2021–22 2. Liga (Slovakia)

The 2021–22 2. Liga was the 29th season of the 2. Liga in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993.

2. Liga

Season	2021–22
Champions	Podbrezová
Promoted	Podbrezová Dukla Banská Bystrica Skalica
Relegated	Námestovo Partizán Bardejov Slovan Bratislava U21 Rohožník
Matches played	240
Goals scored	676 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marek Kuzma (22)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

To 2. liga Relegated from Fortuna liga None, because relegated club FC Nitra did not obtain license for the new 2. liga season. Promoted from 3. liga Rohožník (Bratislava) Námestovo (Middle) Humenné (East)

From 2. liga Promoted to Fortuna liga Liptovský Mikuláš Relegated to 3. liga Poprad

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Dubnica

Banská Bystrica

Košice

Komárno

Humenné

Partizán Bardejov

Petržalka

Podbrezová

Rohožník

Púchov

Skalica

Slavoj Trebišov

Slovan Bratislava U21

Šamorín

Námestovo

Žilina B

Location of teams in Slovak 2. liga 2020–21

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Národný Atletický Štadión	7,000
MFK Skalica	Skalica	Mestský štadión Skalica	1,500
Podbrezová	Podbrezová	ZELPO Aréna	4,061
FC Košice	Košice	Košická futbalová aréna	5,836
FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín	Šamorín	Pomlé Stadium	1,950
MŠK Púchov	Púchov	Mestský štadión Púchov	6,614
KFC Komárno	Komárno	Mestský štadión Komárno	1,250
FC Petržalka	Petržalka	Štadión FC Petržalka	1,600
FK Slavoj Trebišov	Trebišov	Štadión Slavoj Trebišov	2,000
FK Dubnica	Dubnica nad Váhom	Mestský futbalový štadión	5,450
MŠK Žilina B	Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,258
Partizán Bardejov	Bardejov	Mestský štadión Bardejov	3,040
Slovan Bratislava U21[1]	Bratislava	Štadión Pasienky	11,401
Humenné	Humenné	Štadión Humenné	1,806
Rohožník	Rohožník	Štadión FC Rohožník	1,100
Námestovo	Námestovo	Štadión MŠK Námestovo	2,000

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	Roman Begala	Adidas	Armstav
MŠK Žilina B	Vladimír Veselý	Viktor Pečovský	Nike	Preto
KFC Komárno	Mikuláš Radványi	Kornel Saláta	Adidas	MOL
Partizán Bardejov	Jaroslav Galko	Richard Župa	Adidas	SETL SK
FC Petržalka	Mário Auxt	Lukáš Gašparovič	Erreà	PORTUM Towers
FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín	Michal Kuruc	Juraj Pančík	Kappa	Slovnaft
FK Dubnica	Peter Jakuš	Marek Kuzma	Adidas	-
MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica	Stanislav Varga	Ľuboš Kupčík	Adidas	Veolia
Slovan Bratislava U21	Vladimir Gala	Ondřej Petrák	Adidas	grafobal
MŠK Púchov	Vladimír Cifranič	František Brezničan	Jako
FC Košice	Jozef Vukušič	František Vancák	Adidas	HELL
Podbrezová	Roman Skuhravý	Boris Godál	Adidas	Železiarne Podbrezová
FC Rohožník	Szilárd Németh	Marek Pittner	Nike	-
MŠK Námestovo	Roman Marčok	Michal Čiernik	Adidas	Klenoty LOREN
FK Humenné	Jozef Škrlík	Erik Streňo	Sportika	Triada

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Podbrezová (C, P)	30	24	2	4	86	25	+61	74	Promotion to Fortuna liga
2	Dukla Banská Bystrica (P)	30	21	6	3	62	24	+38	69
3	Skalica (P)	30	19	5	6	49	20	+29	62
4	Komárno	30	17	8	5	51	29	+22	59
5	Košice	30	17	5	8	73	38	+35	56
6	Humenné	30	16	8	6	36	30	+6	56
7	Šamorín	30	13	5	12	47	42	+5	44
8	Petržalka	30	12	5	13	54	48	+6	41
9	Žilina B	30	10	7	13	46	48	−2	37
10	Slavoj Trebišov	30	9	7	14	28	48	−20	34
11	Dubnica	30	8	7	15	33	51	−18	31
12	Púchov	30	8	5	17	36	49	−13	29
13	Rohožník (R)	30	8	5	17	30	58	−28	29	Relegation to 3. Liga
14	Slovan Bratislava U21 (R)	30	7	5	18	36	61	−25	26
15	Partizán Bardejov (R)	30	3	9	18	26	54	−28	18
16	Námestovo (R)	30	2	3	25	19	87	−68	9

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

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches each.

