2020–21 Slovak First Football League

The 2020–21 Slovak First Football League was the 28th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia since its establishment in 1993.
Slovan Bratislava were the defending champions for the second successive year, after picking up the domestic double in the previous season. Slovan successfully defended their title, winning their third consecutive title and record-extending 11th Slovak title overall.
In this season, teams were allowed to make five substitutions during matches in a maximum of three stoppages in play for one team.

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – all sides from the previous season.

Stadiums and locations

AS Trenčín	FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	FK Pohronie	MFK Zemplín Michalovce
Štadión Sihoť UEFA	MOL Aréna UEFA	Mestský štadión UEFA	Mestský futbalový štadión UEFA
Capacity: 4,200 '	Capacity: 12,700	Capacity: 2,309	Capacity: 4,440

FK Senica	MFK Ružomberok	MŠK Žilina	ŠK Slovan Bratislava
OMS Arena UEFA	Štadión pod Čebraťom	Štadión pod Dubňom UEFA	Tehelné pole UEFA
Capacity: 5,070	Capacity: 4,817	Capacity: 11,253	Capacity: 22,500

FC Spartak Trnava	ŠKF Sereď	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce	FC Nitra
ŠAM - City Arena UEFA	Štadión FC ViOn UEFA	Štadión FC ViOn UEFA	Štadión pod Zoborom UEFA'''
Capacity: 19,200	Capacity: 4,000	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 Conference League play-offs

Should one of the top 3 teams win the 2020–21 Slovak Cup, Europa Conference 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 19 May 2021, 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 Conference League qualification spot. Europa Conference 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 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Relegation play-offs

The team which finished 11th faced the 2nd team from 2. Liga 2020–21 for one spot in the top flight the next season.
''All times are CEST.''

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.

	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
	[2021–22 UEFA Elite stadium\|UEFA Europa Conference League\|Qualification for the Europa Conference League]
	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
	Relegation to the 2. liga

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	28	29	30	31	32
Team \ Round
Slovan Bratislava	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
DAC Dunajská Streda	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Spartak Trnava	4	3	2	3	5	6	5	3	5	5	4	6	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Žilina	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Zlaté Moravce	7	8	5	6	7	7	10	7	8	8	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Trenčín	6	7	10	9	11	10	8	8	11	9	12	10	11	12	10	10	10	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Sereď	12	5	6	7	4	3	3	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	8	10	7	9	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7
Ružomberok	5	10	11	10	9	11	7	9	7	6	5	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	11	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	7	8
Pohronie	8	9	9	5	6	8	9	10	12	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	9	7	10	11	12	10	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Zemplín Michalovce	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10
Senica	10	12	7	11	10	9	11	12	9	11	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	10	11	12	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11
Nitra	11	6	8	8	8	5	6	5	3	4	7	4	6	6	7	7	8	8	10	9	9	8	8	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12