| Competition: | Fortuna liga |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Dates: | 20 July 2019 – 11 July 2020 |
| Winners: | Slovan Bratislava |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1qualifiers: | Slovan Bratislava |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2qualifiers: | Žilina DAC Dunajská Streda |
| Matches: | 156 |
| Total Goals: | 398 |
| League Topscorer: | Andraž Šporar (12) |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Attendance: | 14,933 (Slovan-Trnava)[1] |
| Lowest Attendance: | 147 (Trenčín-Sereď)[2] |
| Average Attendance: | 2,493 |
| Updated: | 11 July 2020 |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Slovan Bratislava |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Žilina Dunajská Streda MFK Ružomberok |
The 2019–20 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna liga[3] for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 10th Slovak title.
Since March, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 March, the 22nd and last round of the regular stage took place. Both the championship group and the relegation group were subsequently supposed to have 10 rounds starting on 14 March. However, the season was interrupted until the end of May. On 22 May, the league committee approved the restart of the competition with a new 5-round model starting on 13 June.[4] The committee also decided that no team would be directly relegated at the end of the season. The last team would face the winner of the 2. Liga in the relegation play-offs.
The decision was made on 22 May after meeting of the Slovak Presidium of the Union of League Clubs (ÚLK) with representatives of Fortuna League clubs.[5] The continuation of the competition depended on the voting of the clubs. They chose between restarting the league in full format, short format or abandoning the season.
| Slovan Bratislava | DAC Dunajská Streda | AS Trenčín | |
| MŠK Žilina | MFK Ružomberok | ||
| Spartak Trnava | Zemplín Michalovce | ||
| FK Senica | |||
| FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce | |||
| FK Pohronie | |||
| FC Nitra | |||
| ŠKF Sereď |
Due to hygienic measures, the number of spectators at individual matches was limited. Until 30 June, a maximum of 500 spectators could be present at the stadiums, which, however, also included the teams' staff, the media or stewards. From 1 July, the number of spectators allowed to attend a match was increased to 50% of a stadium's capacity.
| 23 | 14–15 March | 13–14 June |
| 24 | 21–22 March | 20–21 June |
| 25 | 4–5 April | 27 June – 1 July |
| 26 | 11–12 April | 4 July |
| 27 | 18–19 April | 11 July |
| 28 | 25–26 April | Cancelled |
| 29 | 2–4 May | |
| 30 | 9 May | |
| 31 | 16 May | |
| 32 | 23 May |
Twelve teams competed in the league – the top eleven sides from the previous season and one team promoted from the 2. liga. The promoted team was Pohronie. They replaced Železiarne Podbrezová.
| AS Trenčín | Dunajská Streda | FK Pohronie | Michalovce | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA | MOL Aréna UEFA | Mestský štadión UEFA | Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA | |
| Capacity: 11,258 | Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 2,309 | Capacity: 4,440 | |
| FK Senica | MFK Ružomberok | MŠK Žilina | Slovan Bratislava | |
| OMS Arena UEFA | Štadión pod Čebraťom | Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA | Tehelné pole UEFA | |
| Capacity: 5,070 | Capacity: 4,817 | Capacity: 11,258 | Capacity: 22,500 | |
| Spartak Trnava | ŠKF Sereď | FC Nitra | ||
