2019–20 Slovak First Football League

The 2019–20 Slovak First Football League was the 27th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 10th Slovak title.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Since March, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 March, the 22nd and last round of the regular stage took place. Both the championship group and the relegation group were subsequently supposed to have 10 rounds starting on 14 March. However, the season was interrupted until the end of May. On 22 May, the league committee approved the restart of the competition with a new 5-round model starting on 13 June. The committee also decided that no team would be directly relegated at the end of the season. The last team would face the winner of the 2. Liga in the relegation play-offs.

Decision

The decision was made on 22 May after meeting of the Slovak Presidium of the Union of League Clubs with representatives of Fortuna League clubs. The continuation of the competition depended on the voting of the clubs. They chose between restarting the league in full format, short format or abandoning the season.

Full format	Short format	End competition
Slovan Bratislava	DAC Dunajská Streda	AS Trenčín
MŠK Žilina	MFK Ružomberok
Spartak Trnava	Zemplín Michalovce
	FK Senica
	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
	FK Pohronie
	FC Nitra
	ŠKF Sereď

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Due to hygienic measures, the number of spectators at individual matches was limited. Until 30 June, a maximum of 500 spectators could be present at the stadiums, which, however, also included the teams' staff, the media or stewards. From 1 July, the number of spectators allowed to attend a match was increased to 50% of a stadium's capacity.

Round	Original dates	Revised dates
23	14–15 March	13–14 June
24	21–22 March	20–21 June
25	4–5 April	27 June – 1 July
26	11–12 April	4 July
27	18–19 April	11 July
28	25–26 April	Cancelled
29	2–4 May	Cancelled
30	9 May	Cancelled
31	16 May	Cancelled
32	23 May	Cancelled

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top eleven sides from the previous season and one team promoted from the 2. liga. The promoted team was Pohronie. They replaced Železiarne Podbrezová.

Stadiums and locations

AS Trenčín	Dunajská Streda	FK Pohronie	Michalovce
Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA	MOL Aréna UEFA	Mestský štadión UEFA	Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA
Capacity: 11,258	Capacity: 12,700	Capacity: 2,309	Capacity: 4,440

FK Senica	MFK Ružomberok	MŠK Žilina	Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena UEFA	Štadión pod Čebraťom	Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA	Tehelné pole UEFA
Capacity: 5,070	Capacity: 4,817	Capacity: 11,258	Capacity: 22,500

Spartak Trnava	ŠKF Sereď	Zlaté Moravce	FC Nitra
ŠAM – City Arena UEFA	Stadium Myjava	Štadión FC ViOn UEFA	Štadión pod Zoborom UEFA
Capacity: 19,200	Capacity: 2,709	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 7,480

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.

Championship group

Relegation group

Europa League play-offs

Should one of the top 3 teams win the 2019–20 Slovak Cup, Europa League qualification playoffs will be held among the 4th, 5th, 6th team in the championship group and the top team of the relegation round. On 8 July 2020, Slovan Bratislava, who have won the league title, also won the cup, thus confirming the need of playoffs.
The 4th team play the top team of the relegation group and the 5th play the 6th in the semifinals. Winners of the semifinals play the final to determine the Europa League qualification spot. Europa League qualification playoff games are one-leg and played at the home pitch of the higher-ranked team. The winners qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Relegation play-offs

The team placed bottom of the relegation group faced the first-placed team from the 2. Liga 2019–20 for a place in the league for the next season.
''All times are CEST.''

Second leg

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Position by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

	Leader – Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
	Qualification for First Football League Relegation play-offs

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Team \ Round
Slovan	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Žilina	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Dun. Streda	5	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Trnava	4	6	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	8	5	7	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	6	4	4
Ružomberok	6	4	7	7	8	8	9	10	9	7	7	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	5
Michalovce	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	8	7	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	8	5	8	5	7	4	4	4	5	6	6
Trenčín	9	9	10	8	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	9	8	7	8	6	7	8	5	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7
Zlaté Moravce	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	6	5	6	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sereď	11	8	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	7	7	6	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Senica	3	5	8	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Pohronie	10	11	9	9	9	10	8	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Nitra	8	10	11	10	12	12	11	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12