The current independent top football division in Slovakia was formed in 1993 as a result of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The predecessors of the current top football division in Slovakia wereZväzové Majstrovstvá Slovenska (1925–1933) andSlovenská liga (1938–1944).
Slovakia was part ofCzechoslovakia (1918–1939 and 1945–1993) and the best Slovak clubs played in the joint Czechoslovak league. Three Slovak clubs managed to win it.[2]
Over the years, the number of teams competing in the top division has varied. The current number of 12 teams has been in effect since the2006–07 season. However, there were also changes in the playing format afterwards. In the current format, which has been in effect since the2017–18 season, teams play home-and-away against every other team in the regular stage, for a total of 22 matches each. The table is then divided into two halves of 6 teams each – the top 6 play in the championship group and the bottom 6 play in the relegation group. Within these groups, teams play home-and-away each other again, for a total of 10 matches each.
The all-time league table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in Slovak I. liga since its inception in 1993. The table as of the end of2023–24 season. Teams inbold are part of the2024–25 Niké liga. There is no club that played all seasons in top-flight. The best clubs in that respect,Žilina andSpartak Trnava, missed 1 season,Slovan Bratislava missed 2 seasons.
S = Number of seasons; P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points aSpartak Myjava withdrew from the league on 21 December 2016, and their results from season2016-17 were expunged.
The following data indicates Slovak coefficient rankings between European football leagues.[8]
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Country ranking
UEFA League Ranking as of the end 2023/24 season for the period of 2019-2024:[9]
The clubs sell their players to financially stronger clubs from western Europe. Examples of players that have succeeded in notable leagues areMarek Hamšík, who was captain of Italian clubSSC Napoli,Peter Pekarík who captainsBundesliga sideHertha BSC orMartin Škrtel, a well-known formerLiverpool centre-back who also played forFenerbahçe. Moreover, over the last few years more and more youngsters have been given chances to perform regularly in the league and as the result, many transfers were to be seen. For exampleLeon Bailey,Milan Škriniar,Stanislav Lobotka orSamuel Kalu could have been seen playing football at Slovak stadiums recently.
^Karel Stokkermans (10 June 2011)."Slovak Republic: I liga SR".Slovakia - List of Champions. RSSSF.Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved17 November 2011.