2024–25 MFK Ružomberok season

MFK Ružomberok
2024–25 season
Manager	Ondřej Smetana
Stadium	Štadión pod Čebraťom
Slovak First Football League	5th
Slovak Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: ; Matúš Malý (2)

The 2024–25 season is the 119th season in the history of MFK Ružomberok, and the club's 22nd consecutive season in Slovak First Football League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Slovak Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

14 June 2024 Friendly

Ružomberok

4–0

FK Humenné

19 June 2024 Friendly

Ružomberok

2–2

KF Egnatia

22 June 2024 Friendly

NK Domžale

2–2

Ružomberok

25 June 2024 Friendly	Ružomberok	1–1	Rapid București	Slovenia
11:00 UTC+2

29 June 2024 Friendly

Liptovský Mikuláš

3–1

Ružomberok

3 July 2024 Friendly	Ružomberok	2–2	FC Zlín
17:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Slovak First Football League	28 July 2024		Matchday 1	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Slovak Cup	28 August 2024			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	25 July 2024		First qualifying round	3	1	0	2	5	5	+0	033.33
Total				4	1	1	2	6	6	+0	025.00

Last updated: 28 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Slovak First Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Košice	22	7	8	7	31	25	+6	29	Qualification for the championship group
7	Zemplín Michalovce	22	6	9	7	28	34	−6	27	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Komárno	22	6	4	12	24	38	−14	22
9	Ružomberok	22	5	5	12	22	39	−17	20^[a]
10	Trenčín	22	3	11	8	22	35	−13	20^[a]
11	Skalica	22	4	7	11	21	35	−14	19
12	Dukla Banská Bystrica	22	4	5	13	22	38	−16	17

Source: Niké 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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head points: Ružomberok (4); Trenčín (1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SLO	ŽIL	TRN	DAC	KOŠ	POD
1	Slovan Bratislava (C, Q)	32	22	6	4	74	39	+35	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round	—	4–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
2	Žilina (Q)	32	15	9	8	55	40	+15	54	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round	0–5	—	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
3	Spartak Trnava (Q)	32	14	10	8	46	34	+12	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round	2–3	2–4	—	1–1	0–1	2–1
4	DAC Dunajská Streda (O)	32	13	12	7	48	34	+14	51	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	2–1	3–1	1–0	—	3–2	1–1
5	Košice (Q)	32	11	11	10	45	38	+7	44		2–3	3–2	2–1	2–2	—	1–1
6	Železiarne Podbrezová	32	8	13	11	40	43	−3	37		1–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	—

Source: Niké 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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ZMI	KOM	SKA	RUŽ	TRE	DUK
1	Zemplín Michalovce	32	10	10	12	48	56	−8	40	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs	—	4–5	2–4	2–1	3–2	3–3
2	Komárno	32	11	6	15	36	48	−12	39		0–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1
3	Skalica	32	10	8	14	36	45	−9	38		1–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	3–1
4	Ružomberok	32	10	6	16	35	50	−15	36		1–0	0–1	3–2	—	1–0	1–2
5	Trenčín (O)	32	7	14	11	37	48	−11	35	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–2
6	Dukla Banská Bystrica (R)	32	5	7	20	35	60	−25	22	Relegation to the 2. Liga	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	—

Source: Niké 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.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 28 July 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A	H
Result	D	P
Position	5

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 July 2024 1	Ružomberok	1–1	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Ružomberok
18:00 UTC+2	Boďa 18'		Rymarenko 67'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Referee: Igor Valent

11 August 2024 3	Ružomberok	1–0	Trenčín	Ružomberok
18:00 UTC+2	Múdry 5' (pen.) Martin Gomola 54' Luterán 58'	Report	Rahim Ibrahim 22' Stolica 42' Gajdoš 42'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,072 Referee: Peter Ziemba

25 August 2024 5	Ružomberok	2–2	Zemplín Michalovce	Ružomberok
18:00 UTC+2	Chrien 81' Martin Boďa 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Taraduda 14' Adekunle 41' 49' Shimamura 83' Lukáč 84'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 978 Referee: Matej Choreň

