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Niké Liga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2023-2024

Location

Slovakia

Abbreviation

SVK1

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Summary

The Slovak First Football League (SVK1), or Niké Liga, is the top football league in Slovakia's football system. At the end of the 2023-2024 SVK1 season, the SVK1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2024-2025 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2023-2024 SVK1 Championship Group team
2024-2025 UEFA Europa Conference League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2023-2024 SVK1 Championship Group teams

The winner of the 2023-2024 Slovenský Pohár (Slovak Cup), typically a SVK1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2024-2025 UEFA Europa League. If the Slovak Cup winner has already earned either a UEFACL or UEFAECL 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 2024-2025 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Slovakia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
SVK1	Niké Liga	12
SVK2	2. Liga	16
SVK3	3. liga	31
SVK4	4. liga	61
SVK5	5. liga	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 28 Jul 2023 - 2 Mar 2024	Champ/Releg Rounds 9 Mar 2024 - 20 May 2024		12: SVK1 (10 minimum), SVK2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

The 2023-2024 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 2024-2025 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 2023-2024 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 2024-2025 SVK1.

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Relegation Playoffs

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FC PetrŽalka (SVK2)

MFK Zemplín Michalovce (SVK1)

21.05.24

FC PetrŽalka

MFK Zemplín Michalovce

Štadión Tehelné pole

25.05.24	MFK Zemplín Michalovce		20		FC PetrŽalka	Štadión MFK Zemplín
	MFK Zemplín Michalovce remains in SVK1

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	23 -4-5	73	-	76	31	45	16	11 -3-2	36	38	16	22	16	12 -1-3	37	38	15	23
2	FK DAC 1904 Dunajská	32	16 -10-6	58	-	49	32	17	16	10 -4-2	34	31	16	15	16	6 -6-4	24	18	16	2
3	FC Spartak Tnrava	32	18 -3-11	57	-	47	29	18	16	10 -1-5	31	27	12	15	16	8 -2-6	26	20	17	3
4	MŠK Žilina	32	16 -7-9	55	-	54	45	9	16	10 -2-4	32	34	27	7	16	6 -5-5	23	20	18	2
5	MFK Ružomberok	32	12 -11-9	47	-	38	43	-5	16	9 -4-3	31	20	14	6	16	3 -7-6	16	18	29	-11
6	ŽP Šport Podbrezová	32	11 -4-17	37	-	49	60	-11	16	7 -3-6	24	24	26	-2	16	4 -1-11	13	25	34	-9
Relegation
1	FK Dukla Banská Bystrica	32	14 -9-9	51	-	50	41	9	16	5 -7-4	22	23	23	0	16	9 -2-5	29	27	18	9
2	FK AS Trenčín	32	13 -10-9	49	-	48	34	14	16	9 -2-5	29	28	15	13	16	4 -8-4	20	20	19	1
3	MFK Skalica	32	11 -7-14	40	-	35	38	-3	16	7 -4-5	25	17	15	2	16	4 -3-9	15	18	23	-5
4	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	32	6 -9-17	27	-	29	48	-19	16	4 -5-7	17	17	23	-6	16	2 -4-10	10	12	25	-13
5	FC Košice	32	7 -6-19	27	-	27	56	-29	16	4 -4-8	16	12	24	-12	16	3 -2-11	11	15	32	-17
6	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	32	2 -6-24	12	-	21	66	-45	16	1 -4-11	7	12	29	-17	16	1 -2-13	5	9	37	-28
2024-2025 UEFACL 2024-2025 UEFAECL Relegation Playoffs 2024-2025 UEFAEL (Slovak Cop Winner) 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	18 -3-1	57	-	57	16	41	11	9 -2-0	29	29	9	20	11	9 -1-1	28	28	7	21
2	MŠK Žilina	22	12 -5-5	41	-	40	30	10	11	8 -1-2	25	27	19	8	11	4 -4-3	16	13	11	2
3	FC Spartak Tnrava	22	12 -3-7	39	-	31	22	9	11	6 -1-4	19	16	10	6	11	6 -2-3	20	15	12	3
4	FK DAC 1904 Dunajská	22	10 -7-5	37	-	31	21	10	11	6 -3-2	21	20	11	9	11	4 -4-3	16	11	10	1
5	FK Dukla Banská Bystrica	22	9 -7-6	34	-	38	30	8	11	3 -5-3	14	15	17	-2	11	6 -2-3	20	23	13	10
6	FK AS Trenčín	22	9 -7-6	34	-	31	23	8	11	6 -2-3	20	19	10	9	11	3 -5-3	14	12	13	-1
7	ŽP Šport Podbrezová	22	10 -4-8	34	-	40	34	6	11	6 -3-2	21	21	16	5	11	4 -1-6	13	19	18	1
8	MFK Ružomberok	22	9 -7-6	34	-	28	31	-3	11	7 -2-2	23	13	8	5	11	2 -5-4	11	15	23	-8
9	MFK Skalica	22	6 -5-11	23	-	19	25	-6	11	5 -3-3	18	11	8	3	11	1 -2-8	5	8	17	-9
10	FC Košice	22	4 -5-13	17	-	19	45	-26	11	3 -3-5	12	9	19	-10	11	1 -2-8	5	10	26	-16
11	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	22	1 -7-14	10	-	19	42	-23	11	1 -4-6	7	10	20	-10	11	0 -3-8	3	9	22	-13
12	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	22	0 -4-18	4	-	14	48	-34	11	0 -3-8	3	8	22	-14	11	0 -1-10	1	6	26	-20
Championship Round Relegation Round