2015–16 2. Liga (Slovakia)

The 2015–16 2. Liga (Slovakia) season, named DOXXbet liga due to sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd edition of the second tier Slovakian league system annual football competition in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993.[1]

DOXXbet liga
Season2015–16
Champions1. FC Tatran Prešov
Promoted1. FC Tatran Prešov
RelegatedOFK Dunajská Lužná
FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa
ŠK Senec
Top goalscorerMarko Milunović
(19 goals)

For the second time in its history, 24 teams contested in two groups, with the top six sides from each of group advanced to the next round.[2]

Changes from last season

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Team changes

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Teams (Western Group)

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Stadiums and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000
FC Nitra Nitra Stadium pod Zoborom 11,384
ŠK Senec Senec NTC Stadium 3,264
Spartak Trnava juniori Trnava Stadium FK Lokomotíva Trnava 1,500
FK Pohronie Dolná Ždaňa FK Pohronie Stadium 1,500
Slovan Duslo Šaľa Šaľa Šaľa Stadium 1,126
ŠKF Sereď Sereď Stadium ŠKF Sereď 5,800
AFC Nové Mesto nad Váhom Nové Mesto nad Váhom Mestský štadión NMnV 2,500
Slovan Bratislava B Bratislava Stadium Rapid - Prievoz 5,000
MŠK Žilina B Žilina Stadium pod Dubňom 11,181
TJ Iskra Borčice Borčice Stadium TJ Iskra Borčice 500
OFK Dunajská Lužná Dunajská Lužná NTC Dunajská Lužná 700

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dukla Banská Bystrica   Ľubomír Faktor   Peter Boroš Adidas
Nitra   Róbert Barborík   Marek Kostoláni Jako Mesto Nitra
Senec   Attila Pinte   Peter Polgár Adidas Kukkonia
Trnava B   Pavol Bartoš   Juraj Galba Adidas ZOŠ Trnava
Pohronie   Štefan Zaťko   Jozef Sekereš Adidas Remeslo
Duslo Šaľa   Peter Gergely   Ján Čirik Adidas DUSLO
Sereď   Tibor Meszlényi   Kamil Vaško Nike MH SPORT
Nové Mesto nad Váhom   Vladimír Hyža   Lukáš Šebek Uhlsport
Slovan B   Ján Kozák jr.   Marcel Oravec Adidas Niké
Žilina B   Jaroslav Kentoš   Tomáš Ďurica Nike Preto
Borčice   Alexander Homér   Jozef Decký Hummel Fabuš
Dunajská Lužná   Peter Fieber   František Kecskéš Luanvi

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iskra Borčice 20 13 1 6 40 19 +21 40 Qualification for Championship round
2 Pohronie 22 12 4 6 29 23 +6 40
3 Nitra 22 11 3 8 42 27 +15 36
4 Slovan Bratislava B 22 10 3 9 36 37 −1 33
5 Žilina B 22 8 9 5 32 28 +4 33
6 Sereď 22 10 3 9 25 28 −3 33
7 Dukla Banská Bystrica 22 10 3 9 24 25 −1 33 Qualification for Relegation round
8 Nové Mesto nad Váhom 22 9 4 9 25 25 0 31
9 Dunajská Lužná 22 9 4 9 27 32 −5 31
10 Šaľa 22 8 1 13 24 39 −15 25
11 Spartak Trnava juniori 22 7 0 15 27 22 +5 21
12 Senec 22 5 3 14 26 40 −14 18
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Teams (Eastern Group)

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Stadium and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
Partizán Bardejov Bardejov Stadium mestský Bardejov 3,040
Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Stadium 5,410
MŠK Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota Na Záhradkách Stadium 5,000
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš 1,950
MFK Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín Stadium MUDr. Ivan Chodák 1,950
FK Poprad Poprad NTC Poprad 5,070
Haniska Haniska Štadión FK Haniska 1,000
Lokomotíva Košice Košice Stadium Družstevná pri Hornáde 600
MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen Zvolen MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen Stadium 1,500
FC VSS Košice Košice Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli 9,000
OFK Teplička nad Váhom Teplička nad Váhom Stadium OFK Teplička nad Váhom 1,000
FK Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves Mestský štadión (Lokomotíva) 10,000

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
FC VSS Košice   Ivan Lapšanský   Peter Šinglár Jako Steel Trans
Prešov   Stanislav Varga   Dávid Leško ATAK Sportswear DÚHA
Liptovský Mikuláš   Jozef Kostelník   Ivan Lišivka Sportika SA VEREX
Bardejov   Rastislav Kica   Vladislav Palša Adidas BARDENERGY
Poprad   Vladimír Lajčák   Matúš Bendík Adidas
Lokomotíva Košice   Dušan Ujhely   Martin Hloušek Jako, Colo McCarter
Rimavská Sobota   Vladimír Goffa   Jozef Čertík Givova CLIPtec
Dolný Kubín   Pavol Bača   Michal Drengubiak Legea
Haniska   Pavol Mikloš   Matúš Horváth Jako VEMI
Spišská Nová Ves   Branislav Ondáš   Karol Sedláček DEVELOP & REVITAL
Zvolen   Anton Jánoš   Andrej Kamendy Luanvi
Teplička nad Váhom   Stanislav Lojdl   Marek Filo Nike El Toro

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 VSS Košice 20 13 3 4 36 15 +21 42 Qualification for Championship round
2 Prešov 20 11 7 2 46 18 +28 40
3 Liptovský Mikuláš 20 10 6 4 32 18 +14 36
4 Zvolen 20 10 3 7 28 22 +6 33
5 Lokomotíva Košice 20 9 5 6 28 22 +6 32
6 Bardejov 20 9 4 7 30 26 +4 31
7 Poprad 20 9 4 7 33 24 +9 31 Qualification for Relegation round
8 Haniska 20 7 4 9 20 32 −12 25
9 Spišská Nová Ves 20 4 3 13 16 37 −21 15
10 Teplička nad Váhom 20 3 4 13 14 38 −24 13
11 Rimavská Sobota 20 2 3 15 14 42 −28 9
12 Dolný Kubín (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew from the league[a]
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ MFK Dolný Kubín withdrew from the league due to financial problems.

