Fortuna league

	Fortuna league
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz
First edition	1939
Teams	12
master	ŠK Slovan Bratislava (2019)
Record champions	ŠK Slovan Bratislava (9 ×)
Current season	2019/20
Website	fortunaliga.sk
Qualification for	UEFA Champions League ; UEFA Europa League
	↓ 2nd football league (II)

The Fortuna league is the highest football - league of Slovakia . It has been sponsored by the sports betting provider Fortuna since the 2014/15 season after the Corgoň brewery withdrew after ten years of sponsorship.

history

The first Slovak football league was established in 1939. In the time of the 1st Slovak Republic, five seasons were played until the end, in the sixth season (1944/45) only the first two rounds. After 1993 after the end of the federation with the Czech Republic, the joint league was not continued.

The record champion is ŠK Slovan Bratislava with eight championship titles. The current (2017) title holder is MŠK Žilina . This club has won the Slovak championship seven times since 2002, making it the most successful club on a national level in the 21st century.

The league has been played in the playoff system since the 2017/18 season. The 12 clubs play for the placements in the first round of the season, the result of which in the second half of the season forms the basis for a division of the teams into two groups of six teams each. The six best-placed clubs reach the championship round, the teams in positions seven to twelve play against relegation.

League names

season	Surname
1993 / 94-1996 / 97	1st League
1997 / 98-2001 / 02	Mars super league
2002/03	1st League
2003 / 04–2013 / 14	Corgoň league
Since 2014/15	Fortuna league

Season 2018/19

In the 2018/19 season , the Fortuna league consists of the following twelve teams:

Clubs of the Fortuna league 2018/19

society	Stadion	Stadium capacity
ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Štadión Pasienky	13,000
DAC Dunajská Streda	Mestský štadión Dunajská Streda	16,410
FC Nitra	Štadión pod Zoborom	05,050
MFK Ružomberok	Štadión MFK Ružomberok	04,817
FK Senica	OMS Arena	05,070
ŠKF Sereď	Mestský štadión Sereď	05,800
FO ŽP ŠPORT Podbrezová	ZELPO Aréna	06,500
FK AS Trenčín	Štadión na Sihoti	16,000
FC Spartak Trnava	City Arena - Štadión Antona Malatinského	19,000
MFK Zemplín Michalovce	Štadión MFK Zemplín	04,440
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	Štadión Zlaté Moravce	05,000
MŠK Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,200

spectator

season	cut	Games	total
2012/13	2.114	198	418,613
2013/14	2,193	197	432.057
2014/15	1.997	192	383,360
2015/16	2,413	198	477.774
2016/17	1,974	184	363.246
2017/18	2,317	192	444.864
2018/19	2,465	192	473.267

Champion and cup winner

Historical overview of the season

season	master	2nd place	3rd place	Cup winners
1993/94	Slovan Bratislava	Inter Bratislava	DAC Dunajská Streda	Slovan Bratislava
1994/95	Slovan Bratislava	1. FC Košice	Dukla Banska Bystrica	Inter Bratislava
1995/96	Slovan Bratislava	1. FC Košice	Spartak Trnava	Chemlon Humenné
1996/97	1. FC Košice	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	Slovan Bratislava
1997/98	1. FC Košice	Spartak Trnava	Inter Bratislava	Spartak Trnava
1998/99	Slovan Bratislava	Inter Bratislava	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava
1999/00	Inter Bratislava	1. FC Košice	Slovan Bratislava	Inter Bratislava
2000/01	Inter Bratislava	Slovan Bratislava	MFK Ružomberok	Inter Bratislava
2001/02	MŠK Žilina	Matador Púchov	Inter Bratislava	Koba Senec
2002/03	MŠK Žilina	Artmedia Bratislava	Slovan Bratislava	Matador Púchov
2003/04	MŠK Žilina	Dukla Banska Bystrica	MFK Ružomberok	Artmedia Bratislava
2004/05	Artmedia Bratislava	MŠK Žilina	Dukla Banska Bystrica	Dukla Banska Bystrica
2005/06	MFK Ružomberok	Artmedia Bratislava	Spartak Trnava	MFK Ružomberok
2006/07	MŠK Žilina	Artmedia Bratislava	Slovan Bratislava	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
2007/08	Artmedia Bratislava	MŠK Žilina	FC Nitra	Artmedia Bratislava
2008/09	Slovan Bratislava	MŠK Žilina	Spartak Trnava	MFK Košice
2009/10	MŠK Žilina	Slovan Bratislava	Dukla Banska Bystrica	Slovan Bratislava
2010/11	Slovan Bratislava	FK Senica	MŠK Žilina	Slovan Bratislava
2011/12	MŠK Žilina	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	MŠK Žilina
2012/13	Slovan Bratislava	FK Senica	FK AS Trenčín	Slovan Bratislava
2013/14	Slovan Bratislava	FK AS Trenčín	FC Spartak Trnava	MFK Košice
2014/15	FK AS Trenčín	MŠK Žilina	Slovan Bratislava	FK AS Trenčín
2015/16	FK AS Trenčín	Slovan Bratislava	TJ Spartak Myjava	FK AS Trenčín
2016/17	MŠK Žilina	Slovan Bratislava	MFK Ružomberok	FK AS Trenčín
2017/18	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	DAC Dunajská Streda	Slovan Bratislava
2018/19	Slovan Bratislava	DAC Dunajská Streda	MFK Ružomberok	Spartak Trnava

