Summary
The Slovak Super Liga (SVK1), or Fortuna Liga, is the top football league in Slovakia's football system. At the end of the 2020-2021 SVK1 season, the SVK1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2020-2021 SVK1 team
- 2021-2022 UEFA Europa Conference League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2020-2021 SVK1 teams
The winner of the 2020-2021 Slovenský Pohár (Slovak Cup), typically a SVK1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2021-2022 UEFA Europa League. If the Slovak Cup winner has already earned either a UEFACL or UEFAEL berth, then the 4th place, 5th place, and 6th place Championship Round teams and the 1st place Relegation Group teams have a "Knockout" Playoff. The winner receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2021-2022 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Leagues Pyramid - Slovakia
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| SVK1 | Fortuna Liga | 12 |
| SVK2 | 2. Liga | 16 |
| SVK3 | 3. liga | 66 |
| SVK4 | 4. liga | 120 |
| SVK5 | 5. liga | 232 |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Regular 8 Aug 2020 - 6 Mar 2021 | Champ/Releg Rounds 9 Mar 2021 - 31 May 2021 | UEFAECL Playoffs 20 May 2020 - 15 Jun 2021 | 12: SVK1 (10 minimum), SVK2 (2 maximum) |
Season Format
The 2020-2021 SVK1 season consists of 2 stages. In the first stage, each SVK1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 11 SVK1 teams for a total of 22 league matches. In the second stage, the top six teams play in the Championship Group and the bottom 6 teams play in the Relegation Group. Each team plays Home-Away matches against the other 5 teams in their group (10 more matches, 32 matches total) to determine final rankings for 2021-2022 UEFA Champions League, Europa Conference League placements, and relegation. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head away goals scored, then (4) a playoff.
Playoffs
Not applicable.
Relegation
At the end of the 2020-2021 SVK1 season, the 6th place Relegation Group team will be relegated to the SVK2, and the 5th place Relegation Group team plays a Home-Away highest aggregate score wins Promotion/Relegation Playoff against the 2nd place SVK2 team. The Playoff winner and the 1st place SVK2 team will play in the 2021-2022 SVK1.
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UEFAECL Playoffs - Final
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 32 | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Štadión pod Dubňom |
UEFAECL Playoffs - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 20 | FK AS Trenčín | Štadión FC Vion |
| 42 | ŠKF Sereď | Štadión pod Dubňom |
Relegation Playoffs
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Dukla Banská Bystrica (SVK2) | 23 | FK Senica (SVK1) |
| 25.05.21 |  | 12 | FK Senica | Štadión Lokomotíva (Zvolen) |
| 28.05.21 | | 11 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | OMS Arena (Senica) |
2nd Stage
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | 32 | 22 -5-5 | 71 | - | 78 | 28 | 50 | 16 | 12 -1-3 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 10 -4-2 | 34 | 41 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | FK DAC 1904 Dunajská | 32 | 19 -8-5 | 65 | - | 66 | 38 | 28 | 16 | 11 -4-1 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 8 -4-4 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 4 |
| 3 | FC Spartak Tnrava | 32 | 17 -4-11 | 55 | - | 48 | 37 | 11 | 16 | 9 -2-5 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 8 -2-6 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| 4 | MŠK Žilina | 32 | 15 -7-10 | 52 | - | 73 | 52 | 21 | 16 | 11 -3-2 | 36 | 46 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 4 -4-8 | 16 | 27 | 28 | -1 |
| 5 | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 32 | 11 -7-14 | 40 | - | 42 | 51 | -9 | 16 | 8 -4-4 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 3 -3-10 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -18 |
| 6 | FK AS Trenčín | 32 | 8 -8-16 | 32 | - | 42 | 61 | -19 | 16 | 5 -5-6 | 20 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 16 | 3 -3-10 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -18 |
| Relegation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ŠKF Sereď | 32 | 11 -8-13 | 41 | - | 37 | 48 | -11 | 16 | 7 -3-6 | 24 | 23 | 24 | -1 | 16 | 4 -5-7 | 17 | 14 | 24 | -10 |
| 2 | MFK Ružomberok | 32 | 10 -9-13 | 39 | - | 41 | 44 | -3 | 16 | 8 -6-2 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 2 -3-11 | 9 | 17 | 33 | -16 |
