Slovak Superliga 2008–09

Slovak Superliga

Season	2008–09
Dates	19 July 2008 – 30 May 2009
Champions	Slovan Bratislava 5th title
Relegated	FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
Champions League	Slovan Bratislava (Second qualifying round)
Europa League	MŠK Žilina (Second qualifying round) Spartak Trnava (First qualifying round) MFK Košice (third qualifying round)
Matches played	198
Goals scored	516 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pavol Masaryk (14)
Biggest home win	Slovan 6:0 Zlaté Moravce Slovan 6:0 D.Streda
Biggest away win	Z.Moravce 0:5 Petržalka
Highest scoring	Košice 5:5 Prešov
Average attendance	3,009
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The Slovak Superliga 2008–09 was the ninth season of the league since its establishment. It began on 19 July 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. FC Artmedia Petržalka were the defending champions.

FK AS Trenčín were relegated after concluding the last season in 12th and last place. They were replaced by the champions of the Slovak First League 2007-08, 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Also DAC Dunajská Streda, who were Western Group champions of Slovak Second League 2007-08, merged with FC Senec and took their place in Superliga.

Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Košice won the Slovak Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

The schedule consists of three rounds. The pairings of the first round were set according to the 2007-08 final standings. Every team played each opponent once for a total of 11 games per team. The remaining two rounds consist of a conventional home and away round-robin schedule.

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position in final standings 2007-08):

Source: kicker.de (in German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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