2002–03 FK Vardar season

The 2002–03 season was the 55th season in Vardar’s history and their tenth in the First League. Their 1st place finish in the 2001–02 season meant it was their 10th successive season playing in the First League.

Vardar
2002–03 season
ChairmanAleksandar Trpevski[1]
ManagerGjoko Hadjievski
StadiumGradski stadion Skopje
First League1st
Macedonian CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Rogério Oliveira (15)
All: Rogério Oliveira (19)
← 2001–02
2003–04 →

In that season Vardar was won the championship for the second consecutive time.[2]

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final result First match Last match
2002–03 Macedonian First League 1st 11 August 2002 1 June 2003
2002–03 Macedonian Cup First round Quarter-finals 4 August 2002 27 November 2002
2002–03 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round 2nd qualifying round 17 July 2002 7 August 2002

First League edit

Classification edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vardar (C) 33 22 6 5 73 37 +36 72 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Belasica 33 20 9 4 50 32 +18 69 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Pobeda 33 20 5 8 55 33 +22 65 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Rabotnichki Kometal 33 16 6 11 41 35 +6 54
5 Sloga Jugomagnat 33 15 6 12 62 50 +12 51
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

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
33 22 6 5 73 37  +36 72 13 4 0 47 17  +30 9 2 5 26 20  +6

Last updated: 1 June 2003.
Source: RSSSF.com

Results by round edit

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GroundHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWWWLDWWWWDWLWDDDLWLWWWWWWWWWDWWWL
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Source: Kicker.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
1 11 Aug H Napredok 3 – 0 Zaharievski, Spasovski, Petkov
2 17 Aug A Pelister 2 – 1 Oliveira, Dimov
3 25 Aug H Tikvesh 3 – 0 Oliveira, Nachevski, Dimov
4 1 Sep A Belasica 2 – 3 Oliveira, Spasovski
5 11 Sep H Cementarnica 55 1 – 1 Gjoshevski
6 14 Sep H Pobeda 2 – 0 Zaharievski, Spasovski
7 22 Sep A Bregalnica Delchevo 1 – 0 Petkov
8 29 Sep H Sloga Jugomagnat 2 – 1 Oliveira, Jovanoski (o.g.)
9 5 Oct A Kumanovo 4 – 1 Nachevski, Ristovski (2), Zaharievski
10 20 Oct H Sileks 1 – 1 Oliveira
11 23 Oct A Rabotnichki Kometal 2 – 1 Georgievski, Ristovski
12 27 Oct A Napredok 1 – 3 Spasovski
13 3 Nov H Pelister 3 – 1 Oliveira, Spasovski, Gjoševski
14 10 Nov A Tikvesh 1 – 1 Spasovski
15 16 Nov H Belasica 0 – 0
16 24 Nov A Cementarnica 55 1 – 1 Spasovski
17 1 Dec A Pobeda 1 – 3 B. Nacev (o.g.)
18 2 Mar H Bregalnica Delčevo 2 – 1 Oliveira, Grozdanoski
19 9 Mar A Sloga Jugomagnat 1 – 2 Zaharievski
20 16 Mar H Kumanovo 5 – 2 Oliveira (2), Grozdanoski, Ristovski, Zaharievski
21 23 Mar A Sileks 3 – 1 Janev, Oliveira (2)
22 6 Apr H Rabotnichki Kometal 4 – 0 Spasovski, Zaharievski, Ristovski, Nachevski
23 9 Apr H Napredok 3 – 2 Petkov (2), Oliveira
24 13 Apr A Pelister 2 – 0 Vasoski, Bozhinovski
25 20 Apr H Cementarnica 55 2 – 1 Petkov, Zaharievski
26 26 Apr A Bregalnica Delchevo 1 – 0 Nachevski
27 4 May H Kumanovo 5 – 1 Grozdanoski, Petkov (2), Nachevski, Georgievski
28 11 May A Sloga Jugomagnat 3 – 2 Vasoski, Zaharievski, Gjoshevski
29 14 May H Rabotnichki Kometal 1 – 1 Petkov
30 18 May A Sileks 1 – 0 Oliveira
31 21 May H Pobeda 4 – 3 Petkov (3), Nachevski
32 24 May H Tikvesh 6 – 2 Oliveira (2), Zaharievski, Petkov, Vasoski, Bozhinov
33 1 Jun A Belasica 0 – 1

Macedonian Football Cup edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
R1 4 Aug A Malesh 4 – 0 Spasovski (2), Oliveira, Zaharievski
R2 25 Sep A Teteks 0 – 1
R2 30 Oct H Teteks 1 – 0
(4 – 3 p)
Gjoshevski
QF 6 Nov A Belasica 0 – 1[3]
QF 27 Nov H Belasica 2 – 1[4] Oliveira (2)

Champions League edit

Round Date Venue Opponent Score Vardar Scorers
QR1 17 Jul A   F91 Dudelange   1 – 1[5] Georgievski
QR1 24 Jul H F91 Dudelange   3 – 0[6] Spasovski (2), Petkov
QR2 31 Jul H Legia Warsaw   1 – 3[7] Ristovski
QR2 7 Aug A   Legia Warsaw   1 – 1[8] Oliveira

Sources: RSSSF.com

Player seasonal records edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Name League Europe Cup Total
1     Rogério Oliveira 15 1 3 19
2   Mario Petkov 12 1 13
3   Dimitar Spasovski 8 2 2 12
4   Srgjan Zaharievski 9 1 10
5   Dragan Nachevski 7 7
6   Dejan Ristovski 5 1 6
7   Nikola Gjoshevski 3 1 4
8   Vlatko Grozdanoski 3 3
  Aleksandar Vasoski 3 3
  Slavcho Georgievski 2 1 3
11   Risto Bozhinov 1 1
  Bobi Bozhinovski 1 1
  Mile Dimov 1 1
  Sasho Janev 1 1
Own goals 2 2
TOTALS 73 6 7 86

Source: FC Vardar tripod

References edit

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