2014–15 Slovak First Football League

The 2014–15 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 11 July 2014.[2] ŠK Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions.

Fortuna Liga
Season2014–15
Dates11 July 2014 – 30 May 2015
ChampionsAS Trenčín
1st title
RelegatedMFK Košice
Dukla Banská Bystrica
Champions LeagueAS Trenčín
Europa LeagueŽilina
Spartak Trnava
Slovan Bratislava
Matches played198
Goals scored531 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerMatej Jelić, Jan Kalabiška
(19 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 5–1 Ružomberok
Biggest away winKošice 1–3 Zlaté Moravce
Highest scoringTrnava 5–2 B.Bystrica
Highest attendance6,397 (Žilina – Trenčín)
Lowest attendance448 (B.Bystrica – Senica), (B.Bystrica – Ružomberok)
Average attendanceDecrease 1978
All statistics correct as of 4 June 2015.

Teams

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A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 11 sides from the 2013–14 season and one promoted from the 2. liga.

Relegation for FC Nitra to the 2014–15 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 20 May 2014. The one relegated team was replaced by ŽP Šport Podbrezová.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2013–14 season
AS Trenčín Trenčín Stadium na Sihoti 4,500 Corgoň Liga runners-up
DAC Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión 16,410 11th in Corgoň Liga
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000 8th in Corgoň Liga
ŽP Šport Podbrezová Podbrezová Stadium Kolkáreň 4,500 2. liga champions
FK Senica Senica Stadium FK Senica 4,500 6th in Corgoň Liga
MFK Košice Košice Stadium Lokomotívy v Čermeli 9,000 5th in Corgoň Liga
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión pod Čebraťom 4,817 4th in Corgoň Liga
MŠK Žilina Žilina Stadium pod Dubňom 11,181 9th in Corgoň Liga
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000 Corgoň Liga champions
Spartak Myjava Myjava Stadium Myjava 2,709 7th in Corgoň Liga
Spartak Trnava Trnava Stadium Antona Malatinského 3,350 3rd in Corgoň Liga
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce FC ViOn Stadium 4,000 10th in Corgoň Liga

Personnel and kits

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
AS Trenčín Tscheu La Ling   Martin Ševela Peter Kleščík Nike Aegon
DAC Dunajská Streda Oszkár Világi   Tomislav Marić Otto Szabó Adidas Kukkonia
Dukla Banská Bystrica Martin Poljovka   Štefan Rusnák Peter Boroš Adidas
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Július Kriváň   Branislav Benko Ivan Minčič Adidas Železiarne Podbrezová
FK Senica Viktor Blažek   Eduard Pagáč Tomáš Kóňa hummel
MFK Košice Blažej Podolák   Marek Fabuľa Peter Šinglár Jako Steel Trans
MFK Ružomberok Milan Fiľo   Ivan Galád Marek Sapara Adidas MAESTRO
MŠK Žilina Jozef Antošík   Adrián Guľa Viktor Pečovský Nike Preto
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík   Dusan Tittel Martin Dobrotka Adidas Niké
Spartak Myjava Pavel Halabrín   Peter Gergely Martin Černáček Uhlsport NAD RESS
Spartak Trnava Michal Pethö   Juraj Jarábek Marek Janečka Adidas Škoda Transportation
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Karol Škula   Branislav Mráz Július Szöke Erreà ViOn

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Spartak Myjava   Radúz Dorňák Sacked 31 May 2014[3] Pre-season   Peter Gergely 1 June 2014[4]
MFK Ružomberok   Jozef Chovanec End of contract 30 June 2014[5]   Ladislav Šimčo 5 June 2014[6]
ŠK Slovan Bratislava   Dušan Galis Mutual agreement 13 June 2014[7]   František Straka 11 June 2014[8]
ŠK Slovan Bratislava   František Straka Mutual agreement 7 October 2014[9] 5th   Jozef Chovanec 16 October 2014[10]
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica   Norbert Hrnčár Sacked 9 October 2014[11] 12th   Štefan Rusnák 9 October 2014[12]
MFK Ružomberok   Ladislav Šimčo Sacked 17 November 2014[13] 12th   Ivan Galád 17 November 2015
MFK Košice   Radoslav Látal End by own request 29 November 2014[14] 7th   Marek Fabuľa 29 November 2015
FK Senica   Pavel Hapal Signs with Slovakia U21 23 December 2014[15] 3rd   Jozef Kostelník 4 January 2015[16]
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce   Branislav Mráz Sacked 12 January 2015[17] 10th   Ladislav Totkovič 12 January 2015
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda   Mikuláš Radványi Sacked 17 January 2015[18] 9th   Tomislav Marić 17 January 2015
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová   Jaroslav Kentoš Sacked 17 February 2015[19] 8th   Jozef Mores 24 February 2015
ŠK Slovan Bratislava   Jozef Chovanec Sacked 6 April 2015 [20] 5th   Dušan Tittel 7 April 2015
FK Senica   Jozef Kostelník Mutual agreement 8 May 2015 [21] 5th   Eduard Pagáč 8 May 2015