| ŠAM – City Arena UEFA | Stadium Myjava | Štadión FC ViOn UEFA | Štadión pod Zoborom UEFA | |
| Capacity: 19,200 | Capacity: 2,709 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 7,480 | |
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Trenčín |  Jozef Liptovský | Juraj Ančic (interim) | Martin Šulek | Adidas | ORION Tip | |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | Oszkár Világi | Bernd Storck |  Zsolt Kalmár |  macron | Kukkonia | |
| FK Pohronie | Jozef Urblík | Mikuláš Radványi |  Petr Pavlík | Erreà | REMESLO | |
| FK Senica | Ton Caanen | Patrik Durkáč |  Joss Didiba | hummel | KOMPLEXX GROUP SK | |
| MFK Ružomberok | Milan Fiľo | Ján Haspra | Ján Maslo | Adidas | MAESTRO | |
| MŠK Žilina | Jozef Antošík | Pavol Staňo | Jakub Paur |  Nike | Preto | |
| Slovan Bratislava | Ivan Kmotrík | Ján Kozák jr. | Vasil Bozhikov | Adidas | grafobal | |
| FC Nitra |  Andriy Kolesnyk | Ivan Galád | Oliver Podhorín | Adidas | – | |
| Spartak Trnava | Milan Cuninka | Marián Šarmír | Dobrivoj Rusov | Adidas |
| |
| Zlaté Moravce | Karol Škula | Karol Praženica | Tomáš Ďubek | Erreà | ViOn | |
| MFK Michalovce | Ján Sabol | Jozef Majoroš (carateker) | Igor Žofčák | Adidas | ISDB, St. Nicolaus | |
| ŠKF Sereď | Róbert Stareček | Peter Lérant | Ľubomír Michalík | Nike | iClinic |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of contract | [6] | Pre-season | |||||
| Signed by Trnava | [7] | ||||||
| End of contract | [8] | ||||||
| Michal Kuruc | End of contract | [9] | |||||
| End of contract | [10] | [11] | |||||
| Karel Stromšík | End of contract | Slavche Vojneski | [12] | ||||
| Martin Ševela | Released | [13] | Vladimir Radenković (interim) | ||||
| Vladimir Radenković | Released | 1 | [14] | ||||
| Milan Nemec | Resigned | 11 | Rastislav Urgela (interim) | [15] | |||
| Rastislav Urgela | End of interim spell | 9 | Ján Rosinský | [16] | |||
| Released | [17] | 11 | Mikuláš Radványi | [18] | |||
| Released | 9 | Norbert Hrnčár | [19] | ||||
| Released | 11 | [20] | |||||
| Released | 10 | Jozef Majoroš (caretaker) | [21] | ||||
| Slavche Vojneski | End by own request | [22] | 10 | Roland Praj | [23] | ||
| Jaroslav Kentoš | Moved to Slovakia U21 | [24] | 2 | Pavol Staňo | [25] | ||
| Peter Hyballa | Released | [26] | 3 | Hélder | [27] | ||
| Released | 11 | [28] | |||||
| Roland Praj | Become GK coach | [29] | 10 | Peter Lérant | |||
| Michal Ščasný | Released | 9 | Ján Bíreš | [30] | |||
| Unknown | 11 | ||||||
| End of contract | 3 | Bernd Storck | [31] | ||||
| Released | [32] | 5 | |||||
| End of Contract | 11 | [33] | |||||
| Ján Bíreš | End of contract | 10 | Patrik Durkáč | [34] | |||
| End of contract | 7 | [35] |
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 22 matches each.
Should one of the top 3 teams win the 2019–20 Slovak Cup, Europa League qualification playoffs will be held among the 4th, 5th, 6th team in the championship group and the top team of the relegation round. On 8 July 2020, Slovan Bratislava, who have won the league title, also won the cup, thus confirming the need of playoffs.
The 4th team play the top team of the relegation group and the 5th play the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals play the final to determine the Europa League qualification spot. Europa League qualification playoff games are one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team. The winners qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.
The team placed bottom of the relegation group faced the first-placed team from the 2. Liga 2019–20 for a place in the league for the next season.
