2020–21 MŠK Žilina season

The 2020–21 season was MŠK Žilina's 113th season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Slovak football. In addition to the domestic league, Žilina participated in this season's edition of the Slovak Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

MŠK Žilina
2020–21 season
ChairmanJozef Antošík
ManagerPavol Staňo
StadiumŠtadión pod Dubňom
Fortuna liga4th
Slovak CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SVK Marek Teplan
2 DF  SVK Dominik Javorček
5 DF  SVK Adam Kopas
6 FW  SVK Adrián Kaprálik
7 MF  SVK Patrik Myslovič
8 FW  NGA Taofiq Jibril
9 MF  SVK Miroslav Gono
11 MF  ARM Vahan Bichakhchyan
13 FW  NGA Tenton Yenne
14 DF  POL Jakub Piotr Kiwior
16 FW  SVK Patrik Iľko
17 MF  SVK Jakub Paur (captain)
18 MF  MKD Enis Fazlagikj
19 FW  SVK Timotej Jambor
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  SVK Adam Goljan
21 MF  SVK Ján Bernát
22 GK  SVK Samuel Petráš
23 DF  SVK Ján Minárik (vice-captain)
24 MF  SVK Tibor Slebodník
25 DF  SVK Tomáš Nemčík
27 DF  SVK Branislav Sluka
28 DF  GHA Benson Anang
29 FW  SVK Dávid Ďuriš
30 GK  SVK Ľubomír Belko
32 FW  SVK Kristián Bari
66 MF  SVK Matúš Rusnák
90 FW  POL Dawid Kurminowski

Competitions overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Fortuna liga 8 August 2020 28 May 2021 Matchday 1 Matchday 32 34 16 8 10 80 56 +24 047.06
Slovak Cup 16 September 2020 19 May 2021 2nd round Final 7 4 3 0 20 7 +13 057.14
Europa League 27 August 2020 27 August 2020 1st qualifying round 1st qualifying round 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 42 20 11 11 101 66 +35 047.62

