2025–26 Slovak First Football League

Niké liga
Season2025–26
DatesRegular season:
26 July 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches120
Goals350 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerMichal Faško (13)
Highest attendance17,011
Spartak Trnava 0-2 Slovan
(18 Oct 2025)[1]
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 15 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 33rd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.

Slovan Bratislava is the seven-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. Tatran Prešov has been promoted to the top flight as champions of the 2024–25 2. Liga after seven years absence, replacing the 2024–25 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Banská Bystrica after three years in top flight. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the seventh successive year).

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in Niké liga 2024–25
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Tatran Prešov FC Košice FK Železiarne Podbrezová
MOL Aréna
UEFA 		Futbal Tatran Arena
UEFA 		Košická futbalová aréna
UEFA 		ZELPO Aréna
UEFA
Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 12,555 Capacity: 4,000
MFK Ružomberok MFK Skalica ŠK Slovan Bratislava FC Spartak Trnava
Štadión pod Čebraťom Štadión MFK Skalica Tehelné pole
UEFA 		Štadión Antona Malatinského
UEFA
Capacity: 4,876 Capacity: 2,600 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 18,200
AS Trenčín MFK Zemplín Michalovce KFC Komárno MŠK Žilina
Štadión Sihoť
UEFA 		Mestský futbalový štadión
UEFA 		ViOn Aréna
UEFA 		Štadión pod Dubňom
UEFA
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,400 Capacity: 4,008 Capacity: 10,897

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DAC Dunajská Streda Tibor Végh Branislav Fodrek Taras Kacharaba Macron Kukkonia
Tatran Prešov Ľuboš Micheľ Vladimír Cifranič Patrik Šimko Adidas Niké
Košice Dušan Trnka Peter Černák Ján Krivák Adidas Niké
Podbrezová Július Kriváň Štefan Markulík Samuel Štefánik Adidas Niké
Ružomberok Ľubomír Golis Jaroslav Köstl Jan Hladík Adidas Niké
Skalica Peter Bartoš Roman Hudec Oliver Podhorín Adidas Tipsport
Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Vladimír Weiss Vladimír Weiss Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava Peter Macho Antonio Muñoz Martin Mikovič Puma Tipsport
Trenčín Róbert Rybníček Ricardo Moniz Sean Goss Macron Tipsport
Zemplín Michalovce Ján Sabol Anton Šoltis Lukáš Pauschek Adidas Tipsport
Komárno Juraj Baráth Mikuláš Radványi Martin Šimko Adidas MOL
Žilina Jozef Antošík Pavol Staňo Miroslav Káčer Nike Preto

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Trenčín Ivan Galád End of contract 10 June 2025[2] Pre-season Ricardo Moniz 10 June 2026[3]
MŠK Žilina Michal Ščasný Signed by Spartak Trnava 6 June 2024[4] Petr Ruman 6 June 2026
Spartak Trnava Michal Gašparík Signed by Górnik Zabrze 6 June 2025[5] Michal Ščasný 6 June 2025
Tatran Prešov Jaroslav Hynek Sacked 31 August 2025[6] 10th Vladimír Cifranič 3 September 2025[7]
FC Košice Roman Skuhravý 2 October 2025[8] 12th František Straka 8 October 2025[9]
FC Košice František Straka 11 November 2025[10] 12th Peter Černák 11 November 2025[11]
Spartak Trnava Michal Ščasný 18 November 2025[12] 4th Martin Škrtel (caretaker) 18 November 2025
MFK Skalica David Oulehla 30 November 2025[13] 11th Roman Hudec 1 December 2025[14]
Spartak Trnava Martin Škrtel End of interim spell 5 January 2026 3rd Antonio Muñoz 5 January 2025[15]
Ružomberok Ondřej Smetana Sacked 12 January 2026[16] 7th Jaroslav Köstl 13 January 2026[17]

Regular stage

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava 22 14 4 4 47 30 +17 46 Qualification for the championship group
2 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 12 7 3 39 20 +19 43
3 Žilina 22 11 7 4 45 27 +18 40
4 Spartak Trnava 22 11 4 7 35 28 +7 37
5 Podbrezová 22 11 3 8 46 29 +17 36
6 Zemplín Michalovce 22 8 5 9 32 36 −4 29
7 Ružomberok 22 6 7 9 24 34 −10 25 Qualification for the relegation group
8 Trenčín 22 7 3 12 18 37 −19 24[a]
9 Košice 22 7 3 12 35 42 −7 24[a]
10 Komárno 22 5 7 10 24 34 −10 22
11 Tatran Prešov 22 4 9 9 22 35 −13 21
12 Skalica 22 3 7 12 20 35 −15 16
Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked by head-to-head points: Trenčín 6, Košice 0.

Results

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

Home \ Away DAC KOM KOŠ POD RUŽ SKA SLO TRN TAT TRE ZMI ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–3 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–2
Komárno 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–3
Košice 0–2 2–3 2–4 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 2–2
Podbrezová 0–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–3 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
Ružomberok 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–3
Skalica 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–4 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0
Slovan Bratislava 3–2 3–2 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 3–2
Spartak Trnava 0–3 2–0 3–1 0–5 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–0
Tatran Prešov 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–4
Trenčín 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–4 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1
Zemplín Michalovce 2–4 3–1 0–2 0–4 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–4
Žilina 0–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–0
Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava 23 15 4 4 50 31 +19 49 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 12 7 3 39 20 +19 43 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Žilina 23 11 7 5 45 28 +17 40
4 Spartak Trnava 23 12 4 7 36 28 +8 40
5 Podbrezová 22 11 3 8 46 29 +17 36
6 Zemplín Michalovce 23 8 5 10 32 39 −7 29
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2026. Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ružomberok 22 6 7 9 24 34 −10 25
2 Košice 23 8 3 12 37 42 −5 27
3 Trenčín 23 7 3 13 18 39 −21 24
4 Komárno 22 5 7 10 24 34 −10 22
5 Tatran Prešov 23 4 9 10 22 36 −14 21 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
6 Skalica 23 4 7 12 21 35 −14 19 Relegation to the 2. Liga
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2026. Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if two teams tied); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fair play ranking; 10) Drawing of lots.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 22 February 2026[18]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Michal Faško Žilina 13
2 Radek Šiler Podbrezová 12
3 Ammar Ramadan Dunajská Streda 11
4 Viktor Đukanović Dunajská Streda 9
5 Roman Čerepkai Košice 8
6 Šimon Šmehyl Komárno 7
Damir Redzic Dunajská Streda
Samuel Ramos Michalovce
Hugo Ahl Michalovce
Martin Regáli Prešov
Roland Galčík Podbrezová

Hat-tricks

Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
6 Mykola Kukharevych Slovan Bratislava Košice 3–2 (H) 31 August 2025 [19]
13 Abdulrahman Taiwo Spartak Trnava Trenčín 4–0 (H) 2 November 2025 [20]
15 Michal Faško MŠK Žilina Trenčín 4–1 (H) 22 November 2025 [21]
19 Radek Šiler Podbrezová Trenčín 4–0 (A) 7 February 2026 [22]
21 Ammar Ramadan Dunajská Streda Skalica 3–2 (K) 21 February 2026 [23]

Clean sheets

As of 21 February 2026[24]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Žiga Frelih Trnava 8
2 Aleksandar Popović Dunajská Streda 7
Matej Jurička Podbrezová
4 Benjamín Száraz Komárno 5
Ľubomír Belko Žilina
Pavol Bajza Prešov
Patrik Lukáč Michalovce
Andrija Katić Trenčín
9 Dominik Ťapaj Ružomberok 4
10 Martin Junas Skalica 3

Discipline

As of 21 February 2026

Player


Club

  • Most yellow cards: 49[26]
    • Prešov
    • Podbrezová
    • Trnava
  • Most red cards: 8[27]
    • Trnava

See also

References

  1. ^ "Spartak - Slovan| Detail zápasu". Niké liga.
  2. ^ https://sportweb.pravda.sk/futbal/nike-liga/clanok/755985-skoncila-sa-mu-zmluva-na-novej-sa-nedohodli-trener-galad-v-trencine-skoncil/
  3. ^ https://mytrencin.sme.sk/c/23506833/moniz-je-opat-trener-as-trencin-na-povazie-sa-vracia-po-siedmich-rokoch.html
  4. ^ https://www.teraz.sk/sport/scasny-novym-trenerom-trnavy-podp/883963-clanok.html
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  8. ^ https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/429507/horuca-aktualita-z-nike-ligy-roman-skuhravy-skoncil-na-lavicke-fc-kosice
  9. ^ https://www.fckosice.sk/frantisek-straka-novym-trenerom-fc-kosice-a19-2494/
  10. ^ https://www.fckosice.sk/zemetrasenie-v-fc-kosice-konci-trenersky-stab-aj-sportovy-riaditel-a19-2530/
  11. ^ https://sport.aktuality.sk/futbal/clanok/nike-liga-cistky-v-fc-kosice-konci-straka-aj-sapara-2025111114350042500
  12. ^ https://www.flashscore.sk/spravy/futbal-nike-liga-trnava-odvolala-trenera-scasneho-na-lavicku-sa-pridava-skrtel/n75b3MT7/
  13. ^ https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-evropske-ligy-na-slovensku-odvolali-dalsiho-ceskeho-kouce-5346322
  14. ^ https://sportovy.cas.sk/ostatne/oulehla-dostal-padaka-uz-maju-nahradu-novy-trener-ma-so-skalicou-uz-dost-odzite
  15. ^ https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-antonio-munoz-novy-trener-spartak-tranva-nike-liga-2025-2026/
  16. ^ https://www.eurofotbal.cz/clanky/smetana-skoncil-na-lavicce-ruzomberku-nahradi-ho-ve-slovenskem-tymu-kostl-802748/
  17. ^ https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-jaroslav-kostl-novy-trener-ruzomberok-nike-liga-2025-2026/
  18. ^ "Štatistiky – Hráči" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
  19. ^ https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2645-slo-kos
  20. ^ https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2687-spa-tre
  21. ^ https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2699-msk-tre
  22. ^ https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2722-tre-pod
  23. ^ https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2735-dac-ska
  24. ^ "Štatistiky – Brankári" (in Slovak). Niké liga.
  25. ^ a b "Hráči | Štatistiky". nikeliga.sk.
  26. ^ "Tímy | Štatistiky". Nike liga. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  27. ^ "Tímy - Štatistiky". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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