2014–15 2. Liga (Slovakia)

2. liga, currently named DOXXbet liga[1] due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Slovak football league system after the Fortuna Liga. The 2014–15 season of the DOXXbet liga was [ok] the 22nd season of the second-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993.

DOXXbet liga
Season2014–15
ChampionsMFK Zemplín Michalovce
PromotedMFK Zemplín Michalovce
MFK Skalica
RelegatedFC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín (West)
MFK Dubnica (West)
MFK Košice B (East)
Moldava nad Bodvou (East)
FK Slavoj Trebišov (East)
Top goalscorerMatúš Paukner
(21 goals)

For the first time in history, twenty-four teams will compete in two groups, with top six sides from each of groups will advance to a further round.[2]

Changes from last season edit

Team changes edit

Teams (Western Group) edit

Stadia and locations edit

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2013–14 season
FC Nitra Nitra Stadium pod Zoborom 5,050 12th in Corgoň Liga
ŠK Senec Senec NTC Stadium 3,264 5th in 2. liga
Spartak Trnava juniori Trnava Stadium FK Lokomotíva Trnava 1,500 6th in 2. liga
MFK Dubnica Dubnica nad Váhom Mestský štadión 5,450 8th in 2. liga
FK Pohronie Dolná Ždaňa FK Pohronie Stadium 1,500 9th in 2. liga
Slovan Duslo Šaľa Šaľa Šaľa Stadium 1,126 10th in 2. liga
FC Šamorín Šamorín Pomlé Stadium 1,950 11th in 2. liga
ŠKF Sereď Sereď Stadium ŠKF Sereď 5,800 1st in 3. liga (West)
MFK Skalica Skalica Mestský štadión Skalica 2,500 2nd in 3. liga (West)
AFC Nové Mesto nad Váhom Nové Mesto nad Váhom Mestský štadión NMnV 2,500 3rd in 3. liga (West)
Slovan Bratislava B Bratislava Stadium Rapid - Prievoz 5,000 4th in 3. liga (West)
MŠK Žilina B Žilina Stadium pod Dubňom 11,181 2nd in 3. liga (East)

Personnel and kits edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Nitra   Michal Hipp   Marek Kostoláni Jako Mesto Nitra
Senec   Andrej Štellár   Peter Polgár Jako Agrisem
Trnava B   Pavol Bartoš   Juraj Galba Adidas ZOŠ Trnava
Dubnica   Juraj Bútora   Adam Cisár Joma
Pohronie   Štefan Zaťko   Jozef Sekereš Jako Remeslo
Duslo Šaľa   Ladislav Molnár   Ján Čirik Givova DUSLO
Šamorín   Michal Salenka   Vladimír Pončák Givova
Sereď   Tibor Meszlényi   Kamil Vaško Nike
Skalica   Štefan Horný   Peter Vaško Adidas
Nové Mesto nad Váhom   Vladimír Hyža   Lukáš Šebek Adidas
Slovan B   Jozef Majoroš   Marcel Oravec Adidas Niké
Zilina B   Miroslav Nemec   Tomáš Ďurica Nike Preto

2. Liga West edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skalica 22 15 4 3 40 16 +24 49 Qualification for Championship round
2 Žilina B 22 13 2 7 43 33 +10 41
3 Nitra 22 12 4 6 39 22 +17 40
4 Sereď 22 11 6 5 39 22 +17 39
5 Šaľa 22 10 7 5 33 24 +9 37
6 Senec 22 9 7 6 28 21 +7 34
7 Pohronie 22 10 3 9 32 35 −3 33 Qualification for Relegation round
8 Slovan Bratislava B 22 7 5 10 18 30 −12 26
9 Spartak Trnava juniori 22 5 5 12 20 35 −15 20
10 Šamorín 22 4 7 11 21 34 −13 19
11 Dubnica 22 3 6 13 25 42 −17 15
12 Nové Mesto nad Váhom 22 3 4 15 15 39 −24 13
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Teams (Eastern Group) edit

Stadium and locations edit

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2013–14 season
Partizán Bardejov Bardejov Stadium mestský Bardejov 3,040 2nd in 2. liga
MFK Michalovce Michalovce Zemplin Stadium 4,440 3rd in 2. liga
Tatran Prešov Prešov 1. FC Tatran Prešov stadium 5,418 4th in 2. liga
MŠK Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota Na Záhradkách Stadium 1,970 7th in 2. liga
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš 1,950 12th in 2. liga
Zvolen (merged with TJ Baník Ružiná) Ružiná TJ Baník Stadium 1,200 1st in 3. liga (East)
MFK Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín Stadium MUDr. Ivan Chodák 1,950 3rd in 3. liga (East)
FK Poprad Poprad NTC Poprad 5,070 4th in 3. liga (East)
MFK Košice B Košice Stadium Barca 600 6th in 3. liga (East)
Bodva Moldava Moldava nad Bodvou Steel Slovakia aréna 2,500 7th in 3. liga (East)
Lokomotíva Košice Košice Stadium Družstevná pri Hornáde 600 8th in 3. liga (East)
Slavoj Trebišov Trebišov Stadium Slavoj Trebišov 3,000 9th in 3. liga (East)

