2. Liga (Slovakia)


The Slovak Second Football League, officially known as MONACObet LIGA for sponsorship reasons, is the annual second tier football competition in Slovakia. Currently, the competition consists of 16 teams.
Each season, the first-placed team in the 2. Liga is automatically promoted to the First League, subject to meeting league requirements. The team that finishes in second place enters a two-legged play-off against the second-to-last placed team from the First League, with the winner taking their place in the following season's First League. The two lowest-finishing teams in the 2. Liga are relegated to the 3. Liga.

History

The league was formed as a second-tier league in Czechoslovakia. Before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia it consisted of 16 teams. Upon dissolution, six teams were promoted to the then newly formed Slovak First League. The league was expanded to 18 teams in 1996/97 season, but returned back to 16 in 2001/02 and reduced to 12 in 2006–07. The number of teams expanded to 16 from the 2017–18 season.
In June 2014 the league signed a two-year sponsorship agreement with a gambling firm, taking the name of DOXXbet liga as part of the deal.
In February 2024, the league was renamed as MONACObet LIGA as a part of a two-and-half year partnership deal with an option to extend. The deal included a further undisclosed club grant worth over €1 million, allegedly exceeding any previous partnerships.

Current teams (2025–26)

Ahead of the 2025–26 season, the 2nd league and the 3rd league were reorganized by the Slovak Football Association.
Participants in the 2025-26 season:
SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placedTop scorerGoalsTeam
1993–94BSC JAS BardejovSlovan LeviceSlavoj Trebišov

Performance by club

ClubWinnersPromotedPromoting Years
FC Nitra341994–95, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2016–17
Tatran Prešov332007–08, 2015–16, 2024–25
ZTS Dubnica231995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01
ViOn Zlaté Moravce222006–07, 2009–10
DAC Dunajská Streda221998–99, 2012–13
Podbrezová222013–14, 2021–22
FC VSS Košice2122005–06
Dukla Banská Bystrica122002–03, 2021–22
FK AS Trenčín121996–97, 2010–11
Rimavská Sobota121995–96, 2003–04
Koba Senec021998–99, 2005–06
Zemplín Michalovce112014–15
Artmedia Petržalka111995–96
BSC JAS Bardejov111993–94
MŠK Ružomberok111996–97
Matador Púchov111999–00
Spartak Myjava112011–12
Spartak Trnava112001–02
ŠKF Sereď112017–18
FK Pohronie112018–19
Liptovský Mikuláš112020–21
FC Košice112022–23
KFC Komárno112023–24
MFK Skalica022014–15, 2021–22
MŠK Žilina011995–96
Slovan Bratislava012005–06
Inter Bratislava10 1

1- Inter Bratislava won league in 2008–09, but license was sold to FK Senica.

2- FC VSS Košice won league in 2016–17, but did not meet club license rules and they went into bankruptcy.