2003 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League 2003 Lokomotiv Vitebsk Lokomotiv VitebskMTZ-RIPO Minsk Neman MostyPinsk-900 240 613 2002 2004 2003 Belarusian First League was the 13th 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 Belarus 450 right Location of teams in 2003 Belarusian First League Belarus 53.9 27.5667 Dinamo-JuniMTZ-RIPO 9 Belarus 52.6333 29.7333 Khimik Belarus 52.4453 30.9842 ZLiN right Belarus 52.55 24.9667 Bereza left Belarus 53.1 30.05 Dnepr-DUSSh-1 right Belarus 52.2203 27.4736 Granit Belarus 53.4167 24.55 Neman Belarus 53.8872 25.3028 Lida Belarus 53.9 30.3333 Torpedo-Kadino right Belarus 53.0833 25.3167 Kommunalnik Belarus 52.3639 30.3947 Vedrich-97 left Belarus 54.4836 26.4 Smorgon Belarus 55.1833 30.1667 Lokomotiv Belarus 52.1167 26.01 Pinsk-900 Belarus 52.1333 29.3333 Vertikal TeamLocationPosition in 2002LokomotivVitebsk1Premier League, 14Vedrich-97Rechitsa4GranitMikashevichi5LidaLida6ZLiNGomel7KommunalnikSlonim8Dinamo-JuniMinsk9Torpedo-KadinoMogilev10NemanMosty11Dnepr-DUSSh-1Rogachev12KhimikSvetlogorsk13SmorgonSmorgon14BerezaBereza15MTZ-RIPOMinsk16Second League, 1Pinsk-900Pinsk17Second League, 2VertikalKalinkovichi18Second League, 3 League table main WDL PR VIT Lokomotiv Vitebsk MTZ MTZ-RIPO Minsk SMR Smorgon V97 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa GRA Granit Mikashevichi ZLN ZLiN Gomel KHI Khimik Svetlogorsk LID Lida TKM Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev KOM Kommunalnik Slonim DRO Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev DJM Dinamo-Juni Minsk VKA Vertikal Kalinkovichi BER Bereza NMO Neman Mosty VOL Pinsk-900 22 4 4 57 21 P 22 4 4 63 15 P 17 7 6 47 20 16 5 9 52 29 14 9 7 34 27 14 6 10 47 38 13 7 10 42 39 13 4 13 45 35 11 9 10 37 37 11 9 10 37 39 8 5 17 32 52 7 6 17 27 60 7 6 17 22 44 6 8 16 17 44 5 5 20 26 54 R 5 4 21 28 59 R Lokomotiv Vitebsk placed above MTZ-RIPO Minsk after winning additional 1st place playoff match (2–1 at the neutral venue in Baranovichi). VIT Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev placed above Kommunalnik Slonim by better head-to-head record (1–1, 2–1). TKM Dinamo-Juni Minsk placed above Vertikal Kalinkovichi by better head-to-head record (3–1, 2–1). DJM green1 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League P P red1 Relegation to Belarusian Second League R R complete rsssf.com 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1Belarus Oleg KuzmenokMTZ-RIPO Minsk252Belarus Aleksandr SavelyevZLiN Gomel203Ukraine Dmytro KolodinLokomotiv Vitebsk174Belarus Sergey UlezloKhimik Svetlogorsk155Belarus Mihail EramchukVedrich-97 Rechitsa13 See also 2003 Belarusian Premier League 2002–03 Belarusian Cup 2003–04 Belarusian Cup External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian First League seasons 2 Belarus Belarus