KHL | 01/31 17:30 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v HC Sochi [8] | W | 3-2 | |
KHL | 01/26 16:00 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v Dynamo Minsk [11] | L | 2-4 | |
KHL | 01/24 16:30 | 1 | [3] Lokomotiv Yaroslavl v Slovan Bratislava [12] | L | 7-0 | |
KHL | 01/22 17:30 | 1 | [5] Dynamo Riga v Slovan Bratislava [12] | L | 3-2 | |
KHL | 01/15 17:30 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v Traktor Chelyabinsk [5] | L | 0-2 | |
KHL | 01/13 16:30 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg [1] | L | 3-6 | |
KHL | 01/11 17:30 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v HC Vityaz [8] | L | 1-3 | |
KHL | 01/08 16:30 | 1 | [10] Dynamo Minsk v Slovan Bratislava [12] | L | 5-3 | |
KHL | 01/06 14:00 | 1 | [4] Lokomotiv Yaroslavl v Slovan Bratislava [12] | L | 1-0 | |
KHL | 01/04 14:00 | 1 | [6] Severstal Cherepovec v Slovan Bratislava [11] | L | 2-0 | |
KHL | 12/30 16:00 | 1 | [11] Slovan Bratislava v Jokerit [3] | L | 1-3 | |
KHL | 12/28 17:30 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v Neftekhimik Niznekamsk [6] | W | 3-1 | |
KHL | 12/26 16:00 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v Torpedo Novgorod [4] | W | 5-4 | |
KHL | 12/23 16:00 | 1 | [12] Slovan Bratislava v Metallurg Magnitogorsk [3] | L | 1-4 | |
KHL | 12/20 16:30 | 1 | [10] Dynamo Minsk v Slovan Bratislava [12] | L | 2-1 | |
KHL | 12/18 16:30 | 1 | [1] SKA St Petersburg v Slovan Bratislava [11] | L | 4-1 | |
KHL | 12/12 17:30 | 1 | [11] Slovan Bratislava v Dynamo Riga [5] | L | 3-4 | |
KHL | 12/08 16:30 | 1 | [5] Slovan Bratislava v AK Bars Kazan [2] | L | 1-2 | |
KHL | 12/05 17:30 | 1 | [5] Slovan Bratislava v Salavat Ulaev UFA [3] | L | 2-5 | |
KHL | 12/02 14:00 | 1 | [2] Jokerit v Slovan Bratislava [5] | L | 3-0 | |
KHL | 11/30 16:30 | 1 | [4] HC Vityaz v Slovan Bratislava [5] | L | 3-2 | |
KHL | 11/28 16:30 | 1 | [5] Dynamo Moscow v Slovan Bratislava [5] | L | 3-0 | |
KHL | 11/25 16:30 | 1 | Slovan Bratislava v Avangard Omsk | L | 1-4 | |
KHL | 11/23 17:30 | 1 | [5] Slovan Bratislava v HC Vityaz [4] | L | 2-3 | |
KHL | 11/19 16:30 | 1 | [1] CSKA Moscow v Slovan Bratislava [5] | L | 4-0 | |
KHL | 11/17 14:00 | 1 | [4] Torpedo Novgorod v Slovan Bratislava [5] | L | 4-1 | |
KHL | 11/15 16:00 | 1 | [5] Neftekhimik Niznekamsk v Slovan Bratislava [5] | W | 2-3 | |
KHL | 11/13 16:00 | 1 | [2] AK Bars Kazan v Slovan Bratislava [5] | L | 2-1 | |
KHL | 11/05 17:30 | 1 | [5] Slovan Bratislava v Barys Astana [2] | L | 1-2 | |
KHL | 11/03 16:30 | 1 | [5] Slovan Bratislava v Lokomotiv Yaroslavl [2] | L | 0-3 |
Hockey Club Slovan Bratislava (Slovak: Hokejový klub Slovan Bratislava) is a professional ice hockey club based in Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2012, it left the Slovak Extraliga and joined the international Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In 2019, it returned to the Tipos Extraliga. The club has won nine Slovak championships (most recently in 2022), one Czechoslovak championship (1979) and one IIHF Continental Cup (2004), making it the second most successful hockey club in Slovak history after their biggest rival HC Košice. The team plays its home games at Ondrej Nepela Arena, also known as Slovnaft Arena. The team is nicknamed Belasí, which means the "sky blues" in English.
The sports club Slovan Bratislava was founded in 1919 as a football club, then called 1.CsSK Bratislava. In 1921, a hockey section was founded as "CsSK hockey". It played its first game in December 1924 against Wiener EV from Vienna, losing 6–1. In 1948, the name of the club was changed to Slovan Bratislava, which has been kept until today.
For many years following World War II, Slovan was the only Slovak representative in the highest Czechoslovak league, and achieved several second-place finishes in the championship. The only title in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was achieved under coach Ladislav Horsky in the 1978–79 season. Additionally, the youth teams won several championships.
After the separation of Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993, Slovan played in the Slovak Extraliga and won eight championship titles over 19 years.
In addition to the success achieved in Slovakia, Slovan also performed well internationally, with three Spengler Cup wins in a row in 1972, 1973 and 1974. It is also one of only four clubs to play all four seasons of the European Hockey League, progressing to the playoff stage each year. Another highlight was winning the IIHF Continental Cup in the 2003–04 season. From 2011 to 2013, Slovan participated in the European Trophy international pre-season tournament.
In March 2012, Slovan filed an application to play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). On 21 June 2012, Slovan Bratislava was officially admitted to the KHL, after they fulfilled all necessary conditions. Founded in 1921, they were the oldest KHL team by a large margin, as there were no ice hockey leagues in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics prior to 1946.
In May, Slovan signed Rostislav Čada as the new head coach for the first KHL season, who had had a KHL experience from working at Avangard Omsk. After playing two friendly matches against KHL teams and the European Trophy during the summer months, Slovan opened the 2012–13 season with a home game against Ukrainian HC Donbass on 6 September 2012, losing 2–4 in front of a capacity crowd. The first win was achieved 4 days later by defeating Spartak Moscow 2–1 after a shootout. During the NHL lockout between September 2012 and January 2013, the two defenders Ľubomír Višňovský and Andrej Sekera enhanced the team. Slovan ended the season with 78 points as 6th of the Western conference and thus clinched a play-off spot in their first KHL season. In the first play-off round, Slovan played against then-defending champion Dynamo Moscow and lost all four matches.
During the regular season, Slovan had sold out 25 out of its 26 home games with an average attendance of 9,977 spectators, which was the seventh-highest average attendance in Europe that season.