2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro

First League of Serbia and Montenegro
Season	2002–03
Champions	Partizan 18th domestic title
Relegated	Rad Čukarički Javor Rudar Mogren Radnički Niš
Champions League	Partizan
UEFA Cup	Red Star Sartid
UEFA Intertoto Cup	OFK Beograd Sutjeska
Matches played	306
Goals scored	793 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zvonimir Vukić (22)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro (in fall season First League of FR Yugoslavia) was the eleventh and last season as FR Yugoslavia and (after was the country renamed in February 2003) first season of the Serbia and Montenegro's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Partizan won the championship.

Teams

Mladost Lučani, Zvezdara, Mladost Apatin and Radnički Kragujevac, were relegated to the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia champions, Radnički Obrenovac (North), Radnički Niš (East), Javor Ivanjica (West) and Mogren (South).

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Čukarički
Obilić
OFK Beograd
Partizan
Rad
Red Star
Zemun
Železnik

Location of teams in the 2002–03 First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Partizan	Belgrade	Partizan Stadium	32,710
Red Star	Belgrade	Red Star Stadium	55,538
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Karađorđe Stadium	17,204
Zemun	Zemun, Belgrade	Zemun Stadium	10,000
Rad	Belgrade	Stadion Kralj Petar I	6,000
Hajduk Kula	Kula	Stadion Hajduk	6,000
Obilić	Belgrade	FK Obilić Stadium	4,500
Železnik	Belgrade	Železnik Stadium	8,000
OFK Beograd	Karaburma, Belgrade	Omladinski Stadium	20,000
Sartid	Smederevo	Smederevo City Stadium	17,200
Čukarički	Belgrade	Stadion Čukarički	7,000
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Gradski stadion (Nikšić)	10,800
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	7,000
Rudar Pljevlja	Pljevlja	Stadion pod Golubinjom	10,000
Radnički Obrenovac	Obrenovac	Stadion pored Kolubare	5,000
Radnički Niš	Niš	Čair Stadium	20,000
Javor	Ivanjica	Stadion Ivanjica	5,000
Mogren	Budva	Stadion Lugovi	4,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan !Partizan (C)	34	29	2	3	88	36	+52	89	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Red Star !Red Star	34	21	7	6	68	26	+42	70	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	OFK Beograd !OFK Beograd	34	19	6	9	57	36	+21	63	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
4	Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić	34	19	5	10	43	32	+11	62	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5	Železnik !Železnik	34	18	8	8	56	37	+19	62
6	Vojvodina !Vojvodina	34	17	5	12	48	36	+12	56
7	Obilić !Obilić	34	14	9	11	45	35	+10	51
8	Zeta !Zeta	34	15	6	13	51	43	+8	51
9	Hajduk Kula !Hajduk Kula	34	13	9	12	39	29	+10	48
10	Zemun !Zemun	34	13	8	13	42	39	+3	47
11	Sartid !Sartid	34	10	15	9	44	44	0	45	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round ¹
12	Radnički Obrenovac !Radnički Obrenovac	34	11	11	12	35	41	−6	44
13	Rad !Rad (R)	34	11	10	13	39	43	−4	43	Relegation to 2003–04 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro
14	Čukarički !Čukarički (R)	34	10	7	17	42	56	−14	37
15	Javor Ivanjica !Javor Ivanjica (R)	34	9	7	18	21	44	−23	34
16	Mogren !Mogren (R)	34	5	6	23	33	76	−43	21
17	Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja (R)	34	4	6	24	19	62	−43	18
18	Radnički Niš !Radnički Niš (R)	34	2	5	27	23	78	−55	11

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Sartid qualify for 2003–04 UEFA Cup as winner of 2002–03 Serbia and Montenegro Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Champions

Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković (until December) and Lothar Matthäus)

Players (appearances/goals)^[1]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zvonimir Vukić	Partizan	22
2	Mihajlo Pjanović	Red Star	21
3	Miljan Mrdaković	OFK Beograd	20
3	Bojan Brnović	Zeta	20
5	Zoran Đurašković	Železnik	15
5	Nenad Mirosavljević	Sartid	15
7	Ivica Iliev	Partizan	13
8	Andrija Delibašić	Partizan	13
9	Ivan Bošković	Sutjeska	11
	Saša Ilić	Partizan	11
	Danko Lazović	Partizan	11
	Boban Stojanović	Radnički Obrenovac	11

References

↑ Partizan official website

External links

Table and results at RSSSF

First League of Serbia and Montenegro

preceded by Yugoslav First League

FR Yugoslavia	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Serbia and Montenegro	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005−06

succeeded by Serbian SuperLiga Montenegrin First League

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

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