| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Regular season: 27 July 2024 – 17 May 2025 |
| Champions | Slovan Bratislava (23rd title) |
| Relegated | Dukla Banská Bystrica |
| Champions League | Slovan Bratislava |
| Europa League | Spartak Trnava |
| Conference League | Žilina DAC Dunajská Streda |
| Matches | 206 |
| Goals | 564 (2.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Tigran Barseghyan (20) David Strelec (20) |
| Biggest home win | Podbrezová 7–1MFK Skalica (17 Aug 2024) Slovan Bratislava 6–0KFC Komárno (4 Dec 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Slovan Bratislava 0–5MŠK Žilina (1 Sep 2024) MŠK Žilina 0–5Slovan Bratislava (5 Apr 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Michalovce 4–5KFC Komárno (11 May 2025) |
| Highest attendance | 14,125 Slovan Bratislava 1-0 FC Košice (17 May 2025)[1] |
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The2024–25 Slovak First Football League (known asNiké liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of first-tier football league inSlovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Slovan Bratislava is the six-time defending champion.
The league will consist of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from theprevious season, and one team promoted from the2. Liga.Komárno has been promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the2023–24 2. Liga, replacing the 2023–24 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed teamZlaté Moravce after 14 years in top flight.Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the sixth successive year).
| FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | FC Košice | FK Železiarne Podbrezová |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOL Aréna UEFA | Štadión SNP UEFA | Košická futbalová aréna UEFA | ZELPO Aréna UEFA |
| Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 7,030 | Capacity: 12,555 | Capacity: 4,000 |
| MFK Ružomberok | MFK Skalica | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | FC Spartak Trnava |
| Štadión pod Čebraťom | Štadión MFK Skalica | Tehelné pole UEFA | Štadión Antona Malatinského UEFA |
| Capacity: 4,876 | Capacity: 2,600 | Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 18,200 |
| AS Trenčín | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | KFC Komárno | MŠK Žilina |
| Štadión Sihoť UEFA | Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA | ViOn Aréna UEFA | Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,400 | Capacity: 4,008 | Capacity: 10,897 |
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Macron | Kukkonia | |||
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Adidas | Veolia | |||
| Košice | Adidas | Niké | |||
| Podbrezová | Adidas | Niké | |||
| Ružomberok | Adidas | Niké | |||
| Skalica | Adidas | Tipsport | |||
| Slovan Bratislava | Adidas | Niké | |||
| Spartak Trnava | Puma | Tipsport | |||
| Trenčín | Macron | Tipsport | |||
| Zemplín Michalovce | Adidas | Tipsport | |||
| Komárno | Adidas | MOL | |||
| Žilina | Nike | Preto |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banská Bystrica | End of interim spell | 16 June 2024 | Pre-season | 16 June 2026[2] | ||
| Michalovce | End of contract | 28 June 2024 | 28 June 2026[3] | |||
| Podbrezová | End by own request | 6 July 2024[4] | 12 July 2024[5] | |||
| Skalica | Released | 3 September 2024 | 12 | 3 September 2024[6] | ||
| Podbrezová | Becomes assistant | 2 September 2024 | 8 | 2 September 2024[7] | ||
| FC Košice | Released | 24 September 2024 | 10 | 24 September 2024[8] | ||
| AS Trenčín | Released | 1 October 2024 | 11 | 1 October 2024[9] | ||
| MFK Ružomberok | Signed with | 13 November 2024 | 6 | 13 November 2024[10] | ||
| Dunajská Streda | Released | 27 November 2024 | 4 | 27 November 2024[11] | ||
| MFK Ružomberok | Released | 20 December 2024 | 10 | 20 December 2024[12] | ||
| Banská Bystrica | Becomes assistant | 27 December 2024 | 9 | 27 December 2024[13] | ||
| Banská Bystrica | Released | 17 March 2025 | 12 | 17 March 2025[14] | ||
| MFK Ružomberok | Released | 8 April 2025 | 11 | 13 November 2024[15] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 49 | Qualification for thechampionship group |
| 2 | Žilina | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 45 | |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 44 | |
| 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 32 | |
| 5 | Podbrezová | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 30 | |
| 6 | Košice | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 29 | |
| 7 | Zemplín Michalovce | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 27 | Qualification for therelegation group |
| 8 | Komárno | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 22 | |
| 9 | Ružomberok | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 20[a] | |
| 10 | Trenčín | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 20[a] | |
| 11 | Skalica | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 19 | |
| 12 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 17 |
