1998–99 Slovak Superliga
# 1998–99 Slovak Superliga

The 1998–99 Slovak First Football League (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 1 August 1998 and ended on 29 May 1999. 1. FC Košice were 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 2. Liga.

Lokomotíva Košice and FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda was relegated to the 1998–99 2. Liga. The two relegated teams were replaced by FC Nitra and ZTS Kerametal Dubnica.

### Stadiums and locations

| 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 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 15 | +49 | 68 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 64 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | 1. FC Košice | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 61 | |
| 5 | Ozeta Dukla Trenčín | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 53 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Žilina | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 48 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Ružomberok | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 46 | |
| 8 | Tatran 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 | Qualification for 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 2. Liga |
| 16 | Bardejov (R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 66 | −52 | 7 | Relegation to 2. Liga |

* ↑ Dukla Banská Bystrica qualify for 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as runner-up of 1998–99 Slovak Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ART | BB | BAR | DUB | HUM | INT | KOŠ | NIT | PRE | PRI | RIM | RUŽ | SLO | TRE | TRN | ŽIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artmedia Petržalka | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Bardejov | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| ZTS Dubnica | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Humenné | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 4–1 | 1–1 | 10–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 1. FC Košice | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Nitra | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Prešov | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Baník Prievidza | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Rimavská Sobota | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Ružomberok | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Ozeta Dukla Trenčín | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 6–1 |
| Spartak Trnava | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| Žilina | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | |

## 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 |
| 3 | Ľuboš Perniš | Baník Prievidza | 13 |
| 5 | Ruslan Lyubarskyi | Košice | 12 |
| 6 | Ľubomír Faktor | Banská Bystrica | 11 |
| 6 | Marek Mintál | Žilina | 11 |
| 6 | Attila Pinte | Inter Bratislava | 11 |
| 6 | Štefan Rusnák | Banská Bystrica | 11 |
| 10 | Luís Fábio Gomes | Spartak Trnava | 10 |
| 10 | Vladislav Zvara | Košice | 10 |
