2000–01 Slovak Superliga

The 2000–01 Slovak First Football League (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 18 July 2000 and ended on 13 June 2001. AŠK Inter Slovnaft Bratislava were the defending champions.

Mars superliga
Season2000–01
Dates18 July 2000 – 13 June 2001
ChampionsInter Bratislava
RelegatedSpartak Trnava
Champions LeagueInter Bratislava
UEFA CupSlovan Bratislava
Ružomberok
Matador Púchov
Intertoto CupArtmedia Petržalka
Matches played180
Goals scored515 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerSzilárd Németh
(23 goals)
Biggest home winSlovan 6:0 Košice
Biggest away winPrešov 0:4 Ružomberok
Highest scoringSlovan 5:3 Inter
Trnava 4:4 Košice
Average attendanceIncrease 3,578

Teams

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A total of 10 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 1999–2000 season and one promoted from the 2. Liga.

The seven teams (Koba Senec, ZTS Dubnica, 1. HFC Humenné, FC Nitra, DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, Dukla Banská Bystrica and Baník Prievidza) were relegated to the 2000–01 2. Liga due to the decision of the organization of Mars superliga, that the number of teams in the league should be reduced from 16 to 10 teams from that season.

These relegated teams were replaced by FK Matador Púchov.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2000–01 Mars superliga
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
1. FC Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000
Artmedia Petržalka Petržalka Štadión Petržalka 7,500
Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Bratislava Štadión Pasienky 12,000
Matador Púchov Púchov Mestský štadión 6,614
MFK SCP Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817
MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181
Ozeta Dukla Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500
Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085
Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448
Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 14,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Bratislava (C) 36 25 5 6 73 28 +45 80 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Slovan Bratislava 36 21 8 7 84 49 +35 71 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Ružomberok 36 15 10 11 51 48 +3 55
4 Artmedia Petržalka 36 15 9 12 59 55 +4 54 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Žilina 36 11 12 13 41 46 −5 45
6 Matador Púchov 36 9 13 14 47 53 −6 40 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
7 Tatran Prešov 36 10 10 16 44 54 −10 40
8 Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 36 11 6 19 35 59 −24 39
9 1. FC Košice 36 10 7 19 42 61 −19 37
10 Spartak Trnava (R) 36 8 10 18 39 62 −23 34 Relegation to 2. Liga
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Matador Púchov qualify for 2001–02 UEFA Cup as Slovakia ranked third in the UEFA Fair Play Ranking.

Results

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Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Szilárd Németh Inter Bratislava 23
2   Ľubomír Meszároš Slovan Bratislava 18
3   Tibor Jančula Slovan Bratislava 17
4   Alias Lembakoali Matador Púchov 16
5   Ľubomír Reiter Žilina 12
6   Tomáš Oravec SCP Ružomberok 11
7   Róbert Vittek Slovan Bratislava 10
  Peter Babnič Inter Bratislava
9   Jozef Mužlay Matador Púchov 9
  Norbert Hrnčár Slovan Bratislava

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Top goalscorers". Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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