2016–17 Slovak First Football League

The 2016–17 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga[3] for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. AS Trenčín were the defending champions, after winning their 2nd Slovak championship in the previous season. The fixtures were announced on 5 July 2016.[4] The season began on 16 July 2016 and finished on 27 May 2017.

Fortuna Liga
Season2016–17
Dates16 July 2016 – 27 May 2017
ChampionsŽilina
RelegatedSpartak Myjava (withdrew)
Champions LeagueŽilina
Europa LeagueŠK Slovan Bratislava
MFK Ružomberok
AS Trenčín
Matches played165
Goals scored455 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerFilip Hlohovský
Seydouba Soumah
(20 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 7–0 Spartak Trnava
(6 November 2016)
Biggest away winDAC Dunajská Streda 0–6 Žilina
(15 October 2016)
Highest scoringŽilina 7–1 Zemplín Michalovce
(11 December 2016)
Highest attendance7,637 (Sp.Trnava–Slovan)[citation needed]
Lowest attendance150 (Michalovce-Ružomberok)[1]
Average attendance1,974 [2]

Teams

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A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 season and one that was promoted from the 2. liga.

Relegation for MFK Skalica to the 2016–17 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 21 May 2016. The relegated team was replaced by DOXXbet liga champion 1. FC Tatran Prešov.

2016–17 Teams

Stadiums and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season
AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 3,500 Champions
DAC Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda DAC Aréna1 6,839 7th in Fortuna Liga
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová Podbrezová ZELPO Aréna 4,061 8th in Fortuna Liga
FK Senica Senica OMS Arena 5,070 10th in Fortuna Liga
Michalovce Michalovce Mestský futbalový štadión3,4 4,440 11th in Fortuna Liga
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión pod Čebraťom 4,817 6th in Fortuna Liga
1. FC Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Stadium2 5,410 2. Liga Champion
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,258 5th in Fortuna Liga
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000 2nd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Myjava Myjava Stadium Myjava 2,709 3rd in Fortuna Liga
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 19,200 4th in Fortuna Liga
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce Štadión FC ViOn 4,000 9th in Fortuna Liga

1Some matches were played at NTC Senec in Senec while DAC Aréna was under renovation.
2Some matches are played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Tatran Stadium is under renovation.
3Some matches were played at NTC Poprad in Poprad while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation.
4Some matches are played at Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation.

AS Trenčín Dunajská Streda Podbrezová Michalovce
Štadión na Sihoti DAC Aréna ZELPO Aréna Mestský futbalový štadión
Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 6,839 Capacity: 4,061 Capacity: 4,440
     
FK Senica MFK Ružomberok MŠK Žilina Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena
UEFA Stadium    
Štadión pod Čebraťom

UEFA Stadium    

Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA Stadium     
Pasienky
Capacity: 5,070 Capacity: 4,817 Capacity: 11,258 Capacity: 12,000
       
Spartak Myjava Spartak Trnava Tatran Prešov Zlaté Moravce
Stadium Myjava ŠAM - City Arena
UEFA Stadium     
Tatran Stadium Štadión FC ViOn
Capacity: 2,709 Capacity: 19,200 Capacity: 5,410 Capacity: 4,000
     

Personnel and kits

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
AS Trenčín   Tscheu La Ling   Martin Ševela   Peter Kleščík Adidas AEGON
DAC Dunajská Streda   Oszkár Világi   Csaba László   Marin Ljubičić Adidas Kukkonia
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová   Július Kriváň   Karol Praženica   Jaroslav Kostelný Adidas Železiarne Podbrezová
FK Senica   Vladimír Levársky   Miroslav Mentel   Michal Šulla hummel Business Funding Solutions
MFK Ružomberok   Milan Fiľo   Norbert Hrnčár   Marek Sapara Adidas MAESTRO
MŠK Žilina   Jozef Antošík   Adrián Guľa   Viktor Pečovský Nike Preto
Slovan Bratislava   Ivan Kmotrík   Ivan Vukomanović   Boris Sekulić Adidas niké
Spartak Myjava   Pavel Halabrín   Mikuláš Radványi   Štefan Pekár Uhlsport NAD RESS
Spartak Trnava   Dušan Keketi   Miroslav Karhan   Lukáš Greššák Adidas ŽOS Trnava, ŠKODA
ViOn Zlaté Moravce   Karol Škula   Juraj Jarábek   Peter Orávik Erreà ViOn
MFK Michalovce   Ján Sabol   Anton Šoltis   Tomáš Sedlák Adidas Scorp
1. FC Tatran Prešov   Miroslav Remeta   Miroslav Jantek   Jozef Talian ATAK Sportswear Dúha

