2015–16 2. Liga (Slovakia)

DOXXbet liga
Season	2015–16
Champions	1. FC Tatran Prešov
Promoted	1. FC Tatran Prešov
Relegated	OFK Dunajská Lužná; FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa; ŠK Senec
Top goalscorer	Marko Milunović; (19 goals)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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]

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

Team changes

MFK Zemplín Michalovce and MFK Skalica were promoted to the Slovak First Football League after the 2014–15 season.
MFK Košice and FK Dukla Banská Bystrica were relegated from the Slovak First Football League after the 2014–15 season.
OFK Dunajská Lužná, TJ Iskra Borčice, OFK Teplička nad Váhom, FK Spišská Nová Ves and FK Haniska were promoted from the Slovak Third Football League after the 2014–15 season.

Teams (Western Group)

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in Slovak 2. liga 2015–16

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
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

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

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)

Stadium and locations

Location of teams in Slovak DOXXbet liga 2015–16

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
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

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

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:

^ MFK Dolný Kubín withdrew from the league due to financial problems.

Play-offs

Championship round

League table

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:

^ VSS Košice was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations.
^ Iskra Borčice withdrew from the league.

Relegation round

League table (West)

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:

^ Senec was docked 6 points.^{[citation needed]}

League table (East)

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:

^ MŠK Rimavská Sobota was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated through matches played on 10 June 2016.

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

Hat-tricks

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]

References

^ "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.
^ "Reorganization". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
^ "DOXXbet liga | Slovenský futbalový zväz".
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 2. kolo - Nitra - Sere 5:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 4. kolo - Pre ov - Zvolen 3:0". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 6. kolo - Nitra - Slovan Bratislava B 6:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 6. kolo - Nitra - Slovan Bratislava B 6:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
^ "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.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 8. kolo - Nitra - Dunajsk Lu n 5:0". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 9. kolo - Poprad - Rimavsk Sobota 3:2". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
^ "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.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 12. kolo - Liptovsk Mikul - Rimavsk Sobota 3:1". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 14. kolo - Poprad - Doln Kub n 4:1". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 20. kolo - Pre ov - Haniska 6:0". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
^ "DOXXbet liga 26. Kolo | ŠK 1923 Gabčíkovo - FC Spartak Trnava".
^ "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 31. kolo - VSS Ko ice - Slovan Bratislava B :". Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

[table_note_res_WD0.53522554856503-3] MFK Dolný Kubín withdrew from the league due to financial problems.

[table_note_KOŠ0.083099574820651-4] VSS Košice was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations.

[table_note_res_WD0.083099574820651-5] Iskra Borčice withdrew from the league.

[table_note_SEN0.82258018563622-6] Senec was docked 6 points.^{[citation needed]}

[table_note_RSO0.46392244587835-7] MŠK Rimavská Sobota was docked 3 points for non–payment obligations.

[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.

[8] "DOXXbet liga | Slovenský futbalový zväz".

[9] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 2. kolo - Nitra - Sere 5:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[10] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 4. kolo - Pre ov - Zvolen 3:0". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[11] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 6. kolo - Nitra - Slovan Bratislava B 6:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[12] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 6. kolo - Nitra - Slovan Bratislava B 6:1". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[13] "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.

[14] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 8. kolo - Nitra - Dunajsk Lu n 5:0". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-16.

[15] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 9. kolo - Poprad - Rimavsk Sobota 3:2". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

[16] "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.

[17] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 12. kolo - Liptovsk Mikul - Rimavsk Sobota 3:1". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-10-14.

[18] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 14. kolo - Poprad - Doln Kub n 4:1". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

[19] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 20. kolo - Pre ov - Haniska 6:0". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

[20] "DOXXbet liga 26. Kolo | ŠK 1923 Gabčíkovo - FC Spartak Trnava".

[21] "Profutbal.sk :: II. liga :: 31. kolo - VSS Ko ice - Slovan Bratislava B :". Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

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2015–16 2. Liga (Slovakia)

Changes from last season

Team changes

Teams (Western Group)

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

League table

Teams (Eastern Group)

Stadium and locations

Personnel and kits

League table

Play-offs

Championship round

League table

Relegation round

League table (West)

League table (East)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

See also

Stats

References