Home \ Away	POD	DBB	SKA	KOM	KOŠ	HUM	SAM	PET	ZAB	STV	DUB	ROH	PÚC	SJN	PAR	NAM
Podbrezová		2–0	1–3	2–3	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–3	3–0	3–0	8–0	2–1	4–0	5–0	7–1	3–1
Dukla Banská Bystrica	2–3		0–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	4–2
Skalica	0–2	0–0		1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
Komárno	1–4	2–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	0–2	6–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	4–1
Košice	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1		1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	6–2
Humenné	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–3		3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	2–0
Šamorín	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	4–3	1–1		2–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–3	6–0	3–0	2–1
Petržalka	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	3–8	1–1	7–0		0–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	6–0
Žilina B	3–5	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–4		2–1	4–3	1–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	9–0
Slavoj Trebišov	0–4	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–0		1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0
Dubnica	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1		2–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	4–0
Rohožník	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	1–7	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2		3–2	0–6	1–1	2–1
Púchov	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0		4–3	1–1	2–0
Slovan U21	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	2–3	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1		2–1	3–0
Partizán Bardejov	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–4	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2		4–1
Námestovo	2–4	0–7	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–4	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–4	2–1	2–0

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

Season statistics

As of 20 May 2022

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[2] 1 Marek Kuzma Dubnica (9)/Podbrezová (13) 22 2 Róbert Polievka Banská Bystrica 18 3 Erik Pačinda Košice 17 4 José Ricardo Cortés Košice 16 Daniel Pavúk Podbrezová 6 Roland Galčík Podbrezová 15 7 Daniel Šebesta Skalica 13 8 Patrik Voleský Skalica 12 Péter Nagy Šamorín Boris Turčák Petržalka 11 Haris Harba Petržalka 11 David Depetris Banská Bystrica

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[3] 1 Roland Galčík Podbrezová 12 2 Marcus Mølvadgaard Košice 11 2 Peter Kováčik Podbrezová 10 3 Róbert Polievka Banská Bystrica 9 4 Erik Streňo Humenné 8 5 Erik Pačinda Košice 6 Nicolas Martinek Dubnica Samuel Ďatko Podbrezová 8 Daniel Šebesta Skalica 5 Patrik Danek Petržalka Matej Jakúbek Košice Marek Frimmel Rohožník Marek Kuzma Podbrezová

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[4]
1	Martin Junas	Skalica	17
2	Richard Ludha	Podbrezová	14
3	Matúš Hruška	Banská Bystrica	13
4	Dávid Slávik	Humenné	12
5	Miloslav Bréda	Komárno	10
6	Igor Šemrinec	Košice	8
7	Martin Melichar	Trebišov	6
	Samuel Vavrúš	Dubnica
9	Marek Teplan	Žilina B	5
10	Ján Čikoš-Pavličko	Bardejov	4
	Dániel Veszelinov	Šamorín
	Erik Zoltán Gyurákovics	Šamorín
	Kristián Strelčík	Púchov

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10^[5]
  • Erik Streňo (Humenné)

• Most red cards: 2^[5]
  • Tomáš Filipiak (Trebišov)
  • Martin Luberda (Humenné)
  • Ondřej Rudzan (Skalica)
  • Matej Moško (Košice)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 82^[6]
  • Komárno

• Most red cards: 7^[7]
  • Bardejov

Awards

Annual awards

Team of the Season

Source:^[8]

• Goalkeeper: Richard Ludha (Podbrezová)
• Defenders: Peter Kováčik (Podbrezová), Marek Bartoš (Podbrezová), Ondřej Rudzan (Skalica), René Paraj (Podbrezová), Šimon Šmehýl (Komárno)
• Midfielders: Samuel Ďatko (Podbrezová), Roland Galčík (Podbrezová), Erik Streňo (Humenné), Erik Pačinda (Košice)
• Forward: Róbert Polievka (B.Bystrica)

Individual awards

Manager of the Season

Roman Skuhravý (Podbrezová)

Player of the Season

Róbert Polievka (B.Bystrica)

Young Player of the Season

Roland Galčík (Podbrezová)