| Season | 2002–03 |
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| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Relegated | Metalist Kharkiv Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriia |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| UEFA Cup | Metalurh Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Top goalscorer | (22) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv) |
| Biggest home win | Dynamo - Vorskla 8:0 |
| Biggest away win | Metalurh Zp - Arsenal 0:5 |
| Highest scoring | Arsenal - Volyn 8:1 Volyn - Dnipro 4:5 |
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Contents |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
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| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 20 | +46 | 73 | CL 3rd Qualifying Round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 24 | +37 | 70 | CL 2nd Qualifying Round |
| 3 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 60 | UC 1st Round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 59 | UC Qualifying Round |
| 5 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 56 | |
| 6 | Volyn Lutsk | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 41 | |
| 7 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 34 | |
| 9 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 34 | |
| 10 | Illychivets Mariupol | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 34 | |
| 11 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 32 | |
| 12 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 31 | |
| 13 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriia (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 30 | Bankrupt, Druha Liha |
| 14 | Obolon Kyiv | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 28 | |
| 15 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 26 | Avoided relegation |
| 16 | Metalist Kharkiv (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 23 | Persha Liha |
| Maksim Shatskikh | Dynamo Kyiv | 22(1) |
| Oleksiy Byelik | Shakhtar Donetsk | 21 |
| Oleh Venglinsky | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 19 |
| Shalva Apkhazava | Arsenal Kyiv | 14 |
| Oleksandr Haidash | Tavriya Simferopol | 12 |
| Vyacheslav Tereschenko | Obolon Kyiv | 12(1) |
| Diogo Rincon | Dynamo Kyiv | 10 |
| Vasil Gigiadze | Tavriya Simferopol | 10(4) |
| Samir Aliyev | Volyn Lutsk | 9(1) |
| Serhiy Zakarlyuka | Metalurh Donetsk | 9(1) |
| Oleksandr Kosyrin | Chornomorets Odessa | 9(2) |
| Rank | Club | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 55.5 | |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 | |
| 3 | Arsenal Kyiv | 4 | |
| 4 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 2.5 | |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 2 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2 | ||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2 | ||
| 8 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 1 | ||
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| Q3 round | Club Brugge | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
| First round UEFA Cup |
Austria Wien | 1-0 | 1-5 |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| Q2 round | Pyunik | 4-0 | 2-2 | |
| Q3 round | Levski Sofia | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Group E 3rd place |
Juventus Newcastle United Feyenoord |
1-2 2-0 2-0 |
0-5 1-2 0-0 |
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| Third round UEFA Cup |
Beşiktaş | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| 1st round | Werder Bremen | 2-2 | 0-8 |
| Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| Q round | Birkirkara | 3-0 | 0-0 | |
| 1st round | Leeds United | 1-1 | 0-1 |
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