Lucas Lovat | LB | (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 27) | 2020 |
| 66 | Kenan Bajrić | CB / DM | (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 29) | 2018 |
| 81 | Vernon De Marco | LB / CB | (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 31) | 2017 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Joeri de Kamps | DM / CM | (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32) | 2016 |
| 7 | Moha | LW | (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 31) | 2018 |
| 8 | Dávid Holman | CAM | (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31) | 2017 |
| 10 | Ibrahim Rabiu | CM / CAM | (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 33) | 2017 |
| 11 | Ondřej Petrák | DM / CM | (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32) | 2020 |
| 23 | Erik Daniel | RW | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) | 2019 |
| 24 | Nono | CM / DM | (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 31) | 2018 |
| 26 | Filip Lichý | CM | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) | 2020 |
| 77 | Aleksandar Čavrić | RW | (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 30) | 2016 |
| 79 | Vladimír Weiss Jr. | RW / LW / CAM | (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 34) | 2020 |
| — | Dejan Dražić (out on loan at Zagłębie Lubin) | RW / LW / CAM | (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 29) | 2018 |
| — | David Hrnčár (out on loan at Zlaté Moravce) | RW | (1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 26) | 2018 |
| — | Alen Mustafić (out on loan at Nitra) | DM / CM | (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25) | 2020 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Ezekiel Henty | ST / RW / LW / CAM | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) | 2020 |
| 12 | Alen Ožbolt | ST | (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 28) | 2020 |
| 15 | David Strelec | ST / CAM | (2001-04-04) 4 April 2001 (age 23) | 2018 |
| 21 | Rafael Ratão | ST / CAM / RW / LW | (1995-11-30) 30 November 1995 (age 28) | 2020 |
| — | Žan Medved (out on loan at Wisła Kraków) | ST | (1999-06-14) 14 June 1999 (age 25) | 2020 |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 11 July 2020 | FW | Boris Cmiljanić | Zlaté Moravce | Loan return |
| 17 July 2020 | MF | David Hrnčár | Zlaté Moravce | Loan return |
| 18 July 2020 | MF | Denis Potoma | Sereď | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | MF | Dejan Dražić | Zagłębie Lubin | Loan return |
| 24 July 2020 | MF | Ondřej Petrák | 1. FC Nürnberg | Free transfer |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Alen Mustafić | Sarajevo | €120,000 |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | Dinamo Minsk | Loan return |

### Transfers out

| Entry date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Marin Ljubičić | End of contract | End of contract |
| 2 October 2020 | FW | Georgios Tzovaras | Apollon Larissa | Free transfer |
| 12 October 2020 | DF | Mitch Apau | Released | Released |
| 20 January 2020 | MF | Denis Potoma | Sereď | Free transfer |
| 4 February 2021 | FW | Boris Cmiljanić | Sarajevo | Free transfer |
| 19 February 2021 | DF | Artem Sukhotskyi | Desna Chernihiv | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | David Hrnčár | Zlaté Moravce | 30 June 2021 |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Alen Mustafić | Nitra | 30 June 2021 |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Denis Potoma | Sereď | 31 December 2020 |
| 2 October 2020 | MF | Dejan Dražić | Zagłębie Lubin | 30 June 2021 |
| 23 January 2021 | FW | Žan Medved | Wisła Kraków | 30 June 2021 |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Mid-season
## 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 % |
| Fortuna liga | 8 August 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 068.75 |
| Slovak Cup | 3 September 2020 | 19 May 2021 | Second round | Winners | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | – | – | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 17 September 2020 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 101 | 35 | +66 | 070.73 |
Source: Competitions

## Fortuna liga
### League table
#### Regular stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 12 | +42 | 54 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 44 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Žilina | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Trenčín | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for the championship group |

#### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | ŽIL | ZLM | TRE |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Žilina | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Trenčín | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — |

### 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 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of match played 22 May 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Slovak Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 7 | MF | | Moha | 6 | | | 6 |
| 8 | MF | | Dávid Holman | 10 | 1 | | 11 |
| 9 | FW | | Ezekiel Henty | 3 | 4 | | 7 |
| 10 | MF | | Ibrahim Rabiu | 2 | | | 2 |
| 12 | FW | | Alen Ožbolt | 6 | 5 | | 11 |
| 14 | DF | | Myenty Abena | | 1 | | 1 |
| 15 | FW | | David Strelec | 9 | 2 | | 11 |
| 17 | DF | | Jurij Medveděv | 1 | | | 1 |
| 18 | FW | | Boris Cmiljanić | | 2 | | 2 |
| 21 | FW | | Rafael Ratão | 14 | | | 14 |
| 23 | MF | | Erik Daniel | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| 24 | MF | | Nono | 2 | | | 2 |
| 26 | MF | | Filip Lichý | 1 | | | 1 |
| 36 | DF | | Lucas Lovat | | 1 | | 1 |
| 55 | FW | | Žan Medved | 4 | | 1 | 5 |
| 66 | DF | | Kenan Bajrić | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
| 77 | MF | | Aleksandar Čavrić | 3 | | | 3 |
| 79 | MF | | Vladimír Weiss Jr. | 3 | 2 | | 5 |
| 81 | DF | | Vernon De Marco | 5 | 2 | | 7 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | | | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 78 | 22 | 1 | 101 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 22 May 2021
| No. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Slovak Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | | Dominik Greif | 12 | | | 12 |
| 22 | | Matúš Ružinský | | 1 | | 1 |
| 30 | | Michal Šulla | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | 14 | 4 | 0 | 18 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 22 May 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Fortuna liga | Fortuna liga | Fortuna liga | Slovak Cup | Slovak Cup | Slovak Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Dominik Greif | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Joeri de Kamps | 10 | | | 1 | | | | | | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Dávid Holman | 7 | | | | | | | | | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Ezekiel Henty | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ibrahim Rabiu | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Ondřej Petrák | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Myenty Abena | 1 | | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Jurij Medveděv | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Rafael Ratão | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Nono | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Michal Šulla | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Lucas Lovat | 5 | | | | | | | | | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | | Žan Medved | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | | Kenan Bajrić | 5 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Aleksandar Čavrić | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | | Vladimír Weiss Jr. | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | DF | | Vernon De Marco | 8 | | | 2 | | | | | | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 1 |

## Awards
### Fortuna liga Goal of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| December | Erik Daniel | |

### Fortuna liga Team of the Season

| Position | Player |
| GK | Dominik Greif |
| DF | Vasil Bozhikov |
| DF | Vernon De Marco |
| MF | Joeri de Kamps |
| FW | Rafael Ratão |
| FW | David Strelec |

### Fortuna liga Under-21 Team of the Season

| Position | Player | Ref |
| FW | David Strelec | |