2002–03 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The 2002–03 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 14 July 2002 and ended on 1 June 2003.

Slovenian PrvaLiga

Season	2002–03
Dates	12 July 2002 – 1 June 2003
Champions	Maribor (7th title)
Relegated	Rudar Velenje Korotan (excluded)
Champions League	Maribor
UEFA Cup	Celje Olimpija (cup winners)
Intertoto Cup	Koper
Matches played	185
Goals scored	525 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marko Kmetec (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Mura 5–0 Gorica Primorje 5–0 Ljubljana Maribor 5–0 Dravograd
Biggest away win	Korotan 0–5 Celje Ljubljana 1–6 Maribor
Highest scoring	Šmartno 5–5 Maribor
Longest winning run	8 games Celje, Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	16 games Celje
Longest winless run	13 games Rudar Velenje
Highest attendance	9,000 Maribor 2–1 Celje
Total attendance	230,300
Average attendance	1,244
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	31	18	8	5	57	32	+25	62	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Celje	31	15	10	6	57	38	+19	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
3	Olimpija	31	14	12	5	54	32	+22	54
4	Šmartno	31	12	10	9	46	42	+4	46
5	Koper	31	12	9	10	41	41	0	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Primorje	31	13	5	13	47	44	+3	44
7	Dravograd	31	9	9	13	40	43	−3	36
8	Gorica	31	7	13	11	34	43	−9	34
9	Mura	31	9	7	15	38	48	−10	34
10	Ljubljana[b]	31	9	6	16	41	66	−25	30
11	Rudar Velenje (R)	31	6	7	18	32	51	−19	25	Relegation to Slovenian Second League
12	Korotan Prevalje[c] (D)	11	2	4	5	7	14	−7	3	Excluded from the league[d]

Source: RSSSF, 24ur.com
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Olimpija won the 2002–03 Slovenian Football Cup and qualified for the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
2. 3 points deducted
3. 7 points deducted
4. Korotan Prevalje were excluded from the league in March 2003 for failing to appear in two matches. Only their matches from the 1st to the 11th round were taken into account.^[1]

Results

Matches 1–22

Note: The table below lists all the results of the completed matches; however, all matches involving Korotan after the eleventh round were later annulled and do not count towards the final league standings.

Home \ Away	CEL	DRG	GOR	KOP	KPR	LJU	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	ŠMA
Celje		2–1	2–2	3–3	0–0	3–1	3–3	4–0	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–0
Dravograd	0–1		0–0	3–4		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–0
Gorica	0–2	0–0		3–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–4	0–1	1–1	1–2
Koper	0–0	3–2	3–0		3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1
Korotan Prevalje	0–5	2–1	2–3	0–1		1–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	3–0
Ljubljana	1–1	1–4	0–2	2–1	2–0		0–2	3–1	0–1	0–4	3–1	4–1
Maribor	0–3	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–0	0–2		0–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	0–0
Mura	1–2	3–2	5–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–0		0–1	3–0	1–0	0–3
Olimpija	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	3–1		1–3	1–2	2–2
Primorje	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	5–0	1–1	3–3	1–3		1–0	4–0
Rudar Velenje	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–1		1–3
Šmartno	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	5–5	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	CEL	DRG	GOR	KOP	LJU	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	ŠMA
Celje		1–0	0–0	3–3			3–0	1–3	2–1
Dravograd			4–1		2–2		2–1			3–1
Gorica				3–0	2–0		1–1	1–2	3–3
Koper		2–2			3–0			2–2		2–1	1–0
Ljubljana	4–1					1–6				2–1	1–2
Maribor	2–1	5–0	2–0	1–0			4–2		2–0
Mura				2–0	4–2			1–0	2–1	1–0
Olimpija		1–1			5–1	3–3				1–1	1–1
Primorje		1–0		2–0	1–2			2–0		4–0
Rudar Velenje	2–2		0–0			1–2					4–3
Šmartno	4–1	3–0	0–1			0–2	3–1		1–2

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marko Kmetec	Ljubljana/Olimpija	22
2	Marko Vogrič	Primorje	17
3	Ramiz Smajlović	Šmartno	15
4	Dražen Žeželj	Ljubljana	14
5	Marjan Dominko	Mura	13
	Ermin Rakovič	Maribor
	Matej Rebol	Dravograd
8	Oskar Drobne	Dravograd	12
	Alen Mujanović	Rudar Velenje
	Damir Pekič	Maribor

Source: PrvaLiga.si

See also

• 2002–03 Slovenian Football Cup
• 2002–03 Slovenian Second League