2002–03 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League 2002–03 Zirka Kirovohrad Zirka Kirovohrad, Borysfen Boryspil Sokil Zolochiv (withdrew) (15) Maksym Shtayer (FC Krasyliv) 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Ukrainian First League was the twelfth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Zirka Kirovohrad. The season started on July 6, 2002, and finished on June 21, 2003. Promotion and relegation Promoted teams Five clubs promoted from the 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League. Group A FC Krasyliv – champion (debut) Sokil Zolochiv – runner-up (debut) Group B Systema-Boreks Borodyanka – champion (debut) Group C FC Sumy – champion (returning after a season) Arsenal Kharkiv – runner-up (debut) Relegated teams One club was relegated from the 2001-02 Ukrainian Top League: FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod – 14th place (returning after a season) Renamed teams Before the season FC Sumy changed back to FC Spartak Sumy . During winter break SC Mykolaiv changed its name to MFC Mykolaiv. Teams In 2002-03 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 48.5 32.266667 Zirka left Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Dynamo-2CSKA bottom Ukraine 49.808333 24.901111 Sokil top Ukraine 50.35 30.95 Borysfen right Ukraine 49.85 24.016667 Karpaty-2 bottom Ukraine 48.466667 38.8 Stal top 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 Arsenal 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 ZKI Zirka Kirovohrad BBO Borysfen Boryspil DK2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv NAF Naftovyk Okhtyrka MYK MFC Mykolaiv SAL Stal Alchevsk ZUZ Zakarpattia Uzhhorod POD FC Krasyliv AKH Arsenal Kharkiv SSU Spartak Sumy PZH Polissya Zhytomir S2D Shakhtar-2 Donetsk K2L Karpaty-2 Lviv CSCA CSKA Kyiv BBB Systema-Boreks Borodyanka VIN FC Vinnytsia SIF Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk SZO Sokil Zolochiv 22 5 7 45 22 C,P 19 9 6 44 16 P 18 10 6 56 28 15 9 10 37 26 15 7 12 30 37 14 10 10 36 33 14 9 11 27 26 14 7 13 42 37 13 7 14 38 42 13 6 15 34 40 12 7 15 30 38 11 9 14 33 40 10 11 13 34 38 10 11 13 33 38 9 13 12 28 28 9 9 16 18 31 7 8 19 25 54 4 7 23 23 39 D Nyva Vinnytsia was not relegated as Olexandria has folded in the Premier League. Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk was bought out by LUKOIL, the main sponsor of LUKOR Kalush, and the new management recognized it as the first team of one club with LUKOR being its second. One a paper LUKOR got promoted and Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk got relegated, but the truth is that the teams stayed in their divisions. Sokil Zolochiv has folded. green1 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha P P inherit Avoided relegation NR black1 Withdrew WNEWP complete Persha Liha 2002-03 WinnersFC Zirka KirovohradSecond title Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ru ScorerGoals (pen.)TeamUKR Maksym Shtayer15 (4)FC KrasylivUKR Artem Milevskyi11Dynamo-2 KyivUKR Myroslav Bundash11 (6)Zakarpattia UzhhorodUKR Bohdan Yesyp10Naftovyk OkhtyrkaUKR Pavlo Parshyn9 (3)Polissya ZhytomyrUKR Oleksandr Melaschenko8Dynamo-2 KyivUKR Dmytro Vorobey8 (1)Dynamo-2 KyivUKR Oleksandr Aliyev8 (1)Dynamo-2 KyivUKR Ruslan Platon8 (3)Karpaty-2 LvivUKR Ruslan Bidnenko7Borysfen Boryspil References External links Category:Ukrainian First League seasons Category:2002–03 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukra