2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro
Season | 2002–03 |
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Champions | Partizan 18th domestic title |
Relegated | Rad Čukarički Javor Rudar Mogren Radnički Niš |
Champions League | Partizan |
UEFA Cup | Red Star Sartid |
Intertoto Cup | OFK Beograd Sutjeska |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 793 (2.59 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Zvonimir Vukić (22) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
The 2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro (in fall season First League of FR Yugoslavia) was the eleventh and last season as FR Yugoslavia and (after was the country renamed in February 2003) first season of the Serbia and Montenegro's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Partizan won the championship.
Teams
[edit]Mladost Lučani, Zvezdara, Mladost Apatin and Radnički Kragujevac, were relegated to the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia champions, Radnički Obrenovac (North), Radnički Niš (East), Javor Ivanjica (West) and Mogren (South).
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Partizan | Belgrade | Partizan Stadium | 32,710 |
Red Star | Belgrade | Red Star Stadium | 55,538 |
Vojvodina | Novi Sad | Karađorđe Stadium | 17,204 |
Zemun | Zemun, Belgrade | Zemun Stadium | 10,000 |
Rad | Belgrade | Stadion Kralj Petar I | 6,000 |
Hajduk Kula | Kula | Stadion Hajduk | 6,000 |
Obilić | Belgrade | FK Obilić Stadium | 4,500 |
Železnik | Belgrade | Železnik Stadium | 8,000 |
OFK Beograd | Karaburma, Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 20,000 |
Sartid | Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
Čukarički | Belgrade | Stadion Čukarički | 7,000 |
Sutjeska | Nikšić | Gradski stadion (Nikšić) | 10,800 |
Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 |
Rudar Pljevlja | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 |
Radnički Obrenovac | Obrenovac | Stadion pored Kolubare | 5,000 |
Radnički Niš | Niš | Čair Stadium | 20,000 |
Javor | Ivanjica | Stadion Ivanjica | 5,000 |
Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Partizan (C) | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 89 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 70 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
3 | OFK Beograd | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 63 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
4 | Sutjeska | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 62 | |
5 | Železnik | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 62 | |
6 | Vojvodina | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 56 | |
7 | Obilić | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 51 | |
8 | Zeta | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 51 | |
9 | Hajduk Kula | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 48 | |
10 | Zemun | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 47 | |
11 | Sartid | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
12 | Radnički Obrenovac | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 44 | |
13 | Rad (R) | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 43 | Relegation to Second League of Serbia and Montenegro |
14 | Čukarički (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 37 | |
15 | Javor Ivanjica (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 34 | |
16 | Mogren (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 33 | 76 | −43 | 21 | |
17 | Rudar Pljevlja (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 62 | −43 | 18 | |
18 | Radnički Niš (R) | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 78 | −55 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Sartid qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Cup as winner of 2002–03 Serbia and Montenegro Cup.
Results
[edit]Winning squad
[edit]Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković (until December) and
Lothar Matthäus)
Players (appearances/goals)[1]
Radovan Radaković
Milivoje Ćirković
Dragoljub Jeremić
Igor Duljaj
Dejan Ognjanović
Nenad Kutlačić
Milan Stojanoski
Goran Trobok
Andrija Delibašić
Zvonimir Vukić
Damir Čakar
Miladin Bečanović
Radiša Ilić
Nenad Mišković
Ivan Stanković
Taribo West
Ivica Iliev
Vladimir Ivić
Ajazdin Nuhi
Dejan Živković
Saša Ilić
Dejan Rusmir
Branko Savić
Branimir Bajić
Danko Lazović
Albert Nađ
Đorđe Pantić
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Partizan | 22
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2 | ![]() |
Red Star | 21
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3 | ![]() |
OFK Beograd | 20 |
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Zeta | ||
5 | ![]() |
Železnik | 15 |
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Sartid | ||
7 | ![]() |
Partizan | 13
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8 | ![]() |
Partizan | 13
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9 | ![]() |
Sutjeska | 11 |
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Partizan | ||
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Partizan | ||
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Radnički Obrenovac |