The 2011–12 Slovak First Football LeagueZo súčasnej I. ligy bude od sezóny 2011/2012 opäť II. liga 16.06.2011, profutbal.sk (known as Corgoň Liga due to sponsorship purposes) was the nineteenth season of the Corgoň Liga, the first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 15 July 2011 and was completed on 19 May 2012.V 1. kole nového ročníka Corgoň ligy bude majster hostiť nováčika 02.06.2011, futbalsfz.sk Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions, having won their sixth Slovak league championship at the end of the 2010–11 season.

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 1. Liga champions AS Trenčín, who returned to the competition after a three-season absence.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500 Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión – DAC Dunajská Streda 3,170 Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000 Košice Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli 9,000 Nitra Štadión pod Zoborom 11,384 Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817 Senica Štadión FK Senica 4,600 Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Pasienky 12,000 Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448 Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 5,410 ViOn Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce Štadión FC ViOn 4,000 Žilina Stadium pod Dubňom 11,181

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. Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorDunajská Streda AdidasNEGINTrenčín NikeAegonDukla Banská Bystrica AdidasExpress SlovakiaKošice GivovaSteel TransNitra JakoBonul Security, El Comp, Špeciál IzotexRužomberok UmbroMondi SCPSenica HummelNAD RESSSlovan Bratislava AdidasNikéSpartak Trnava GivovaTSS GradeTatran Prešov AdidasIMPAZlaté Moravce LegeaViOnŽilina NikePreto

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentSpartak Trnava Peter ZelenskýEnd of caretaker spell5 May 2011Pre-season Pavel Hoftych19 May 2011 Dunajská Streda Mikuláš RadványiEnd of contract28 May 2011 Pre-season Štefan Horný20 June 2011Košice Štefan TarkovičMutual agreement1 June 2011 Pre-season Ladislav Šimčo10 June 2011Tatran Prešov Ladislav PeckoEnd of contract2 June 2011 Pre-season Štefan Tarkovič4 June 2011Žilina Pavel HapalSacked16 July 2011 Pre-season Ľubomír Nosický16 July 2011Slovan Bratislava Karel JarolímMutual agreement5 August 2011 4th Vladimír Weiss5 August 2011Dunajská Streda Štefan HornýResigned6 August 2011 12th Krisztián Németh7 August 2011Ružomberok Ladislav JurkemikSacked22 September 2011 8th Aleš Křeček22 September 2011Nitra Cyril StachuraSacked19 November 2011 7th Róbert Barborík20 November 2011Nitra Róbert BarboríkEnd of caretaker spell20 December 2011 7th Ladislav Jurkemik20 December 2011Tatran Prešov Štefan TarkovičSacked19 January 2012 11th Serhiy Kovalets19 January 2012Dunajská Streda Krisztián NémethMutual agreement25 March 2012 12th Werner Lorant25 March 2012Žilina Ľubomír NosickýSacked16 April 2012 1st Frans Adelaar16 April 2012Košice Ladislav ŠimčoSacked30 April 2012 12th Ján Kozák30 April 2012

League table

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

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

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Pavol MasarykRužomberok182 Juraj HalenárSlovan Bratislava153 Lester PeltierTrenčín114 Martin Jakubko Dukla Banská Bystrica10 Róbert PichŽilina6 Tomáš Majtán Žilina9 Martin VyskočilSpartak Trnava8 John DelargeDunajská Streda8 David DepetrisTrenčín10 Miroslav BarčíkŽilina6 Filip HlohovskýTrenčín Martin HruškaZlaté Moravce Erik PačindaKošice Ladislav TomačekSpartak Trnava

Awards

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)

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Trnava 5,051 2 Žilina 2,993 3 Trenčín 2,586 4 Slovan 2,518 5 Ružomberok 1,921 6 ViOn 1,861 7 Dukla 1,730 8 Tatran 1,653 9 DAC 1,527 10 Senica 1,485 11 Nitra 1,468 12 Košice 1,248Source:

See also 2011–12 Slovak Cup 2011–12 2. Liga (Slovakia)

References

External links Slovak FA official site