2002–03 Slovak Superliga

Slovak Superliga
Season	2002–03
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	3,372
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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

ŠK Slovan Bratislava
FC Artmedia Petržalka
ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom
1. FC Košice
FC Spartak Trnava (2001–02 Slovak First League champion)

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in 2002–03 Slovak Superliga

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 !Žilina (C)	36	21	7	8	69	31	+38	70	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Artmedia Petržalka !Artmedia Petržalka	36	20	7	9	49	32	+17	67	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Slovan Bratislava !Slovan Bratislava	36	19	6	11	60	42	+18	63
4	Spartak Trnava !Spartak Trnava	36	15	11	10	55	47	+8	56	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5	Matador Púchov !Matador Púchov	36	14	8	14	46	47	−1	50	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round ¹
6	Inter Bratislava !Inter Bratislava	36	12	7	17	48	58	−10	43
7	ZTS Dubnica !ZTS Dubnica	36	12	7	17	41	52	−11	43	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
8	Ružomberok !Ružomberok	36	12	7	17	45	60	−15	43
9	Laugaricio Trenčín !Laugaricio Trenčín	36	11	5	20	48	69	−21	38
10	Košice !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	Marek Mintál	Žilina	20
1	Martin Fabuš	Trenčín(8)/Žilina(12)	20
3	Róbert Vittek	Slovan Bratislava	19
4	Pavol Straka	ZTS Dubnica	12
	Roland Števko	SCP Ružomberok
	Vladimír Kožuch	Spartak Trnava
7	Ľuboš Perniš	Matador Púchov	10
	Juraj Halenár	Inter Bratislava
	Miroslav Drobňák	Inter Bratislava
	Ľubomír Mati	1. FC Košice
	Milan Ivana	Laugaricio Trenčín

Awards

Top Eleven

Goalkeeper: Tomáš Bernady (Púchov)
Defence: Radoslav Zabavník, Branislav Labant (all Žilina), Peter Dzúrik (Slovan), Vladimír Kinder (Artmedia)
Midfield: Marek Mintál, Zdeno Štrba, Martin Ďurica (all Žilina), Mário Breška (Púchov)
Attack: Róbert Vittek (Slovan), Martin Fabuš (Trenčín/Žilina)

References

↑ NIFS.no
↑ "Top goalscorers". Retrieved 28 February 2014.

External links

RSSSF.com (Tables and statistics)

Top-level football seasons in Slovakia

Preceded by Czechoslovak First League

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Super Liga	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

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