1998–99 Slovak Superliga

Mars superliga

Season	1998–99
Champions	Slovan Bratislava
Relegated	BSC JAS Bardejov Rimavská Sobota
Champions League	Slovan Bratislava
UEFA Cup	Inter Bratislava Spartak Trnava Dukla Banská Bystrica
Intertoto Cup	Ozeta Dukla Trenčín MŠK Žilina
Matches played	240
Goals scored	592 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Fabuš (19 goals)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 Slovak Superliga (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 1 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999. 1. FC Košice are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 16 teams was contested in the league, including 14 sides from the 1997–98 season and two promoted from the 1. liga.

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

1998–99 Teams

• 1. FC Košice
• FC Spartak Trnava
• AŠK Inter Slovnaft Bratislava
• Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
• ŠK Slovan Bratislava
• Tauris Rimavská Sobota
• MŠK Žilina
• FC Artmedia Petržalka

• FC Tatran Prešov
• 1. HFC Humenné
• MŠK SCP Ružomberok
• MFK Baník Prievidza
• Dukla Banská Bystrica
• BSC JAS Bardejov
• FC Nitra (1997–98 Slovak First League champion)
• ZTS Kerametal Dubnica (1997–98 Slovak First League runner-up)

Stadiums and locations

1998–99 Slovak Superliga is located in Slovakia

Trenčín

Banská Bystrica

Bardejov

Dubnica

Humenné

Košice

Nitra

Art–
media

Prešov

Prievidza

Rimavská Sobota

Ružomberok

Inter
Slovan

Trnava

Žilina

Location of teams in 1998–99 Mars superliga

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
1. HFC Humenné	Humenné	Chemlon Stadion	10,000
1. FC Košice	Košice	Lokomotíva Stadium	9,000
Artmedia Petržalka	Petržalka	Štadión Petržalka	7,500
BSC JAS Bardejov	Bardejov	Mestský štadión Bardejov	3,040
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	SNP Stadium	10,000
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava	Bratislava	Štadión Pasienky	12,000
FC Nitra	Nitra	Štadión pod Zoborom	11,384
MFK Baník Prievidza	Prievidza	Futbalový štadión Prievidza	6,000
MFK SCP Ružomberok	Ružomberok	Štadión MFK Ružomberok	4,817
MŠK Žilina	Žilina	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,181
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín	Trenčín	Štadión na Sihoti	4,500
Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Tehelné pole	30,085
Spartak Trnava	Trnava	Štadión Antona Malatinského	18,448
Tatran Prešov	Prešov	Tatran Štadión	14,000
Tauris Rimavská Sobota	Rimavská Sobota	Na Zahradkach Stadium	5,000
ZTS Kerametal Dubnica	Dubnica	Štadión Zimný	5,450

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovan Bratislava (C)	30	21	7	2	56	11	+45	70	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Inter Bratislava	30	21	5	4	64	15	+49	68	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Spartak Trnava	30	19	7	4	59	20	+39	64
4	Košice	30	19	4	7	51	26	+25	61
5	Ozeta Dukla Trenčín	30	15	8	7	53	25	+28	53	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6	Žilina	30	15	3	12	36	42	−6	48
7	Ružomberok	30	12	10	8	31	31	0	46
8	Prešov	30	11	10	9	38	35	+3	43
9	Artmedia Petržalka	30	11	6	13	37	42	−5	39
10	Humenné	30	10	5	15	24	37	−13	35
11	Dukla Banská Bystrica	30	8	10	12	34	46	−12	34	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
12	Nitra	30	7	7	16	28	48	−20	28
13	ZTS Dubnica	30	8	4	18	28	60	−32	28
14	Baník Prievidza	30	6	6	18	34	56	−22	24
15	Rimavská Sobota (R)	30	5	7	18	29	56	−27	22	Relegation to 1999–2000 Slovak First League
16	Bardejov (R)	30	2	1	27	14	66	−52	7

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Martin Fabuš	Trenčín	19
2	Vladimír Sýkora	Rimavská Sobota	14
3	Peter Babnič	Inter Bratislava	13
	Ľuboš Perniš	Baník Prievidza
5	Ruslan Lyubarskyi	Košice	12
6	Ľubomír Faktor	Banská Bystrica	11
	Marek Mintál	Žilina
	Attila Pinte	Inter Bratislava
	Štefan Rusnák	Banská Bystrica
10	Luís Fábio Gomes	Spartak Trnava	9
	Vladislav Zvara	Košice

See also

• 1998–99 Slovak Cup
• 1998–99 Slovak First League

External links

• RSSSF.com (Tables and statistics)