2001–02 Slovak Superliga
# 2001–02 Slovak Superliga

The 2001–02 Slovak First Football League (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 14 July 2001 and ended on 8 June 2002. AŠK Inter Slovnaft Bratislava were the defending champions.

## Teams

A total of 10 teams was contested in the league, including 9 sides from the 2000–01 season and one promoted from the 2. Liga.

Relegation for FC Spartak Trnava to the 2001–02 2. Liga was confirmed on 8 June 2001. The one relegated team were replaced by ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom.

### Stadiums and locations

| 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 |
| Tatran Prešov | Prešov | Tatran Štadión | 14,000 |
| ZTS Dubnica nad Váhom | Dubnica | Štadión Zimný | 5,450 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Žilina (C) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Matador Púchov | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 62 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Bratislava | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 56 | |
| 4 | Ružomberok | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 54 | |
| 5 | Ozeta Dukla Trenčín | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 54 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 51 | |
| 7 | Artmedia Petržalka | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 47 | |
| 8 | ZTS Dubnica | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 38 | |
| 9 | 1. FC Košice | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 31 | |
| 10 | Tatran Prešov (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Liga |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marek Mintál | Žilina | 21 |
| 2 | Ľuboš Perniš | Matador Púchov | 15 |
| 3 | Róbert Vittek | Slovan Bratislava | 14 |
| 4 | Henrich Benčík | Artmedia Petržalka | 12 |
| 5 | Miroslav Nemec | Žilina | 10 |
| 6 | Ľubomír Reiter | Žilina | 9 |
| 6 | Tomáš Oravec | SCP Ružomberok | 9 |
| 6 | Miroslav Drobňák | Inter Bratislava | 9 |
| 6 | Martin Fabuš | Ozeta Dukla Trenčín | 9 |
| 6 | Mário Breška | Matador Púchov | 9 |
