2011–12 Slovak First Football League

Teams

Dubnica were relegated after finishing the 2010–11 season in 12th and last place, ending a 10 season stay in this competition. They were replaced by 2010–11 First League champions AS Trenčín, who return to the competition after a three season absence.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

League table

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Since 2011–12 Slovak Cup winners Žilina qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, so cup runners-up Senica qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. Moreover, Slovan Bratislava were moved up a round as the cup winner spot was not used.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. The two first rounds consisted of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule. The pairings of the third round were set according to the 2010–11 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team.

First and second round

Updated to games played on 18 March 2012.
Source: Slovenský futbalový zväz
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in 2010–11 final standings):

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round 1 – 12 1 – 2 2 – 12 1 – 4 3 – 12 1 – 6 2 – 11 8 – 6 3 – 1 2 – 3 4 – 2 2 – 5 3 – 10 9 – 5 4 – 11 9 – 7 5 – 1 3 – 4 4 – 9 10 – 4 5 – 10 10 – 6 6 – 11 10 – 8 5 – 8 11 – 3 6 – 9 11 – 5 7 – 10 11 – 7 6 – 7 12 – 7 7 – 8 12 – 8 8 – 9 12 – 9 29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round 4 – 12 1 – 8 5 – 12 1 – 10 6 – 12 5 – 3 2 – 7 6 – 4 2 – 9 7 – 5 6 – 2 3 – 6 7 – 3 3 – 8 8 – 4 7 – 1 4 – 5 8 – 2 4 – 7 9 – 3 8 – 11 11 – 9 9 – 1 5 – 6 10 – 2 9 – 10 12 – 10 10 – 11 12 – 11 11 – 1

Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source: Slovenský futbalový zväz
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Eleven

Goalkeeper: Petr Bolek (FK Senica)

Defence: Mamadou Bagayoko (ŠK Slovan), Jozef Piaček (MŠK Žilina), Nicolas Ezequiel Gorosito (FK Senica), Ricardo Nunes (MŠK Žilina)

Midfield: Miroslav Karhan (Spartak Trnava), Lester Peltier (AS Trenčín), Tomáš Kóňa (FK Senica), Marko Milinković (ŠK Slovan)

Attack: Pavol Masaryk (MFK Ružomberok), Tomáš Majtán (MŠK Žilina)

Individual Awards

Manager of the season Stanislav Griga (FK Senica)

Player of the Year Miroslav Karhan (Spartak Trnava)

Young player of the Year Norbert Gyömbér (Dukla Banská Bystrica)