2003 Belarusian First League

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 0701 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 37 370 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.

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