At the end of the 2020-2021 season of the Slovak Third League - East Group, 1. FK Svidník (15th - second to last) and Milénium Bardejovská Nová Ves (16th - last in the table) were officially relegated to the Fourth League.
However, several things happened in the meantime, and the Eastern Slovakia Football Association, which manages the Third League - East Group, as well as the Fourth and Fifth leagues in the eastern part of Slovakia, have just announced that 1. FK Svidník are reprieved from relegation and will remain in the Third League for the 2021-2022 season, set to begin on the 31st of July 2021.
How was this possible? First of all, Partizan Bardejov were no longer relegated from the Second League to the Third League, because Nitra were refused a licence to play in either of the top two leagues. Therefore, the only team to be relegated to the Third League - East Group is FK Poprad. They would be replaced in the Second League by FK Humenné, which have just promoted.
Then, FK Družstevník Plavnica, which finished 9th in the Third League - East Group, decided not to continue at this level. They did not register for the Third League - East Group in the 2021-2022 season, instead they asked permission to play in the Fifth League, citing financial reasons. They were allowed to register for the Fifth League.
Two teams are promoted from the Fourth League, one from the North Group (Raslavice) and one from the South Group (Rudňany). They usually replace the last two classified in the Third League - East Group, which are relegated. However, in this case, only one team should be relegated, because FK Družstevník Plavnica withdrew from the next year competition. As a result, the only relegated team remains the last classified, Milénium Bardejovská Nová Ves, while 1. FK Svidník are eventually spared and would play in the Third League - East Group for the next season.
Final table
|
1 |
FK Humenné (P) |
15 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
53-9 |
43 |
Promoted to 2. Liga |
|
2 |
ŠK Odeva Lipany |
15 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
42-10 |
37 |
|
|
3 |
1. FC Tatran Prešov |
15 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
40-15 |
31 |
|
|
4 |
Slávia TU Košice |
15 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
37-21 |
31 |
|
|
5 |
MFK Vranov nad Topl’ou |
15 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
26-20 |
31 |
|
|
6 |
TJ Mladosť Kalša |
15 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
44-26 |
25 |
|
|
7 |
MŠK Tesla Stropkov |
15 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
29-26 |
22 |
|
|
8 |
FK NOVES Spišská Nová Ves |
15 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
23-23 |
21 |
|
|
9 |
FK Družstevník Plavnica (R) |
15 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
22-25 |
21 |
Relegated to 5. Liga |
|
10 |
MFK Snina |
15 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
23-23 |
17 |
|
|
11 |
MŠK Spišské Podhradie |
15 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
23-38 |
14 |
|
|
12 |
FK Sobrance-Sobranecko |
15 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
15-39 |
13 |
|
|
13 |
MFK Slovan Giraltovce |
15 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
11-30 |
13 |
|
|
14 |
FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy |
15 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
18-42 |
12 |
|
|
15 |
1. FK Svidník |
15 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
10-46 |
8 |
|
|
16 |
Milénium Bardejovská Nová Ves (R) |
15 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
15-39 |
6 |
Relegated to 4. Liga |
In case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are the results of the head-to-head matches.
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