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Niké Liga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2025-2026

Location

Slovakia

Abbreviation

SVK1

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Summary

The Slovak First Football League (SVK1), or Niké Liga, is the top football league in Slovakia's football system. At the end of the 2025-2026 SVK1 season, the SVK1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026-2027 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2025-2026 SVK1 Championship Group team
2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2025-2026 SVK1 Championship Group teams

The winner of the 2025-2026 Slovenský Pohár (Slovak Cup), typically a SVK1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League. If the Slovak Cup winner has already earned either a UEFACL or UEFAECL berth, then the 4th place, 5th place, and 6th place Championship Round teams and the 1st place Relegation Group teams have a "Knockout" Playoff. The winner receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Slovakia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
SVK1	Niké Liga	12
SVK2	2. Liga	16
SVK3	3. liga	31
SVK4	4. liga	61
SVK5	5. liga	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 26 Jul 2025 - 28 Feb 2026	Champ/Releg Rounds 5 Mar 2026 - 22 May 2026		12: SVK1 (10 minimum), SVK2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

The 2025-2026 SVK1 season consists of 2 stages. In the first stage, each SVK1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 11 SVK1 teams for a total of 22 league matches. In the second stage, the top six teams play in the Championship Group and the bottom 6 teams play in the Relegation Group. Each team plays Home-Away matches against the other 5 teams in their group (10 more matches, 32 matches total) to determine final rankings for 2026-2027 UEFA Champions League, Europa Conference League placements, and relegation. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head away goals scored, then (4) a playoff.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 SVK1 season, the 6th place Relegation Group team will be relegated to the SVK2, and the 5th place Relegation Group team plays a Home-Away highest aggregate score wins Promotion/Relegation Playoff against the 2nd place SVK2 team. The Playoff winner and the 1st place SVK2 team will play in the 2026-2027 SVK1.

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1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	22	14 -4-4	46	-	47	30	17	11	8 -0-3	24	25	16	9	11	6 -4-1	22	22	14	8
2	FK DAC 1904 Dunajská	22	12 -7-3	43	-	39	20	19	11	6 -3-2	21	20	12	8	11	6 -4-1	22	19	8	11
3	MŠK Žilina	22	11 -7-4	40	-	45	27	18	11	7 -3-1	24	24	11	13	11	4 -4-3	16	21	16	5
4	FC Spartak Tnrava	22	11 -4-7	37	-	35	28	7	11	6 -1-4	19	15	12	3	11	5 -3-3	18	20	16	4
5	ŽP Šport Podbrezová	22	11 -3-8	36	-	46	29	17	11	7 -1-3	22	24	12	12	11	4 -2-5	14	22	17	5
6	MFK Zemplín Michalovce	22	8 -5-9	29	-	32	36	-4	11	4 -2-5	14	18	21	-3	11	4 -3-4	15	14	15	-1
7	MFK Ružomberok	22	6 -7-9	25	-	24	34	-10	11	2 -5-4	11	10	13	-3	11	4 -2-5	14	14	21	-7
8	FC Košice	22	7 -3-12	24	-	35	42	-7	11	4 -2-5	14	20	20	0	11	3 -1-7	10	15	22	-7
9	FK AS Trenčín	22	7 -3-12	24	-	18	37	-19	11	2 -2-7	8	7	18	-11	11	5 -1-5	16	11	19	-8
10	KFC Komárno	22	5 -7-10	22	-	24	34	-10	11	2 -4-5	10	12	18	-6	11	3 -3-5	12	12	16	-4
11	1. FC Tatran Prešov	22	4 -9-9	21	-	22	35	-13	11	2 -4-5	10	14	23	-9	11	2 -5-4	11	8	12	-4
12	MFK Skalica	22	3 -7-12	16	-	20	35	-15	11	2 -6-3	12	9	13	-4	11	1 -1-9	4	11	22	-11
Championship Round Relegation Round