The 2024–25 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
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| Season | 2024–25 |
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| Dates | Regular season: 27th of July 2024 – TBA May 2025 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2024. | |
The defending champion is Slovan Bratislava.
Teams
editThe league will consist of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Komárno 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 Zlaté Moravce. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions (for the sixth successive year).
Stadiums and locations
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| FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | FC Košice | FK Železiarne Podbrezová |
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| MOL Aréna UEFA 
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Štadión SNP UEFA
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Košická futbalová aréna UEFA
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ZELPO Aréna UEFA
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| Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 7,030 | Capacity: 12,555 | Capacity: 4,000 |
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| MFK Ružomberok | MFK Skalica | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | FC Spartak Trnava |
| Štadión pod Čebraťom | Štadión MFK Skalica | Tehelné pole UEFA
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Štadión Antona Malatinského UEFA
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| Capacity: 4,876 | Capacity: 2,600 | Capacity: 22,500 | Capacity: 18,200 |
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| AS Trenčín | MFK Zemplín Michalovce | KFC Komárno | MŠK Žilina |
| Štadión Sihoť UEFA
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Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA
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ViOn Aréna UEFA
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Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA
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| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,400 | Capacity: 4,008 | Capacity: 10,897 |
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Personnel and kits
edit| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| DAC Dunajská Streda |  Tibor Végh
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 Xisco Muñoz
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 Yhoan Andzouana
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Macron | Kukkonia |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | Ivan Šabo
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Marek Bažík
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TBA
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Adidas | Veolia |
| Košice | Dušan Trnka
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Gergely Geri
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Ján Krivák
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Adidas | Niké |
| Podbrezová | Július Kriváň
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 Roman Skuhravý
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TBA
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Adidas | Niké |
| Ružomberok | Ľubomír Golis
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Ondřej Smetana
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TBA
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Adidas | Niké |
| Skalica | Peter Bartoš
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Pavol Majerník
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Martin Nagy
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Puma | Tipsport |
| Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík
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Vladimír Weiss
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Vladimír Weiss
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Adidas | Niké |
| Spartak Trnava | Peter Macho
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Michal Gašparík
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Martin Mikovič
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Puma | Tipsport |
| Trenčín | Róbert Rybníček
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 Ilija Stolica
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Damián Bariš
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Macron | Tipsport |
| Zemplín Michalovce | Ján Sabol
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Anton Šoltis
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Igor Žofčák
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Adidas | Tipsport, St. Nicolaus |
| Komárno | Juraj Baráth
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Mikuláš Radványi
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Martin Šimko
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Adidas | MOL |
| Žilina | Jozef Antošík
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Michal Ščasný
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Tomáš Hubočan
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Nike | Preto |
Managerial changes
edit| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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| Banská Bystrica | Mario Auxt |
End of interim spell | 16 June 2024 | Pre-season | Marek Bažík |
16 June 2026[1] |
| Michalovce | František Straka |
End of contract | 28 June 2024 | Pre-season | Anton Šoltis |
28 June 2026[2] |
Regular stage
editLeague table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Žilina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Podbrezová | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 8 | Trenčín | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Skalica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Košice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Zemplín Michalovce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Komárno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Results
editEach team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.