The 2024–25 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of first-tier football league in

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since its establishment in 1993. Slovan Bratislava is the six-time defending champion.

Teams

The league will consist of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga.

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has been promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the 2023–24 2. Liga, replacing the 2023–24 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team

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after 14 years in top flight. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the sixth successive year).

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular stage

League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.

Championship group

Relegation group

Conference League play-offs

The winner of the

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, finished in the top 3 in the league, which already secured them a spot in the

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. As a result, a playoff was held for the final spot in the Conference League, which involved the teams ranked in 4th–7th place at the conclusion of the regular season. The play-offs were one-off matches with extra time and penalties used to determine the winner if necessary, with the higher-ranked teams given home advantage against the lower-ranked teams (i.e. ''3rd v. 7th'' and ''5th v. 6th'') in the semi-finals. The higher-ranked of the two semi-final winners also gained home advantage in the final.

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won the play-offs but were subsequently excluded from the Conference League due to the club having the same ownership as Hungarian side

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, who had also qualified for the competition.

Semi-finals

Final

Relegation play-offs

The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from 2. Liga for one spot in the top flight in the next season. 1st leg 2nd leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

¹ plus 1 playoff goal
² plus 2 playoff goals

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 11 ** Denys Taraduda (Michalovce) * Most red cards: 2 ** Chinonso Emeka (Trenčín) **

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(Košice) **

Matúš Malý Matúš Malý (born 11 July 2001) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Ružomberok as a defender. Club career DAC Dunajská Streda As an alumnus of DAC Dunajská Streda's academy, Malý made his Fortuna Liga debut for DAC in MOL Aréna, in ...

(Ružomberok) ** Guram Kashia (Slovan)

Club

* Most yellow cards: 78 ** Trenčín * Most red cards: 6 ** Michalovce

Awards

Annual awards

Team of the Season

Team of the Season was: *Goalkeeper: Dominik Takáč (Slovan Bratislava) *Defenders:

César Blackman César Rodolfo Blackman Camarena (born 2 April 1998) is a Panamanian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), right-back for Slovak First Football League club ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Slovan Br ...

(Slovan Bratislava),

Tomáš Hubočan Tomáš Hubočan (; born 17 September 1985) is a retired Slovakia, Slovak professional footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He made his senior international debut in 2006. He has gone on to make 73 appearances fo ...

(MŠK Žilina), Kenan Bajrić (Slovan Bratislava), Yhoan Andzouana (DAC D.Streda) *Midfielders:

Tigran Barseghyan Tigran Barseghyan (; born 22 September 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Niké League side Slovan Bratislava and the Armenia national team. Club career Born in Armenian capital Yerevan, Barsegyan played ...

(Slovan Bratislava), Mario Sauer (MŠK Žilina),

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(Spartak Trnava), Ammar Ramadan (Dunajská Streda) *Attacking Midfielder: Michal Faško (Košice) *Forwards:

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Slovan Bratislava)

Individual awards

Manager of the Season Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava) Player of the Season

(Slovan Bratislava) Young Player of the Season Mario Sauer (MŠK Žilina)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slovak First Football League 2024-25 Slovak

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