| Season | 2022–23 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Regular season: 15 July 2022 – 20 May 2023 Europa Conference League play-offs andRelegation play-offs: 23 – 26 May 2023 |
| Champions | Slovan Bratislava |
| Relegated | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš |
| Champions League | Slovan Bratislava |
| Europa Conference League | Spartak Trnava DAC Dunajská Streda Žilina |
| Matches | 192 |
| Goals | 541 (2.82 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nikola Krstović (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Spartak Trnava 6–1Podbrezová (11 March 2023) |
| Biggest away win | Zemplín Michalovce 0–4 Spartak Trnava (14 August 2022) Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 1–5 Slovan Bratislava (14 August 2022) Trenčín 0–4 DAC Dunajská Streda (12 November 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Žilina 6–4Dukla Banská Bystrica (17 March 2023) |
| Highest attendance | 15,606 Slovan Bratislava 0–1 Podbrezová (20 May 2023) |
| Lowest attendance | 141 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš 0–3Skalica (11 March 2023) |
2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 20 May 2023. | |
The2022–23 Slovak First Football League (known asFortuna liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th season of the top-tier football league inSlovakia since its establishment in 1993.
The winter break began earlier than usual this season due to the2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The last full round was scheduled for 11–13 November 2022. Four postponed matches then took place on 24 and 27 November. The first round after the winter break was scheduled for 10–12 February 2023.
Four-time defending championSlovan Bratislava successfully defended their title, securing a record-extending fifth consecutive and 13th overall championship.
Twelve teams competed in the league – nine teams from theprevious season, and three teams promoted from the2. Liga.
Podbrezová (promoted to the top flight for the second time) earned an automatic promotion thanks to the victory of the 2. Liga, replacingPohronie (relegated after three years in the top flight), who finished last in the2021–22 Slovak First Football League.
Dukla Banská Bystrica[1] (promoted after seven years of absence) andSkalica[2] (promoted to the top flight for the second time) were also promoted, and they will replaceSenica[3] andSereď[4] – two teams that did not obtain a licence for the 2022–23 season.
| Promoted from 2. Liga | Relegated from Fortuna liga |
|---|---|
| Podbrezová Dukla Banská Bystrica Skalica | Pohronie Sereď Senica |
| FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica | FK Železiarne Podbrezová | MFK Ružomberok |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOL Aréna UEFA | Štadión SNP UEFA | ZELPO Aréna UEFA | Štadión pod Čebraťom |
| Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 7,900 | Capacity: 4,061 | Capacity: 4,817 |
| MFK Skalica | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | FC Spartak Trnava | MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš |
| Štadión MFK Skalica | Tehelné pole UEFA | Štadión Antona Malatinského UEFA | NTC Poprad UEFA |
| Capacity: 1,500 | Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 19,200 | Capacity: 5,700 |
| AS Trenčín | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | MŠK Žilina |
| Štadión Sihoť UEFA | Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA | Štadión FC ViOn UEFA | Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA |
| Capacity: 4,200(10,000 planned) | Capacity: 4,440 | Capacity: 4,006 | Capacity: 11,253 |
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Macron | Kukkonia | |||
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Adidas | Veolia | |||
| Podbrezová | Adidas | Niké | |||
| Ružomberok | Adidas | Niké | |||
| Skalica | Puma | Tipsport | |||
| Slovan Bratislava | Adidas | Niké | |||
| Spartak Trnava | Adidas | Tipsport | |||
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Kappa | VEREX,Tipsport | |||
| Trenčín | Macron | Tipsport | |||
| Zemplín Michalovce | Adidas | Tipsport,St. Nicolaus | |||
| Zlaté Moravce | Erreà | Tipsport | |||
| Žilina | Nike | Preto |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Signed withTatran Prešov | 27 May 2022[5] | Pre-season | 27 May 2022[6][7] | ||
| DAC Dunajská Streda | End of contract | 31 May 2022[8] | 15 June 2022[9] | |||
| Žilina | End of interim spell | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2022[10] | |||
| Skalica | Signed withTatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 1 June 2022 | 1 June 2022[11] | |||
| Trenčín | End of contract | 7 June 2022[12] | 12 June 2022 | |||
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | End of contract | 1 July 2022[13][14] | 3 July 2022[15] | |||
| Trenčín | Released | 27 July 2022[16] | 12 | 27 July 2022 | ||
| Zlaté Moravce | End by own request | 4 October 2022[17] | 11 | 6 October 2022 | ||
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Released | 14 November 2022[18] | 12 | 22 November 2022[19] | ||
| Skalica | Released | 16 December 2022[20] | 11 | 22 December 2022[21] | ||
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Released | 28 February 2023[22] | 12 | 10 March 2023[23] | ||
| Trenčín | Released | 27 March 2023 | 10 | 27 March 2023[24] | ||
| Michalovce | Released | 16 May 2023[25] | 10 | 16 May 2023 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 48 | Qualification for thechampionship group |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 47 | |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 40 | |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 35 | |
| 5 | Žilina | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 31 | |
| 7 | Ružomberok | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 30 | Qualification for therelegation group |
| 8 | Zemplín Michalovce | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 23 | |
| 9 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 23 | |
| 10 | Trenčín | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 22 | |
| 11 | Skalica | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 19 | |
