2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro

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.

First League of Serbia and Montenegro

Season	2002–03
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 →

Teams

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).

Belgrade

Hajduk

Javor

Mogren

Radnički Niš

Radnički O.

Rudar

Sartid

Sutjeska

Vojvodina

Zeta

Belgrade clubs:

Čukarički
Obilić
OFK Beograd
Partizan
Rad
Red Star
Zemun
Železnik

Location of teams in the 2002–03 First League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Sartid qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Cup as winner of 2002–03 Serbia and Montenegro Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ČUK	HAJ	JAV	MOG	OBI	OFK	PAR	RAD	RNI	ROB	RSB	RUD	SAR	SUT	VOJ	ŽEL	ZEM	ZET
Čukarički		1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–3	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–3	2–0
Hajduk Kula	1–0		0–0	6–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	5–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Javor Ivanjica	1–0	0–0		2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–4
Mogren	3–1	1–1	2–1		0–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	3–6
Obilić	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0		3–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1
OFK Beograd	2–2	1–0	6–0	1–0	0–1		0–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	4–1	3–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Partizan	6–2	5–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–2		2–1	5–2	4–2	2–2	4–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	3–1
Rad	0–3	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	5–4	1–1	0–0
Radnički Niš	1–2	1–3	0–2	3–4	1–0	0–1	0–4	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	3–1
Radnički Obrenovac	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	2–4	2–0		0–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Red Star	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0		5–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	5–1
Rudar Pljevlja	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–3		0–0	2–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–4
Sartid	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	2–4	4–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–0
Sutjeska	3–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Vojvodina	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	4–5	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	5–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	1–0
Železnik	5–2	3–2	3–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1		3–1	3–1
Zemun	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	5–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3		3–1
Zeta	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–4	0–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Winning squad

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zvonimir Vukić	Partizan	22
2	Mihajlo Pjanović	Red Star	21
3	Miljan Mrdaković	OFK Beograd	20
	Bojan Brnović	Zeta
5	Zoran Đurašković	Železnik	15
	Nenad Mirosavljević	Sartid
7	Ivica Iliev	Partizan	13
8	Andrija Delibašić	Partizan	13
9	Ivan Bošković	Sutjeska	11
	Saša Ilić	Partizan
	Danko Lazović	Partizan
	Boban Stojanović	Radnički Obrenovac