2001–02 Slovak Superliga

Mars superliga
Season 2001–02
Champions MŠK Žilina
Relegated Tatran Prešov
Champions League MŠK Žilina
UEFA Cup Matador Púchov
Koba Senec
Intertoto Cup Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
Matches played 180
Goals scored 453 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer Marek Mintál
(21 goals)

The 2001–02 Slovak Superliga (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. This season started on 14 July 2001 and ended on 8 June 2002. AŠK Inter Slovnaft Bratislava are 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 1. liga.

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

2001–02 Teams

Stadiums and locations

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 39+23 69 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Matador Púchov 36 18 8 10 48 33+15 62 2002–03 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 2002 UEFA 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 4810 38
9 Košice 36 6 13 17 30 6232 31
10 Prešov (R) 36 8 7 21 35 6631 31 Relegation to 2002–03 Slovak First League

Source: RSSSF.com
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) = 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[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 9
Slovakia Miroslav Drobňák Inter Bratislava 9
Slovakia Martin Fabuš Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 9
Slovakia Mário Breška Matador Púchov 9

See also

References

  1. "Top goalscorers". Retrieved 8 July 2014.

External links