2002–03 Macedonian First Football League

The 2002–03 Macedonian First League was the 11th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 10 August 2002 and the last on 1 June 2003. Vardar defended their championship title, having won their fifth title, second in a row.

Macedonian First League
Season2002–03
Dates10 August 2002 –
1 June 2003
ChampionsVardar
5th Macedonian title
6th domestic title
RelegatedPelister
Kumanovo
Champions LeagueVardar
UEFA CupBelasica
Cementarnica
Intertoto CupPobeda
Matches played198
Goals scored540 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerLjubiša Savić
(25 goals)
Biggest home winBelasica 6–0 Pelister
Cementarnica 6–0 Kumanovo
Biggest away winKumanovo 0–4 Cementarnica
Highest scoringPelister 3–6 Sloga

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 2002–03 season

Promoted from 2001–02 Second League

Relegated to 2002–03 Second League

At the end of the 2002–03 season

Promoted from 2002–03 Second League

Relegated to 2003–04 Second League

Participating teams

ClubCityStadium
Belasica Geras CunevStrumicaStadion Mladost
BregalnicaDelchevoGradski stadion Goce Delchev
Cementarnica 55SkopjeStadion Cementarnica
KumanovoKumanovoGradski stadion Kumanovo
NapredokKichevoGradski stadion Kichevo
PelisterBitolaStadion Tumbe Kafe
PobedaPrilepStadion Goce Delchev
Rabotnichki KometalSkopjeGradski stadion Skopje
SileksKratovoStadion Sileks
Sloga JugomagnatSkopjeChair Stadium
TikveshKavadarciGradski stadion Kavadarci
VardarSkopjeGradski stadion Skopje

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Vardar (C)3322657337+3672Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2Belasica3320945032+1869Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3Pobeda3320585533+2265Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4Rabotnichki Kometal33166114135+654
5Sloga Jugomagnat33156126250+1251
6Sileks33144154035+546
7Napredok33133173941−242[a]
8Cementarnica 5533119134539+642[a]Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
9Tikvesh33114183758−2137
10Bregalnica Delchevo33106174449−536
11Pelister (R)3377193060−3028Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
12Kumanovo (R)3345242471−4717
Source: MacedonianFootball.com, RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion, teams for UEFA competitions or relegation).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Every team will play three times against each other team for a total of 33 matches. The first 22 matchdays will consist of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point will then be used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.

Home \ AwayBELBRDCEMKUMNAPPELPOBRABSILSLOTIKVARBELBRDCEMKUMNAPPELPOBRABSILSLOTIKVAR
Belasica2–13–21–01–01–02–01–02–11–04–23–21–16–03–14–31–01–0
Bregalnica Delchevo0–11–13–22–13–0[a]1–11–11–05–20–10–13–22–13–12–40–1
Cementarnica 551–11–02–10–11–21–13–03–02–40–21–12–06–01–00–12–0
Kumanovo1–10–00–41–00–00–20–10–12–11–22–40–32–42–01–21–3
Napredok0–12–11–11–04–12–10–02–15–00–13–10–10–04–21–20–2
Pelister1–13–11–01–01–21–11–00–10–03–21–22–20–20–33–60–2
Pobeda4–04–32–10–22–11–01–02–03–12–13–16–11–01–12–12–13–0
Rabotnichki1–01–02–04–11–02–00–01–01–43–11–21–11–03–10–21–24–1
Sileks1–11–01–13–03–01–01–04–11–03–01–30–13–12–00–22–00–1
Sloga Jugomagnat0–02–00–00–01–03–32–01–11–05–12–13–13–02–32–13–02–3
Tikvesh1–10–14–22–02–01–21–00–21–12–11–14–20–10–00–12–0
Vardar0–02–11–15–23–03–12–04–01–12–13–02–15–13–24–31–16–2
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ljubiša SavićBregalnica Delchevo &
Sloga Jugomagnat
25
2 Zoran BaldovalievBelasica21
3 Vasko GeorgievNapredok &
Bregalnica Delchevo
15
Rogério OliveiraVardar
Antonio TasevTikvesh
6 Dragan DimitrovskiNapredok & Pobeda13
7 Mario PetkovVardar12
8 Goran StankovskiSloga Jugomagnat11
9 Bojan DimitrievskiSileks10

Source: rsssf.org

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