The 2023–24 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 31st season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
The winners (Slovan Bratislava) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023–24 Slovak Cup winners (Ružomberok) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. The second and third-placed teams (DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda and Spartak Trnava) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League second qualifying round. The eleventh-placed team (Zemplín Michalovce) qualified for the relegation play-offs. The bottom-placed team (Zlaté Moravce) were relegated to the 2024–25 2. Liga.
Teams
The league consisted of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Košice were promoted to the top flight (for the first time in their history) as champions of the 2022–23 2. Liga, replacing the 2022–23 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (relegated after two seasons in the top flight). Slovan Bratislava entered the season as defending champions (for the fifth successive year).
Stadiums and locations
After more than six years, all teams in the league are once again playing their home matches in their respective stadiums. The last time this occurred was during the autumn part of the 2016–17 season.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Regular stage
League table
Results
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
Championship group
Relegation group
Relegation play-offs
The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from 2. Liga for one spot in the top flight in the next season.
1st leg
2nd leg
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
- As of 18 May 2024
Hat-tricks
- Note
4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
- As of 18 May 2024
Discipline
- As of 18 May 2024
Player
- Most yellow cards: 10
- Boris Godál (B.Bystrica)
- René Paraj (Podbrezová)
- Most red cards: 2
- Mário Mrva (Podbrezová)
- Oleksandr Holikov (Košice)
- Andrej Stojchevski (Žilina)
Club
- Most yellow cards: 68
- MFK Skalica
- Most red cards: 5
- Košice
Awards
Annual awards
Team of the Season
Team of the Season was:
- Goalkeeper: Dominik Takáč (Spartak Trnava)
- Defenders: Matúš Kmeť (Trenčín), Guram Kashia (Slovan Bratislava), Kenan Bajrić (Slovan Bratislava), Yhoan Andzouana (DAC D.Streda)
- Midfielders: Peter Kováčik (Podbrezová), Juraj Kucka (Slovan Bratislava), Adrian Zeljković (Spartak Trnava), Tigran Barseghyan (Slovan Bratislava)
- Forwards: Róbert Polievka (Dukla Banská Bystrica), Michal Ďuriš (Spartak Trnava)
Individual awards
Manager of the Season
Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)
Player of the Season
Juraj Kucka (Slovan Bratislava)
Young Player of the Season
Nino Marcelli (Slovan Bratislava)
Attendances
See also
- 2023–24 Slovak Cup
- 2023–24 2. Liga (Slovakia)
- List of Slovak football transfers summer 2023
- List of Slovak football transfers winter 2023–24
- List of foreign Slovak First League players
Notes
References
External links
- Official website