Source: Competitions

Slovak First Football League
Main article: 2020–21 Slovak First Football League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava 22 17 3 2 54 12 +42 54 Qualification for the championship group
2 DAC Dunajská Streda 22 13 5 4 48 28 +20 44
3 Žilina 22 11 4 7 49 33 +16 37
4 Spartak Trnava 22 11 2 9 32 29 +3 35
5 Zlaté Moravce 22 9 6 7 38 29 +9 33
6 Trenčín 22 7 7 8 30 38 −8 28
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAH
ResultWLWLWLDLWWLWWWWDDLWDLW
Position3444344643333333333343
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2021. Source: Futbalnet
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
8 August 2020 1 FK Senica 0–4 MŠK Žilina Senica
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report  59' Ďuriš
 64' Paur
 79' Bichakhchyan
 83' Bichakhchyan		 Stadium: OMS ARENA Senica
Attendance: 1238
Referee: Michal Smolák
11 August 2020 2 MŠK Žilina 1–2 FC Nitra Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  45' Bichakhchyan Report  56' Faško
 66'Faško		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 1705
Referee: Filip Glova
15 August 2020 3 AS Trenčín 2–4 MŠK Žilina Žilina
CEST (UTC+02:00)  45' (pen.) Čataković
 75' Bukari		 Report  7' Paur
 51' Iľko
 85' Kaprálik
 90' (pen.) Bichakhchyan		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 1210
Referee: Erik Gemzický
22 August 2020 4 FK Pohronie 2–1 MŠK Žilina Žiar nad Hronom
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  36' Bimenyimana
 61' Fadera		 Report  53' Iľko Stadium: Mestský štadión
Attendance: 1150
Referee: Erik Gemzický
30 August 2020 5 MŠK Žilina 6–2 MFK Zemplín Michalovce Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  17' (pen.), 73' Kurminowski
 40' Ďuriš
 49' Mysloviš
 61' Kiwior
 68' Bichakhchyan		 Report  56' Žofčák
 65' Begala		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 1192
Referee: Martin Dohál
12 September 2020 6 ŠKF Sereď 3–2 MŠK Žilina Žiar nad Hronom
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  28' Pankaričan
 42', 55' Špehar		 Report  77' Kristián Vallo
 90' Kurminowski		 Stadium: Mestský štadión
Attendance: 284
Referee: Boris Marhefka
19 September 2020 7 MŠK Žilina 2–2 Slovan Bratislava Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  16' Kurminowski
 30' (o.g.) Bajrić		 Report  13' Medveděv
 39' Bajrić		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 972
Referee: Boris Marhefka
26 September 2020 8 FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce 4–0 MŠK Žilina Žiar nad Hronom
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  7' Balaj
 35' (pen.) Ďubek
 42' Hrnčár
 57' Kyziridis		 Report Stadium: Mestský štadión
Attendance: 893
Referee: Dušan Sedlák
3 October 2020 9 MŠK Žilina 4–1 DAC Dunajská Streda Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  10' Iľko
 23' Kurminowski
 34' Bichakhchyan
 70' (o.g.) Kružliak		 Report  33' Balić Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Kráľovič
17 October 2020 10 MŠK Žilina 2–1 Spartak Trnava Žilina
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  5' Bichakhchyan
 71' Gamboš		 Report  50' Mikovič Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Filip Glova
24 October 2020 11 MFK Ružomberok 2–1 MŠK Žilina Ružomberok
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)  82' Kochan
 90' Regáli		 Report  20' Kurminowski Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Filip Glova
31 October 2020 12 MŠK Žilina 3–1 FK Senica Žilina
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)  25' Kurminowski
 41' (o.g.) Asanović
 63' (pen.) Bichakhchyan		 Report  35' (o.g.) Vallo Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ladislav Prešinský
7 November 2020 13 FC Nitra 0–3 MŠK Žilina Nitra
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report  56' Bichakhchyan
 90' Kurminowski
 90+3' Paur		 Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Somoláni
21 November 2020 14 MŠK Žilina 2–0 AS Trenčín Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)  15' Bernát
 59' Kurminowski		 Report Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dušan Sedlák
28 November 2020 15 MŠK Žilina 2–1 FK Pohronie Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)  43' Bernát
 76' Ďuriš		 Report  89' Blahut Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ladislav Prešinský
5 December 2020 16 MFK Zemplín Michalovce 1–1 MŠK Žilina Michalovce
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)  85' Taiwo Report  50' Bernát Stadium: Mestský futbalový štadión
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Kráľovič
12 December 2020 17 MŠK Žilina 0–0 ŠKF Sereď Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marek Mastiš
16 December 2020 18 Slovan Bratislava 3–2 MŠK Žilina Bratislava
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00) Bernát  38'
Fazlagikj  85'		 Report Daniel  48', 65'
Ratão  90+4'		 Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 0
Referee: Erik Gemzický
13 February 2021 19 MŠK Žilina 4–1 FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Jibril  42'
Moško  66' (o.g.)
Iľko  69'
Slebodník  83'		 Report Kovaľ  62' Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Dohál
21 February 2021 20 DAC Dunajská Streda 1–1 MŠK Žilina Dunajská Streda
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Nicolaescu  10' Report Jibril  47' Stadium: MOL Aréna
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michal Smolák
27 February 2021 21 FC Spartak Trnava 2–1 MŠK Žilina Trnava
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Yusuf  15', 30'
Koštrna  58'		 Report Javorček  40' Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Boris Marhefka
6 March 2021 22 MŠK Žilina 3–2 MFK Ružomberok Žilina
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Rusnák  6'
Myslovič  11'
Ďuriš  43'		 Report Kružliak  12'
Boďa  90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Ziemba


League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Bratislava (C) 32 22 5 5 78 28 +50 71 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 DAC Dunajská Streda 32 19 8 5 66 38 +28 65 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Spartak Trnava 32 17 4 11 48 37 +11 55 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4 Žilina (O) 32 15 7 10 73 52 +21 52 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs
5 Zlaté Moravce 32 11 7 14 42 51 −9 40
6 Trenčín 32 8 8 16 42 61 −19 32
Source: Fortuna Liga (in Slovak)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Play-off.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner

