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The Slovak Second Football League (), officially known as MONACObet LIGA for sponsorship reasons, is the annual second tier
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competition in
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. Currently, the competition consists of 16 teams.


History

The league was formed as a second-tier league in
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. Before the
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it consisted of 16 teams. Upon dissolution, six teams were promoted to the then newly formed
Slovak First League The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following th ...
. 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. For 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons the league became known as ''DOXXbet liga'' as part of a sponsorship agreement. 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 million
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, allegedly exceeding any previous partnerships.


Current teams (2024–25)

Source: *
Redfox FC Stará Ľubovňa Redfox FC Stará Ľubovňa is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Stará Ľubovňa Stará Ľubovňa (, , , , , ) is a town with approximately 16,000 inhabitants in northeastern Slovakia. The town consists of the districts Podsadek ...
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MFK Zvolen MFK Zvolen is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zvolen Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surro ...
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FK Humenné FK Humenné is a Slovak association football club located in Humenné.FK Humenné (Slovensko)
18.06.2016, futbalnet.sk
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FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Vráble is a Slovakia, Slovak Association football, football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995. History From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played i ...
* Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš *
FC Petržalka FC Petržalka is a Slovakia, Slovak association football, football club based in Bratislava. The club was founded in 1898 and it was promoted twice to the top flight Czechoslovak First League, 1. liga in the Czechoslovakia during the 1980s (for ...
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FK Pohronie FK Pohronie is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, , ; until 1920 ''Svätý Kríž'' and until 1955 ''Svätý Kríž nad Hronom'') is a city in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Name ...
* MŠK Považská Bystrica *
MŠK Púchov MŠK Púchov is a Slovak football club, playing in the town of Púchov. In July 2006, the club lost its main sponsor, '' Matador a.s.'', and was renamed FK Púchov. The club has two stadiums, currently unusable Mestský štadión due to disagre ...
* Dynamo Malženice * ŠTK 1914 Šamorín * Slovan Bratislava Reserve * Tatran Prešov * Žilina B


Winners

* Bold denotes team earned promotion. 1
FC VSS Košice FC VSS Košice, formerly 1. FC Košice, was a Slovakia, Slovak Football team, football club based in Košice which played in the 2. Liga (Slovakia), Slovak 2. Liga during the 2016–17 season. The club officially ceased operations on 27 July 2017 ...
did not meet club license rules and they went into bankruptcy


Performance by club

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Inter Bratislava FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Å tadion Pasienky. History Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end o ...
won league in 2008–09, but license was sold to
FK Senica FK Senica () is a Slovakia, Slovak football (soccer), football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 1921. History FK Senica was founded in 1921. Newly created partition was rapidly progressed, but the boom dampened dark per ...
.
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FC VSS Košice FC VSS Košice, formerly 1. FC Košice, was a Slovakia, Slovak Football team, football club based in Košice which played in the 2. Liga (Slovakia), Slovak 2. Liga during the 2016–17 season. The club officially ceased operations on 27 July 2017 ...
won league in 2016–17, but did not meet club license rules and they went into bankruptcy


References


External links


2. liga 2023/2024
on Futbalnet {{UEFA second leagues
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