Slovak Cup: Slovan Bratislava Exclusion?

On Thursday, there were reports on social networks that Ukrainian midfielder Slovan Bratislava Danylo Ignatoko unlawfully joined the match of the 2nd round of the Slovak Cup in Trstice and that the club is threatening to be excluded from the competition. Peter Mihál, chairman of the disciplinary commission of the Slovak Football Association, responds to Sport.sk.

Ignatonko in the last season’s retaliation of the semifinal of the Slovak Cup in Trnava collected the third yellow card in the competition year and received an automatic ban on start for one match valid from 16 April 2025.

Slovan did not advance to the finals, Trnava succumbed after a penalty shootout. The nearest cup match played in the new year. On Wednesday in the 2nd round in Trstice operating in the fifth league turned the unfavorable course from 0: 2 to 4: 2.

Football players of the Slovan Bratislava championship advanced to the 3rd round of the Slovnaft Cup after winning 4: 2 at the FC Piaszeg FC. Michalovce secured a seat in the next phase after a much more clear triumph 10: 0 in Sobrance.

Ignnatnko started in 62 minutes. Did Slav violate the rules?

“The player has justified rightly. After three yellow admonitions, the system generated a start ban on one meeting, but the disciplinary order in Article 37/10 says that the sanctions for the three admonitions are not transferred to the new competition,” The chairman of the disciplinary commission of the Slovak Football Association Peter Mihál said for Sport.sk.

Assistant coach Vladimir Weiss st. Boris Kitka and one of the leaders of the cabin Róbert Mak after a troubled advance through the fifth league played the team criticism. In Slovan there is no good atmosphere in the last few weeks. Read the comment SPORT.SK:

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Thus, a year ago, champagne and hectoliters of beer dry out around the Brick Field. Slovan Bratislava advanced to the Champions League for the first time. Today there are other, olfactory apparatus more unpleasant aromas. What has changed in the most famous Slovak club a year after the historical success?

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Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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