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Trenčín (C) 33 23 5 5 67 28 +39 74 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Žilina 33 20 9 4 68 25 +43 69 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Slovan Bratislava 33 18 3 12 49 42 +7 57
4 Spartak Trnava 33 16 8 9 53 31 +22 56
5 Senica 33 12 11 10 52 50 +2 47
6 Košice (R) 33 11 8 14 43 48 −5 41 Relegation to 2. Liga[a]
7 Ružomberok 33 10 10 13 41 45 −4 40
8 DAC Dunajská Streda 33 9 12 12 32 44 −12 39
9 Spartak Myjava 33 11 6 16 38 53 −15 39
10 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 33 8 8 17 27 54 −27 32
11 Podbrezová 33 7 8 18 32 54 −22 29
12 Dukla Banská Bystrica (R) 33 4 10 19 29 57 −28 22 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.[23]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ MFK Košice did not obtain a licence for the 2015–16 season.[22]

Results

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Home \ Away DAC BB KOŠ POD RUŽ SEN SLO MYJ TRN TRE ZLM ŽIL DAC BB KOŠ POD RUŽ SEN SLO MYJ TRN TRE ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–1
Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–0 0–2 3–3 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–1 0–3
Košice 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2
Podbrezová 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3
Ružomberok 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
Senica 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 0–4 1–2
Slovan Bratislava 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 1–0
Myjava 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 3–6 0–3 2–2
Spartak Trnava 3–1 5–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 3–0
Trenčín 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 4–3 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–6 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–3
Žilina 3–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 5–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 4–1
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Updated through matches played on 30 May 2015.
Rank Player Club Goals[24]
1   Jan Kalabiška FK Senica 19
  Matej Jelić MŠK Žilina
3   Jaroslav Mihalík MŠK Žilina 13
4   Štefan Pekár Spartak Myjava 11
  Ján Vlasko Spartak Trnava
  Erik Sabo Spartak Trnava
7   Adam Zreľák Slovan Bratislava/Ružomberok 10
  Martin Mikovič Spartak Trnava
  Lukáš Čmelík MŠK Žilina
  Nermin Haskić MFK Košice
11   Dávid Škutka ŽP Podbrezová/MFK Košice 9
  Pavol Masaryk MFK Ružomberok
13   Jairo AS Trenčín 8
  Marko Milinković Slovan Bratislava
  Róbert Pillár FK Senica
  Seydouba Soumah Slovan Bratislava

Hat-tricks

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Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
24   Matej Jelić MŠK Žilina MFK Košice 4–1 4 April 2015 [25]
24   Jan Kalabiška FK Senica Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–4 4 April 2015 [26]
26   Martin Juhar FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce FK Senica 3–2 18 April 2015 [27]

Clean sheets

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Updated through matches played on 30 May 2015
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[28]
1   Miloš Volešák AS Trenčín/MŠK Žilina 11
2   Igor Šemrinec AS Trenčín 10
3   Michal Šulla FK Senica 8
4   Pavel Kováč FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce 7
  Peter Boroš FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
6   Andrej Maťašovský FO ŽP Podbrezová 6
  Dobrivoj Rusov FC Spartak Trnava
  Martin Krnáč MŠK Žilina/Slovan Bratislava
9   Darko Tofiloski MFK Košice 5
  Peter Solnička Spartak Myjava
  Dušan Perniš Slovan Bratislava
12   Ivan Kelava Spartak Trnava 4

Awards

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Source:[29]

Top Eleven

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Individual awards

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Manager of the season

Martin Ševela and Ivan Vrabec (AS Trenčín)

Player of the Year

Viktor Pečovský (MŠK Žilina)

Young player of the Year

Matúš Bero (AS Trenčín)

See also

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Stats

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References

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