2020–21 2. Liga (Slovakia)

The 2020–21 2. Liga (Slovakia) was the 28th edition of the second tier 2. Liga footbal annual tournament in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993.

2. Liga

Season	2020–21
Champions	MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
Promoted	MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
Relegated	FK Poprad
Top goalscorer	Wisdom Kanu (18)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Dubnica

Banská Bystrica

FC Košice

Komárno

Liptovský Mikuláš

Partizán Bardejov

Petržalka

Podbrezová

Poprad

Púchov

Skalica

Slavoj Trebišov

Slovan Bratislava U21

Šamorín

Žilina B

Location of teams in Slovak 2. liga 2020–21

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Železiarne Podbrezová	Podbrezová	ZELPO Aréna	4,061
MFK Skalica	Skalica	Mestský štadión Skalica	1,500
FK Dubnica	Dubnica nad Váhom	Mestský futbalový štadión	5,450
MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	MFK Zvolen Stadium	9,881
FC Petržalka	Petržalka	Štadión FC Petržalka	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 U21[1]	Bratislava	Štadión Pasienky	11,401
MŠK Púchov	Púchov	Mestský štadión Púchov	6,614
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	Martin Nagy	Puma	-
FK Slavoj Trebišov	Ondrej Desiatnik	Tomáš Ilinjo	Adidas	Armstav
FK Poprad	Stanislav Ďuriš	Matej Grešák	Adidas	Ritro
MŠK Žilina B	Norbert Gula	Adam Kopas	Nike	Preto
KFC Komárno	Szilárd Németh	Kristóf Domonkos	Adidas	MOL
MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	Marek Petruš	Richard Bartoš	Sportika SA	Verex
Partizán Bardejov	Hajrudin Nuhic	Ján Čikoš-Pavličko	Adidas	SETL SK
FC Petržalka	Ladislav Pecko	Boris Turčák	Erreà	-
FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín	Ján Blaháč	Ľubomír Mezovský	Kappa	Slovnaft
FK Dubnica	Peter Jakuš	Dalibor Pleva	Adidas	-
MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	Stanislav Varga	Róbert Polievka	Adidas	Veolia
Slovan Bratislava U21	Stanislav Moravec	TBA	Adidas	grafobal
MŠK Púchov	Lukáš Kaplan	František Brezničan	Jako	-
FC Košice	Jozef Vukušič	František Vancák	Adidas	BMW Regnum Košice
Podbrezová	Mikuláš Radványi	Erik Grendel	Adidas	Železiarne Podbrezová

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (C, P)	28	18	6	4	55	26	+29	60	Promotion to Fortuna liga
2	Dukla Banská Bystrica	28	17	5	6	70	38	+32	56	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	Skalica	28	16	7	5	55	32	+23	55
4	Železiarne Podbrezová	28	16	6	6	57	25	+32	54
5	Košice	28	15	4	9	40	27	+13	49
6	Šamorín	28	12	5	11	41	34	+7	41
7	Púchov	28	11	5	12	40	45	−5	38
8	Komárno	28	11	5	12	31	42	−11	38
9	Petržalka	28	10	7	11	37	41	−4	37
10	Slavoj Trebišov	28	9	8	11	47	48	−1	35
11	Dubnica	28	8	9	11	28	37	−9	33
12	Žilina B	28	9	6	13	56	47	+9	33
13	Partizán Bardejov	28	6	10	12	27	41	−14	28
14	Slovan Bratislava U21	28	7	0	21	32	70	−38	21
15	Poprad (R)	28	3	1	24	25	88	−63	4[a]	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: druhaliga.sk
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FK Poprad was punished by subtracting 6 points.^[2]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 28 matches each.

Home \ Away	DBB	LMI	POD	SKA	KOŠ	SAM	KOM	PÚC	STV	PET	ZAB	DUB	PAR	SJN	POP
Dukla Banská Bystrica		4–4	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	6–1	1–2	6–3	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–0
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš	1–0		1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	5–2	2–0
Podbrezová	3–4	1–2		3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–0
Skalica	2–1	3–0	3–4		5–1	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–0
Košice	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–0		2–1	5–0	3–1	3–0	0–4	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–0	0–1
Šamorín	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1		0–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	5–0	4–1	3–1
Komárno	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3		0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	4–1
Púchov	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–1
Slavoj Trebišov	3–3	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2		2–4	3–1	4–1	1–0	5–1	3–0
Petržalka	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–2	0–3		1–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0
Žilina B	2–3	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	5–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	1–2		2–2	3–0	3–1	6–0
Dubnica	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–2	1–0	5–2
Partizán Bardejov	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–0		2–1	2–1
Slovan Bratislava U21	4–3	1–5	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–1	2–0	4–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–4	1–2		5–1
Poprad	1–4	1–5	0–4	2–4	1–1	1–3	2–3	3–5	1–3	0–3	1–6	0–2	1–3	3–0

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

Season statistics

As of 21 May 2021

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Wisdom Kanu	Trebišov	18
2	Daniel Šebesta	Skalica	17
	Miladin Vujošević	Banská Bystrica
4	Richard Bartoš	Liptovský Mikuláš	15
5	Martin Rymarenko	Šamorín	14
6	Róbert Polievka	Banská Bystrica	13
7	Lukáš Gašparovič	Petržalka	12
8	Roland Galčík	Podbrezová	11
9	Michal Ranko	Skalica	10
	Daniel Pavúk	Podbrezová
10	Usman Adekunle Issa	Trebišov	9
	Taofiq Jibril	Žilina B

Top Eleven

Source:^[4]

• Goalkeeper: Matúš Kira (FC Košice)
• Defence: František Pavúk (FC Košice), Boris Godál (Podbrezová), Michal Ranko (MFK Skalica), Lukáš Migaľa (Banská Bystrica)
• Midfield: Erik Grendel (Podbrezová), Richard Bartoš (Liptovský Mikuláš), Wisdom Kanu (FK Slavoj Trebišov)
• Attack: Daniel Šebesta (MFK Skalica), Roland Galčík (Podbrezová), Róbert Polievka (Banská Bystrica)

Individual awards

Manager of the season

Stanislav Varga (Banská Bystrica)

Player of the Year

Róbert Polievka (Banská Bystrica)

Young player of the Year

Roland Galčík (Podbrezová)