2002–03 Ukrainian First League Explained

Season:	2002–03
Nextseason:	2003–04

The 2002–03 Ukrainian First League was the twelfth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Zirka Kirovohrad. The season started on July 6, 2002, and finished on June 21, 2003.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted teams

Five clubs promoted from the 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League.

Group A

• FC Krasyliv  - champion (debut)
• Sokil Zolochiv  - runner-up (debut)

Group B

• Systema-Boreks Borodyanka  - champion (debut)

Group C

• FC Sumy  - champion (returning after a season)
• Arsenal Kharkiv  - runner-up (debut)

Relegated teams

One club was relegated from the 2001-02 Ukrainian Top League:

• FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod  - 14th place (returning after a season)

Renamed teams

• Before the season FC Sumy changed back to FC Spartak Sumy .
• During winter break SC Mykolaiv changed its name to MFC Mykolaiv.

Teams

In 2002-03 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.^[1]

Scorer	Goals (pen.)	Team
Maksym Shtayer	15 (4)	FC Krasyliv
Artem Milevskyi	11	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Myroslav Bundash	11 (6)	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Bohdan Yesyp	10	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Pavlo Parshyn	9 (3)	Polissya Zhytomyr
Oleksandr Melaschenko	8	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Dmytro Vorobey	8 (1)	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Oleksandr Aliyev	8 (1)	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Ruslan Platon	8 (3)	Karpaty-2 Lviv
Ruslan Bidnenko	7	Borysfen Boryspil

External links

• http://rsssf.com/tableso/oekr03.html

Notes and References

1. http://ukranianfootball.narod.ru/2003/2002_03_p.html Statistics