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.NIFS.no MŠK Žilina were 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 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
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
Results
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marek MintálŽilina20 Martin FabušTrenčín(8)/Žilina(12)3 Róbert VittekSlovan Bratislava194 Pavol StrakaZTS Dubnica12 Roland ŠtevkoSCP Ružomberok Vladimír KožuchSpartak Trnava7 Ľuboš PernišMatador Púchov10 Juraj HalenárInter Bratislava Miroslav DrobňákInter Bratislava Ľubomír Mati1. FC Košice Milan IvanaLaugaricio 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)
See also 2002–03 Slovak Cup 2002–03 2. Liga (Slovakia)
References
External links RSSSF.org (Tables and statistics)