2019–20 2. Liga (Slovakia)

The 2019–20 2. Liga (Slovakia) was the 27th edition of the second tier 2. Liga annual football tournament, since its establishment in 1993.

2. Liga

Season	2019–20
Promoted	None
Relegated	MFK Ružomberok B (withdrew)
Top goalscorer	Roman Haša (14)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2018–19 3. Liga	Relegated from 2018–19 Slovak First Football League	Promoted to 2019–20 Slovak First Football League	Relegated to 2019–20 3. Liga (Slovakia)	Relegated to 2019–20 5. Liga (Slovakia)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava B MŠK Púchov MFK Ružomberok B FC Košice	FK Železiarne Podbrezová	FK Pohronie	FK Inter Bratislava 1. FC Tatran Prešov ŠK Odeva Lipany	FC Lokomotíva Košice

Stadiums and locations

Poprad

Bardejov

Podbrezová

Petržalka

Ružomberok B

Liptovský Mikuláš

Trebišov

Dubnica

Banská Bystrica

Košice

Púchov

Šamorín

Žilina B

Skalica

Slovan juniori

Komárno

Location of teams in Slovak 2. liga 2019–20

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Železiarne Podbrezová	Podbrezová	ZELPO Aréna	4,061
MFK Skalica	Skalica	Mestský štadión Skalica	3,000
FK Dubnica	Dubnica nad Váhom	Mestský futbalový štadión	5,450
MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	SNP Stadium	9,881
FC Petržalka	Petržalka	Štadión Sklodowská	1,600
FK Poprad	Poprad	NTC Poprad	5,070
MŠK Žilina B	Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,258
KFC Komárno	Komárno	Mestský štadión Komárno	1,250
FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín	Šamorín	Pomlé Stadium	1,950
MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	Liptovský Mikuláš	Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš	1,950
Partizán Bardejov	Bardejov	Mestský štadión Bardejov	3,040
FK Slavoj Trebišov	Trebišov	Štadión Slavoj Trebišov	2,000
Slovan Bratislava juniori	Bratislava	Štadión Pasienky	11,401
MŠK Púchov	Púchov	Mestský štadión Púchov	6,614
MFK Ružomberok II	Ružomberok	Štadión pod Čebraťom	4,876
FC Košice	Košice	Štadión Lokomotívy	9,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
MFK Skalica	Jozef Kostelník	Lukáš Opiela	Nike	TBA
FK Slavoj Trebišov	Vladimír Rusnák	Ľubomír Korijkov	Adidas	Armstav
FK Poprad	Jaroslav Belejčák	Štefan Zošák	Adidas	Ritro
MŠK Žilina B	Peter Černák	Peter Chríbik	Nike	Preto
KFC Komárno	Miroslav Karhan	Patrik Pinte	Adidas	MOL
FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín	Ján Blaháč	Vladimír Pončák	Kappa
MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	Štefan Zaťko	Dušan Kucharčík	Sportika SA	Verex
Partizán Bardejov	Branislav Benko	Jakub Bartek	Adidas	Bardenergy, Setl SK
FC Petržalka	Vladimír Koník	Juraj Piroska	Erreà	-
FK Dubnica	Peter Gergely	Dalibor Pleva	Joma	-
MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	Stanislav Varga	Saša Savić	Adidas	Fajne
ŠK Slovan Bratislava juniori	Szilárd Németh	Martin Hubert	Adidas	grafobal
MŠK Púchov	Vladimír Cifranič	František Brezničan	Jako	-
MFK Ružomberok B	Ladislav Pecko	Mário Mrva	Adidas	MAESTRO
FC Košice	Marek Fabuľa	František Vancák	Adidas	BMW Regnum Košice
Podbrezová	Jozef Mores	Jakub Hric	Adidas	Železiarne Podbrezová

