1998–99 Slovak Superliga

The 1998–99 Slovak First Football League (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 1 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999. 1. FC Košice were the defending champions.

Mars superliga
Season1998–99
Dates1 August 1998 – 29 May 1999
ChampionsSlovan Bratislava
RelegatedBSC JAS Bardejov
Rimavská Sobota
Champions LeagueSlovan Bratislava
UEFA CupInter Bratislava
Spartak Trnava
Dukla Banská Bystrica
Intertoto CupOzeta Dukla Trenčín
MŠK Žilina
Matches played240
Goals scored616 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin Fabuš
(19 goals)
Biggest home winInter 10:0 Bardejov
Biggest away winDubnica 0:6 Inter
Highest scoringInter 10:0 Bardejov
Average attendanceDecrease 3,659

Teams

A total of 16 teams was contested in the league, including 14 sides from the 1997–98 season and two promoted from the 2. Liga.

Lokomotíva Košice and FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda was relegated to the 1998–99 2. Liga. The two relegated teams were replaced by FC Nitra and ZTS Kerametal Dubnica.

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
1. HFC HumennéHumennéChemlon Stadion10,000
1. FC KošiceKošiceLokomotíva Stadium9,000
Artmedia PetržalkaPetržalkaŠtadión Petržalka7,500
BSC JAS BardejovBardejovMestský štadión Bardejov3,040
Dukla Banská BystricaBanská BystricaSNP Stadium10,000
Inter Slovnaft BratislavaBratislavaŠtadión Pasienky12,000
FC NitraNitraŠtadión pod Zoborom11,384
MFK Baník PrievidzaPrievidzaFutbalový štadión Prievidza6,000
MFK SCP RužomberokRužomberokŠtadión MFK Ružomberok4,817
MŠK ŽilinaŽilinaŠtadión pod Dubňom11,181
Ozeta Dukla TrenčínTrenčínŠtadión na Sihoti4,500
Slovan BratislavaBratislavaTehelné pole30,085
Spartak TrnavaTrnavaŠtadión Antona Malatinského18,448
Tatran PrešovPrešovTatran Štadión14,000
Tauris Rimavská SobotaRimavská SobotaNa Zahradkach Stadium5,000
ZTS Kerametal DubnicaDubnicaŠtadión Zimný5,450

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Slovan Bratislava (C)3021725611+4570Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2Inter Bratislava3021546415+4968Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3Spartak Trnava3019745920+3964
41. FC Košice3019475126+2561
5Ozeta Dukla Trenčín3015875325+2853Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
6Žilina30153123642−648
7Ružomberok30121083131046
8Tatran Prešov30111093835+343
9Artmedia Petržalka30116133742−539
10Humenné30105152437−1335
11Dukla Banská Bystrica30810123446−1234Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[a]
12Nitra3077162848−2028
13ZTS Dubnica3084182860−3228
14Baník Prievidza3066183456−2224
15Rimavská Sobota (R)3057182956−2722Relegation to 2. Liga
16Bardejov (R)3021271466−527
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARTBBBARDUBHUMINTKOŠNITPREPRIRIMRUŽSLOTRETRNŽIL
Artmedia Petržalka1–12–02–12–00–03–12–11–00–05–21–10–21–32–32–0
Dukla Banská Bystrica1–03–27–01–00–10–01–02–23–20–10–02–20–40–20–1
Bardejov3–01–00–20–10–31–21–40–31–20–11–30–20–20–00–1
ZTS Dubnica2–20–22–12–10–62–30–20–03–23–03–00–10–20–00–3
Humenné1–20–01–01–00–10–21–30–06–21–00–00–00–41–03–1
Inter Bratislava4–11–110–01–01–22–13–12–11–05–32–00–12–13–15–0
1. FC Košice3–16–02–13–11–01–02–01–21–32–01–00–25–10–13–0
Nitra0–34–13–10–10–20–20–02–22–10–03–00–41–10–30–1
Prešov2–02–11–05–13–00–20–32–02–13–01–10–02–20–00–2
Baník Prievidza2–10–05–01–20–10–31–11–11–12–00–20–20–40–22–1
Rimavská Sobota1–00–22–02–20–00–21–21–14–11–12–31–11–12–41–2
Ružomberok0–22–02–12–03–00–01–30–00–02–12–10–01–02–01–1
Slovan Bratislava3–03–03–02–03–11–03–02–03–04–23–02–11–10–13–0
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín2–02–22–03–01–00–00–13–00–13–03–01–11–00–06–1
Spartak Trnava2–05–21–04–14–10–00–06–04–13–03–15–01–11–03–1
Žilina1–12–21–02–01–00–20–11–02–13–22–10–10–24–02–0
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[1]
1 Martin FabušTrenčín19
2 Vladimír SýkoraRimavská Sobota14
3 Peter BabničInter Bratislava13
Ľuboš PernišBaník Prievidza
5 Ruslan LyubarskyiKošice12
6 Ľubomír FaktorBanská Bystrica11
Marek MintálŽilina
Attila PinteInter Bratislava
Štefan RusnákBanská Bystrica
10 Luís Fábio GomesSpartak Trnava10
Vladislav ZvaraKošice

See also

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