2011–12 Slovak First Football League

Corgoň Liga
Season2011–12
Dates15 July 2011 – 19 May 2012
ChampionsŽilina
PromotedSpartak Myjava
RelegatedDunajská Streda
Champions LeagueŽilina
Europa LeagueSpartak Trnava
Slovan Bratislava
Senica
Matches played198
Goals scored454 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerPavol Masaryk (18 goals)
Biggest home winB.Bystrica 4–0 Košice
Senica 4–0 Trenčín
Trenčín 4–0 Prešov
Ružomb. 4–0 Z.Moravce
Senica 4–0 Trenčín
Prešov 4–0 D.Streda
Senica 5–1 D.Streda
Biggest away winB.Bystrica 0–3 Trnava
Highest scoringZ.Moravce 3–5 Ružomb.
Highest attendance8,482
Average attendanceDecrease 2,171[1]

The 2011–12 Slovak First Football League[2] (known as Corgoň Liga due to sponsorship purposes) was the nineteenth season of the Corgoň Liga, the first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 15 July 2011 and was completed on 19 May 2012.[3] Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions, having won their sixth Slovak league championship at the end of the 2010–11 season.

Teams

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Dubnica were relegated after finishing the 2010–11 season in 12th and last place, ending a 10-season stay in this competition. They were replaced by 2010–11 1. Liga champions AS Trenčín, who returned to the competition after a three-season absence.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500
DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión – DAC Dunajská Streda 3,170
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000
MFK Košice Košice Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli 9,000
FC Nitra Nitra Štadión pod Zoborom 11,384
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817
FK Senica Senica Štadión FK Senica 4,600
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448
Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 5,410
ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce Štadión FC ViOn 4,000
MŠK Žilina[4] Žilina Stadium pod Dubňom 11,181

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dunajská Streda Germany Werner Lorant Slovakia Ján Marcin Adidas NEGIN
Trenčín Slovakia Adrián Guľa Slovakia Martin Ševela Nike Aegon
Dukla Banská Bystrica Slovakia Štefan Zaťko Slovakia Martin Poljovka Adidas Express Slovakia
Košice Slovakia Ján Kozák Slovakia Peter Šinglár Givova Steel Trans
Nitra Slovakia Ladislav Jurkemik Slovakia Miloš Šimončič Jako Bonul Security, El Comp, Špeciál Izotex
Ružomberok Czech Republic Aleš Křeček Slovakia Pavol Masaryk Umbro Mondi SCP
Senica Slovakia Stanislav Griga Slovakia Ján Gajdošík Hummel NAD RESS
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Slovakia Igor Žofčák Adidas Niké
Spartak Trnava Czech Republic Pavel Hoftych Slovakia Miroslav Karhan Givova TSS Grade
Tatran Prešov Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets Slovakia Ján Papaj Adidas IMPA
Zlaté Moravce Slovakia Juraj Jarábek Slovakia Pavol Majerník Legea ViOn
Žilina Netherlands Frans Adelaar Slovakia Miroslav Barčík Nike Preto

