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2003 Belarusian Premier League

Summary

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.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2003
ChampionsGomel
RelegatedLokomotiv Minsk
Molodechno-2000
Champions LeagueGomel
UEFA CupShakhtyor
BATE
Intertoto CupDinamo Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored621 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Gennadi Bliznyuk,
Belarus Sergei Kornilenko – (18)
Biggest home winShakhtyor 9–0 Zvezda-VA-BGU
Biggest away winSlavia 0–7 Dinamo Minsk;
Slavia 0–7 BATE
Highest scoringShakhtyor 9–0 Zvezda-VA-BGU;
Belshina 4–5 Dnepr-Transmash
← 2002
2004 →

Team changes from 2002 season edit

Due to Premiere League expansion from 14 to 16 teams, one lowest placed team in 2002 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk was replaced by three best teams from 2002 First League: Darida Minsk Raion, Naftan Novopolotsk and Lokomotiv Minsk. Torpedo-MAZ Minsk changed their name to Torpedo-SKA Minsk. Darida originally was registered in Minsk suburb Zhdanovichi, while playing their games in Kuntsevschina district in Minsk. The team was renamed to Darida-TDZh Zhdanovichi (due to sponsorship from shopping center Zhdanovichi) for a few weeks in early 2003. However, after shopping center cancelled their sponsorship, team's name was changed back to Darida and official location became Minsk Raion, while team's office and stadium locations remained the same.

Overview edit

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 edit

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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Top scorers edit

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

See also edit

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