2025–26 ŠK Slovan Bratislava season

ŠK Slovan Bratislava
2025–26 season
ManagerVladimír Weiss
StadiumTehelné pole
Slovak 1st League2nd
Slovak CupRound of 16
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Conference LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mykola Kukharevych
Nino Marcelli
(each 5 goals)

All:
Mykola Kukharevych (8 goals)
Highest home attendance21,005 v Kairat
(12 Aug 2025, UEFA Champions League)
Lowest home attendance4,868 v Skalica
(16 Aug 2025, Slovak 1st League)
Biggest win6–1 v Trenčianske Stankovce
(15 Nov 2025, Slovak Cup)
Biggest defeat1–3 v KuPS
(6 Nov 2025, UEFA Conference League)
All statistics correct as of 18 November 2025.

The 2025–26 season is the 107th season in the history of ŠK Slovan Bratislava, and the club's 20th consecutive season in Slovak First Football League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Slovak Cup and the UEFA Champions League after winning the Slovak League title for the seventh time in a row.

Players

As of 1 September 2025

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed from / Previous club Since
Goalkeepers
31 Martin Trnovský GK (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 Youth system 2019
44 Matúš Macík GK (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 Sigma Olomouc 2025
71 Dominik Takáč GK (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 Spartak Trnava 2024
Defenders
4 Guram Kashia CB (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 Locomotive Tbilisi 2021
6 Kevin Wimmer CB / LB (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 Rapid Wien 2023
12 Kenan Bajrić CB / DM (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 Olimpija Ljubljana 2018
17 Jurij Medveděv RB (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 Sochi 2024
19 Sidoine Fogning CB (2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 Boavista (loan) 2025
23 Sharani Zuberu LB / LW / RW / ST (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 Dreams 2023
28 César Blackman RB / RW (1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 DAC Dunajská Streda 2023
57 Sandro Cruz LB (2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 Gil Vicente 2025
Midfielders
3 Peter Pokorný DM / CM / CB (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 Śląsk Wrocław 2025
5 Rahim Ibrahim CM (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 Trenčín 2025
7 Vladimír Weiss Jr. (captain) LW / RW / CAM (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 Al-Gharafa 2020
8 Filip Lichý CM / DM / CB (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 Youth system 2020
10 Marko Tolić CAM / CM (1996-07-05) 5 July 1996 Dinamo Zagreb 2023
11 Tigran Barseghyan RW / LW (1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 Astana 2022
16 Maxim Mateáš CM (2008-05-12) 12 May 2008 Youth system 2024
18 Nino Marcelli LW / RW (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 Youth system 2023
20 Alen Mustafić CM (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 OB 2024
26 Artur Gajdoš CAM (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 Trenčín 2024
77 Danylo Ihnatenko CM / DM / CB (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 Bordeaux 2024
88 Kyriakos Savvidis DM / CM (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 Spartak Trnava 2023
97 Kelvin Ofori RW / LW / CAM (2001-07-27) 27 July 2001 Spartak Trnava 2025
Forwards
9 Mykola Kukharevych ST (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 Swansea City 2025
14 Alasana Yirajang LW / RW / ST (2004-11-12) 12 November 2004 Podbrezová 2025
21 Róbert Mak LW / RW / ST (1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 Sydney FC 2024
25 Adler Da Silva ST / CAM (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 Pohronie 2022
99 Andraž Šporar ST (1994-02-27) 27 February 1994 Alanyaspor 2025

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From / Previous club Fee Ref.
6 June 2025 FW Kelvin Ofori Spartak Trnava Free transfer [1]
17 June 2025 FW Mykola Kukharevych Swansea City [2]
17 June 2025 MF Peter Pokorný Śląsk Wrocław Free transfer [3]
20 June 2025 FW Alasana Yirajang Podbrezová Undisclosed [4]
27 June 2025 DF Sandro Cruz Gil Vicente Undisclosed [5]
30 June 2025 MF Artur Gajdoš Trenčín Loan return
30 June 2025 MF Filip Lichý Dukla Prague Loan return
1 September 2025 FW Andraž Šporar Alanyaspor Free transfer [6]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
4 August 2025 DF Sidoine Fogning Boavista 30 June 2026 [7]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To / Next club Fee Ref.
17 May 2025 MF Juraj Kucka Retired [8]
10 June 2025 MF Július Szöke AEL Limassol [9]
24 June 2025 GK Andrej Mikoláš Malženice Free transfer
30 June 2025 FW Idjessi Metsoko Viktoria Plzeň Loan return [10]
30 June 2025 DF Lukáš Pauschek End of contract [10]
30 June 2025 DF Siemen Voet End of contract [10]
30 June 2025 DF Matúš Vojtko End of contract [11]
1 September 2025 FW David Strelec Middlesbrough €7,500,000[A][B] [12]
  1. ^ Fee may have eventually risen up to €10,000,000 with achievable bonuses.
  2. ^ At that time, the most expensive transfer in the history of the club and the Slovak league.

