title: 2020–21 FC Spartak Trnava season
text: # 2020–21 FC Spartak Trnava season
  
  The 2020–21 FC Spartak Trnava season is the club's 27th season in the Slovak Super Liga and 19th consecutive. Spartak participated in the Fortuna Liga and Slovak Cup.
  
  Club changes coach after 6 rounds of the league. Marián Šarmír ended after 3 months of his work in Spartak. Norbert Hrnčár began in 14 September and ended in the end of the year 2020. A new coach Michal Gašparík started after a winter break of the league in first 2021's training.
  
  ## Players
  
  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 | Ľuboš Kamenár |
  | 2 | DF | SVK | Matúš Turňa |
  | 3 | DF | SVK | Gergely Tumma |
  | 5 | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski |
  | 6 | DF | NGA | Izuchuckwu Anthony |
  | 7 | FW | MKD | Milan Ristovski (on loan from Rijeka) |
  | 8 | MF | SVK | Jakub Grič |
  | 11 | FW | SVK | Sebastián Gembický |
  | 13 | DF | SVK | Marek Ujlaky |
  | 14 | MF | NGA | Johnson Nsumoh |
  | 17 | MF | SVK | Peter Kolesár |
  | 18 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Jendrek |
  | 19 | MF | ESP | Dani Iglesias (on loan from Rijeka) |
  | 20 | DF | GRE | Marios Tsaousis (on loan from PAOK) |
  | 21 | MF | CIV | Yann Yao |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 22 | MF | SVK | Samuel Benovič |
  | 23 | DF | CZE | Filip Twardzik |
  | 24 | DF | SVK | Kristián Koštrna |
  | 25 | FW | NGA | Bamidele Yusuf |
  | 26 | DF | SVK | Sebastian Kóša |
  | 28 | MF | SVK | Martin Bukata |
  | 29 | MF | SVK | Martin Mikovič |
  | 31 | GK | SVK | Dobrivoj Rusov (captain) |
  | 33 | MF | SVK | Ján Vlasko |
  | 45 | FW | SVK | Stanislav Olejník |
  | 71 | GK | SVK | Dominik Takáč |
  | 79 | MF | BRA | Saymon Cabral (on loan from Avaí) |
  | 81 | MF | BRA | Allecks Godinho |
  | 88 | MF | GRE | Kyriakos Savvidis |
  
  ## Friendles
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ### Mid-season
  
  **Tipsport Malta Cup**
  
  Spartak Trnava was on the third edition of the Tipsport Cup played on National Stadium Ta' Qali in Malta. The tournament was taken place from 3 January to 10 January. Participants were also Sigma Olomouc, Zbrojovka Brno and WSG Swarovski Tirol. All teams were played two matches.
  
  **Winter Tipsport Liga**
  
  Spartak Trnava was also invited on the Czech-Slovak winter Tipsport Liga. Slovak group "C" was organized by Spartak on the artificial turf Slávia.
  
  ## Competition overview
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
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  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Fortuna liga | 8 August 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 32 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 053.13 |
  | Slovak Cup | 2 September 2020 | 6 April 2021 | 2nd round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 066.67 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 054.29 |
  
  Source: Competitions
  
  ## Fortuna liga
  
  ### Regular stage
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 3 | Žilina | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 4 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 6 | Trenčín | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for the championship group |
  | 7 | Ružomberok | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation group |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L |
  | Position | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
  
  ### Championship group
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | DAC | TRN | ŽIL | ZLM | TRE |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
  | 2 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
  | 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
  | 4 | Žilina | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 5–3 |
  | 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
  | 6 | Trenčín | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-offs | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | — |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
  | Result | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
  | Position | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Fortuna Liga | Fortuna Liga | Slovak Cup | Slovak Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Goalkeepers ||||||||||
  | 1 | GK | SVK | Ľuboš Kamenár | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | GK | SVK | Dobrivoj Rusov | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 71 | GK | SVK | Dominik Takáč | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | Defenders ||||||||||
  | 2 | DF | SVK | Matúš Turňa | 19 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | SVK | Gergely Tumma | 20 | 2 | 11+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
  | 4 | DF | SVK | Marek Václav | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | SVN | Dejan Trajkovski | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | NGA | Izuchuckwu Anthony | 20 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 12 | DF | SVK | Mário Mihál | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | DF | SVK | Marek Ujlaky | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 16 | DF | ISL | Birkir Valur Jónsson | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 18 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Jendrek | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 20 | DF | GRE | Marios Tsaousis | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | CZE | Filip Twardzik | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | SVK | Kristián Koštrna | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | SVK | Sebastian Kóša | 20 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | Midfielders ||||||||||
  | 8 | MF | SVK | Jakub Grič | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | SVK | Matej Jakúbek | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | NGA | Johnson Nsumoh | 11 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | SVK | Peter Kolesár | 21 | 0 | 6+12 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | ESP | Dani Iglesias | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | CIV | Yann Yao | 24 | 4 | 16+5 | 2 | 1+2 | 2 |
  | 22 | MF | SVK | Samuel Benovič | 14 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 27 | MF | SVK | Patrick Karhan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 28 | MF | SVK | Martin Bukata | 24 | 3 | 19+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
  | 29 | MF | SVK | Martin Mikovič | 30 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
  | 33 | MF | SVK | Ján Vlasko | 27 | 5 | 17+7 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | 76 | MF | SVK | Kristián Mihálek | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 79 | MF | BRA | Saymon Cabral | 35 | 7 | 30+2 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
  | 81 | MF | BRA | Allecks Godinho | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
  | 88 | MF | GRE | Kyriakos Savvidis | 27 | 4 | 23+2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
  | Forwards ||||||||||
  | 7 | FW | MKD | Milan Ristovski | 103 | 2 | 101+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
  | 25 | FW | NGA | Bamidele Yusuf | 32 | 9 | 26+3 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
  | 45 | FW | SVK | Stanislav Olejník | 15 | 3 | 6+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 3 |
  | Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
  | 7 | FW | SVK | Erik Pačinda | 13 | 5 | 8+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
  | 23 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Konstantinidis | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Fortuna Liga | Slovak Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 16 | FW | Bamidele Yusuf | 9 | 2 | 11 |
  | 2 | 79 | MF | Saymon Cabral | 6 | 1 | 7 |
  | 3 | 7 | FW | Erik Pačinda | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 3 | 33 | MF | Ján Vlasko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 3 | 7 | FW | Milan Ristovski | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 6 | 21 | MF | Yann Yao | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 6 | 88 | MF | Kyriakos Savvidis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 8 | 28 | MF | Martin Bukata | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 8 | 29 | MF | Martin Mikovič | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | 4 | FW | Stanislav Olejník | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 10 | 3 | DF | Gergely Tumma | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 12 | 8 | MF | Jakub Grič | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | 23 | DF | Filip Twardzik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | 26 | DF | Sebastian Kóša | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | 81 | MF | Allecks Godinho | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 42 | 12 | 54 |
  
  ## Awards
  
  ### Goal of the Month
  
  | Month | Player | Reference |
  | - | - | - |
  | November | Kyriakos Savvidis | |
  