Football league in Slovakia
Football league season
The 2020–21 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna liga [ 5] for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions for the second successive year, after picking up the domestic double in the previous season . Slovan successfully defended their title, winning their third consecutive title and record-extending 11th Slovak title overall.
In this season, teams were allowed to make five substitutions during matches in a maximum of three stoppages in play for one team.[ 6]
Teams
Twelve teams competed in the league – all sides from the previous season .
Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in
Fortuna liga 2020–21
AS Trenčín
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
FK Pohronie
MFK Zemplín Michalovce
Štadión Sihoť UEFA
MOL Aréna UEFA
Mestský štadión UEFA
Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA
Capacity: 4,200 (10,000 planned)
Capacity: 12,700
Capacity: 2,309
Capacity: 4,440
FK Senica
MFK Ružomberok
MŠK Žilina
ŠK Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena UEFA
Štadión pod Čebraťom
Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA
Tehelné pole UEFA
Capacity: 5,070
Capacity: 4,817
Capacity: 11,253
Capacity: 22,500
FC Spartak Trnava
ŠKF Sereď
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
FC Nitra
ŠAM - City Arena UEFA
Štadión FC ViOn UEFA
Štadión FC ViOn UEFA
Štadión pod Zoborom UEFA
Capacity: 19,200
Capacity: 4,000
Capacity: 4,000
Capacity: 7,480
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Regular stage
League table
Source:
Fortuna Liga (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.
Results
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
Source:
Fortuna Liga (in Slovak) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Championship group
Source:
Fortuna Liga (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.
(C) Champions
Relegation group
Source:
Fortuna Liga (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.
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Europa Conference League play-offs
Should one of the top 3 teams win the 2020–21 Slovak Cup , Europa Conference League qualification playoffs will be held among the 4th, 5th, 6th team in the championship group and the top team of the relegation round. On 19 May 2021, Slovan Bratislava , who have won the league title, also won the cup , thus confirming the need of playoffs.
The 4th team play the top team of the relegation group and the 5th play the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals play the final to determine the Europa Conference League qualification spot. Europa Conference League qualification playoff games are one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team. The winners qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Semi-finals
Final
Relegation play-offs
The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from 2. Liga 2020–21 for one spot in the top flight the next season.
All times are CEST (UTC+2 ).
First leg
Second leg
Position by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Team \ Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Slovan Bratislava
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
DAC Dunajská Streda
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Spartak Trnava
4
3
2
3
5
6
5
3
5
5
4
6
5
4
6
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Žilina
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
6
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
Zlaté Moravce
7
8
5
6
7
7
10
7
8
8
6
5
4
5
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Trenčín
6
7
10
9
11
10
8
8
11
9
12
10
11
12
10
10
10
10
8
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Sereď
12
5
6
7
4
3
3
4
6
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
9
8
8
10
7
9
7
7
7
8
8
7
8
7
Ružomberok
5
10
11
10
9
11
7
9
7
6
5
7
7
7
5
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
11
8
9
9
8
7
7
8
7
8
Pohronie
8
9
9
5
6
8
9
10
12
10
11
12
12
11
12
12
12
9
7
10
11
12
10
7
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
Zemplín Michalovce
9
11
12
12
12
12
12
11
10
12
10
9
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
9
9
12
11
11
12
12
11
11
11
10
Senica
10
12
7
11
10
9
11
12
9
11
9
11
9
9
9
9
9
12
12
12
10
11
12
10
12
12
10
10
10
10
10
11
Nitra
11
6
8
8
8
5
6
5
3
4
7
4
6
6
7
7
8
8
10
9
9
8
8
11
10
10
11
11
12
12
12
12
Source: Fortunaliga.sk
Season statistics
As of 23 May 2021
Top goalscorers
1 plus 1 play-off goal
2 plus 2 play-off goals
Top assists
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Discipline
Player
Most yellow cards: 10 [ 39]
Club
Most yellow cards: 84 [ 40]
Awards
Monthly awards
1 Vote of the player of the month was united for November and December.
Annual awards
Team of the Season
Greif
Kiwior
César
Bozhikov
De Marco
Kamps
Kalmár
Ratão
Strelec
Ramírez
Hrnčár
Team of the Season was:[ 53]
Top Eleven U-21
Source:[ 53]
Individual awards
Manager of the season
Pavol Staňo (Žilina )
Player of the Year
Zsolt Kalmár (DAC Dunajská Streda )
Young player of the Year
David Hrnčár (Zlaté Moravce )
See also
Notes
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