The 2016–17 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of first-tier football league in

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

, since its establishment in 1993.

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its hom ...

were the defending champions, after winning their 2nd Slovak championship in the previous season. The fixtures were announced on 5 July 2016. The season began on 16 July 2016 and finished on 27 May 2017.

Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 season and one that was promoted from the 2. liga. Relegation for

MFK Skalica MFK Skalica is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Skalica. The club was founded in 1920. The club plays in the Fortuna Liga, the top tier of Slovak football, and hosts home games at the Mestský štadión Skalica. History * 1920–1 ...

to the 2016–17 DOXXbet liga was confirmed on 21 May 2016. The relegated team was replaced by DOXXbet liga champion 1. FC Tatran Prešov. 2016–17 Teams *

ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slavs") is a professional association football, football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak First Football League. Founded as I. ČSŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name ...

* Spartak Myjava *

FC Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top flight in the Football in Slovakia#System, Slovak league system, hav ...

MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...

MFK Ružomberok MFK Ružomberok () is a Slovak professional football club playing in the city of Ružomberok. History Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, t ...

FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda FC DAC 1904 is a Slovak professional association football, football club based in Dunajská Streda which competes in the Slovak First Football League. In the 2007–08 season, they were the west group champions of the Slovak Third League. In the ...

* ŽP Šport Podbrezová *

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovakia, Slovak Association football, football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995. History From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played i ...

FK Senica FK Senica () is a Slovakia, Slovak football (soccer), football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 1921. History FK Senica was founded in 1921. Newly created partition was rapidly progressed, but the boom dampened dark per ...

MFK Zemplín Michalovce MFK Zemplín Michalovce () is a Slovakia, Slovak professional football (soccer), football team based in the town of Michalovce, that competes in the Slovak First Football League, the top tier in the Football in Slovakia#System, Slovakian league ...

* 1. FC Tatran Prešov

Stadiums and locations

¹Some matches were played at NTC Senec in Senec while DAC Aréna was under renovation.
²Some matches are played at

NTC Poprad National Training Centre Poprad () is a football (soccer), football stadium in Poprad, Slovakia. It serves as home stadium for football club FK Poprad and Slovakia national under-21 football team, Slovak national football youth teams. NTC is also ...

Poprad Poprad (; ; ) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatras, High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. The largest town of the Spiš region and the largest of all towns in the vic ...

while

Tatran Stadium Tatran Stadium (''Štadión Tatran Prešov'' in Slovak language, Slovak) is a multi-purpose stadium in Prešov, Slovakia. Currently, it is used for association football matches and it will be host the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in ...

is under renovation.
³Some matches were played at

while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation.
⁴Some matches are played at Štadión pod Dubňom in

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...

while Mestský futbalový štadión is under renovation.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

:''Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017.''

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

:''Updated through matches played on 27 May 2017''

Discipline

Player

*Most yellow cards: 11 ** Miroslav Petko (Tatran Prešov) ** Marin Ljubičić (DAC D.Streda) ** Erik Streňo (Tatran Prešov) *Most red cards: 1 **25 players

Awards

Player of the Month

Top Eleven

Source: *Goalkeeper: Adam Jakubech (Spartak Trnava) *Defence: Ernest Mabouka (MŠK Žilina), Kornel Saláta (Slovan Bratislava), Denis Vavro (MŠK Žilina),

Jakub Holúbek Jakub Holúbek (born 12 January 1991) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Slovak club AS Trenčín. Career On 11 October 2016, Holúbek debuted for the Slovak senior squad against Slovenia, coming on as a substitu ...

(AS Trenčín/MŠK Žilina) *Midfield: Michal Škvarka (MŠK Žilina), Marin Ljubičić (D.Streda), Nikolas Špalek (MŠK Žilina), Seydouba Soumah (Slovan Bratislava), Filip Hlohovský (MŠK Žilina) *Attack:

Jakub Mareš Jakub Mareš (born 26 January 1987) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ústí nad Labem in the Bohemian Football League. He played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, reaching the final with the Czech team. Career Ma ...

(MFK Ružomberok)

Individual awards

Manager of the season Adrián Guľa (MŠK Žilina) Player of the Year Filip Hlohovský (MŠK Žilina) Young player of the Year Pavol Šafranko (Podbrezová/D.Streda)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slovak First Football League 2016-17 Slovak 2016-17 1