# 2008–09 Slovak Superliga

The 2008–09 Slovak Superliga (known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 19 July 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. FC Artmedia Petržalka were the defending champions.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation

FK AS Trenčín were relegated after concluding the last season in 12th and last place. They were replaced by the champions of the 2007–08 1. Liga, 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Also DAC Dunajská Streda, who were Western Group champions of the 2007–08 2. Liga, merged with FC Senec and took their place in Superliga.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Artmedia Petržalka | Petržalka | Štadión Petržalka | 7,500 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | SNP Stadium | 10,000 |
| DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | Dunajská Streda | Mestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda | 16,410 |
| FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Zlaté Moravce | Štadión FC ViOn | 3,787 |
| 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 |
| Slovan Bratislava | Bratislava | Tehelné pole | 30,085 |
| Spartak Trnava | Trnava | Štadión Antona Malatinského | 18,448 |
| Tatran Prešov | Prešov | Tatran Štadión | 14,000 |
| ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom | Dubnica | Štadión Zimný | 5,450 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 69 | 25 | +44 | 70 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Žilina | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 62 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Košice | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 52 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 47 | |
| 6 | Artmedia Petržalka | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 47 | |
| 7 | Tatran Prešov | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 41 | |
| 8 | ZTS Dubnica | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 37 | |
| 9 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 36 | |
| 10 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 35 | |
| 11 | Nitra | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 35 | |
| 12 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce (R) | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 63 | −42 | 23 | Relegation to 1. Liga |
* ↑ Košice won the 2008–09 Slovak Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

## Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. The pairings of the first round were set according to the 2007-08 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team. The remaining two rounds consist of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule.

### First round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in final standings 2007-08):
| 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th 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 |
| 7th round | 8th round | 9th round | 10th round | 11th 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 | ART | BB | DUB | DAC | KOŠ | NIT | PRE | RUŽ | SLO | TRN | ZLM | ŽIL |
| Artmedia Petržalka | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | | | 1–0 | | 0–1 | | | | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| ZTS Dubnica | 2–1 | | | 2–2 | | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | | | |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | | 2–1 | | | 1–3 | | | | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Košice | | | 3–1 | | | | 5–5 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Nitra | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | | 1–5 | | |
| Prešov | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | | | 3–2 | | | 1–0 | |
| Ružomberok | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | | | |
| Slovan Bratislava | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | | | | |
| Spartak Trnava | | | 2–1 | | | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 0–5 | | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | |
| Žilina | | | 3–1 | | | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | |

### Second and third round

| Home \ Away | ART | BB | DUB | DAC | KOŠ | NIT | PRE | RUŽ | SLO | TRN | ZLM | ŽIL |
| Artmedia Petržalka | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| ZTS Dubnica | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Košice | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Nitra | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Prešov | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Ružomberok | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| Spartak Trnava | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 0–2 |
| Žilina | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |

## Top scorers

Source:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pavol Masaryk | Slovan Bratislava | 15 |
| 2 | Ján Novák | MFK Košice | 12 |
| 3 | Juraj Halenár | Slovan Bratislava/Petržalka | 11 |
| 3 | Leonard Kweuke | DAC Dunajská Streda | 11 |
| 3 | Miloš Lačný | MFK Ružomberok | 11 |
| 3 | Adauto | MŠK Žilina | 11 |
| 7 | Tomáš Oravec | Petržalka | 10 |
| 8 | Róbert Rák | FC Nitra | 9 |
| 8 | Emil Rilke | MŠK Žilina | 9 |
| 8 | Jakub Sylvestr | Slovan Bratislava/Petržalka | 9 |
| 8 | Ján Kozák | Slovan Bratislava/Petržalka | 9 |
| 8 | Mouhamadou Seye | MFK Dubnica | 9 |