Results by round
Round12345678910
GroundHAHAAHAHAH
ResultWDDWLLLWDW
Position3333444444
Source: Futbalnet
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches
13 March 2021 1 MŠK Žilina 2–1 FC Spartak Trnava Žilina
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Jibril  88'
Twardzik  90+6' (o.g.)		 Report Cabral  49'
Jendrek   90+3'		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Somoláni
20 March 2021 2 ŠK Slovan Bratislava 2–2 MŠK Žilina Bratislava
17:30 Moha  49' (pen.)
Ratão  90+4' (pen.)		 Report Ďuriš  32'
Kurminowski  63' (pen.)		 Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 0
4 April 2021 3 MŠK Žilina 3–3 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Žilina
16:00 Ďuriš  30', 41'
Kurminowski  35' (pen.)		 Report Ramírez  22', 45+1'
Balić  33'		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michal Smolák
10 April 2021 4 AS Trenčín 2–3 MŠK Žilina Trenčín
15:30 Čataković  45' (pen.)
Ghali  79'		 Report Lavrinčík  6' (o.g.)
Kurminowski  21'
Kaprálik  59'		 Stadium: Štadión na Sihoti
Attendance: 0
Referee: Boris Marhefka
18 April 2021 5 FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce 1–0 MŠK Žilina Zlaté Moravce
16:00 Balaj  89' Report Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Kráľovič
25 April 2021 6 MŠK Žilina 2–3 ŠK Slovan Bratislava Žilina
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Minárik  43'
Bernát  54'		 Report Anang  19' (o.g.)
Ratão  38'
Weiss  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
1 May 2021 7 FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda 2–1 MŠK Žilina Dunajská Streda
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Davis  16' (pen.)
Taiwo  68'		 Report Paur  30' Stadium: MOL Aréna
Attendance: 42
Referee: Michal Smolák
8 May 2021 8 MŠK Žilina 5–3 AS Trenčín Žilina
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ďuriš  5'
Kurminowski  49', 61'
Kiwior  69'
Goljan  76'		 Report Aschraf El Mahdioui  24'  56'
Ikoba  32' (pen.)
Čataković  80', 88'		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bálint Kišš
15 May 2021 9 FC Spartak Trnava 1–1 MŠK Žilina Trnava
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Yusuf  44' Report Kurminowski  78' (pen.) Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského
Referee: Ivan Kružliak
22 May 2021 10 MŠK Žilina 5–1 FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Žilina
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kurminowski  8', 32', 36' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
Lambor  82'		 Report Švec  71' Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Referee: Bálint Kišš


Semi-final
25 May 2021 (2021-05-25) MŠK Žilina 4–2 ŠKF Sereď Žilina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kurminowski  9'
Rusnák  32'
Bernát  38'
Slebodník  87'		 Report Bušnja  60'
Jureškin  83'		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 164
Referee: Michal Smolák

Final
28 May 2021 (2021-05-28) MŠK Žilina 3−2 (a.e.t.) FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Žilina
19:00 Bichakhchyan  43' (pen.), 45+8' (pen.)
Jibril  101'		 Report Balaj  13'
Hrnčár  23'		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 340
Referee: Filip Glova

Slovak Cup
Main article: 2020–21 Slovak Cup
16 September 2020 2nd round MŠK Námestovo (3) 0–7 MŠK Žilina Námestovo
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report  5', 29', 54' Kurminowski
 39', 51' Bernát
 41' Ďuriš
 82' Rusnák		 Attendance: 950
Referee: Pavel Ochotnický
30 September 2020 3rd round TJ Tatran Oravské Veselé (3) 1–1
(3–4 p)		 MŠK Žilina Oravské Veselé
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)  6' Jurky Report  2' Bari Referee: Erik Gemzický
Penalties
4th round ŠK Belá (5) Cancelled[upper-alpha 1] MŠK Žilina Belá
7 April 2021 Round of 16 MŠK Žilina 1–1
(6–5 p)		 FK Železiarne Podbrezová (2) Topoľčany
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Iľko  26' Report Breznanik  87'
Penalties
13 April 2021 Quarter-final FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (1) 0–2 MŠK Žilina Zlaté Moravce
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Rusnák  33'
Paur  87'		 Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michal Smolák

Semi-finals
28 April 2021 First leg FC Košice (2) 2–4 MŠK Žilina Košice
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pačinda  47', 86' Report Slebodník  28'
Kaprálik  41', 65'
Bernát  87'		 Stadium: Štadión Lokomotívy
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Somoláni
4 May 2021 Second leg MŠK Žilina 4–1
(8–3 agg.)		 FC Košice Žilina
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ďuriš  1'
Bichakhchyan  12' (pen.)
Myslovič  38'
Minárik  90'		 Report Pačinda  17' Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Referee: Martin Dohál

Final
Main article: 2021 Slovak Cup Final
19 May 2021 MŠK Žilina 1–2 (a.e.t.) ŠK Slovan Bratislava Bratislava
18:00 (UTC+2) Kiwior  30' Report Henty  61'
Weiss  105' (pen.)		 Stadium: Tehelné pole
Referee: Peter Kráľovič

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round
27 August 2020 (2020-08-27) Q1 The New Saints 3–1 (a.e.t.) MŠK Žilina Park Hall, Oswestry
19:30 (18:30 BST)
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Notes
  1. Due the COVID-19 pandemic organizers make changes in a format of the 2020–21 Slovak Cup. MŠK Žilina promote to the Round of 16.[1]

References
  1. "SLOVNAFT CUP – Ročník dohrajú len kluby Fortuna ligy a II. Ligy". 10 March 2021.
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