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Spartak Trnava Slovakia Peter Zelenský End of caretaker spell 5 May 2011[5] Pre-season Czech Republic Pavel Hoftych 19 May 2011[6]
Dunajská Streda Slovakia Mikuláš Radványi End of contract 28 May 2011[7] Pre-season Slovakia Štefan Horný 20 June 2011[8]
Košice Slovakia Štefan Tarkovič Mutual agreement 1 June 2011[9] Pre-season Slovakia Ladislav Šimčo 10 June 2011[10]
Tatran Prešov Slovakia Ladislav Pecko End of contract 2 June 2011[11] Pre-season Slovakia Štefan Tarkovič 4 June 2011[12]
Žilina Czech Republic Pavel Hapal Sacked 16 July 2011[13] Pre-season Slovakia Ľubomír Nosický 16 July 2011[14]
Slovan Bratislava Czech Republic Karel Jarolím Mutual agreement 5 August 2011[15] 4th Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 5 August 2011[16]
Dunajská Streda Slovakia Štefan Horný Resigned 6 August 2011[17] 12th Slovakia Krisztián Németh 7 August 2011[18]
Ružomberok Slovakia Ladislav Jurkemik Sacked 22 September 2011[19] 8th Czech Republic Aleš Křeček 22 September 2011[20]
Nitra Slovakia Cyril Stachura Sacked 19 November 2011[21] 7th Slovakia Róbert Barborík 20 November 2011[22]
Nitra Slovakia Róbert Barborík End of caretaker spell 20 December 2011[23] 7th Slovakia Ladislav Jurkemik 20 December 2011[24]
Tatran Prešov Slovakia Štefan Tarkovič Sacked 23 January 2012[25] 11th Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets 23 January 2012[26]
Dunajská Streda Slovakia Krisztián Németh Mutual agreement 25 March 2012[27] 12th Germany Werner Lorant 25 March 2012[28]
Žilina Slovakia Ľubomír Nosický Sacked 16 April 2012[29] 1st Netherlands Frans Adelaar 16 April 2012[30]
Košice Slovakia Ladislav Šimčo Sacked 30 April 2012[31] 12th Slovakia Ján Kozák 30 April 2012[32]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žilina (C) 33 19 10 4 52 27 +25 67 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Spartak Trnava 33 19 8 6 44 22 +22 65 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Slovan Bratislava 33 16 11 6 48 35 +13 59
4 Senica 33 15 12 6 47 23 +24 57 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5 Trenčín 33 12 12 9 51 49 +2 48
6 Ružomberok 33 11 11 11 39 34 +5 44
7 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 33 11 8 14 34 43 −9 41
8 Nitra 33 9 12 12 33 39 −6 39
9 Dukla Banská Bystrica 33 9 10 14 37 44 −7 37
10 Tatran Prešov 33 7 12 14 23 35 −12 33
11 Košice 33 6 11 16 25 40 −15 29
12 DAC Dunajská Streda (R) 33 5 1 27 21 63 −42 16 Relegation to 2. liga
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since 2011–12 Slovak Cup winners Žilina qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, so cup runners-up Senica qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. Moreover, Slovan Bratislava were moved up a round as the cup winner spot was not used.

Results

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The schedule consisted of three rounds. The two first rounds consisted of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule. The pairings of the third round were set according to the 2010–11 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team.

First and second round

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Home \ Away DAC BB KOŠ NIT RUŽ SEN SLO TRN PRE TRE ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1
Dukla Banská Bystrica 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–3
Košice 3–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2
Nitra 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–2
Ružomberok 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2
Senica 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–2
Slovan Bratislava 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1
Spartak Trnava 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Prešov 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Trenčín 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 4–0 3–1 3–3
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1
Žilina 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in 2010–11 final standings):

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
1–12 1–2 2–12 1–4 3–12 1–6
2–11 8–6 3–1 2–3 4–2 2–5
3–10 9–5 4–11 9–7 5–1 3–4
4–9 10–4 5–10 10–6 6–11 10–8
5–8 11–3 6–9 11–5 7–10 11–7
6–7 12–7 7–8 12–8 8–9 12–9
29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
4–12 1–8 5–12 1–10 6–12
5–3 2–7 6–4 2–9 7–5
6–2 3–6 7–3 3–8 8–4
7–1 4–5 8–2 4–7 9–3
8–11 11–9 9–1 5–6 10–2
9–10 12–10 10–11 12–11 11–1
Home \ Away DAC BB KOŠ NIT RUŽ SEN SLO TRN PRE TRE ZLM ŽIL
DAC Dunajská Streda 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 0–2
Dukla Banská Bystrica 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1
Košice 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1
Nitra 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0
Ružomberok 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Senica 5–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–1
Slovan Bratislava 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–0
Spartak Trnava 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2
Prešov 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Trenčín 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–0
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 3–2 3–5 1–3 0–2 1–2 2–3
Žilina 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[33]
1 Slovakia Pavol Masaryk Ružomberok 18
2 Slovakia Juraj Halenár Slovan Bratislava 15
3 Trinidad and Tobago Lester Peltier Trenčín 11
4 Slovakia Martin Jakubko Dukla Banská Bystrica 10
Slovakia Róbert Pich Žilina
6 Slovakia Tomáš Majtán Žilina 9
Czech Republic Martin Vyskočil Spartak Trnava
8 Republic of the Congo John Delarge Dunajská Streda 8
Argentina David Depetris Trenčín
10 Slovakia Miroslav Barčík Žilina 6
Slovakia Filip Hlohovský Trenčín
Czech Republic Martin Hruška Zlaté Moravce
Slovakia Erik Pačinda Košice
Slovakia Ladislav Tomaček Spartak Trnava

Awards

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Top Eleven

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Individual awards

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Manager of the season Stanislav Griga (FK Senica)

Player of the Year Miroslav Karhan (Spartak Trnava)

Young player of the Year Norbert Gyömbér (Dukla Banská Bystrica)

See also

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