2007–08 Slovak Superliga

The 2007–08 Slovak Superliga (known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 14 July 2007 and ended on 31 May 2008.[1] MŠK Žilina were the defending champions.

Corgoň Liga
Season2007–08
Dates14 July 2007 – 31 May 2008
ChampionsArtmedia Bratislava
RelegatedAS Trenčín
Champions LeagueArtmedia Bratislava
UEFA CupŽilina
Spartak Trnava
Intertoto CupNitra
Matches played198
Goals scored534 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerJán Novák
(17 goals)
Average attendanceIncrease 3,106

Teams

A total of 12 teams was contested in the league, including 12 sides from the 2006–07 season and one promoted from the 1. Liga via play-off.

Relegation for FK Inter Bratislava to the 2007–08 1. Liga was confirmed on 30 May 2007. The one relegated team were replaced by FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2007–08 Corgoň Liga
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Artmedia Bratislava Petržalka Štadión Petržalka 7,500
FK AS Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce Štadión FC ViOn 3,787
FC Nitra Nitra Štadión pod Zoborom 11,384
MFK Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000
MFK Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181
FC Senec Senec NTC Senec 3,264
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448
ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom Dubnica Štadión Zimný 5,450

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Artmedia Bratislava (C) 33 27 3 3 77 30 +47 84 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Žilina 33 22 7 4 75 30 +45 73 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Nitra 33 17 6 10 40 26 +14 57 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Spartak Trnava 33 15 7 11 52 40 +12 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Slovan Bratislava 33 15 6 12 46 37 +9 51
6 Košice 33 13 6 14 45 44 +1 45
7 Ružomberok 33 10 14 9 46 43 +3 44
8 Dukla Banská Bystrica 33 10 9 14 41 37 +4 39
9 ZTS Dubnica 33 7 12 14 34 53 −19 33
10 FC Senec 33 6 10 17 30 51 −21 28
11 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 33 6 7 20 22 66 −44 25
12 Trenčín (R) 33 3 7 23 26 77 −51 16 Relegation to 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Spartak Trnava qualify for 2008–09 UEFA Cup as runner-up of 2007–08 Slovak Cup.

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away ART BB DUB KOŠ NIT RUŽ SEN SLO TRE TRN ZLM ŽIL
Artmedia Bratislava 6–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 5–0 2–3
Dukla Banská Bystrica 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3
ZTS Dubnica 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–2
Košice 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–0
Nitra 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1
Ružomberok 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–2
Senec 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0
Slovan Bratislava 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–3
Trenčín 1–4 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–2 4–0 2–2
Spartak Trnava 0–2 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 6–0 2–0 4–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 1–3 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2
Žilina 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 7–1 2–1 4–1
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round
Home \ Away ART BB DUB KOŠ NIT RUŽ SEN SLO TRE TRN ZLM ŽIL
Artmedia Bratislava 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0
Dukla Banská Bystrica 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
ZTS Dubnica 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
Košice 6–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2
Nitra 0–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0
Ružomberok 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–2
Senec 4–5 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0
Slovan Bratislava 3–2 3–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 0–0
Trenčín 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0
Spartak Trnava 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 0–4 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–6
Žilina 0–1 5–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 4–0
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Slovakia Ján Novák Košice 17
2 Slovakia Juraj Halenár Artmedia Bratislava 16
3 Slovakia Peter Štyvar Žilina 15
4 Slovakia Mário Breška Žilina 14
5 Senegal Mouhamadou Seye ZTS Dubnica 13
6 Slovakia Ján Kozák Artmedia Bratislava 11
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Vladavić Žilina 10
Slovakia Jaroslav Kolbas Košice
Slovakia Ivan Lietava Žilina
Slovakia Marek Bakoš Ružomberok
11 Slovakia Ľubomír Bernáth Spartak Trnava 9

See also

References
  1. NIFS.no
  2. "Top goalscorers". Retrieved 1 June 2008.
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