2002–03 Slovak Superliga

The 2002–03 Slovak First Football League was the tenth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 12 July 2002 and ended on 17 June 2003.[1] MŠK Žilina were the defending champions.

1. Liga
Season2002–03
Dates12 July 2002 – 17 June 2003
ChampionsMŠK Žilina
Relegated1. FC Košice
Champions LeagueMŠK Žilina
UEFA CupArtmedia Petržalka
Matador Púchov
Intertoto CupSpartak Trnava
ZTS Dubnica
Matches played180
Goals scored502 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerMarek Mintál
Martin Fabuš
(20 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 5:0 Inter
Dubnica 5:0 Ružomberok
Slovan 7:2 Košice
Biggest away winInter 0:4 Žilina
Trenčín 1:5 Žilina
Highest scoringSlovan 7:2 Košice
Average attendanceDecrease 3,372

Teams

A total of 10 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2001–02 season and one promoted from the 2. Liga.

Relegation for 1. FC Tatran Prešov to the 2002–03 2. Liga was confirmed on 8 June 2002. The one relegated team were replaced by FC Spartak Trnava.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2002–03 1. Liga
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
1. FC Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000
Artmedia Petržalka Petržalka Štadión Petržalka 7,500
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Bratislava Štadión Pasienky 12,000
Laugaricio Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500
Matador Púchov Púchov Mestský štadión 6,614
MFK SCP Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448
ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom Dubnica Štadión Zimný 5,450

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Žilina (C) 36 21 7 8 69 31 +38 70 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Artmedia Petržalka 36 20 7 9 49 32 +17 67 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Slovan Bratislava 36 19 6 11 60 42 +18 63
4 Spartak Trnava 36 15 11 10 55 47 +8 56 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Matador Púchov 36 14 8 14 46 47 −1 50 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Inter Bratislava 36 12 7 17 48 58 −10 43
7 ZTS Dubnica 36 12 7 17 41 52 −11 43 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8 Ružomberok 36 12 6 18 45 60 −15 42
9 Trenčín 36 11 5 20 48 69 −21 38
10 1. FC Košice (R) 36 6 12 18 41 64 −23 30 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Matador Púchov qualify for 2003–04 UEFA Cup as winner of 2002–03 Slovak Cup.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Slovakia Marek Mintál Žilina 20
Slovakia Martin Fabuš Trenčín(8)/Žilina(12)
3 Slovakia Róbert Vittek Slovan Bratislava 19
4 Slovakia Pavol Straka ZTS Dubnica 12
Slovakia Roland Števko SCP Ružomberok
Slovakia Vladimír Kožuch Spartak Trnava
7 Slovakia Ľuboš Perniš Matador Púchov 10
Slovakia Juraj Halenár Inter Bratislava
Slovakia Miroslav Drobňák Inter Bratislava
Slovakia Ľubomír Mati 1. FC Košice
Slovakia Milan Ivana Laugaricio Trenčín

Awards

Top Eleven

See also

References
  1. NIFS.no
  2. "Top goalscorers". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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