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
MFK Zemplín Michalovce   Stanislav Griga End of contract 21 May 2016[5] Pre-season   Anton Šoltis 7 June 2016[6]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda   Tomislav Marić End of contract 30 May 2016[7]   Krisztián Németh 23 May 2016[8]
Zlaté Moravce   Libor Fašiang Sacked 23 June 2016   Peter Gergely 23 May 2016[9]
Spartak Myjava   Norbert Hrnčár Signed by MFK Ružomberok 30 May 2016[10]   Mikuláš Radványi 9 June 2016 [11]
MFK Ružomberok   Ladislav Pecko End of contract 30 May 2016   Norbert Hrnčár 3 June 2016[12]
FK Senica   Juraj Sabol Sacked 30 May 2016   Aleš Čvančara 30 May 2016[13]
FK Senica   Aleš Čvančara Terminated by own request 13 July 2016[14] 9-12   Miroslav Mentel 31 July 2016
ŠK Slovan Bratislava   Nikodimos Papavasiliou Sacked 31 July 2016[15] 2   Vladimír Koník (carateker) 31 July 2016
ŠK Slovan Bratislava   Vladimír Koník End of caretaker spell 18 August 2016 5   Ivan Vukomanović 18 August 2016[16]
1. FC Tatran Prešov   Stanislav Varga Sacked 14 October 2016 12   Ján Karaffa (carateker) 14 October 2016[17]
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda   Krisztián Németh Sacked 20 October 2016 11   Csaba László 20 October 2016[18]
1. FC Tatran Prešov   Ján Karaffa End of caretaker spell 2 November 2016 11   Miroslav Jantek 2 November 2016[19]
Zlaté Moravce   Peter Gergely Sacked 6 November 2016 12   Juraj Jarábek 6 November 2016[20]
FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová   Marek Fabula Sacked 25 April 2017 3   Karol Praženica 25 April 2017[21]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žilina (C) 30 23 4 3 82 25 +57 73 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Slovan Bratislava 30 18 3 9 54 34 +20 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Ružomberok 30 15 7 8 55 38 +17 52
4 Trenčín 30 14 5 11 53 48 +5 47
5 Podbrezová 30 12 9 9 34 31 +3 45
6 Spartak Trnava 30 12 7 11 34 37 −3 43
7 DAC Dunajská Streda 30 10 12 8 37 34 +3 42
8 Zemplín Michalovce 30 8 5 17 35 55 −20 29
9 Senica 30 7 7 16 25 35 −10 28
10 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 30 5 7 18 29 55 −26 22
11 Tatran Prešov 30 3 10 17 17 63 −46 19
12 Spartak Myjava (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal to 4. Liga for the 2017–18 season[b]
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Soccerway, Futbalnet (in Slovak)
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.[24]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Slovak Cup, Slovan Bratislava, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. ^ Spartak Myjava withdrew from the league on 21 December 2016,[22] and their results were expunged.[23]

Results

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Home \ Away TRČ DAC POD SEN ZPM RUŽ ŽIL SLO TRV TAT ZTM TRČ DAC POD SEN ZPM RUŽ ŽIL SLO TRV TAT ZTM
Trenčín 0–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–4 4–0
DAC Dunajská Streda 2–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–6 1–0 0–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–2
Podbrezová 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–0
Senica 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Zemplín Michalovce 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 5–1
Ružomberok 3–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 2–1
Žilina 4–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 7–1 3–2 2–1 7–0 4–0 4–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 3–1 3–0
Slovan Bratislava 4–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–1
Spartak Trnava 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 4–0 3–1
Tatran Prešov 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–4
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017.
Rank Player Club Goals[25]
1   Filip Hlohovský MŠK Žilina 20
  Seydouba Soumah Slovan Bratislava
3   Rangelo Janga AS Trenčín 14
  Michal Škvarka MŠK Žilina
  Jakub Mareš MFK Ružomberok
6   Tamás Priskin Slovan Bratislava 10
  Pavol Šafranko Prešov (4)/DAC (6)
8   Nikolas Špalek MŠK Žilina 9
9   Yusuf Otubanjo MŠK Žilina 8
  Erik Pačinda DAC D.Streda
11   Ľuboš Kolár Spartak Myjava 7
  Endy Opoku Bernadina Podbrezová
  Igor Žofčák Michalovce

Hat-tricks

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Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
21   Tamás Priskin Slovan Bratislava AS Trenčín 4–3 25 February 2017 [26]
30   Erik Jirka Spartak Trnava AS Trenčín 4–3 7 May 2017 [27]

Clean sheets

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Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[28]
1   Martin Kuciak Podbrezová 14
2   Adam Jakubech Spartak Trnava 13
3   Miloš Volešák MŠK Žilina 12
4   Michal Šulla FK Senica 8
  Matej Slávik DAC D.Streda
6   Ján Mucha Slovan Bratislava 7
  Matúš Macík MFK Ružomberok
8   Matúš Hruška Spartak Myjava 6
9   Patrik Macej Michalovce 5
10   Pavel Kováč Zlaté Moravce 4
  Jozef Talian Tatran Prešov
  Igor Šemrinec AS Trenčín

Discipline

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As of matches played on 20 May 2017.

Player

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  • Most red cards: 1[29]
    • 25 players


Awards

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Player of the Month

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Month Player Club Ref
July   Martin Chrien MFK Ružomberok [30]
August   Nikolas Špalek MŠK Žilina [31]
September   Ľuboš Kolár Spartak Myjava [32]
October   Martin Kuciak Podbrezová [33]
Nov/Dec   Filip Hlohovský MŠK Žilina [34]
Feb/March   Tamás Priskin Slovan Bratislava [35]
April   Erick Davis Dunajská Streda [36]

Top Eleven

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Source:[37]

Individual awards

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Manager of the season

Adrián Guľa (MŠK Žilina)

Player of the Year

Filip Hlohovský (MŠK Žilina)

Young player of the Year

Pavol Šafranko (Podbrezová/D.Streda)

See also

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References

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