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
| Home \ Away | DAC | DUK | KOM | KOŠ | POD | RUŽ | SKA | SLO | TRN | TRE | ZMI | ŽIL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAC Dunajská Streda | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Komárno | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Košice | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Podbrezová | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
| Ružomberok | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Skalica | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | |
| Spartak Trnava | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Trenčín | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | |
| Zemplín Michalovce | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Žilina | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | ŽIL | TRN | DAC | KOŠ | POD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava(C, Q) | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 72 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Žilina(Q) | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for theConference League second qualifying round | 0–5 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava(Q) | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 52 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round | 2–3 | 2–4 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda(O) | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 51 | Qualification for theConference League play-offs | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| 5 | Košice(Q) | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 44 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 6 | Železiarne Podbrezová | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 37 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ZMI | KOM | SKA | RUŽ | TRE | DUK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zemplín Michalovce | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 40 | Qualification for theConference League play-offs | — | 4–5 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | |
| 2 | Komárno | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 39 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Skalica | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 38 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Ružomberok | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 36 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | ||
| 5 | Trenčín(O) | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 35 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | |
| 6 | Dukla Banská Bystrica(R) | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 22 | Relegation to the2. Liga | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — |
The winner of the2024–25 Slovak Cup,Spartak Trnava, finished in the top 3 in the league, which already secured them a spot in theEuropa League. As a result, a playoff was held for the final spot in the 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.DAC Dunajská Streda won the play-offs but were subsequently excluded from the Conference League due to the club having the same ownership as Hungarian sideGyőri ETO FC, who had also qualified for the competition.Košice took their place in Conference League qualifying.[16]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 2 | |||||||
| 7 | Zemplín Michalovce | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Podbrezová | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Košice | 2(4) | |||||||
| 6 | Podbrezová (p) | 2(5) | |||||||
| DAC Dunajská Streda | 3–2 | Podbrezová |
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| Report |
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The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from2. Liga for one spot in the top flight in the next season.
1st leg
| Zlaté Moravce | 1–1 | Trenčín |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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2nd leg
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovan | 20 | |
| Slovan | |||
| 3 | Michalovce | 14 | |
| 4 | Banská Bystrica | 13 | |
| 5 | Dunajská Streda | 10 | |
| Žilina | |||
| Slovan | |||
| Ružomberok | |||
| 9 | Košice | 9 | |
| Trnava | |||
| Dunajská Streda |
1 plus 1 playoff goal
2 plus 2 playoff goals
| Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Banská Bystrica | Trenčín | 6–1 (H) | 23 November 2024 | [18] | |
| 19 | Slovan Bratislava | Ružomberok | 5–1 (A) | 9 February 2025 | [19] | |
| 8 (CG) | Slovan Bratislava | Žilina | 4–3 (H) | 3 May 2025 | [20] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skalica | 13 | |
| 2 | Trnava | 10 | |
| 3 | Dunajská Streda | 9 | |
| Košice | |||
| 5 | Žilina | 8 | |
| Komárno | |||
| 7 | Podbrezová | 7 | |
| 8 | Trenčín | 6 | |
| 9 | Trenčín | 4 | |
| Ružomberok |
Team of the Season was:[25]
Manager of the Season
Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)
Player of the Season
Tigran Barseghyan (Slovan Bratislava)
Young Player of the Season
Mario Sauer (MŠK Žilina)