2002–03 FK Vardar season

Vardar

2002–03 season
Chairman	Aleksandar Trpevski[1]
Manager	Gjoko Hadjievski
Stadium	Gradski stadion Skopje
First League	1st
Macedonian Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Rogério Oliveira (15) All: Rogério Oliveira (19)

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.

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

Competitions

Overall

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

Main article: 2002–03 Macedonian First Football League

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L
Position	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Main article: 2002–03 Macedonian Football Cup

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

Main article: 2002–03 UEFA Champions League

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

Top scorers

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

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