Personnel and kits edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bardejov   Rastislav Kica   Vladislav Palša Colo Bardenergy
Michalovce   František Šturma   Michal Gallo Joma Scorp
Prešov   Stanislav Varga   Michal Krajník ATAK Sportswear DÚHA
Rimavská Sobota   Gergely Geri   Milomir Sivčević Givova CLIPtec
Liptovský Mikuláš   Karol Praženica   Ivan Lišivka Sportika SA VEREX
Zvolen   Anton Jánoš   Michal Rakovan Luanvi
Dolný Kubín   Jozef Šino   Michal Drengubiak Legea
Poprad   Vladimír Lajčák   Matúš Bendík Adidas
MFK Košice B   Marek Fabuľa   Mikuláš Tóth Jako Steel Trans
Moldava nad Bodvou   Karol Kisel   Marek Petričko Jako Steel Slovakia
Lokomotíva Košice   Jaroslav Galko   Jakub Giertl Jako, Colo McCarter
Trebišov   Vladimír Rusnák   Jaroslav Capko Colo ZAPA beton

2. Liga East edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Michalovce 22 16 3 3 46 11 +35 51 Qualification for Championship round
2 Zvolen 22 10 9 3 35 14 +21 39
3 Bardejov 22 10 9 3 36 17 +19 39
4 Prešov 22 11 5 6 39 22 +17 38
5 Liptovský Mikuláš 22 11 4 7 31 18 +13 37
6 Poprad 22 8 4 10 31 37 −6 28
7 Rimavská Sobota 22 7 7 8 21 28 −7 28 Qualification for Relegation round
8 Lokomotíva Košice 22 6 6 10 30 36 −6 24
9 Dolný Kubín 22 7 2 13 21 40 −19 23
10 Košice B 22 5 6 11 30 40 −10 21
11 Moldava 22 4 7 11 18 37 −19 19
12 Trebišov 22 4 4 14 13 51 −38 16
Source: https://int.soccerway.com/national/slovakia/i-liga/20142015/east/r26655/ Soccerway]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Play-offs edit

Championship round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Michalovce (C, P) 22 15 6 1 40 11 +29 51 Promotion to Fortuna Liga
2 Skalica (P) 22 15 3 4 32 15 +17 48
3 Prešov 22 10 6 6 32 24 +8 36
4 Liptovský Mikuláš 22 9 6 7 29 23 +6 33
5 Nitra 22 8 7 7 26 25 +1 31
6 Bardejov 22 7 7 8 27 24 +3 28
7 Zvolen 22 7 7 8 23 20 +3 28
8 Žilina B 22 8 2 12 26 36 −10 26
9 Senec 22 6 7 9 18 28 −10 25
10 Sereď 22 6 4 12 27 38 −11 22
11 Šaľa 22 4 8 10 27 40 −13 20
12 Poprad 22 5 1 16 26 49 −23 16
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Relegation round edit

League table (West) edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Pohronie 32 18 4 10 56 45 +11 58
2 Slovan Bratislava B 32 11 6 15 40 47 −7 39
3 Spartak Trnava juniori 32 9 7 16 37 49 −12 34
4 Nové Mesto nad Váhom 32 8 6 18 27 48 −21 30
5 Šamorín (R) 32 7 8 17 28 52 −24 29 Relegation to 3. Liga
6 Dubnica[a] (R) 32 4 9 19 31 62 −31 15
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ MFK Dubnica was docked 6 points for non–payment obligations.

League table (East) edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Lokomotíva Košice 32 13 7 12 51 46 +5 46
2 Rimavská Sobota 32 11 8 13 34 39 −5 41
3 Dolný Kubín 32 12 4 16 36 47 −11 40
4 Košice B[a] (R) 32 10 7 15 45 50 −5 37 Relegation to 3. Liga
5 Moldava (R) 32 8 9 15 31 52 −21 33
6 Trebišov (R) 32 5 5 22 19 81 −62 20
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ MFK Košice did not obtain a licence for the 2015–16 season and therefore MFK Košice "B" can not play in the same league[3]

Top goalscorers edit

Updated through matches played on 1. June 2015.
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1   Matúš Paukner FC Nitra 21
2   Samuel Bayón Michalovce 18
3   Adam Morong Sered 17
  Ľubomír Ulrich Skalica
5   Tomáš Labun Lokomotiva Kosice 16
6   Lukáš Kubus Poprad 15
  Ján Zápotoka Bardejov
  Patrik Abrahám FK Pohronie

See also edit

Stats edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Druhá najvyššia súťaž bude od novej sezóny DOXXbet liga" [THE SECOND HIGHEST TIER WILL BE CALLED "DOXXbet liga"] (in Slovak). Fortuna liga. 6 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Reorganization". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  3. ^ "Nečakaný koniec medzi elitou, MFK Košice do druhej ligy!". Sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Summary - 2. Liga - Slovakia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".