2012–13 Slovak First Football League

The 2012–13 Slovak First Football League season, known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th edition of top flight football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It started on 14 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013.^[3]

Corgoň Liga

Season	2012–13
Dates	14 July 2012 – 26 May 2013
Champions	Slovan Bratislava 7th title
Relegated	Tatran Prešov
Champions League	Slovan Bratislava
Europa League	Senica Trenčín Žilina
Matches played	198
Goals scored	466 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Depetris (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Trenčín 6–0 Trnava
Biggest away win	Trnava 0–5 Z.Moravce
Highest scoring	Slovan 5–2 Nitra
Highest attendance	8,544[1] Trnava 0–1 Slovan
Lowest attendance	310[2] Nitra 1–1 Zlaté Moravce
Average attendance	2,116
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

MŠK Žilina were the 2012 defending champions.

Teams

12 teams contested in the league, including 11 sides from the 2011–12 season and one promoted from the 2. liga. Spartak Myjava made their promotional debut in the Slovak First Football League.^[4] They replaced DAC Dunajská Streda.

Stadiums and locations

Banská Bystrica

Trenčín

Myjava

Senica

Košice

Nitra

Prešov

Ružomberok

Slovan

Trnava

Žilina

Zlaté Moravce

Location of teams in Corgoň Liga 2012–13

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2011–12 season
AS Trenčín	Trenčín	Stadium na Sihoti	4,500	5th in Corgoň Liga
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	SNP Stadium	10,000	9th in Corgoň Liga
FC Nitra	Nitra	Stadium pod Zoborom	11,384	8th in Corgoň Liga
FK Senica	Senica	Stadium FK Senica	4,500	4th in Corgoň Liga
MFK Košice	Košice	Stadium Lokomotívy v Čermeli	9,000	11th in Corgoň Liga
MFK Ružomberok	Ružomberok	Stadium MFK Ružomberok	4,817	6th in Corgoň Liga
MŠK Žilina	Žilina	Stadium pod Dubňom	11,181	Corgoň Liga champions
Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Pasienky	12,000	3rd in Corgoň Liga
Spartak Myjava	Myjava	Stadium Myjava	2,000	2. liga champions
Spartak Trnava	Trnava	Stadium Antona Malatinského	18,448	Corgoň Liga runners-up
Tatran Prešov	Prešov	Tatran Stadium	5,410	10th in Corgoň Liga
ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Zlaté Moravce	FC ViOn Stadium	4,000	7th in Corgoň Liga

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
AS Trenčín	Tscheu La Ling	Adrián Guľa	Miloš Volešák	Nike	Aegon
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Tomáš Geist	Norbert Hrnčár	Martin Poljovka	adidas	Express Slovakia
FC Nitra	Eugen Árvay	Jozef Vukušič	Petr Kaspřák	Jako	Bonul Security, El Comp, Špeciál Izotex
FK Senica	Viktor Blažek	Vladimír Koník	Tomáš Kóňa	hummel
MFK Košice	Blažej Podolák	Ján Kozák	Peter Šinglár	Nike	Steel Trans
MFK Ružomberok	Milan Fiľo	Ladislav Šimčo	Tomáš Ďubek	Adidas	Mondi SCP
MŠK Žilina	Jozef Antošík	Štefan Tarkovič	Miroslav Barčík	Nike	Preto
Slovan Bratislava	Ivan Kmotrík	Samuel Slovák	Igor Žofčák	adidas	Niké
Spartak Myjava	Pavel Halabrín	Ladislav Hudec	Martin Černáček	Uhlsport	NAD RESS
Spartak Trnava	Michal Pethö	Vladimír Ekhardt	Miroslav Karhan	Adidas	Danube Wings.eu, ŽOS Trnava
Tatran Prešov	Miroslav Remeta	Jozef Bubenko	Peter Petráš	adidas	DÚHA
ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Karol Škula	Juraj Jarábek	Pavol Majerník	Legea	ViOn

