2003 Russian First Division

The Russian First Division 2003 was the 12th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.

Russian First Division
Season2003
ChampionsAmkar Perm
PromotedAmkar Perm
Kuban Krasnodar
RelegatedDynamo St.Petersburg Expelled
Fakel Voronezh
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
Kristall Smolensk
Volgar Astrakhan
Lada-Togliatti
Top goalscorerAleksandr Panov (23)
← 2002
2004 →

Teams
Location of teams in Russian First Division 2003

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Amkar Perm (P) 42 25 12 5 50 20 +30 87 Promotion to Premier League
2 Kuban Krasnodar (P) 42 27 5 10 75 38 +37 86
3 Tom Tomsk 42 25 10 7 55 23 +32 85[lower-alpha 1]
4 Terek Grozny 42 25 10 7 56 21 +35 85[lower-alpha 1]
5 Dynamo St. Petersburg (R) 42 23 8 11 66 37 +29 77 Relegation to Second Division[lower-alpha 2]
6 Anzhi Makhachkala 42 19 13 10 52 33 +19 70
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 42 18 10 14 58 49 +9 64
8 Metallurg Lipetsk 42 17 11 14 53 38 +15 62
9 Sokol Saratov 42 16 14 12 52 36 +16 62
10 SKA-Khabarovsk 42 16 12 14 51 47 +4 60
11 Chita 42 19 0 23 55 66 −11 57
12 Khimki 42 16 9 17 36 46 −10 57
13 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk 42 14 12 16 42 47 −5 54
14 Mordovia Saransk 42 15 8 19 54 60 −6 53
15 Spartak Nalchik 42 14 10 18 34 49 −15 52
16 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 42 14 9 19 50 60 −10 51
17 SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk 42 12 14 16 44 56 −12 50
18 Fakel Voronezh (R) 42 13 10 19 44 56 −12 49 Relegation to Second Division
19 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (R) 42 11 8 23 43 65 −22 41
20 Kristall Smolensk (R) 42 10 5 27 40 72 −32 35
21 Volgar Astrakhan (R) 42 6 11 25 28 60 −32 29
22 Lada-Togliatti (R) 42 5 3 34 27 86 −59 18
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored, away goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. TOM 2–1 TER; TER 0–1 TOM
  2. Dynamo Saint Petersburg were expelled from the league due to financial irregularities

Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsTeam
1Russia Aleksandr Panov23Dynamo St.Petersburg
2Russia Konstantin Paramonov21Amkar Perm
Russia Aleksandr Petukhov21Metallurg Lipetsk
4Russia Oleg Veretennikov18Lisma-Mordovia Saransk
5Russia Aleksandr Antipenko17Kristall Smolensk/Khimki
Russia Andrey Dementyev17Baltika Kaliningrad
7Russia Andrei Fedkov16Sokol Saratov
8Russia Denis Kiselyov15Khimki
Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak15Baltika Kaliningrad
10Russia Oleg Lidrik14Metallurg-Kuzbass
Russia Andrei Salnikov14Ural

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References
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