The 2026–27 Slovak First Football League (known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 34th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. The season started on 25–26 July 2026 and end in May 2027. There will be no fixtures between 13 December 2026 and 7 February 2027. Slovan Bratislava is the eighth-time defending champion.
Summary
Developments On 14 November 2025, a decision was made by the Presidium of the Union of League Clubs, approving the schedule for the 2026–27 season. The competition model will remain unchanged, and the season will take place in the same span of the autumn and spring parts for the fifth time. The last autumn round will take place on December 12 and 13, 2026, following a break until February 2027. The eighth round of the league will start a day earlier, on 30 April 2027 due to the final of the Slovak Cup being scheduled for 1 May 2027.
Teams
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2025–26 season. +To First Division Promoted from 2. LigaDukla Banská Bystrica+To Second Division Relegated to 2. LigaTatran Prešov Twelve teams will compete in the league. The only promoted team is Dukla Banská Bystrica, returning to the top flight after an absence of one season. Following a 1–0 defeat to Komárno, with a 92nd minute equalizer being disallowed, Tatran Prešov were relegated to the second division. Slovan Bratislava will enter upcoming season as defending champions for the eighth successive year.
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityDAC Dunajská StredaDunajská StredaDAC Aréna12,700Dukla Banská BystricaBanská BystricaNárodný Atletický Štadión7,831KomárnoKomárno ViOn Aréna4,008KošiceKošiceKošická futbalová aréna12,555PodbrezováPodbrezováZELPO Aréna4,061RužomberokRužomberokŠtadión pod Čebraťom4,876SkalicaSkalicaMestský štadión Skalica2,494Slovan BratislavaBratislavaTehelné pole22,500Spartak TrnavaTrnavaAnton Malatinský Stadium19,000TrenčínTrenčínŠtadión Sihoť10,000Zemplín MichalovceMichalovceMestský futbalový štadión4,400ŽilinaŽilinaŠtadión pod Dubňom10,897 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Banská Bystrica FC Košice FK Železiarne Podbrezová MOL Aréna UEFA Národný Atletický ŠtadiónUEFA Košická futbalová arénaUEFA ZELPO Aréna UEFA Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 7,381 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 Mestský štadión Komárno UEFA Štadión pod DubňomUEFA Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,400 Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 10,897
Personnel and kits Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor DAC Dunajská Streda Tibor Végh Robert Klauß Taras Kacharaba Macron Kukkonia Banská Bystrica Milan Smädo Daniel Valach TBA Adidas Veolia 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 Stanislav Macek Oliver Podhorín Adidas Tipsport Slovan Bratislava Ivan Kmotrík Yaya Touré Andraž Šporar Adidas Niké Spartak Trnava Peter Macho Antonio Muñoz Martin Mikovič Puma Tipsport Trenčín Róbert Rybníček Ricardo Moniz Andrija Katić Macron Tipsport Zemplín Michalovce Ján Sabol Anton Šoltis Lukáš Pauschek Adidas Tipsport Komárno Juraj Baráth Norbert Czibor Martin Šimko Adidas MOL Žilina Jozef Antošík Vladimír Veselý Miroslav Káčer Nike RADOMA
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentSlovan Bratislava Vladimír Weiss Signed with Slovakia 12 May 2026 Pre-season Yaya Touré 5 June 2026https://infotbal.cz/toure-je-dohodnuty-na-podminkach-a-ve-slovanu-bratislava-uz-stavi-svuj-realizacni-tym/DAC Dunajská Streda Branislav FodrekSacked3 June 2026Pre-season Robert Klauß5 June 2026https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-robert-klauss-novy-trener-dac-dunajska-streda-nike-liga-2026-2027/Banská Bystrica Juraj JarábekSacked10 August 202612 Daniel Valach10 August 2026MŠK Žilina Pavol StaňoSacked12 August 20266 Vladimír Veselý 12 August 2026 MFK Skalica Roman HudecSacked15 September 2026https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/473957/nike-liga-ma-tretieho-odvolaneho-trenera-v-klube-skoncil-po-vzajomnej-dohode8 Stanislav Macek 22 September 2026https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-macek-je-novym-trenerom-skalice-nike-liga-2026-2027/
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.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Matej TrusaDAC Dunajska Streda72 Ammar RamadanDAC Dunajska Streda6 Aleksa MarašKošice4 Timotej KudličkaTrnava4 Eynel SoaresTrenčín Giorgi GaguaDAC Dunajska Streda Peter KováčikPodbrezová Andraž ŠporarSlovan9 Dani HometŽilina3 Michal FaškoŽilina Patrik IľkoŽilina Fabian BzdylŽilina Philip OnyedikaSkalica Levan NonikashviliSkalica Radek ŠilerPodbrezová Róbert PolievkaB.Bystrica Regő SzánthóB.Bystrica Alen MustafićSlovan Ján BernátKomárno Filip TrelloTrnava
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Leandro Filipe De AlmeidaDunajska Streda42 Martin VantrubaTrnava33 Aleksandar PopovićSlovan Bratislava2 Matúš KiraKošice Adam JakubechMichalovce6 Dominik TakáčSlovan Bratislava1 Dávid ŠípošŽilina Martin TrnovskýPodbrezová Lukáš HroššoB.Bystrica Lukáš DomaniskýPodbrezová Richard LudhaSkalica Branislav PindrochKomárno
Player Most yellow cards: 7 Matej Trusa (DAC)
Most red cards: 1 11 players
Club Most yellow cards: 25 Dunajská Streda
Most red cards: 2 Skalica B.Bystrica Komárno Michalovce Ružomberok
See also 2026–27 Slovak Cup 2026–27 2. Liga (Slovakia) List of Slovak football transfers summer 2026 List of foreign Slovak First League players
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