The 2002–03 Slovak First Football League was the tenth season of first-tier football league in

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 12 July 2002 and ended on 17 June 2003.NIFS.no
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MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...

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 FC Spartak Trnava () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top flight in the Football in Slovakia#System, Slovak league system, hav ...

Stadiums and locations

League table

Results

First half of season

Second half of season

Season statistics

Top scorers

Awards

Top Eleven

*Goalkeeper: Tomáš Bernady (Púchov) *Defence: Radoslav Zabavník, Branislav Labant (all Žilina), Peter Dzúrik (Slovan), Vladimír Kinder (Artmedia) *Midfield:

Marek Mintál Marek Mintál (; born 2 September 1977) is a Slovak professional football coach and a former player who played as a attacking midfielder or forward. Playing career Mintál started to play football in Slovak club MŠK Žilina, with whom he won ...

, Zdeno Štrba,

Martin Ďurica Martin Ďurica (born 11 July 1981 in Žilina) is a Slovak football midfielder currently playing for FK Senica, who has represented the Slovakia national team playing in the qualifiers for Euro 2004. At club level, Ďurica played for MŠK Ži ...

(all Žilina),

Mário Breška Mário Breška (born 27 December 1979) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a winger. Career Early years Breška played for MFK Topoľčany and FC Nitra without making league appearances. FK Matador Púchov In 2001, B ...

(Púchov) *Attack:

Róbert Vittek Róbert Vittek (; born 1 April 1982) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward. With 23 goals in 82 matches since 2001, Vittek is the second top scorer in the history of the Slovakia national football team. He played fo ...

(Slovan),

Martin Fabuš Martin Fabuš (born 11 November 1976) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is currently in charge of the Slovakia under-19 national team. He had played for Slovan Bratislava, Karlsruher SC, ...

(Trenčín/Žilina)

References

External links

RSSSF.org (Tables and statistics)
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