2. Liga (Slovakia)

This article is about second highest football league. For third highest ice hockey league, see Slovak 2. Liga.

MONACObet LIGA
Founded1993
CountrySlovakia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of clubs16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toNiké liga
Relegation to3. liga
Domestic cupSlovnaft Cup
Current championsTatran Prešov (3rd title)
(2024–25)
Most championshipsNitra
Tatran Prešov (3 titles)
Broadcaster(s)STVR
Websitemonacobetliga.sk
Current: 2025–26 2. Liga

The Slovak Second Football League (Slovak: 2. slovenská futbalová liga), officially known as MONACObet LIGA for sponsorship reasons, is the annual second tier football competition in Slovakia. Currently, the competition consists of 16 teams.[1]

Each season, the first-placed team in the 2. Liga is automatically promoted to the First League, subject to meeting league requirements. The team that finishes in second place enters a two-legged play-off against the second-to-last placed team from the First League, with the winner taking their place in the following season's First League. The two lowest-finishing teams in the 2. Liga are relegated to the 3. Liga.

History

The league was formed as a second-tier league in Czechoslovakia. Before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia it consisted of 16 teams. Upon dissolution, six teams were promoted to the then newly formed Slovak First League. The league was expanded to 18 teams in 1996/97 season, but returned back to 16 in 2001/02 and reduced to 12 in 2006–07. The number of teams expanded to 16 from the 2017–18 season.[2]

In June 2014 the league signed a two-year sponsorship agreement with a gambling firm, taking the name of DOXXbet liga as part of the deal.[3]

In February 2024, the league was renamed as MONACObet LIGA as a part of a two-and-half year partnership deal with an option to extend. The deal included a further undisclosed club grant worth over €1 million, allegedly exceeding any previous partnerships.[4]

Current teams (2024–25)

Source:[1]

Winners

Season Champions Runners-up Third placed Top scorer Goals Team
1993–94 BSC JAS Bardejov Slovan Levice Slavoj Trebišov Richard Varadin 14 ŠKP Bratislava
1994–95 FC Nitra Slovan Levice Artmedia Petržalka Milan Strelec
Róbert Formanko 		14 Artmedia Petržalka
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
1995–96 Artmedia Petržalka MŠK Žilina Rimavská Sobota Jozef Pisár 21 Rimavská Sobota
1996–97 MŠK Ružomberok Ozeta Dukla Trenčín Tatran Devín Imrich Miklós 25 Tatran Devín
1997–98 FC Nitra ZTS Dubnica Matador Púchov Peter Hodúr 18 FC Nitra
1998–99 DAC Dunajská Streda Koba Senec Tatran ŠKP Devín Richard Varadin 24 Tatran ŠKP Devín
1999–00 Matador Púchov NCHZ Nováky ŽP Šport Podbrezová Jozef Pisár 22 Rimavská Sobota
2000–01 ZTS Dubnica FC Nitra ŽP Šport Podbrezová Mário Breška 23 FC Nitra
2001–02 Spartak Trnava Steel Trans Ličartovce Rimavská Sobota Ivan Bartoš
Jozef Jelšic 		17 Dukla Banská Bystrica
FC Nitra
2002–03 Dukla Banská Bystrica Steel Trans Ličartovce Koba Senec Peter Bugár 17 Topvar Topoľčany
2003–04 Rimavská Sobota Steel Trans Ličartovce Tatran Prešov Peter Iskra 18 Rimavská Sobota
2004–05 FC Nitra Steel Trans Ličartovce Slovan Bratislava Róbert Rák 27 FC Nitra
2005–06 MFK Košice Slovan Bratislava FC Senec Pavol Piatka 22 MFK Košice
2006–07 ViOn Zlaté Moravce Eldus Močenok Rimavská Sobota Jozef Pisár 15 Rimavská Sobota
2007–08 Tatran Prešov ŽP Šport Podbrezová Inter Bratislava Tomáš Majtán 16 Inter Bratislava
2008–09 Inter Bratislava AS Trenčín ŽP Šport Podbrezová David Depetris 21 FK AS Trenčín
2009–10 ViOn Zlaté Moravce AS Trenčín FK Púchov Karol Pavelka 16 Zlaté Moravce
2010–11 AS Trenčín Rimavská Sobota Petržalka David Depetris 31 FK AS Trenčín
2011–12 Spartak Myjava ŽP Šport Podbrezová Dolný Kubín Peter Sládek
Tomáš Čekovský 		14 Spartak Myjava
Podbrezová
2012–13 DAC Dunajská Streda ŽP Šport Podbrezová SFM Senec Hector Tubonemi 19 Podbrezová
2013–14 ŽP Šport Podbrezová Zemplín Michalovce Partizán Bardejov Michal Hamuľak 26 Zemplín Michalovce
2014–15 Zemplín Michalovce MFK Skalica Tatran Prešov Matúš Paukner 21 FC Nitra
2015–16 Tatran Prešov VSS Košice Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Marko Milunović 19 Partizán Bardejov
2016–17 VSS Košice1 FC Nitra MFK Skalica Peu 23 FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín
2017–18 ŠKF Sereď MFK Skalica FK Poprad Michal Hamuľak 20 Partizán Bardejov
2018–19 FK Pohronie FK Poprad MFK Skalica Samir Nurković
Miladin Vujošević 		23 KFC Komárno
FK Dubnica
2019–20 FK Dubnica Dukla Banská Bystrica MFK Skalica Roman Haša 14 MFK Skalica
2020–21 Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš Dukla Banská Bystrica MFK Skalica Wisdom Kanu 18 Slavoj Trebišov
2021–22 Železiarne Podbrezová Dukla Banská Bystrica MFK Skalica Marek Kuzma 22 FK Dubnica
Železiarne Podbrezová
2022–23 FC Košice Tatran Prešov KFC Komárno Jozef Dolný 19 Tatran Prešov
2023–24 KFC Komárno FC Petržalka Tatran Prešov Jozef Dolný 18 Tatran Prešov
2024–25 Tatran Prešov Zlaté Moravce Liptovský Mikuláš Landing Sagna 12 Tatran Prešov
  • Bold denotes team earned promotion.