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

Mon, 23 June 2025 Friendly CFR Cluj 4–2 Slovan Bratislava Windischgarsten, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Sportanlage Windischgarsten
Fri, 27 June 2025 Friendly Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 Slovan Bratislava Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting, Austria
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: HF-Stadion Bad Wimsbach
Tue, 1 July 2025 Friendly Slovan Bratislava 4–1 Dukla Banská Bystrica Šamorín
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: x-bionic sphere
Tue, 8 July 2025 Friendly Slovan Bratislava 0–1 Wisła Kraków Bratislava
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 6,015
Sun, 13 July 2025 Friendly Slovan Bratislava 1–4 Midtjylland Bratislava
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
  • Pokorný 14'
Report
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 5,176

Competition overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Slovak First Football League 26 July 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 TBD 16 11 3 2 35 22 +13 068.75
Slovak Cup 10 September 2025 TBD Second round TBD 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 100.00
UEFA Champions League 22 July 2025 12 August 2025 Second qualifying round Third qualifying round 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 050.00
UEFA Europa League 21 August 2025 28 August 2025 Play-off round Play-off round 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 000.00
UEFA Conference League 2 October 2025 TBD League phase TBD 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 025.00
Total 29 17 4 8 63 39 +24 058.62

Last updated: 4 December 2025
Source: Competitions

Slovak First Football League

League table

Regular stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava (Q) 18 12 3 3 38 26 +12 39 Qualification for the championship group
2 DAC Dunajská Streda (Q) 18 11 5 2 34 13 +21 38
3 Spartak Trnava (Q) 18 11 2 5 34 18 +16 35
4 Žilina (Q) 18 10 4 4 42 25 +17 34
5 Zemplín Michalovce 18 7 4 7 28 30 −2 25
6 Podbrezová 18 7 3 8 28 28 0 24
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: Niké liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
16 11 3 2 35 22  +13 36 6 0 2 18 12  +6 5 3 0 17 10  +7

Results by matchday

Round1245678911123131415161017181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWDWDWWWLWWWWWL
Position4235552123222211
Points1478111215182121242730333636
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

Regular stage
Sat, 26 July 2025 1 Tatran Prešov 2–2 Slovan Bratislava Prešov
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Futbal Tatran Arena
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Peter Kráľovič
Sat, 2 August 2025 2 Slovan Bratislava 4–1 Podbrezová Bratislava
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 6,436
Referee: Michal Očenáš
Sat, 16 August 2025 4 Slovan Bratislava 1–0 Skalica Bratislava
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 4,868
Referee: Lukáš Dzivjak
Sat, 23 August 2025 5 Zemplín Michalovce 1–1 Slovan Bratislava Michalovce
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestský futbalový štadión
Attendance: 4,286
Referee: Peter Ziemba
Sat, 30 August 2025 6 Slovan Bratislava 3–2 Košice Bratislava
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 6,421
Referee: Erik Gemzický
Sat, 13 September 2025 7 Žilina 3–3 Slovan Bratislava Žilina
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 5,599
Referee: Martin Dohál
Sat, 20 September 2025 8 Slovan Bratislava 3–2 DAC Dunajská Streda Bratislava
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 9,487
Sat, 27 September 2025 9 Trenčín 1–2 Slovan Bratislava Trenčín
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Štadión Sihoť
Sat, 18 October 2025 11 Spartak Trnava 0–2 Slovan Bratislava Trnava
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského
Attendance: 17,011
Sun, 26 October 2025 12 Slovan Bratislava 0–1 Tatran Prešov Bratislava
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 6,498
Referee: Filip Glova
Wed, 29 October 2025 3 Komárno 2–3 Slovan Bratislava Zlaté Moravce
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: ViOn Aréna
Sat, 1 November 2025 13 Podbrezová 1–3 Slovan Bratislava Podbrezová
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: ZELPO Aréna
Sun, 9 November 2025 14 Slovan Bratislava 3–2 Komárno Bratislava
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Tehelné pole
Sat, 22 November 2025 15 Skalica 0–1 Slovan Bratislava Skalica
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Štadión MFK Skalica
Sun, 30 November 2025 16 Slovan Bratislava 3–2 Zemplín Michalovce Bratislava
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Tehelné pole
Wed, 3 December 2025 10 Slovan Bratislava 1–2 Ružomberok Bratislava
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Tehelné pole
Sat, 6 December 2025 17 Košice Slovan Bratislava Košice
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna
Sun, 14 December 2025 18 Slovan Bratislava Žilina Bratislava
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stadium: Tehelné pole
7–8 February 2026 19 DAC Dunajská Streda Slovan Bratislava Dunajská Streda
Stadium: MOL Aréna
14–15 February 2026 20 Slovan Bratislava Trenčín Bratislava
Stadium: Tehelné pole
21–22 February 2026 21 Ružomberok Slovan Bratislava Ružomberok
Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom
28 Feb–1 Mar 2026 22 Slovan Bratislava Spartak Trnava Bratislava
Stadium: Tehelné pole

Slovak Cup

Wed, 10 September 2025 Second round Trstice (5) 2–4 Slovan Bratislava (1) Trstice
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stadium: TJ Družstevník Trstice
Attendance: 1,946
Sun, 5 October 2025 Third round Piešťany (4) 0–5 Slovan Bratislava (1) Piešťany
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: PFK Piešťany
Attendance: 3,589
Sat, 15 November 2025 Fourth round Trenčianske Stankovce (4) 1–6 Slovan Bratislava (1) Trenčín
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Štadión Sihoť
2026 Round of 16 Spartak Trnava (1) Slovan Bratislava (1) Trnava
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 18 June 2025.

Tue, 22 July 2025 First leg Slovan Bratislava 4–0 Zrinjski Mostar Bratislava, Slovakia
20:15 CEST Report[13] Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 18,257[14]
Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)
Tue, 29 July 2025 Second leg Zrinjski Mostar 2–2
(2–6 agg.)
Slovan Bratislava Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
21:00 CEST
Report[15]
Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom
Attendance: 4,100[16]
Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)

Third qualifying round

Wed, 6 August 2025 First leg Kairat 1–0 Slovan Bratislava Almaty, Kazakhstan
17:00 CEST
Report[17]
Stadium: Almaty Central Stadium
Attendance: 22,800[18]
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
Tue, 12 August 2025 Second leg Slovan Bratislava 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(3–4 p)
Kairat Bratislava, Slovakia
20:15 CEST
Report[19] Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 21,005[20]
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
Penalties

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Thu, 21 August 2025 First leg Slovan Bratislava 0–1 Young Boys Bratislava, Slovakia
20:15 CEST Report[21]
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 15,008[22]
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
Thu, 28 August 2025 Second leg Young Boys 3–2
(4–2 agg.)
Slovan Bratislava Bern, Switzerland
20:00 CEST
Report[23]
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 13,806[24]
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

UEFA Conference League

League phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
27 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6
28 Legia Warsaw 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6
29 Slovan Bratislava 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6
30 Breiðablik 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
31 Shamrock Rovers 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4
Source: UEFA[25]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round123456
GroundHAAHAH
ResultLLLW
Position22313429
Points0003
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Thu, 2 October 2025 1 Slovan Bratislava 1–2 Strasbourg Bratislava, Slovakia
21:00 CEST
Report[27]
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 15,204[26]
Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)
Thu, 23 October 2025 2 AZ 1–0 Slovan Bratislava Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45 CEST
Report[28] Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 12,086[29]
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
Thu, 6 November 2025 3 KuPS 3–1 Slovan Bratislava Tampere, Finland
18:45 CET Report[30] Stadium: Tammelan Stadion
Thu, 27 November 2025 4 Slovan Bratislava 2–1 Rayo Vallecano Bratislava, Slovakia
18:45 CET Report[31] Stadium: Tehelné pole
Thu, 11 December 2025 5 Shkëndija Slovan Bratislava Skopje, North Macedonia
18:45 CET Report[32] Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena
Thu, 18 December 2025 6 Slovan Bratislava BK Häcken Bratislava, Slovakia
21:00 CET Report[33] Stadium: Tehelné pole

Statistics

Attendances

As of 9 November 2025
Matches Attendances Average High Low
Slovak First Football League 6 38,607 6,435 9,487 4,868
Slovak Cup 0
Champions League 2 39,262 19,631 21,005 18,257
Europa League 1 15,008 15,008 15,008 15,008
Conference League 1 15,204 15,204 15,204 15,204
Total 10 108,081 10,808 21,005 4,868

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