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Leader – Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round | ||
| Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round | ||
| Qualification for First Football League Relegation play-offs |
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Trnava | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Ružomberok | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Michalovce | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| Trenčín | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Zlaté Moravce | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Senica | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[36] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andraž Šporar | Slovan | 12 |
| 2 | Milan Ristovskia | Nitra | 11 |
| 3 |  Osman Bukari | Trenčín | 10 |
| 4 |  Rafael Ratão | Slovan | 9 |
| Ján Bernát | Žilina | ||
| Zsolt Kalmár | DAC D.Streda | ||
| 7 |  Frank Castañeda | Senica | 8 |
 Issa Modibo Sidibé | Michalovce | ||
| Tomáš Ďubek | Z.Moravce | ||
| Ante Roguljić | Trenčín | ||
| 11 | Kristopher Vida | DAC D.Streda | 7 |
 Alex Sobczyk | Trnava | ||
| Hamza Čataković | Trenčín | ||
 Eric Ramirez | DAC D.Streda | ||
| + | Rank | Player | Club | Assists[37] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Gino van Kessel | align=left | Trenčín | 12 |
| 2 | align=left | Erik Daniel | align=left | Slovan | 8 |
| 3 | align=left |  Moha Rharsalla | align=left | Slovan | 7 |
| align=left | Igor Žofčák | align=left | Michalovce | ||
| align=left | Osman Bukari | align=left | Trenčín | ||
| align=left | Alex Iván | align=left | Sereď | ||
| align=left | Marko Divković | align=left | D.Streda | ||
| 8 | align=left | Miroslav Káčer | align=left | Žilina | 5 |
| 9 | align=left |  Nono | align=left | Slovan | 4 |
| align=left | Dejan Dražić | align=left | Slovan | ||
| align=left | Rafael Tavares | align=left | Trnava | ||
| align=left |  Connor Ronan | align=left | DAC D.Streda | ||
| align=left | Dalibor Takáč | align=left | Ružomberok | ||
| align=left |  Cesar Blackman | align=left | DAC D.Streda | ||
| align=left | Lukáš Jánošík | align=left | Žilina | ||
| align=left | Nikola Gatarić | align=left | Nitra | ||
| align=left | Samuel Šefčík | align=left | Nitra | ||
| align=left | Marin Ljubičić | align=left | Slovan | ||
| align=left | Róbert Boženík | align=left | Žilina | ||
| align=left | Patrik Abrahám | align=left | Pohronie | ||
| 10 | 16 players | 2 | |||
| align=left | Kristián Vallo | align=left | Žilina | ||
| align=left | David Strelec | align=left | Slovan | ||
| align=left | Lukáš Čmelík | align=left | DAC D.Streda | ||
| Round | Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5–0 (H) | 28 September 2019 | [38] | ||||
| 19 | 8–1 (H) | 15 February 2020 | [39] | ||||
| 1.CH | 5–0 (H) | 13 June 2020 | [40] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[41] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominik Greif | Slovan | 13 |
| 2 | Dominik Holec | Žilina | 11 |
| 3 | Branislav Pindroch | Zl. Moravce | 10 |
| 4 | Martin Jedlička | D.Streda | 9 |
| 5 | Vojtěch Vorel | Senica | 8 |
| Dávid Šípoš | Nitra | ||
| 7 | Dobrivoj Rusov | Trnava | 7 |
| Matúš Kira | Michalovce | ||
| 9 | Tomáš Jenčo | Pohronie | 6 |
| 10 | Michal Šulla | Slovan | 5 |
| 11 | Ivan Krajčírik | Ružomberok | 3 |
 Dejan Iliev | Sereď | ||
| Igor Šemrinec | Trenčín | ||
Martin Šulek (Trenčín) Alexander Mojžiš (Ružomberok)| Month | Player of the Month | Goal of the Month | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Ján Bernát | Žilina | Alex Sobczyk | Spartak Trnava | [45] |
| September | Dávid Strelec | Slovan Bratislava | Eric Davis | DAC Dunajská Streda | [46] |
| October | Dominik Holec | Žilina | Andraž Šporar | Slovan Bratislava | [47] |
| November | Andraž Šporar | Slovan Bratislava | Zsolt Kalmár | DAC Dunajská Streda | [48] |
| December | |||||
| February | Dominik Greif | Slovan Bratislava | Lukáš Jánošík | Žilina | [49] |
| March | |||||
| June | Not announced | César Blackman | DAC Dunajská Streda | [50] | |
| July | |||||
Team of the Season was:[51]
Dominik Greif (Slovan Bratislava) Jurij Medveděv (Slovan Bratislava), Myenty Abena (Slovan Bratislava), Vasil Bozhikov (Slovan Bratislava), Eric Davis (DAC Dunajská Streda) Osman Bukari (Trenčín), Miroslav Káčer (Žilina), Dávid Holman (Slovan Bratislava), Zsolt Kalmár (DAC Dunajská Streda), Moha (Slovan Bratislava)Source:[51]
Martin Jedlička (DAC Dunajská Streda) César Blackman (DAC Dunajská Streda), Martin Šulek (Trenčín), Danylo Beskorovainyi (DAC Dunajská Streda), Alexander Mojžiš (Ružomberok) Osman Bukari (Trenčín), Marián Chobot (Nitra), 
Abdul Zubairu (Trenčín), Ján Bernát (Žilina), Martin Kovaľ (Zlaté Moravce) Milan Ristovski (Nitra)Manager of the season
Ján Kozák jr. (Slovan Bratislava)
Player of the Year
Dominik Greif (Slovan Bratislava)
Young player of the Year