2003–04 Slovak Superliga

The 2003–04 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Corgoň Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 19 July 2003 and ended on 8 June 2004.^[1] MŠK Žilina were the defending champions.

Corgoň Liga

Season	2003–04
Dates	19 July 2003 – 8 June 2004
Champions	MŠK Žilina
Relegated	Slovan Bratislava
Champions League	MŠK Žilina
UEFA Cup	Dukla Banská Bystrica Artmedia Petržalka
Intertoto Cup	Spartak Trnava ZTS Dubnica
Matches played	180
Goals scored	449 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roland Števko (22 goals)
Average attendance	3,154
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Teams

A total of 10 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2002–03 season and one promoted from the 2. Liga.

Relegation for 1. FC Košice to the 2003–04 2. Liga was confirmed on 31 May 2003. The one relegated team were replaced by Dukla Banská Bystrica.

Stadiums and locations

Trenčín

Banská Bystrica

Dubnica

Púchov

Artmedia

Ružomberok

Inter

Slovan

Trnava

Žilina

Location of teams in 2003–04 Corgoň Liga

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Artmedia Petržalka	Petržalka	Štadión Petržalka	7,500
Dukla Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	SNP Stadium	10,000
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava	Bratislava	Štadión Pasienky	12,000
Laugaricio Trenčín	Trenčín	Štadión na Sihoti	4,500
Matador Púchov	Púchov	Mestský štadión	6,614
MFK 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Žilina (C)	36	17	13	6	62	35	+27	64[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dukla Banská Bystrica	36	17	13	6	58	36	+22	64[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Ružomberok	36	15	10	11	53	47	+6	55
4	Spartak Trnava	36	15	8	13	46	46	0	53	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Trenčín	36	13	9	14	37	43	−6	48
6	ZTS Dubnica	36	12	10	14	41	42	−1	46	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
7	Inter Bratislava	36	12	9	15	38	44	−6	45
8	Artmedia Petržalka	36	10	14	12	43	44	−1	44	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
9	Matador Púchov	36	10	9	17	34	54	−20	39
10	Slovan Bratislava (R)	36	6	11	19	37	58	−21	29	Relegation to 2. Liga

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Žilina ahead of Dukla Banská Bystrica on head-to-head record; Žilina: 8 pts, Dukla Banská Bystrica: 2 pts.
2. Artmedia Petržalka qualify for 2004–05 UEFA Cup as winner of 2003–04 Slovak Cup.

Results

First half of season Home \ Away ART BB DUB INT PÚC RUŽ SLO TRE TRN ŽIL Artmedia Petržalka 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 Dukla Banská Bystrica 5–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 5–0 3–0 0–0 ZTS Dubnica 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 Inter Bratislava 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 Matador Púchov 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 Ružomberok 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–4 Slovan Bratislava 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–4 2–1 Trenčín 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 Spartak Trnava 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–3 0–1 0–0 Žilina 2–2 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 3–3 3–1 3–0 Source: RSSSF.org Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ART BB DUB INT PÚC RUŽ SLO TRE TRN ŽIL Artmedia Petržalka 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 Dukla Banská Bystrica 1–0 3–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 6–0 0–0 ZTS Dubnica 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 Inter Bratislava 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 Matador Púchov 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 Ružomberok 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 Slovan Bratislava 1–2 2–3 1–4 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 Trenčín 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 Spartak Trnava 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 Žilina 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 Source: RSSSF.org Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Roland Števko	Ružomberok	22
2	Marek Krejčí	Artmedia Petržalka	15
	Róbert Semeník	Banská Bystrica
4	Juraj Dovičovič	ZTS Dubnica	13
5	Marek Bažík	Žilina	11
	Miroslav Kriss	Spartak Trnava
7	Vladimír Kožuch	Spartak Trnava	10
	Michal Gottwald	Žilina
	Dušan Sninský	Žilina
	Martin Jakubko	Banská Bystrica
11	Adam Nemec	Dubnica/Puchov	9
	Juraj Halenár	Inter
	Ladislav Onofrej	Slovan
	Marek Ujlaky	Spartak Trnava

Awards

Top Eleven

• Goalkeeper: Ján Mucha (Žilina)
• Defence: Radoslav Zabavník, Dušan Sninský, Branislav Labant (all Žilina), Marek Čech (Inter)
• Midfield: Miroslav Barčík (Žilina), Miroslav Sovič (B.Bystrica), Juraj Dovičovič (Dubnica), Ladislav Onofrej (Slovan)
• Attack: Roland Števko (MFK Ružomberok), Marek Krejčí (Artmedia)

See also

• 2003–04 Slovak Cup
• 2003–04 2. Liga (Slovakia)

References

1. NIFS.no
2. "Top goalscorers". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

External links

• RSSSF.org (Tables and statistics)