2003 Russian First Division

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

Russian First Division

Season	2003
Champions	Amkar Perm
Promoted	Amkar Perm Kuban Krasnodar
Relegated	Dynamo St.Petersburg Expelled Fakel Voronezh Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Kristall Smolensk Volgar Astrakhan Lada-Togliatti
Top goalscorer	Aleksandr Panov (23)
← 2002 2004 →

Teams

Amkar

Anzhi

Baltika

Chita

Dynamo

Fakel

Izhevsk

Khimki

Kuban

Lada

Lipetsk

Metallurg

Mordovia

Neftekhimik

SKA-Energiya

Smolensk

Sokol

Spartak N

Terek

Tom

Ural

Volgar

Location of teams in 2003 Russian First Division

Team Place Amkar Perm Perm Anzhi Makhachkala Makhachkala Baltika Kaliningrad Kaliningrad Dynamo St.Petersburg Saint Petersburg Fakel Voronezh Voronezh SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk Izhevsk Khimki Khimki Kuban Krasnodar Krasnodar Lada-Togliatti Tolyatti Lokomotiv Chita Chita Metallurg Lipetsk Lipetsk

Team Place Metallurg Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk Lisma-Mordovia Saransk Saransk Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Nizhnekamsk SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk Khabarovsk Kristall Smolensk Smolensk Sokol Saratov Saratov Spartak Nalchik Nalchik Terek Grozny Grozny Tom Tomsk Tomsk Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Yekaterinburg Volgar Astrakhan Astrakhan

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[a]
4	Terek Grozny	42	25	10	7	56	21	+35	85[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b]
5	Dynamo St. Petersburg (R)	42	23	8	11	66	37	+29	77	Relegation to Second Division[c]
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	Lokomotiv 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	Lisma-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-Gazprom Astrakhan (R)	42	6	11	25	28	60	−32	29
22	Lada-Togliatti (R)	42	5	3	34	27	86	−59	18

Source: PFL, 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. Head-to-head record: Tom – Terek 2–1, Terek – Tom 0–1.
2. Qualified as 2003–04 Russian Cup winners.
3. Dynamo Saint Petersburg were expelled from the league due to financial irregularities

Results

Home \ Away	AMK	ANZ	BAL	DSP	FAK	KHI	KRI	KUB	LAD	LCH	MTL	MTK	MOR	NEF	SKA	SOK	SGI	SPN	TER	TOM	URA	VOL
Amkar Perm		0–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–0
Anzhi Makhachkala	1–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	6–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0
Baltika Kaliningrad	1–0	2–3		2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–4	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Dynamo St. Petersburg	1–1	2–0	0–1		2–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	6–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–1
Fakel Voronezh	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–2		2–1	1–0	3–4	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1
Khimki	1–4	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0
Kristall Smolensk	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3		1–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	2–4	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	7–4	2–0
Kuban Krasnodar	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	3–0		3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–0
Lada-Togliatti	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–2		1–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–7	1–0	3–1	0–2
Lokomotiv Chita	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0		2–1	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	2–1
Metallurg Lipetsk	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–3	1–0		0–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	5–0	4–1
Metallurg-Kuzbass	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	1–3		1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1
Lisma-Mordovia Saransk	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	0–1		3–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–1
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–3		2–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	4–1
SKA-Khabarovsk	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0
Sokol Saratov	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1
SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	2–3	3–1	6–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–6		1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2
Spartak Nalchik	0–1	2–0	0–4	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0		0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
Terek Grozny	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0		0–1	2–0	0–0
Tom Tomsk	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1		1–0	2–1
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	4–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–1		0–2
Volgar-Gazprom	1–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2

Source: PFL (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Aleksandr Panov	Dynamo (SPb)	23
2	Konstantin Paramonov	Amkar	21
	Aleksandr Petukhov	Metallurg (L)
4	Oleg Veretennikov	Lisma-Mordovia	18
5	Aleksandr Antipenko	Kristall / Khimki	17
	Andrey Dementyev	Baltika
7	Andrei Fedkov	Sokol	16
8	Denis Kiselyov	Khimki	15
	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Baltika
10	Oleg Lidrik	Metallurg-Kuzbass	14
	Andrei Salnikov	Ural

See also

• 2003 Russian Premier League