2025–26 FC Spartak Trnava season

The 2025–26 season is the 103rd season in the history of FC Spartak Trnava, and the club's 23rd consecutive season in Slovak First Football League. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Slovak Cup and the UEFA Europa League qualifications.

On 6 June 2025, Michal Ščasný became the new manager of Spartak Trnava,^[1] coming in place of Michal Gašparík, who joined Polish side Górnik Zabrze for a fee of €75,000.^[2]

In the clubs first game of the season, they lost 1–0 at home against BK Häcken in the 1st round of qualifications to the Europa League. Spartak drew the second leg after a late goal from John Paul Dembe in the 96” minute. The game also saw the club first goal of the season, a direct free-kick scored by their captain Roman Procházka. Debutant Giorgi Moistsrapishvili was also able to put his name on the goal sheet.^[3]

The first win of the season came in a Conference League qualification match against Hibernians F.C, with the final score line being 2–1 after Libor Holík volleyed the ball from a cross by Martin Mikovič and Roman Procházka successfully converting a penalty won after a foul of Timotej Kudlička.^[4]

Spartak’s first league game was against MFK Ružomberok on 27 July 2025. Jakub Paur opened the score with a volley after a misjudgment from the Ružomberok defense. Philip Azango was able to put the goal in the back of the net after a pass from Giorgi Moistsrapishvili. The 3rd and final goal was scored by Roman Procházka from outside of the penalty box.^[5] The game also saw a direct red card given to David Huf after a foul on Kristián Koštrna.

In the second leg against Hibernians, Spartak won with a convincing score line of 5–1. The first goal was scored by Libor Holík in the 4” minute of the game after a cross by Martin Mikovič. The second goal was scored 3 minutes later, after a 50 meter dribble by Philip Azango, the ball was found by Holík who passed it to a completely open Stefan Skrbo.^[6] A penalty was given away in the 15” minute by Koštrna which was saved by Žiga Frelih.^[6] In the 30” minute another penalty was given away, this time after a handball by Hibernians defender, however the penalty wasn’t converted by Michal Ďuriš. In the second half goals by Philip Azango and Michal Tomič would seal the win for Spartak.^[7] After the game it was also announced that Vojtěch Kubista and Milan Corryn would be leaving the club following the termination of their contracts.^[8]

The top goal scorer for Spartak in the July part of the season was Roman Procházka, with 3 goals in 5 games in all competitions.

The club started August with a 1–0 league win against AS Trenčín. Erik Daniel was able to put his name on the goal sheet after a well taken corner.^[9] The game also saw red cards for Sani Suleiman, Roko Jureškin and Kristián Koštrna.^[10] By the second round, Spartak were the only team to have won both games.^[11]

There were more than 1,300 away fans that came to the Štadión Sihoť.^[12]

The next game was a 3–0 away loss against CS Universitatea Craiova.^[13]

Spartak were able to continue their good league form with a 1–0 win at home against new comers Tatran Presov.^[14] After a cross by Miloš Kratochvíl, the ball found the head of Libor Holík who was able score his third goal of the season. In the 45” minute Patrick Nwadike scored a bicycle kick after a corner by Giorgi Moistsrapishvili, however the goal didn’t count due to a foul in the build up to the goal.^[15] Landing Sagna equalized the game but after being checked by VAR, the goal was disallowed.^[16] It was also the club’s 1,000th Slovak league game in its history.^[17]

In the second leg against Craovia, Spartak were able to win the game 4–3 after extra time. After a goal scored by Miloš Kratochvíl, the score was set at 1–1 at half-time. After being subbed on in the 61” minute, Giorgi Moistsrapishvili was able to provide 3 assists in the next 20 minutes for Patrick Nwadike, Philip Azango and Timotej Kudlička. The game was set a 4–1 to the Slovak club at full time. Despite winning the game, Spartak would be knocked out 6–4 on aggregate.^[18]

They became the first Slovak club to overcome a 3–0 score in a European competition.^[19]

In the next league match, Spartak were able to continue their positive form with a 4–1 away win over KFC Komárno.^[20] In the first half, Michal Ďuriš was able to end his goal drought by scoring a header after a cross by captain Martin Mikovič. A double scored by Stefan Skrbo would end the half 3–0 in his team’s favor. A penalty scored by Roman Procházka would finish the game.^[21] Once again, there was a large amount of Spartak fans attending the game, 2,800.^[22]

Shortly after the game it was announced by the club that Erik Daniel would be leaving the club.^[23]

Spartak would start the Slovak Cup with a 4–1 win over 5. Liga club AC Nitra.^[24] Timotej Kudlička managed to score a goal when he beat Nitra’s goalkeeper with a low shot to the post. A minute later, Erik Sabo was close to finishing, but was fouled in the penalty area. The same player put the ball on the white spot and converted the awarded penalty – 2–0 for Spartak. Spartak managed to increase the score by half-time when Hilary Gong scored his first goal in the Trnava jersey after a nice move and pass from Kudlička. The score went into the locker room with the score 3–0 for the guests. From the last action of the match, Škrbo got to the finish in front of the goalkeeper after a quick break and adjusted the score to 4–1 for Spartak.^[25]

On 6 September 2025, it was announced that Georgian midfielder Luka Khorkheli would be joining the club.^[26] An hour later, it was announced that Abdulrahman Taiwo would be returning to Spartak, joining on a loan with a buy option.^[27]

After the international break, Spartak would be traveling to Skalica for an away game against MFK Skalica. Goals from Azango, Taiwo, Procházka and Ďuriš sealed a 4–0 win.^[28]

After a string of poor performances, it was announced that Michal Ščasný would be parting ways with the club. Current sporting director Martin Škrtel was shortly announced as the new interim manager.^[29][30] Škrtel would lead Spartak to wins against Košice (2–1) and Komárno (2–0) in the month of November.^[31][32]

In the first game of December, Spartak beat FK Železiarne Podbrezová 3–1 away from home thanks to a double from Timotej Kudlička and a stoppage-time goal by substitute Idjessi Metsoko.^[33][34]

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As of 30 Aug 2025