| 3 | FK Pohronie | 32 | 8 -14-10 | 38 | - | 38 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 4 -7-5 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 4 -7-5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | -2 |
| 4 | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | 32 | 8 -11-13 | 35 | - | 34 | 53 | -19 | 16 | 6 -4-6 | 22 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 16 | 2 -7-7 | 13 | 15 | 31 | -16 |
| 5 | FK Senica | 32 | 8 -9-15 | 33 | - | 31 | 51 | -20 | 16 | 3 -6-7 | 15 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 16 | 5 -3-8 | 18 | 16 | 27 | -11 |
| 6 | FC Nitra | 32 | 7 -6-19 | 27 | - | 26 | 55 | -29 | 16 | 3 -3-10 | 12 | 13 | 28 | -15 | 16 | 4 -3-9 | 15 | 13 | 27 | -14 |
2021-2022 UEFACL 2021-2022 UEFAECL Relegation Playoffs Relegation to SVK2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1st Stage
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 17 -3-2 | 54 | - | 54 | 12 | 42 | 11 | 10 -0-1 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 7 -3-1 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | FK DAC 1904 Dunajská | 22 | 13 -5-4 | 44 | - | 48 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 7 -3-1 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 6 -2-3 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 3 |
| 3 | MŠK Žilina | 22 | 11 -4-7 | 37 | - | 49 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 8 -2-1 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 -2-6 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | FC Spartak Tnrava | 22 | 11 -2-9 | 35 | - | 32 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 5 -1-5 | 16 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 11 | 6 -1-4 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 6 |
| 5 | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 9 -6-7 | 33 | - | 38 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 6 -3-2 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 -3-5 | 12 | 13 | 16 | -3 |
| 6 | FK AS Trenčín | 22 | 7 -7-8 | 28 | - | 30 | 38 | -8 | 11 | 4 -4-3 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 3 -3-5 | 12 | 11 | 21 | -10 |
| 7 | MFK Ružomberok | 22 | 5 -8-9 | 23 | - | 31 | 37 | -6 | 11 | 4 -5-2 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 -3-7 | 6 | 15 | 28 | -13 |
| 8 | ŠKF Sereď | 22 | 5 -7-10 | 22 | - | 22 | 39 | -17 | 11 | 3 -3-5 | 12 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 11 | 2 -4-5 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -10 |
| 9 | FC Nitra | 22 | 6 -4-12 | 22 | - | 21 | 38 | -17 | 11 | 2 -3-6 | 9 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 11 | 4 -1-6 | 13 | 11 | 21 | -10 |
| 10 | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | 22 | 5 -7-10 | 22 | - | 22 | 42 | -20 | 11 | 4 -2-5 | 14 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 11 | 1 -5-5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 |
| 11 | FK Senica | 22 | 5 -6-11 | 21 | - | 23 | 40 | -17 | 11 | 1 -4-6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 11 | 4 -2-5 | 14 | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| 12 | FK Pohronie | 22 | 3 -11-8 | 20 | - | 27 | 32 | -5 | 11 | 2 -5-4 | 11 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 11 | 1 -6-4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
Championship Round Relegation Round | ||||||||||||||||||||
Results
 | 04 | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | Štadión pod Zoborom |
 | 10 | MFK Ružomberok | Mestský Štadión (Žiar nad Hronom) |
 | 21 | FK AS Trenčín | Štadión Tehelné pole |
| 51 | FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Štadión pod Dubňom |
 | 20 | FC Spartak Tnrava | MOL Aréna |
| 11 | MŠK Žilina | Štadión Antona Malatinského |
| 11 | FK DAC 1904 Dunajská | Štadión Na Sihoti |
| 00 | FK Pohronie | OMS Arena (Senica) |
| 22 | ŠKF Sereď | Štadión MFK Zemplín |
| 20 | FC Nitra | Štadión MFK Ružomberok |
| 04 | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Štadión FC Vion |
| 01 | FK DAC 1904 Dunajská | Štadión Tehelné pole |
| 00 | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | Mestský Štadión (Žiar nad Hronom) |
| 11 | FK Senica | Štadión MFK Ružomberok |
| 53 | FK AS Trenčín | Štadión pod Dubňom |
| 00 | FC Spartak Tnrava | Štadión FC Vion |
| 30 | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Štadión Antona Malatinského |
| 01 | FK Pohronie | Štadión FC Vion |