2001–02 Slovak Superliga

Football league season
Mars superliga
Season2001–02
Dates14 July 2001 – 8 June 2002
ChampionsMŠK Žilina
RelegatedTatran Prešov
Champions LeagueMŠK Žilina
UEFA CupMatador Púchov
Koba Senec
Intertoto CupOzeta Dukla Trenčín
Matches played180
Goals scored453 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerMarek Mintál
(21 goals)
Biggest home winŽilina 6:0 Prešov
Biggest away winKošice 0:4 Žilina
Košice 0:4 Dubnica
Košice 0:4 Žilina
Highest scoringPetržalka 6:3 Slovan
Average attendanceDecrease 3,448
← 2000–01
2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Slovak First Football League (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 14 July 2001 and ended on 8 June 2002. AŠK Inter Slovnaft Bratislava were the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 10 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2000–01 season and one promoted from the 2. Liga.

Relegation for FC Spartak Trnava to the 2001–02 2. Liga was confirmed on 8 June 2001. The one relegated team were replaced by ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2001–02 Mars 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
Matador Púchov Púchov Mestský štadión 6,614
MFK SCP Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085
Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 14,000
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 6 9 62 37 +25 69 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Matador Púchov 36 18 8 10 48 33 +15 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Inter Bratislava 36 16 8 12 53 39 +14 56
4 Ružomberok 36 15 9 12 49 41 +8 54
5 Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 36 15 9 12 45 43 +2 54 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
6 Slovan Bratislava 36 14 9 13 42 39 +3 51
7 Artmedia Petržalka 36 11 14 11 51 45 +6 47
8 ZTS Dubnica 36 9 11 16 38 48 −10 38
9 1. FC Košice 36 6 13 17 30 62 −32 31
10 Tatran Prešov (R) 36 8 7 21 35 66 −31 31 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Koba Senec from Second Division qualify for 2002–03 UEFA Cup as winner of 2001–02 Slovak Cup.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First half of season

Home \ Away ART DUB INT KOŠ PRE PÚC RUŽ SLO TRE ŽIL
Artmedia Petržalka 3–0 2–2 6–1 5–1 1–0 3–2 6–3 1–1 1–4
ZTS Dubnica 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–4 2–2
Inter Bratislava 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–3
1. FC Košice 0–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–4
Prešov 0–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–1
Matador Púchov 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–1
Ružomberok 0–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0
Slovan Bratislava 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–3
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0
Žilina 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–2
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away ART DUB INT KOŠ PRE PÚC RUŽ SLO TRE ŽIL
Artmedia Petržalka 1–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
ZTS Dubnica 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Inter Bratislava 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–2 2–0
1. FC Košice 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–4
Prešov 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 3–2
Matador Púchov 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–1
Ružomberok 4–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Slovan Bratislava 1–0 0–3 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1
Žilina 2–1 1–0 2–4 3–2 6–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–0
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Slovakia Marek Mintál Žilina 21
2 Slovakia Ľuboš Perniš Matador Púchov 15
3 Slovakia Róbert Vittek Slovan Bratislava 14
4 Slovakia Henrich Benčík Artmedia Petržalka 12
5 Slovakia Miroslav Nemec Žilina 10
6 Slovakia Ľubomír Reiter Žilina 9
Slovakia Tomáš Oravec SCP Ružomberok
Slovakia Miroslav Drobňák Inter Bratislava
Slovakia Martin Fabuš Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
Slovakia Mário Breška Matador Púchov

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top goalscorers". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

External links

  • RSSSF.org (Tables and statistics)
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