The 1993–94 Slovak First Football League season was the first edition of top flight Slovak First Football League annual football competition in Slovak football following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993. The season started on 14 August 1993 and ended on 15 June 1994.
Overview The 1993–94 Slovak Superliga was formed based on the six teams that competed in the 1992–93 Czechoslovak First League (Slovan Bratislava, DAC 1904 Dunajsk Streda, Inter Bratislava, Tatran Prešov, FC Nitra, Spartak Trnava) and the six best teams of the 1992–93 Slovak National Football League (the Czechoslovak second-tier competition) (1. FC Košice, Dukla Banská Bystrica, ŠK Žilina, Baník Prievidza, Chemlon Humenné, Lokomotíva Košice). These 12 teams contested home-and-away regular league matches totalling 22 games. The top six clubs then formed a promotion/championship group and the bottom six a relegation group, each group playing 10 more games.
It was a historic season for Slovak football as it was the first season to take place since the breakup of the former Czechoslovakia. Three Slovak teams qualified for European club competitions: Slovan Bratislava and DAC Dunajská Streda (both in the UEFA Cup), as well as 1.FC Košice (Cup Winners Cup). Of these only Košice (a second-tier team that had to take part in the qualifying round) managed to get past their first hurdle (Košice would ultimately be eliminated in the first round proper by Besiktas from Turkey).
At the end of the season two teams were entitled to enter the newly added qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, and one team would take part in the qualifying round of the Cup Winners Cup. These European places would go on to Tatran Presov (Cup Winners Cup), and two clubs from the capital Bratislava: Slovan (denied a place in the revamped Champions League due to insufficient coefficient) and Inter (who actually would have entered the Champions League qualifying round had they become champion).
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 1. FC Košice Košice Všešportový areál 30,312 Chemlon Humenné Humenné Chemlon Stadion 10,000 Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000 DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda 16,410 Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Bratislava Štadión Pasienky 12,000 Lokomotíva Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000 FC Nitra Nitra Štadión pod Zoborom 11,384 MFK Petrimex Prievidza Prievidza Futbalový štadión Prievidza 6,000 MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181 Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085 Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448 Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 14,000
Regular season
League table
Results
Championship group League table
Results
Relegation group League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Pavol DiňaDAC Dunajska Streda192 Martin ObšitníkInter Bratislava14 Mikuláš RadványiDAC Dunajska Streda4 ŠK Žilina13 Ivan ŠefčíkŠK Žilina
See also 1993–94 Slovak Cup 1993–94 2. Liga (Slovakia)
References
Slovakia - List of final tables (RSSSF)