The 2025–26 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Teams The league consisted of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the 2. Liga. Slovan Bratislava entered the season as defending champions (for the seventh successive season).
The promoted team was the 2024–25 2. Liga champions Tatran Prešov (returning to the Slovak First Football League after a seven-season absence). They replaced the 2024–25 Slovak First Football League bottom-placed team Banská Bystrica (relegated after three years in the top-flight).
Stadiums and locations
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Tatran Prešov FC Košice FK Železiarne Podbrezová MOL Aréna UEFA Futbal Tatran ArenaUEFA Košická futbalová arénaUEFA ZELPO Aréna UEFA Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 12,555 Capacity: 4,000 MFK Ružomberok MFK Skalica ŠK Slovan Bratislava FC Spartak Trnava Štadión pod Čebraťom Štadión MFK Skalica Tehelné pole UEFA Štadión Antona MalatinskéhoUEFA Capacity: 4,876 Capacity: 2,600 Capacity: 22,500 Capacity: 18,200 AS Trenčín MFK Zemplín Michalovce KFC Komárno MŠK Žilina Štadión SihoťUEFA Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA ViOn Aréna UEFA Štadión pod DubňomUEFA Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,400 Capacity: 4,008 Capacity: 10,897
Personnel and kits Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor DAC Dunajská Streda Tibor Végh Branislav Fodrek Taras Kacharaba Macron Kukkonia Tatran Prešov Ľuboš Micheľ Erik Havrila Patrik Šimko Adidas Niké Košice Dušan Trnka Peter Černák Ján Krivák Adidas Niké Podbrezová Július Kriváň Štefan Markulík Samuel Štefánik Adidas Niké Ružomberok Ľubomír Golis Jaroslav Köstl Jan Hladík Adidas Niké Skalica Peter Bartoš Roman Hudec Oliver Podhorín Adidas Tipsport Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Vladimír Weiss Vladimír Weiss Adidas Niké Spartak Trnava Peter Macho Antonio Muñoz Martin Mikovič Puma Tipsport Trenčín Róbert Rybníček Ricardo Moniz Sean Goss Macron Tipsport Zemplín Michalovce Ján Sabol Anton Šoltis Lukáš Pauschek Adidas Tipsport Komárno Juraj Baráth Norbert Czibor Martin Šimko Adidas MOL Žilina Jozef Antošík Pavol Staňo Miroslav Káčer Nike Preto
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentTrenčín Ivan Galád End of contract Pre-season Ricardo Moniz MŠK Žilina Michal Ščasný Signed by Spartak Trnava Petr Ruman Spartak Trnava Michal Gašparík Signed by Górnik Zabrze Michal Ščasný Tatran Prešov Jaroslav Hynek Sacked 10th Vladimír Cifranič FC Košice Roman Skuhravý 12th František Straka FC Košice František Straka 12th Peter Černák Spartak Trnava Michal Ščasný 4th Martin Škrtel (caretaker) MFK Skalica David Oulehla 11th Roman Hudec Spartak Trnava Martin Škrtel End of interim spell 3rd Antonio Muñoz Ružomberok Ondřej Smetana Sacked 7th Jaroslav Köstl Tatran Prešov Vladimír Cifranič Sacked 10th Jozef Kostelník Tatran Prešov Jozef Kostelník Sacked 11th Erik Havrila KFC Komárno Mikuláš Radványi Sacked 11th Norbert Czibor
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 11th-placed team (Komárno) faced the 2nd-placed team of the 2025–26 2. Liga (Zvolen) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026–27 Slovak First Football League.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Michal FaškoŽilina142 Radek ŠilerPodbrezová133 Andraž ŠporarSlovan Bratislava124 Ammar RamadanDunajská Streda11 Roland GalčíkPodbrezová6 Roman ČerepkaiKošice10 Hugo AhlMichalovce Tigran BarseghyanSlovan Bratislava9 Viktor ĐukanovićDunajská Streda9 Cody DavidTrenčín
Hat-tricks Round Player For Against Result Date Ref6 Mykola Kukharevych Slovan Bratislava Košice 3–2 (H) 31 August 2025 13 Abdulrahman Taiwo Spartak Trnava Trenčín 4–0 (H) 2 November 2025 15 Michal Faško MŠK Žilina Trenčín 4–1 (H) 22 November 2025 19 Radek Šiler Podbrezová Trenčín 4–0 (A) 7 February 2026 21 Ammar Ramadan Dunajská Streda Skalica 3–2 (H) 21 February 2026 9.RR Cody David AS Trenčín Ružomberok 4–3 (A) 9 May 2026 https://www.nikeliga.sk/zapas/2801-ruz-tre
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Aleksandar PopovićDunajská Streda9 Andrija KatićTrenčín3 Dominik TakáčSlovan Bratislava8 Žiga FrelihTrnava Pavol BajzaPrešov6 Matej JuričkaPodbrezová7 Martin JunasSkalica8 Patrik LukáčMichalovce69 Benjamín SzárazKomárno5 Ľubomír BelkoŽilina
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 11 Vladimír Weiss (Slovan)
Most red cards: 2 Alexander Mojžiš (Ružomberok) Suleman Sani (Trenčín) Peter Pokorný (Slovan)
Club Most yellow cards: 86 Spartak Trnava
Most red cards: 9 Spartak Trnava
Awards Annual awards Team of the Season
Team of the Season was:https://www.nikeliga.sk/clanok/4749-spoznali-sme-jedenastku-sezony-nike-ligy-2025-2026 Goalkeeper: Dominik Takáč (Slovan) Defenders: César Blackman (Slovan), Kenan Bajrić (Slovan), Kristián Bari (Žilina), Klemen Nemanič (D.Streda) Midfielders: Tigran Barseghyan (Slovan), Michal Faško (Žilina), Miroslav Káčer (Žilina), Ammar Ramadan (D.Streda) Forwards: Andraž Šporar (Slovan), Roland Galčík (Podbrezová)
Under-21 Team of the Season Goalkeeper: Dominik Ťapaj (Ružomberok) Defenders: Hugo Pavek (Trenčín), Tobiáš Pališčák (Žilina), Filip Mielke (Podbrezová), Ondřej Deml (Podbrezová) Midfielders: Milan Rehuš (Košice), Máté Tuboly (D.Streda), Artur Gajdoš (Slovan), Nino Marcelli (Slovan) Forward: Radek Šiler (Podbrezová), Viktor Đukanović (D.Streda)
Individual awards Manager of the Season
Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava)
Player of the Season
Michal Faško (MŠK Žilina)
Young Player of the Season
Milan Rehuš (Košice)
See also 2025–26 Slovak Cup 2025–26 2. Liga (Slovakia) List of Slovak football transfers summer 2025 List of Slovak football transfers winter_2025-26 List of foreign Slovak First League players
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