Adidas is the official ball supplier for Corgoň Liga.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
FK Senica	Stanislav Griga	Mutual consent	26 April 2012[5]	Pre-season	Zdeněk Psotka	4 May 2012[6]
MFK Ružomberok	Aleš Křeček	End of contract	15 May 2012		Ladislav Šimčo	4 June 2012[7]
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Štefan Zaťko	Sacked	23 May 2012		Norbert Hrnčár	6 June 2012[8]
1. FC Tatran Prešov	Serhiy Kovalets	End of contract	30 June 2012		Angel Chervenkov	8 July 2012[9]
ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Vladimír Weiss	Resigned	29 July 2012[10]	5th	Samuel Slovák	3 August 2012[11]
FC Nitra	Ladislav Jurkemik	Sacked	5 November 2012[12]	12th	Jozef Vukušič	6 November 2012[13]
FC Spartak Trnava	Pavel Hoftych	Resigned	18 November 2012[14]	12th	Peter Zelenský	19 November 2012[15]
1. FC Tatran Prešov	Angel Chervenkov	Resigned	20 November 2012[16]	11th	Ladislav Totkovič	20 November 2012[17]
FK Senica	Zdeněk Psotka	Mutual consent	3 January 2013[18]	3rd	Vladimír Koník	3 January 2013[19]
MŠK Žilina	Frans Adelaar	Sacked	3 January 2013[20]	5th	Štefan Tarkovič	3 January 2013[21]
1. FC Tatran Prešov	Ladislav Totkovič	Sacked	16 April 2013[22]	10th	Jozef Bubenko	16 April 2013[23]
FC Spartak Trnava	Peter Zelenský	Mutual agreement	23 April 2013[24]	12th	Vladimír Ekhardt	23 April 2013[25]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovan Bratislava (C)	33	16	11	6	56	33	+23	59	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Senica	33	16	7	10	40	34	+6	55	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Trenčín	33	14	11	8	52	34	+18	53
4	Spartak Myjava	33	13	9	11	43	37	+6	48
5	Košice	33	12	11	10	38	33	+5	47
6	Ružomberok	33	12	9	12	36	46	−10	45
7	Žilina	33	9	15	9	37	28	+9	42	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
8	ViOn Zlaté Moravce	33	11	8	14	42	43	−1	41
9	Dukla Banská Bystrica	33	9	11	13	28	32	−4	38
10	Nitra[a]	33	11	6	16	39	54	−15	36
11	Spartak Trnava	33	8	11	14	34	51	−17	35
12	Tatran Prešov (R)	33	8	9	16	21	41	−20	33	Relegation to 2. liga

Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nitra was docked three points by the Slovak Football Association (Incident in match between FC Nitra – Spartak Trnava).

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. The two first rounds consisted of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule. The pairings of the third round were set according to the 2010–11 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team.

Home \ Away	BB	KOŠ	NIT	RUŽ	SEN	SLO	MYJ	TRN	PRE	TRE	ZLM	ŽIL	BB	KOŠ	NIT	RUŽ	SEN	SLO	MYJ	TRN	PRE	TRE	ZLM	ŽIL
Dukla Banská Bystrica		1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–2						1–0			0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2
Košice	1–0		4–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0					1–1				0–0	0–2	2–2
Nitra	1–1	4–1		1–1	0–1	0–3	0–2	1–3	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0		3–0	0–1			3–3
Ružomberok	1–0	3–1	2–1		0–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–1			3–1		0–1	1–0			2–1
Senica	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–3		0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0					0–3	3–2		1–0	1–0
Slovan Bratislava	2–0	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–0		2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–1			4–0	2–2	3–2		1–1		5–0			1–1
Spartak Myjava	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–2		2–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0						2–0	0–2	2–1
Spartak Trnava	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1		2–1	0–3	0–5	1–2	0–1	2–3				0–0	1–1			2–0	3–2
Prešov	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1		1–2	1–1	0–0		0–0	0–1	3–1	0–1			0–1
Trenčín	1–1	0–0	5–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	6–0	2–1		1–1	0–2			3–0	5–0		4–1			1–1			1–2
ViOn Zlaté Moravce	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1		1–0			1–2			1–0			0–0	1–2		2–1
Žilina	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–1				1–2	3–0	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–1

Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Updated through matches played on 26 May 2013.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[26]
1	David Depetris	Trenčín	16
2	Andrej Hodek	Zlaté Moravce	13
	Dávid Škutka	Košice
	Tomáš Ďubek	Ružomberok
5	Róbert Pich	Žilina	11
6	Cléber	Nitra	10
	Lester Peltier	Slovan Bratislava
	Peter Sládek	Spartak Myjava
	Rolando Blackburn	Senica
10	Filip Hlohovský	Slovan Bratislava	8

Awards

Top Eleven

• Goalkeeper: Matúš Putnocký (ŠK Slovan)
• Defence: Mamadou Bagayoko (ŠK Slovan), Jozef Piaček (MŠK Žilina), Nicolas Ezequiel Gorosito (Šk Slovan), Tomáš Hučko (Dukla B.Bystrica)
• Midfield: Igor Žofčák (ŠK Slovan), Tomáš Kóňa (FK Senica), Tomáš Ďubek (MŠK Ružomberok), Marko Milinković (ŠK Slovan)
• Attack: Lester Peltier (ŠK Slovan), Andrej Hodek (FC ViOn)

Individual awards

Manager of the season Samuel Slovák (ŠK Slovan)

Player of the Year Tomáš Ďubek (MŠK Ružomberok)

Young player of the Year Stanislav Lobotka (AS Trenčín)

See also

• 2012–13 Slovak Cup
• 2012–13 2. Liga (Slovakia)

Stats

• List of foreign players
• List of transfers summer 2012
• List of transfers winter 2012–13