Managerial changes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	18	13	2	3	41	20	+21	41	Qualification for Promotion Group
2	FK Dubnica nad Váhom	18	12	2	4	39	24	+15	38
3	MFK Skalica	18	11	2	5	33	19	+14	35
4	FK Poprad	17	10	1	6	26	16	+10	31
5	MŠK Žilina B	18	10	1	7	38	29	+9	31
6	FK Železiarne Podbrezová	18	9	1	8	26	26	0	28
7	MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	18	8	2	8	28	30	−2	26
8	MŠK Púchov	18	7	3	8	22	24	−2	24
9	MFK Ružomberok B	18	7	1	10	23	36	−13	22	Withdrew from the league[a]
10	FC Košice	17	5	6	6	22	18	+4	21
11	Partizán Bardejov BŠK	18	6	3	9	19	23	−4	21
12	FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín	18	6	3	9	24	31	−7	21
13	KFC Komárno	18	5	5	8	19	28	−9	20
14	FC Petržalka	18	5	2	11	24	34	−10	17
15	ŠK Slovan Bratislava B	18	5	2	11	16	31	−15	17
16	SLAVOJ Trebišov	18	3	6	9	23	34	−11	15

Source: II. 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.
Notes:

1. Ružomberok B withdrew from the league due to COVID-19 financial problems.

Results

Home \ Away	DBB	KOŠ	KOM	PAR	PET	POD	POP	PÚC	RUB	SKA	STV	SLB	LMI	DUB	SAM	ZAB
Dukla Banská Bystrica		3–1					2–0		3–2	4–0		3–0	2–1	3–3	5–0	3–4
Košice				1–2		1–1		0–0	5–0		2–2	3–0			1–1	1–0
Komárno	1–3	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–0		2–2	4–0	1–1					2–0
Partizán Bardejov	0–0				1–2		1–0		2–0		1–1	2–0	1–3	3–0		1–2
Petržalka	0–2	1–2		0–1			1–3		1–3		5–3	3–0	4–3			3–1
Podbrezová	0–2	2–1	2–1		2–0		0–3	5–2		1–0	3–0		4–0		1–0
Poprad		3–2	2–0			1–2			2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0		3–2		0–1
Púchov	1–2		1–0	3–0	1–1		2–1			1–0			1–2		5–3
Ružomberok B	0–1		4–1			2–0		2–0		0–3	2–1		2–5	2–4		1–4
Skalica	3–1	1–0		3–0	2–0	3–1		1–0				3–1	1–1		3–0
Slavoj Trebišov		1–1	3–1	2–1	4–0			0–1		1–4				1–1	0–0
Slovan Bratislava B			0–1			2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–1		2–1	0–2		2–5
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš		1–0	4–1				0–2	1–0	0–2		1–1	2–0		1–3		2–1
Dubnica		0–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	3–1		1–0		2–1					4–1	1–0
Šamorín	3–0		3–1	2–2	2–1		0–1		0–1			3–0	3–0	2–1
Žilina B	1–2		1–1		1–0	4–1		1–2		4–2	3–2			2–4	3–1

Source: Futbalnet
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DUB	DBB	SKA	POD	ZAB	POP
1	FK Dubnica nad Váhom	20	14	4	2	45	22	+23	46	Qualification for Promotion play-offs		—	4–1	—	—	—	2–1
2	MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	20	14	3	3	52	23	+29	45			—	—	2–0	2–2	—	—
3	MFK Skalica	20	12	3	5	32	19	+13	39			0–0	—	—	—	1–0	1–0
4	FK Železiarne Podbrezová	20	10	2	8	31	28	+3	32			—	1–1	—	—	3–0	—
5	MŠK Žilina B	20	10	1	9	41	33	+8	31			—	—	—	—	—	4–0
6	FK Poprad	20	10	0	10	26	29	−3	30			—	0–7	—	—	—	—

Source: II. 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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 11 July 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Roman Haša	Skalica	14
2	Róbert Polievka	Banská Bystrica	12
3	Ladislav Almási	Petržalka	11
4	Dawid Kurminowski	Žilina B	9
5	Martin Rymarenko	Šamorín	8
	Patrik Prikryl	Banská Bystrica
7	Marek Kuzma	Dubnica	7
	Maroš Čurik	Dubnica
	Miladin Vujošević	Dubnica(6)/B.Bystrica(1)
	Daniel Šebesta	Skalica
	Matej Starší	Banská Bystrica
	Lukáš Laksík	Banská Bystrica
13	Michal Horodník	Bardejov	5
	Martin Pribula	Podbrezová
	Ľuboslav Laura	Liptovský Mikuláš
	Dragan Andrić	Poprad