2018–19 Slovak First Football League

2018–19 Slovak First Football League
The 2018–19 Slovak First Football League (known as the Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Spartak Trnava were the defending champions after winning their first Slovak title in the previous season. Slovan Bratislava won their first title since 2014 and their record-extending ninth Slovak league title overall.
Teams
12 teams competed in the league – the top 11 sides from the 2017–18 season and one promoted team from the 2. liga. The promoted team was Sereď. They replaced Tatran Prešov.
FC Spartak Trnava
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
MŠK Žilina
AS Trenčín
MFK Ružomberok
FC Nitra
MFK Zemplín Michalovce
ŽP Šport Podbrezová
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
FK Senica
ŠKF iClinic Sereď
Stadiums and locations
Managerial changes
Personnel and kits
Regular stage
League table
Results
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches played each.
Championship group
Relegation group
Europa League play-offs
Should one of the top 3 teams have won the 2018–19 Slovak Cup, Europa League qualification playoffs would have been held among the 4th, 5th, 6th team in the championship group and the top team of the relegation round. The 4th team played the top team of the relegation group and the 5th played the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals would play the final to determine the Europa League qualification spot. Europa League qualification playoff games would be one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team. The winners would qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. On 1 May 2019, Spartak Trnava, who didn't qualify for the championship group, won the cup, thus eliminating the need of playoffs.
Relegation play-offs
Team placed 11th in the relegation match faced 2nd team from 2. Liga 2018–19 for one spot in the next season.
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
First leg
Second leg
''4–3 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
a Included 1 play-off goal
Top assists
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Discipline
Player
Most yellow cards: 13
Ľubomír Michalík (Sereď)
Most red cards: 2
Macdonald Ngwa Niba (Nitra)
Yani Urdinov (Ruzomberok)
Ivan Diaz (Žilina)
Erik Grendel (Trnava)
Club
Most yellow cards: 87
ŠKF Sereď
Most red cards: 5
AS Trenčín
Awards
Player of the Month
Top Eleven
Source:
Goalkeeper: Dominik Greif (ŠK Slovan)
Defence: Erick Davis (DAC D.Streda), Kristián Koštrna (DAC D.Streda), Dominik Kružliak (Ružomberok), Vasil Bozhikov (ŠK Slovan)
Midfield: Miroslav Káčer (Žilina), Marin Ljubičić (DAC D.Streda/Slovan), Zsolt Kalmár (DAC D.Streda), Aleksandar Čavrić (ŠK Slovan), Moha (ŠK Slovan)
Attack: Andraž Šporar (ŠK Slovan)
Top Eleven U-21
Source:
Goalkeeper: Dominik Greif (ŠK Slovan)
Defence: Lazarus Rota (Michalovce), Dominik Kružliak (Ružomberok), Matej Oravec (Trnava/Podbrezová), Branislav Sluka (MŠK Žilina)
Midfield: Tihomir Kostadinov (Ružomberok), Miroslav Káčer (MŠK Žilina), Máté Vida (DAC D.Streda), Christián Herc (DAC D.Streda)
Attack: Tomáš Vestenický (Nitra), Róbert Boženík (MŠK Žilina)
Individual awards
Manager of the season
Martin Ševela (ŠK Slovan)
Player of the Year
Andraž Šporar (ŠK Slovan)
Young player of the Year
Róbert Boženík (MŠK Žilina)
See also
2018–19 Slovak Cup
2018–19 2. Liga (Slovakia)
List of transfers summer 2018
List of transfers winter 2018-19
List of foreign players
References
External links
Slovak
2018-19
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