| 12 | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 9 |
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
| Home \ Away | DAC | DUK | POD | RUŽ | SKA | SLO | TRN | TLM | TRE | ZMI | ZLM | ŽIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAC Dunajská Streda | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
| Podbrezová | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Ružomberok | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Skalica | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Slovan Bratislava | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| Spartak Trnava | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Trenčín | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Zemplín Michalovce | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Zlaté Moravce | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Žilina | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | POD | DUK | ŽIL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava(C) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 67 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League first qualifying round | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 52 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round[a] | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 47 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League play-offs | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
| 5 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 44 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 6 | Žilina(O) | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 39 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–4 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | RUŽ | SKA | TRE | ZMI | ZLM | TLM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ružomberok | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League play-offs | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Skalica | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 40 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Trenčín | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 36 | 0–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Zemplín Michalovce | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 36 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce(O) | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 31 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | — | 0–1 | |
| 6 | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš(R) | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 18 | Relegation to the2. Liga | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
The winner of the2022–23 Slovak Cup,Spartak Trnava, finished in the top 3 in the league, which already secured them a spot in the2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. As a result, a playoff was held for the final spot in the Europa Conference League, which involved the teams ranked in 4th–7th place at the conclusion of the regular season. The play-offs were one-off matches with extra time and penalties used to determine the winner if necessary, with the higher-ranked teams given home advantage against the lower-ranked teams (i.e.3rd v. 7th and5th v. 6th) in the semi-finals. The higher-ranked of the two semi-final winners also gained home advantage in the final.Žilina won the play-offs and earned a place in theEuropa Conference League first qualifying round.
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | Žilina | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Žilina | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Ružomberok | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Podbrezová | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | Ružomberok | 3 | |||||||
| Podbrezová | 0–3 | Ružomberok |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from2. Liga for one spot in the top flight in the next season.
1st leg
2nd leg
Zlaté Moravce won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[26] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 18 | |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 15 | |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | |||
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 14 | |
| 5 | Skalica | 11 | |
| 6 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 9 | |
| Slovan Bratislava | |||
| Podbrezová | |||
| Žilina | |||
| 10 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 8 | |
| Žilina | |||
| Ružomberok | |||
| Žilina |
1 plus 1 play-off goal
| Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | MŠK Žilina | Slovan Bratislava | 4–1 (H) | 6 November 2022 | [27] | |
| 1.CH | DAC Dunajská Streda | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 2–3 (A) | 12 March 2023 | [28] | |
| 10.CH | Spartak Trnava | MŠK Žilina | 4–2 (H) | 20 May 2023 | [29] |
4 Player scored 4 goals
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[30] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 10 | |
| 2 | Skalica | 9 | |
| 3 | Zlaté Moravce | 8 | |
| Podbrezová | |||
| Zemplín Michalovce | |||
| 6 | Žilina | 7 | |
| Spartak Trnava | |||
| 8 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 6 | |
| Slovan Bratislava | |||
| 10 | Trenčín | 5 | |
| Ružomberok | |||
| Slovan Bratislava |
| Month | Player of the Month | Goal of the Month | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| July | DAC Dunajská Streda | DAC Dunajská Streda | [34][35] | ||
| August | Dukla Banská Bystrica | Žilina | [36][37] | ||
| September | Žilina | Žilina | [38][39] | ||
| October | DAC Dunajská Streda | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | [40][41] | ||
| November | Slovan Bratislava | Spartak Trnava | [42][43] | ||
| February | Dukla Banská Bystrica | Dukla Banská Bystrica | [44][45] | ||
| March | DAC Dunajská Streda | DAC Dunajská Streda | [46][47] | ||
| April | Slovan Bratislava | Slovan Bratislava | [48] | ||
| May | Žilina | ||||
Team of the Season was:[49]
Manager of the Season
Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)
Player of the Season
Vladimír Weiss Jr. (Slovan Bratislava)
Young Player of the Season
Artur Gajdoš (Trenčín)
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