Play-offs

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Championship round

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Prešov (C, P) 30 16 10 4 61 26 +35 58 Promotion to Fortuna Liga
2 VSS Košice[a] 30 18 5 7 48 23 +25 56
3 Liptovský Mikuláš 30 16 8 6 52 29 +23 56
4 Lokomotíva Košice 30 16 6 8 50 34 +16 54
5 Bardejov 30 16 5 9 49 36 +13 53
6 Pohronie 30 15 6 9 35 33 +2 51
7 Nitra 30 13 7 10 54 36 +18 46
8 Žilina B 30 11 8 11 41 36 +5 41
9 Zvolen 30 11 6 13 30 34 −4 39
10 Sereď 30 11 5 14 35 44 −9 38
11 Slovan Bratislava B 30 9 4 17 38 63 −25 31
12 Iskra Borčice (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew from the league[b]
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ VSS Košice was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations.
  2. ^ Iskra Borčice withdrew from the league.

Relegation round

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League table (West)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Dukla Banská Bystrica 32 16 5 11 45 33 +12 53
2 Nové Mesto nad Váhom 32 14 5 13 41 39 +2 47
3 Spartak Trnava juniori 32 15 1 16 36 33 +3 46
4 Dunajská Lužná (R) 32 11 8 13 38 46 −8 41 Relegation to 3. Liga
5 Šaľa (R) 32 10 3 19 37 58 −21 33
6 Senec[a] (R) 32 6 5 21 35 69 −34 17
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Senec was docked 6 points.[citation needed]

League table (East)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Poprad 28 15 6 7 54 32 +22 51
2 Haniska 28 8 5 15 23 48 −25 29
3 Teplička nad Váhom (R) 28 7 5 16 27 50 −23 26 Relegation to 3. Liga
4 Spišská Nová Ves 28 7 4 17 33 50 −17 25
5 Rimavská Sobota[a] 28 5 4 19 25 58 −33 16
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ MŠK Rimavská Sobota was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Updated through matches played on 10 June 2016.
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Marko Milunović Bardejov 19
2   Matúš Paukner FC Nitra 17
  Lukáš Šebek Nové Mesto n. V.
4   Dávid Leško Tatran Prešov 16
5   Rudolf Bilas FK Poprad 13
6   Marko Lukáč FK Poprad 12
  Róbert Ujčík FK Poprad
8   Peter Katona Tatran Prešov 11
  Šimon Valachovič Duslo Šaľa
10   Ján Novák Iskra Borčice 10
  Hector Tubonemi Tatran Prešov
  Peter Jasenovský Liptovský Mikuláš
  Kamil Karaš VSS Košice

Hat-tricks

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Round Player For Against Result Date Ref
2   Matúš Paukner FC Nitra ŠKF Sereď 5–1 8 August 2015 [4]
4   Dávid Leško Tatran Prešov Zvolen 3–0 22 August 2015 [5]
6   Matúš Paukner FC Nitra ŠK Slovan B 6–1 5 September 2015 [6]
6   Adam Morong FC Nitra ŠK Slovan B 6–1 5 September 2015 [7]
6   Matúš Pekár FK Haniska Spišská n. Ves 0–4 5 September 2015 [8]
8   Adam Morong FC Nitra Dunajská Lužná 5–0 15 September 2015 [9]
9   Rudolf Bilas FK Poprad Rimavská Sobota 3–0 19 September 2015 [10]
9   Alan Kováč Borčice ŠK Slovan B 2–3 21 September 2015 [11]
12   Dárius Vandraško L. Mikuláš Rimavská Sobota 3–1 10 October 2015 [12]
14   Rudolf Bilas FK Poprad MFK Dolný Kubín 4–1 24 October 2015 [13]
20   Hector Tubonemi Tatran Prešov FK Haniska 6–0 12 March 2016 [14]
26   Kouakou Privat Yao Spartak Trnava juniori ŠK Senec 1–4 23 April 2016 [15]
31   Kamil Karaš FC VSS Košice Slovan Bratislava B 3–1 22 May 2016 [16]

See also

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Stats

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References

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  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 2015-05-31.
  3. ^ "DOXXbet liga | Slovenský futbalový zväz".
  4. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 2. kolo - Nitra - Sere 5:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  5. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 4. kolo - Pre ov - Zvolen 3:0". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  6. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 6. kolo - Nitra - Slovan Bratislava B 6:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
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  8. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 6. kolo - Spi sk Nov Ves - Haniska 0:4". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  9. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 8. kolo - Nitra - Dunajsk Lu n 5:0". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  10. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 9. kolo - Poprad - Rimavsk Sobota 3:2". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  11. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 9. kolo - Slovan Bratislava B - Bor ice 2:3". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  12. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 12. kolo - Liptovsk Mikul - Rimavsk Sobota 3:1". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  13. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 14. kolo - Poprad - Doln Kub n 4:1". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  14. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 20. kolo - Pre ov - Haniska 6:0". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  15. ^ "DOXXbet liga 26. Kolo | ŠK 1923 Gabčíkovo - FC Spartak Trnava".
  16. ^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 31. kolo - VSS Ko ice - Slovan Bratislava B :". Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-23.