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 (14 from Serbia and 4 from Montenegro), and Partizan won the championship.
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).
ClubCityStadiumCapacityPartizanBelgradePartizan Stadium32,710Red StarBelgradeRed Star Stadium55,538VojvodinaNovi SadKarađorđe Stadium17,204ZemunZemun, BelgradeZemun Stadium10,000RadBelgradeStadion Kralj Petar I6,000Hajduk KulaKulaStadion Hajduk6,000ObilićBelgradeFK Obilić Stadium4,500ŽeleznikBelgradeŽeleznik Stadium8,000OFK BeogradKaraburma, BelgradeOmladinski Stadium20,000SartidSmederevoSmederevo City Stadium17,200ČukaričkiBelgradeStadion Čukarički7,000SutjeskaNikšićGradski stadion (Nikšić)10,800ZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica7,000Rudar PljevljaPljevljaStadion pod Golubinjom10,000Radnički ObrenovacObrenovacStadion pored Kolubare5,000Radnički NišNišČair Stadium20,000JavorIvanjicaStadion Ivanjica5,000MogrenBudvaStadion Lugovi4,000
League table
Results
Winning squad Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković (until December) and Lothar Matthäus)
Players (appearances/goals) 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 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Zvonimir VukićPartizan2 Mihajlo PjanovićRed Star3 Miljan MrdakovićOFK Beograd20 Bojan BrnovićZeta5 Zoran ĐuraškovićŽeleznik15 Nenad MirosavljevićSartid7 Ivica IlievPartizan8 Andrija DelibašićPartizan9 Ivan BoškovićSutjeska11 Saša IlićPartizan Danko LazovićPartizan Boban StojanovićRadnički Obrenovac
References
External links Table and results at RSSSF