2003 Belarusian Premier League

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The 2003 Belarusian Premier League was the 13th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The first round was postponed from April 11–12 to later dates due to heavy snowfall. The season finally started on April 18 and ended on November 9, 2003. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2002 season

Due to Premiere League expansion from 14 to 16 teams, one lowest placed team in 2002

Minsk Raion
, while team's office and stadium locations remained the same.

Overview

Gomel won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up BATE Borisov and 2003–04 Cup winners Shakhtyor Soligorsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Teams finished on the last two places (Lokomotiv Minsk and Molodechno-2000) relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 2003 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2002
BATE Borisov
City Stadium (Borisov)
 5,500 1
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium[1] 15,000 2
Shakhtyor
Soligorsk
 Stroitel Stadium 5,000 3
Torpedo-SKA Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,200 4
Torpedo
Zhodino
 Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 5,000 5
Gomel Gomel Luch Stadium[2] 5,000 6
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 40,000 7
Belshina
Bobruisk
 Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,600 8
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 6,775 9
Dinamo Brest
 Brest
OSK Brestskiy
 3,000 10
Slavia
Mozyr
Yunost Stadium
 5,250 11
Zvezda-VA-BGU
 Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,000 12
Molodechno-2000
Molodechno
 City Stadium (Molodechno) 5,650 13
Darida
Minsk Raion
Darida Stadium
 3,000 First league, 1
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 6,500 First league, 2
Lokomotiv Minsk Lokomotiv Stadium 860 First league, 3
  1. ^
    Four games played at City Stadium in Lida due to renovation works at Neman Stadium.
  2. ^
    Gomel spent the season at Luch Stadium, as their regular stadium Central Stadium was closed for renovation.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gomel (C) 30 23 5 2 56 12 +44 74 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 30 20 6 4 70 21 +49 66 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 30 20 4 6 62 24 +38 64 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Torpedo-SKA Minsk 30 19 7 4 54 20 +34 64
5 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 19 7 4 60 23 +37 64 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
6 Torpedo Zhodino 30 13 10 7 44 25 +19 49
7 Neman Grodno 30 10 9 11 24 35 −11 39
8 Naftan Novopolotsk 30 10 5 15 39 49 −10 35
9 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 30 8 10 12 38 46 −8 34
10 Belshina Bobruisk 30 8 8 14 44 50 −6 32
11
Dinamo Brest
 30 5 12 13 21 49 −28 27
12 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 30 7 4 19 23 64 −41 25
13 Darida Minsk Raion 30 7 4 19 22 45 −23 25
14 Slavia Mozyr 30 6 7 17 29 64 −35 25
15 Lokomotiv Minsk (R) 30 5 9 16 16 42 −26 24 Relegation to Belarusian First League
16 Molodechno-2000 (R) 30 3 7 20 19 52 −33 16
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Shakhtyor Soligorsk qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2003–04 Belarusian Cup.

Results

Home \ Away BAT BSH DAR
DBR
 DMI DNE GOM LMN MOL NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH TMI ZBM
BATE Borisov 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 4–0 4–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–5 0–2 4–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–0
Darida Minsk Raion 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–3 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 0–2 0–3 2–2
Dinamo Brest
 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–5 0–1
Dinamo Minsk 0–4 1–3 5–0 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–0
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 3–3 5–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–2 1–0
Gomel 2–0 4–2 1–0 5–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Minsk 2–2 3–2 3–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1
Molodechno-2000 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–1 0–4 1–2 5–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–3
Neman Grodno 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 9–0
Slavia Mozyr 0–7 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–7 2–1 1–4 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–3
Torpedo Zhodino 0–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 5–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 2–0
Torpedo-SKA Minsk 0–2 5–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–0
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–6 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–5 1–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–3
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 8–1 Northern Ireland Omagh Town 1–0 7–1
Second round Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 3–5 Croatia Cibalia Vinkovci 1–1 2–4
2003–04 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round Brøndby Denmark 5–0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 3–0 2–0
Neman Grodno Belarus 1–1 (
a
)
Steaua București
 1–1 0–0
2003–04 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round BATE Borisov Belarus 1–3 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 1–0 0–3

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk Gomel 18
Belarus Sergei Kornilenko Dinamo Minsk 18
3 Belarus Anatoly Tikhonchik Shakhtyor Soligorsk 17
4 Belarus Pavel Byahanski BATE Borisov 16
Yury Markhel
Torpedo Zhodino
 16
6
Oleksandr Pyschur
 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 13
7 Belarus Aleksey Denisenya Belshina Bobruisk 12
8 Belarus Aleksandr Borisik Belshina Bobruisk 11
9 Georgia (country) Suliko Kakabadze Naftan Novopolotsk 10
Belarus Syarhey Kozak Torpedo-SKA Minsk 10
Syarhey Nikiforenka
 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 10

See also

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