2002–03 Macedonian First Football League
| Season | 2002–03 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Vardar 5th Macedonian title 6th domestic title |
| Relegated |
Pelister Kumanovo |
| Champions League | Vardar |
| UEFA Cup |
Belasica Cementarnica 55 |
| Intertoto Cup | Pobeda |
| Matches played | 363 |
| Goals scored | 540 (1.49 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ljubiša Savić (25) |
| Biggest home win |
Belasica 6–0 Pelister Cementarnica 55 6–0 Kumanovo |
| Biggest away win | Kumanovo 0–4 Cementarnica 55 |
| Highest scoring | Pelister 3–6 Sloga Jugomagnat |
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← 2001–02 2003–04 → | |
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. FK Vardar defended their championship title, having won their fifth title, second in a row.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from 2001–02 Second League
Relegated to 2002–03 Second League
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Promoted from 2002–03 Second League
Relegated to 2003–04 Second League |
Participating teams
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vardar (C) | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 73 | 37 | +36 | 72 | 2003–04 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round |
| 2 | Belasica | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 69 | 2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round |
| 3 | Pobeda | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 65 | 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round |
| 4 | Rabotnički Kometal | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 54 | |
| 5 | Sloga Jugomagnat | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 51 | |
| 6 | Sileks | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 46 | |
| 7 | Napredok | 33 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 42 | |
| 8 | Cementarnica 55 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 42 | 2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 1 |
| 9 | Tikveš | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 37 | |
| 10 | Bregalnica Delčevo | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | Pelister (R) | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 28 | Relegation to 2003–04 Macedonian Second League |
| 12 | Kumanovo (R) | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 71 | −47 | 17 |
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th draw.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Cup, relegation play-offs and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th decision match(es)
1Cementarnica 55 have won the 2002–03 Macedonian Football Cup competition and therefore qualified for the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
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.
Matches 1–22
| Home ╲ Away | BEL | BRD | CEM | KUM | NAP | PEL | POB | RAB | SIL | SLO | TIK | VAR |
| Belasica | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | |
| Bregalnica Delčevo | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–02 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Cementarnica 55 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Kumanovo | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | |
| Napredok | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Pelister | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Pobeda | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Rabotnički | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Sileks | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
| Tikveš | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Vardar | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 Match awarded
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 23–33
| Home ╲ Away | BEL | BRD | CEM | KUM | NAP | PEL | POB | RAB | SIL | SLO | TIK | VAR |
| Belasica | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Bregalnica Delčevo | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Cementarnica 55 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Kumanovo | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |||||||
| Napredok | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Pelister | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–6 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Pobeda | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||||||
| Rabotnički | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | ||||||
| Sileks | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | ||||||
| Tikveš | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Vardar | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 6–2 |
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ljubiša Savić |
Bregalnica Delčevo & Sloga Jugomagnat |
25 |
| 2 | Zoran Baldovaliev |
Belasica | 21 |
| 3 | Vasko Georgiev |
Napredok & Bregalnica Delčevo |
15 |
 Rogério Oliveira |
Vardar | ||
| Antonio Tasev |
Tikveš | ||
| 6 | Dragan Dimitrovski |
Napredok & Pobeda | 13 |
| 7 |  Mario Petkov |
Vardar | 12 |
| 8 | Goran Stankovski |
Sloga Jugomagnat | 11 |
| 9 | Bojan Dimitrievski |
Sileks | 10 |
Source: rsssf.com