The 2008–09 Slovak Superliga (known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 19 July 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. FC Artmedia Petržalka were the defending champions.
Teams Promotion and relegation FK AS Trenčín were relegated after concluding the last season in 12th and last place. They were replaced by the champions of the 2007–08 1. Liga, 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Also DAC Dunajská Streda, who were Western Group champions of the 2007–08 2. Liga, merged with FC Senec and took their place in Superliga.
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Artmedia Petržalka Petržalka Štadión Petržalka 7,500 Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000 DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda 16,410 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 Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085 Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448 Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 14,000 ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom Dubnica Štadión Zimný 5,450
League table
Results The schedule consists of three rounds. The pairings of the first round were set according to the 2007-08 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team. The remaining two rounds consist of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule.
First round Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in final standings 2007-08):
1st round2nd round3rd round4th round5th round6th round1 - 121 - 22 - 121 - 43 - 121 - 6 2 - 118 - 63 - 12 - 34 - 22 - 5 3 - 109 - 54 - 119 - 75 - 13 - 4 4 - 910 - 45 - 1010 - 66 - 1110 - 8 5 - 811 - 36 - 911 - 57 - 1011 - 7 6 - 712 - 77 - 812 - 88 - 912 - 9 7th round8th round9th round10th round11th round4 - 121 - 85 - 121 - 106 - 125 - 32 - 76 - 42 - 97 - 56 - 23 - 67 - 33 - 88 - 47 - 14 - 58 - 24 - 79 - 38 - 1111 - 99 - 15 - 610 - 29 - 1012 - 1010 - 1112 - 1111 - 1
Second and third round
Top scorers Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Pavol MasarykSlovan Bratislava152 Ján NovákMFK Košice123 Juraj HalenárSlovan Bratislava/Petržalka11 Leonard KweukeDAC Dunajská Streda Miloš LačnýMFK Ružomberok AdautoMŠK Žilina7 Tomáš OravecPetržalka108 Róbert RákFC Nitra9 Emil RilkeMŠK Žilina Jakub SylvestrSlovan Bratislava/Petržalka Ján KozákSlovan Bratislava/Petržalka Mouhamadou SeyeMFK Dubnica
See also 2008–09 Slovak Cup 2008–09 Slovak First League
External links Slovak FA official site