1FC VSS Košice did not meet club license rules and they went into bankruptcy.[2]

Performance by club

Club Winners Promoted Promoting Years
FC Nitra 3 4 1994–95, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2016–17
Tatran Prešov 3 3 2007–08, 2015–16, 2024–25
ZTS Dubnica 2 3 1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01
ViOn Zlaté Moravce 2 2 2006–07, 2009–10
DAC Dunajská Streda 2 2 1998–99, 2012–13
Podbrezová 2 2 2013–14, 2021–22
FC VSS Košice 2 12 2005–06
Dukla Banská Bystrica 1 2 2002–03, 2021–22
FK AS Trenčín 1 2 1996–97, 2010–11
Rimavská Sobota 1 2 1995–96, 2003–04
Koba Senec 0 2 1998–99, 2005–06
Zemplín Michalovce 1 1 2014–15
Artmedia Petržalka 1 1 1995–96
BSC JAS Bardejov 1 1 1993–94
MŠK Ružomberok 1 1 1996–97
Matador Púchov 1 1 1999–00
Spartak Myjava 1 1 2011–12
Spartak Trnava 1 1 2001–02
ŠKF Sereď 1 1 2017–18
FK Pohronie 1 1 2018–19
Liptovský Mikuláš 1 1 2020–21
FC Košice 1 1 2022–23
KFC Komárno 1 1 2023–24
MFK Skalica 0 2 2014–15, 2021–22
MŠK Žilina 0 1 1995–96
Slovan Bratislava 0 1 2005–06
Inter Bratislava 1 0 1

1- Inter Bratislava won league in 2008–09, but license was sold to FK Senica.[5]
2- FC VSS Košice won league in 2016–17, but did not meet club license rules and they went into bankruptcy.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "II. liga (2023/2024) - tabuľky". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Druhá liga má 16 tímov, Nové Mesto nad Váhom nahradí VSS Košice". teraz.sk (in Slovak). TASR. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Druhá najvyššia súťaž bude od novej sezóny DOXXbet liga" (in Slovak). Fortuna Liga. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ^ "SFZ - Dlhodobé partnerstvo SFZ so spoločnosťou MONACObet". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Prvé mužstvo FK Inter zaniklo, hráči so zmluvou idú do Senice". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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