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

Season	2014–15
Dates	11 July 2014 – 30 May 2015
Champions	AS Trenčín 1st title
Relegated	MFK Košice Dukla Banská Bystrica
Champions League	AS Trenčín
Europa League	Žilina Spartak Trnava Slovan Bratislava
Matches played	198
Goals scored	531 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matej Jelić, Jan Kalabiška (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Žilina 5–1 Ružomberok
Biggest away win	Košice 1–3 Zlaté Moravce
Highest scoring	Trnava 5–2 B.Bystrica
Highest attendance	6,397 (Žilina – Trenčín)
Lowest attendance	448 (B.Bystrica – Senica), (B.Bystrica – Ružomberok)
Average attendance	1978
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 4 June 2015.

Teams

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

Banská Bystrica

Trenčín

Spartak Myjava

Senica

Košice

Podbrezová

Dunajská Streda

Ružomberok

Slovan

Trnava

Žilina

Zlaté Moravce

Location of teams in Fortuna Liga 2014–15

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

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

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

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

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

Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

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

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

Awards

Source:^[29]

Top Eleven

• Goalkeeper: Miloš Volešák (AS Trenčín/MŠK Žilina)
• Defence: Ernest Mabouka (MŠK Žilina), Ramón (AS Trenčín), Milan Škriniar (MŠK Žilina), Matúš Čonka (Spartak Trnava)
• Midfield: Viktor Pečovský (MŠK Žilina), Stanislav Lobotka (AS Trenčín), Jaroslav Mihalík (MŠK Žilina), Ján Vlasko (Spartak Trnava)
• Attack: Jan Kalabiška (FK Senica), Matej Jelić (MŠK Žilina)

Individual awards

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

• 2014–15 Slovak Cup
• 2014–15 2. Liga (Slovakia)

Stats

• List of foreign players
• List of transfers summer 2014
• List of transfers winter 2014–15