List of football clubs in Slovakia
This is a list of association football clubs in Slovakia.
Men's
Slovak First Football League
The Slovak First Football League, formerly Fortuna Liga and currently Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is the top flight of Slovakia's football league system. Contested by 12 professional clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation. Seasons typically run from August to May with each team playing 22 matches (playing all 11 other teams both home and away) in the round-robin format. After the finish, the league splits into top- (champions) and bottom- (relegation) 6 to play an extra home and away round. The teams keep all their points from the round-robin and play extra 10 matches to finish at 32 matches altogether. Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
This is a list of participants in the 2024-25 season:[1]
- ŠK Slovan Bratislava
- FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
- MŠK Žilina
- FC Spartak Trnava
- AS Trenčín
- MFK Ružomberok
- MFK Zemplín Michalovce
- MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica
- MFK Skalica
- FC Košice
- KFC Komárno
- FK Železiarne Podbrezová
Slovak Second football league
Slovak Second football league, the second league of Slovakia's football pyramid, also known as MONACObet LIGA for sponsorhips reasons, is a national professional competition, which is contested by 16 clubs. At the end of the season, the top-finishing team is automatically promoted to the Fortuna Liga, the second-placed team plays against the eleventh-placed team of the Fortuna liga in two-legged play-offs (home and away).
In summer 2020, MFK Ružomberok reserves team vacated the competition and have not been replaced. In the 2020–21 season, the league comprises 16 football teams. Over the course of a season, which runs typically from August to the following May, each team plays twice against the others, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each team competing in 32 games in total.
The list of participants in the 2024-25 season:[2]
- FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
- FC Petržalka
- 1. FC Tatran Prešov
- FK Humenné
- MŠK Považská Bystrica
- MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš
- MŠK Žilina B
- FK POHRONIE Žiar nad Hronom Dolná Ždaňa
- FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín
- ŠK Slovan Bratislava B
- MŠK Púchov
- OFK Malženice
- MFK Zvolen
- Redfox FC Stará Ľubovňa
The 3. liga is the third-tier football league in Slovakia. From the 2022–23 season, it consists of two groups, group East and group West
The list of participants in the 2024-25 season:
West
- podkonice
- FK Rača
- FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa
- TJ KOVO Beluša
- TJ Družstevník Veľké Ludince
- FC Slovan Galanta
- MŠK Fomat Martin
- FKM Nové Zámky
- RSC Hamsik Academy Banská Bystrica
- TJ Tatran Krásno nad Kysucou
East
- Slávia TU Košice
- MFK Vranov nad Topľou
- FK Spišská Nová Ves
- MFK Snina
- MŠK Tesla Stropkov
- FTC Fiľakovo
- FC Lokomotíva Košice
- ŠK Odeva Lipany
- MŠK Námestovo
- TJ Baník Kalinovo
- FK Poprad
- MŠK Novohrad Lučenec
- MŠK Rimavská Sobota
- MFK Dolný Kubín
- MŠK Spišské Podhradie
- Partizán Bardejov
Women's
Slovak Women's First League
As of 2020–21 season, Slovak Women's First League comprises [3]
- Partizán Bardejov
- Slovan Bratislava
- MŠK Žilina
- Spartak Myjava
- FC Nitra
- FC Petržalka
- FC Spartak Trnava
- AS Trenčín
- FK Poprad
- MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica
References
- ^ "Tímy". Niké liga. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "MONACObet liga (2024/2025) - kluby". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak).
- ^ "2020-21 I Liga Women". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 April 2021.