2003–04 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League 2003–04 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, Metalist Kharkiv Karpaty-2 Lviv, Boreks-Borysfen Borodianka (15) Oleksandr Aliev (Dynamo-2) 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 Ukrainian First League was the thirteenth season of the Ukrainian First League (football) which was won by Zakarpattia Uzhhorod. The season started on July 18, 2003, and finished on June 18, 2004. Promotion and relegation Promoted teams Two clubs promoted from the 2002–03 Ukrainian Second League. Group A none Group B Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin – champion (debut) Group C Zorya Luhansk – champion (returning after five seasons) Relegated teams One club was relegated from the 2002-03 Ukrainian Top League: Metalist Kharkiv – 14th place (returning after five seasons) Renamed teams Before the season FC Krasyliv changed to FC Krasyliv-Obolon . Before the season FC Vinnytsia changed its name to FC Nyva Vinnytsia. During the winter break FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka changed to FC Boreks-Borysfen Borodianka. During the second half FC Spartak Sumy changed to FC Spartak-Horobyna Sumy. Teams In 2003-04 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams: Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 900 none Locations of teams in First League Ukraine 48.000278 37.805278 Shakhtar-2 left Ukraine 48.566667 39.333333 Zoria top Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Dynamo-2CSKA right Ukraine 50.516667 30.25 Nafkom left Ukraine 49.85 24.016667 Karpaty-2 bottom Ukraine 48.466667 38.8 Stal left Ukraine 50.75 33.466667 Naftovyk top Ukraine 48.916667 24.716667 Prykarpattia bottom Ukraine 48.616667 22.3 Zakarpattia top Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 ArsenalMetalist bottom Ukraine 50.25 28.666667 Polissia left Ukraine 50.916667 34.75 Spartak bottom Ukraine 49.651944 26.970556 Krasyliv bottom Ukraine 50.643889 29.933889 Systema-Boreks top Ukraine 49.233333 28.483333 Nyva bottom Ukraine 46.966667 32.0 Mykolaiv top Final table main WDL PR ZUZ Zakarpattia Uzhhorod MKH Metalist Kharkiv NAF Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka DK2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv SAL Stal Alchevsk SIF Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk KHA Arsenal Kharkiv VIN Nyva Vinnytsia SSU Spartak-Horobina Sumy S2D Shakhtar-2 Donetsk CSCA CSKA Kyiv MYK Mykolaiv POD Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv NBR Nafkom-Akademia Irpin ZOR Zorya Luhansk K2L Karpaty-2 Lviv BBB Borex-Borysfen Borodyanka PZH Polissya Zhytomyr 22 4 8 49 27 C,P 19 9 6 51 24 P 17 11 6 52 33 18 5 11 65 35 17 7 10 45 27 15 10 9 42 38 15 7 12 41 40 14 10 10 34 24 11 13 10 40 41 12 8 14 43 43 12 6 16 29 39 11 9 14 31 31 10 10 14 35 54 9 11 14 35 43 8 13 13 28 42 8 9 17 37 48 R 8 5 21 29 52 R 3 7 24 22 67 green1 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha P P red1 Relegated to Second League R R inherit Avoided relegation NR complete Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv 13th 2003/04, farm club for Premier League club Obolon Kyiv, broke operations and merged with FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi. The club is changing its name to Podillya Khmelnytskyi and moving to Khmelnytskyi. FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi finished 2nd in Druha Liha Group A (Western Ukraine) in 2003/04 and will reorganize in amateur level. Nafkom-Akademija Irpen 14th 2003/04, moved to Brovary and changed their name to Nafkom Brovary. Zirka Kirovohrad 16th Premier League 2003/04 was relegated to First Division, but informed the Ukrainian Football Federation (UFF) that they wished to reorganize their operations, therefore it will enter the 2004/05 competition in Druha Liha B. Nonetheless, the UFF reinstalled FC Polissya Zhytomyr (18th 2003/04) since, the 16th, FC Karpaty-2 Lviv could not remain in First Division, because their senior club was also relegated to Persha Liha, and the 17th Borex-Borysfen Borodyanka also became insolvent and chose to reorganize in the Druha Liha. Naftovyk Okhtyrka change their name to Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka July 15, 2004. Persha Liha 2003-04 WinnersOSC Zakarpattia UzhhorodFirst title Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ru ScorerGoals (pen.)TeamUKR Oleksandr Aliyev16 (2)Dynamo-2 KyivUKR Serhiy Pivnenko15 (5)Shakhtar-2 DonetskUKR Serhiy Levchenko13 (1)Nafkom-Akademia IrpinUKR Viktor Matsiuk12Zakarpattia UzhhorodUKR Vladyslav Korobkin11 (4)FC KrasylivUKR Bohdan Yesyp10Naftovyk OkhtyrkaUKR Volodymyr Melnychenko10Naftovyk OkhtyrkaUKR Artem Starhorodskyi9Boreks-Borysfen / NaftovykUKR Serhiy Seleznyov9 (2)Metalist KharkivUKR Oleksiy Yakymenko9 (4)Stal A. / Zoria References Category:Ukrainian First League seasons Category:2003–04 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukra