2002–03 Macedonian Football Cup

2002–03 Macedonian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Macedonia
Dates	4 August 2002 – 28 May 2003
Teams	32
Defending champions	Pobeda
Final positions
Champions	Cementarnica (1st title)
Runner-up	Sloga J.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	145 (3.22 per match)

The 2002–03 Macedonian Football Cup was the 11th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. FK Pobeda were the defending champions, having won their first title. The 2002–03 champions were FK Cementarnica 55 who won their first title as well.

Competition calendar

Round	Legs	Dates played	Fixtures	Clubs
First round (round of 32)	Single	4 August 2002	16	32 → 16
Second round (round of 16)	Double	25 September and 30 October 2002	16	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	Double	2 and 27 November 2002	8	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Double	19 March and 23 April 2003	4	4 → 2
Final	Single	28 May 2003	1	2 → 1

First round

Matches were played on 4 August 2002.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bashkimi (II)	1–3	Pobeda
Vëllazërimi (II)	2–5	Belasica
Pobeda Valandovo (II)	0–2	Pelister
Sloga Jugomagnat	2–0	Turnovo (II)
Makedonija GP	2–1	Karaorman
Madjari Solidarnost (II)	0–1	Napredok
Lokomotiva (III)	1–1 (5–4 p)	Osogovo (II)
Voska (III)	1–3	Cementarnica
Gostivar (III)	2–4	Rabotnichki Kometal
Malesh (III)	0–4	Vardar
Zletovica (III)	0–5	Sileks
Belo Brdo (III)	2–5	Borec (II)
Prespa (III)	0–5	Kozhuf (II)
11 Oktomvri (II)	2–2 (4–3 p)	Bregalnica Delchevo
Bitola (III)	0–2	Teteks (II)
Tikvesh	2–0	Kumanovo

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 2002–03 season.

Second round

The first legs were played on 25 September and second were played on 30 October 2002.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belasica	1–1 (3–1 p)	Pobeda	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Pelister	2–4	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–1	1–3
Rabotnichki Kometal	3–3 (a)	Cementarnica	1–3	2–0
Teteks (II)	1–1 (3–4 p)	Vardar	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Makedonija GP	2–7	Napredok	1–4	1–3
Kozhuf (II)	1–3	Tikvesh	0–0	1–3
Sileks	10–2	11 Oktomvri (II)	5–0	5–2
Lokomotiva (III)	3–2	Borec (II)	0–1	3–1

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 2002–03 season.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 2 November and second were played on 27 November 2002.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belasica	2–2 (a)	Vardar	1–0	1–2
Napredok	2–4	Sileks	1–0	1–4
Cementarnica	9–2	Lokomotiva (III)	6–1	3–1
Tikvesh	0–4	Sloga Jugomagnat	0–2	0–2

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 2002–03 season.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 19 March and the second were played on 23 April 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cementarnica	2–1	Sileks	1–0	1–1
Belasica	1–2	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–1	0–1

First leg

19 March 2003

14:30

Cementarnica 55	1–0	Sileks
Savov 38'	Report

Stadion Cementarnica, Skopje

Referee: Bekim Bauta (Struga)

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19 March 2003

14:30

Belasica	1–1	Sloga Jugomagnat
Baldovaliev 17'	Report	Beganović 67'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Referee: Sasho Lazarevski (Kumanovo)

Second leg

23 April 2003

16:00

Sileks	1−1	Cementarnica 55
Gligorovski 37'	Report	Blessing 60'

Stadion Sileks, Kratovo

Cementarnica 55 won 2–1 on aggregate.

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23 April 2003

16:00

Sloga Jugomagnat	1−0	Belasica
Savić 9' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Chair, Skopje

Sloga Jugomagnat won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

27 May 2003

20:00 CEST

Cementarnica 55	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Sloga Jugomagnat
Blessing 28' Savov 40', 44' (pen.) Wandeir 68'	Report	Savić 3' Ar. Nuhiji 45+2', 52' Stefanovski 81' (o.g.)
Penalties
Gligorov Dimitrovski Hristovski Cvetkovski	3–2	Savić Mustafi Bajram Ramadan Ar. Nuhiji

Gradski stadion, Skopje

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Delcho Jakimovski (Skopje)

See also

• 2002–03 Macedonian First Football League
• 2002–03 Macedonian Second Football League

External links

• 2002–03 Macedonian Football Cup at rsssf.com
• 2002–03 Macedonian Football Cup at FFM.mk