2002–03 Slovak Superliga

Slovak Superliga
Season 2002–03
Dates 12 July 2002 – 17 June 2003
Champions MŠK Žilina
Relegated 1. FC Košice
Champions League MŠK Žilina
UEFA Cup Artmedia Petržalka
Matador Púchov
Intertoto Cup Spartak Trnava
ZTS Dubnica
Matches played 180
Goals scored 502 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer Marek Mintál
Martin Fabuš
(20 goals)
Biggest home win Žilina 5:0 Inter
Dubnica 5:0 Ružomberok
Slovan 7:2 Košice
Biggest away win Inter 0:4 Žilina
Trenčín 1:5 Žilina
Highest scoring Slovan 7:2 Košice
Average attendance Decrease 3,372

The 2002–03 Slovak Superliga was the tenth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 12 July 2002 and ended on 17 June 2003.[1] MŠK Žilina are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 10 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2001–02 season and one promoted from the 1. liga.

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

2002–03 Teams

Stadiums and locations

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 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Artmedia Petržalka 36 20 7 9 49 32 +17 67 2003–04 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 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5 Matador Púchov 36 14 8 14 46 47 −1 50 2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 1
6 Inter Bratislava 36 12 7 17 48 58 −10 43
7 ZTS Dubnica 36 12 7 17 41 52 −11 43 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
8 Ružomberok 36 12 7 17 45 60 −15 43
9 Laugaricio Trenčín 36 11 5 20 48 69 −21 38
10 Košice (R) 36 6 12 18 41 64 −23 30 Relegation to 2003–04 Slovak First League

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Matador Púchov qualify for 2003–04 UEFA Cup as winner of 2002–03 Slovak Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

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". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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