2002–03 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	2002–03
Champions	Maribor; (7th title)
Relegated	Rudar; Korotan (excluded)
Champions League	Maribor
UEFA Cup	Celje; Olimpija (cup winners)
Intertoto Cup	Koper
Matches played	175
Goals scored	491 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dražen Žeželj; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Maribor 5–0 Gorica; Primorje 5–0 Ljubljana; Maribor 5–0 Dravograd
Biggest away win	Ljubljana 1–6 Maribor; Korotan 0–5 Celje
Highest scoring	Šmartno 5–5 Maribor
Longest winning run	8 games; Celje; Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	15 games; Celje
Longest winless run	13 games; Rudar
Longest losing run	6 games; Rudar
Highest attendance	9,000; Maribor 0–0 Celje
Lowest attendance	200; Ljubljana 2–1 Maribor
Total attendance	225,100
Average attendance	1,286
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 14 July 2002 and ended on 1 June 2003. Each team played a total of 31 matches.

League table edit

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
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] (R)	11	2	4	5	7	14	−7	3	Excluded from the league^[d]

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Olimpija won the 2002–03 Slovenian Football Cup and qualified for the qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.
^ 3 points deducted
^ 7 points deducted
^ Korotan Prevalje were excluded from the league for not showing up at the two matches. Only their matches from round 1-11 were taken on count.

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			2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1
Korotan Prevalje		2–1		0–1		1–1		2–0		0–1	0–0
Ljubljana	1–1	1–4	0–2	2–1			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		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		5–0	1–1	3–3	1–3		1–0	4–0
Rudar Velenje	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1		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.

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.

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	Ermin Rakovič	Maribor	13
	Marjan Dominko	Mura
	Matej Rebol	Dravograd
8	Oskar Drobne	Dravograd	12
	Alen Mujanović	Rudar Velenje
	Damir Pekič	Maribor
	Robert Koren	Celje