2003 Belarusian First League
| Season | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Lokomotiv Vitebsk |
| Promoted |
Lokomotiv Vitebsk MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
| Relegated |
Neman Mosty Pinsk-900 |
|
← 2002 2004 → | |
2003 Belarusian First League was the thirteenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2003.
Team changes from 2002 season
Three top teams of last season (Darida Minsk Raion, Naftan Novopolotsk and Lokomotiv Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to the expansion of Premier League from 14 to 16 clubs, the promoted teams were replaced by only one team that finished at the bottom of 2002 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk).
One team that finished at the bottom of 2002 season table (Osipovichi) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by three best teams of 2002 Second League (MTZ-RIPO Minsk, Pinsk-900 and Vertikal Kalinkovichi).
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk shortened their name to Lokomotiv Vitebsk before the start of the season.
Teams and locations
| Team | Location | Position in 2002 |
|---|---|---|
| Lokomotiv | Vitebsk | 1Premier League, 14 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 4 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | 5 |
| Lida | Lida | 6 |
| ZLiN | Gomel | 7 |
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | 8 |
| Dinamo-Juni | Minsk | 9 |
| Torpedo-Kadino | Mogilev | 10 |
| Neman | Mosty | 11 |
| Dnepr-DUSSh-1 | Rogachev | 12 |
| Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 13 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | 14 |
| Bereza | Bereza | 15 |
| MTZ-RIPO | Minsk | 16Second League, 1 |
| Pinsk-900 | Pinsk | 17Second League, 2 |
| Vertikal | Kalinkovichi | 18Second League, 3 |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lokomotiv Vitebsk (P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 701 | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk (P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15 | +48 | 70 | |
| 3 | Smorgon | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 58 | |
| 4 | Vedrich-97 Rechytsa | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 53 | |
| 5 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 51 | |
| 6 | ZLiN Gomel | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 48 | |
| 7 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 46 | |
| 8 | Lida | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 43 | |
| 9 | Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 42 | |
| 10 | Kommunalnik Slonim | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 42 | |
| 11 | Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 29 | |
| 12 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 27 | |
| 13 | Vertikal Kalinkovichi | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 27 | |
| 14 | Bereza | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 26 | |
| 15 | Neman Mosty (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 20 | Belarusian Second League |
| 16 | Pinsk-900 (R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 19 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
1Lokomotiv placed over MTZ-RIPO by winning 1st place playoff match 2-1
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
See also
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