Championships by clubs

rank	society	number	Playing times
1.	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	9	1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019
2.	MŠK Žilina	7th	2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2017
3rd-6th	1. FC Košice	2	1997, 1998
	FK Inter Bratislava	2	2000, 2001
	Artmedia Bratislava	2	2005, 2008
	FK AS Trenčín	2	2015, 2016
7th-8th	MFK Ružomberok	1	2006
7th-8th	Spartak Trnava	1	2018

Perpetual table 1993-2019

The table is calculated according to the three-point rule . Status: after the 2018/19 season

Pl. = Place; Sai. = Playing times; Sp. = Games; S = victories; U = tie; N = defeats; ET = goals scored; GT = goals conceded; Pts = points.

Pl.	society	Sai.	Sp.	S.	U.	N.	ET	GT	Pt.
1.	Slovan Bratislava	24	779	429	181	169	1355	771	1448
2.	MŠK Žilina	25th	819	404	180	235	1373	846	1379
3.	Spartak Trnava	25th	809	363	192	252	1130	895	1275
4th	MFK Ružomberok	22nd	725	283	196	246	938	886	1045
5.	AS Trenčín	18th	620	254	130	234	899	832	895
6th	1. FC Košice / MFK Košice	19th	616	241	148	227	835	799	863
7th	Dukla Banska Bystrica	19th	616	197	169	250	725	786	751
8th.	MFK Petržalka	14th	463	204	114	145	676	561	726
9.	Inter Bratislava	14th	454	203	102	149	667	519	693
10.	DAC Dunajská Streda	16	511	160	127	224	573	757	588 ^{* 1}
11.	FC Tatran Prešov	16	515	148	143	224	529	734	577
12.	FC Nitra	16	481	156	112	245	532	729	565 ^{* 2}
13.	MFK Dubnica nad Váhom	13	424	119	117	188	436	604	473
14th	FK Senica	10	325	116	80	127	398	422	430
15th	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	11	358	94	84	182	354	566	364
16.	Matador Púchov	6th	216	70	53	93	235	294	263
17th	HFC Humenné	7th	216	71	43	102	238	323	246 ^{* 3}
18th	FK Baník Prievidza	7th	216	59	44	113	239	369	212
19th	TJ Spartak Myjava	5	132	55	27	50	167	177	192
20th	FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová	5	160	47	37	71	180	241	174
21st	Lokomotíva Košice	5	156	48	37	71	180	241	174 ^{* 4}
22nd	JAS Bardejov	5	154	45	24	85	159	232	159
23.	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	4th	127	35	28	62	137	202	139
24.	Rimavská Sobota FC	4th	126	35	29	62	129	193	134
25th	FC Senec	3	91	18th	28	45	85	152	82
26th	ŠKF Sereď	1	32	11	5	16	39	54	38
27.	MFK Skalica	1	33	6th	6th	21st	30th	62	24

Point deductions

^{* 1} In the 2013/14 season, DAC Dunajská Streda was deducted six points.
^{* 2} In the 2012/13 season,three points were deducted from FC Nitra
^{* 3} Three points were deducted from Chemlon Humenné in the 1999/2000season.
^{* 4} Three points were deducted from Lokomotíva Košice in the 1994/95season.

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

28. ( 24 ) Bulgaria ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 17,500 - CL: 1, EL: 3Bulgaria
29. ( 20 ) Romania ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 15,950 - CL: 1, EL: 3Romania
30. ( 32 ) Slovakia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 15,625 - CL: 1, EL: 3Slovakia
31. ( 30 ) Slovenia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 15,000 - CL: 1, EL: 3Slovenia
32. ( 31 ) Liechtenstein ( Cup ) - coefficient: 13,500 - CL: 0, EL: 1Liechtenstein

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

Commons : Fortuna liga - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

fortunaliga.sk: Official website of the Fortuna liga (Slovak)
futbalsfz.sk: Official website of the Slovak Football Association (Slovak)
sloakei-net.de: Slovak football at Slovakia-Net.de

Individual evidence

↑ Najvyššia súťaž zmení názov, Fortuna nahradí Corgoň article from May 16, 2014 (Slovak)
↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .

[1] Najvyššia súťaž zmení názov, Fortuna nahradí Corgoň article from May 16, 2014 (Slovak)

[uefa-5-jahreswertung-2] UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .