2002–03 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer Liga
Season	2002–03
Champions	Leotar ; 1st Premier League title ; 1st Bosnian title
Relegated	Kozara ; Jedinstvo ; Velež ; Mladost (G) ; Budućnost ; Bosna
Champions League	Leotar
UEFA Cup	Željezničar; Sarajevo
Intertoto Cup	Sloboda
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,072 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emir Obuća (24 goals)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the third season since its establishment and distinguishes itself from previous seasons by having expanded the country-wide league to include the clubs from Republika Srpska in the competition. This season began on 3 August 2002 and ended on 24 May 2003.

The league was won by FK Leotar after a dramatic last round where they defeated away team Rudar Ugljevik (2–1). Široki Brijeg defended successfully against the defending home champions Željezničar (1–0).

Clubs and stadiums

Posušje

Rudar U.

FK Sarajevo
Željezničar

Location of clubs in Premijer Liga 2002-03

Team	Location	Stadium
Borac	Banja Luka	Banja Luka City Stadium
Bosna	Visoko	Stadion Luke
Brotnjo	Čitluk	Bare Stadium
Budućnost	Banovići	Gradski stadion (Banovići)
Čelik	Zenica	Bilino Polje
Glasinac	Sokolac	Stadion FK Glasinac
Jedinstvo	Bihać	Stadion pod Borićima
Kozara	Gradiška	Gradski stadion (Gradiška)
Leotar	Trebinje	Stadion Police
Mladost	Gacko	Gradski stadion (Gacko)
Orašje	Orašje	Gradski stadion (Orašje)
Posušje	Posušje	Mokri Dolac Stadium
Rudar	Ugljevik	Novi Gradski Stadion
Sarajevo	Sarajevo	Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Sloboda	Tuzla	Stadion Tušanj
Široki Brijeg	Široki Brijeg	Stadion Pecara
Velež	Mostar	Vrapčići Stadium
Zrinjski	Mostar	Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom
Željezničar	Sarajevo	Stadion Grbavica
Žepče	Žepče	Gradski stadion (Žepče)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leotar (C)	38	26	7	5	82	27	+55	85	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Željezničar	38	24	10	4	66	24	+42	82	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Sarajevo	38	19	12	7	83	39	+44	69	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Široki Brijeg	38	21	5	12	69	45	+24	68
5	Čelik	38	16	10	12	61	33	+28	58
6	Sloboda Tuzla	38	16	6	16	51	38	+13	54	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7	Borac Banja Luka	38	16	6	16	50	49	+1	54
8	Orašje	38	15	9	14	50	57	−7	54
9	Posušje	38	16	6	16	42	55	−13	54
10	Žepče	38	14	11	13	48	50	−2	53
11	Zrinjski	38	17	2	19	46	65	−19	53
12	Rudar Ugljevik	38	16	4	18	61	57	+4	52
13	Brotnjo	38	15	7	16	47	55	−8	52
14	Glasinac	38	16	4	18	37	54	−17	52
15	Kozara (R)	38	15	6	17	55	62	−7	51	Relegation to Prva Liga RS
16	Jedinstvo Bihać (R)	38	15	5	18	59	62	−3	50	Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH
17	Velež (R)	38	14	3	21	47	59	−12	45	Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH
18	Mladost Gacko (R)	38	11	6	21	40	65	−25	39	Relegation to Prva Liga RS
19	Budućnost (R)	38	10	8	20	48	67	−19	38	Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH
20	Bosna (R)	38	4	1	33	28	107	−79	13	Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH

Home \ Away	BOR	BOS	BRO	BUD	ČEL	GLA	JED	KOZ	LEO	MGA	ORA	POS	RUG	SAR	SLO	ŠB	VEL	ZRI	ŽEL	ŽEP
Borac Banja Luka		3–1	3–1	5–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0
Bosna	1–2		1–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–9	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–3	2–5	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1
Brotnjo	1–2	3–1		2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	4–1	3–2	0–0
Budućnost	3–3	2–0	5–0		2–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–0	3–4	2–3
Čelik	3–1	4–0	3–1	3–0		4–0	4–2	3–0	0–0	5–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–3	4–0	0–0	1–0
Glasinac	0–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	0–1	0–0
Jedinstvo Bihać	4–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0		3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	5–2	3–1	1–5	2–1	5–2	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1
Kozara	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–1	5–0	1–0		2–2	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2
Leotar	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0		4–0	2–0	4–0	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	2–2	5–0
Mladost Gacko	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1		2–0	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1
Orašje	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	4–3		2–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Posušje	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	0–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Rudar Ugljevik	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–1	5–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	0–1	1–3
Sarajevo	3–0	5–0	5–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	6–3	2–0	4–0	3–0	4–0	4–2		2–0	4–4	3–1	6–1	1–1	0–0
Sloboda Tuzla	1–0	6–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–4	2–0	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–1		4–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
Široki Brijeg	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	5–0	6–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1		2–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
Velež	0–0	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	1–3	1–0	1–3		4–1	0–1	2–1
Zrinjski	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–1
Željezničar	1–0	5–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	6–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–0		6–1
Žepče	1–1	6–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	4–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1

v t e 2002–03 in Bosnia and Herzegovina football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League First League (FBiH, RS)
Domestic cups	National Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2004: qualification (Group 2) Blaž Slišković

v t e 2002–03 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
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League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final ) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

2002–03 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Clubs and stadiums

League standings

Results

Champions

References