1 September 2024 6	Spartak Trnava	2–2	Ružomberok	Trnava
18:00 CEST	Kratochvíl 9' Mikovič 22' Ďuriš 61'	Report	Smetana 14' Hladík 44' 71' Chrien 62' (pen.) Domonkos 83'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 3,666 Referee: Erik Gemzický

15 September 2024 7	Ružomberok	1–0	Podbrezová	Ružomberok
18:00 CEST	Hladík 37' Selecký 60' Luterán 85' Gabriel 90+1'	Report	Faško 33' Ďatko 74' Oravec 77' Koštrna 85' 90+3'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,024 Referee: Ivan Kružliak

21 September 2024 8	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	Ružomberok	Bratislava
20:30 CEST	Mak 11' Bajrić 42' Gabriel 63' (o.g.) Barseghyan 90+5'	Report	Chrien 43' Domonkos 89' Hladík 89'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 6,077 Referee: Filip Glova

24 September 2024 4	Komárno	1–2	Ružomberok	Zlaté Moravce
18:00 CEST	Malý 3' Pillár 40' Dominik Žák 52' Šmehýl 90+1'	Report	Huf 56' 90+4' Lavrinčík 79' (pen.) Tučný 90+5'	Stadium: ViOn Aréna Attendance: 460 Referee: Michal Očenáš

29 September 2024 9	Ružomberok	1–2	Skalica	Ružomberok
18:00 CEST	Gabriel 24' Hladík 45+1' Köstl 53' Malý 56'	Report	Leginus 2' Podhorín 75' (pen.) Selecký 90+1' (o.g.) Junas 90+4'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Michal Smolak

5 October 2024 10	Košice	2–1	Ružomberok	Košice
18:00 CET	Faško 12' Bokros 31' Niarchos 54' Skuhravý 54'	Report	Köstl 25' Malý 39' Gabriel 45+3' Chrien 90+1' Smetana 90+2' Selecký 90+3'	Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 2,887 Referee: Matej Choreň

Slovak Cup

18 September 2024 Second Round	Diviaky	0-9	Ružomberok
16:00		Report	Madleňák 14' 53' Martin Boďa 47' 66' Huf 56' Tučný 76' 90' Domonkos 83' Daniel Prekop 87'

9 October 2024 Third Round	Podkonice	2-3	Ružomberok	Podkonice
15:00	Ivan Očenáš 40' Peter Maslo 45'	Report	Luterán 25' Huf 54' Hladík 84'	Stadium: Štadión na Brodku Referee: Anton Ihring

23 October 2024 Fourth Round	Kostolné Kračany	0-3	Ružomberok
14:00		Report	Martin Boďa 14' 42' Tučný 90'	Referee: Igor Valent

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2024.^[1]

11 July 2024 First leg	Ružomberok	5–2	Tobol	Ružomberok
19:00 UTC+2	Gabriel 11', 56' Selecký 40', 66' Malý 45+2', 88' Madleňák 77' Luterán 90+2'	Report	Ivanović 8' Chesnokov 33' Henen 45' Gabarayev 47' Shakhov 63' Ndiaye 86' Miladinović 90'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus)

18 July 2024 Second leg	Tobol	1–0 (3–5 agg.)	Ružomberok	Kostanay, Kazakhstan
20:00 UTC+5	El Messaoudi 8'			Stadium: Kostanay Central Stadium Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)

Second qualifying round

25 July 2024 First leg	Ružomberok	0–2	Trabzonspor	Ružomberok
18:30 UTC+2	Gomola 51'	Report	Trézéguet 39' Elmalı 86' Çanak 90+1'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Trabzonspor	v (2–0 agg.)	Ružomberok	Trabzon, Turkey
20:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Şenol Güneş Sports Complex

References

^ "Ružomberok spoznal súpera v 1. predkole Európskej ligy. Čaká ho ďaleká cesta za náročným súperom". Šport.sk. June 18, 2024.

[table_hth_RUŽ0.69959435085747-1] Ranked on head-to-head points: Ružomberok (4); Trenčín (1).

[2] "Ružomberok spoznal súpera v 1. predkole Európskej ligy. Čaká ho ďaleká cesta za náročným súperom". Šport.sk. June 18, 2024.

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