2003 Belarusian First League was the 13th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2003.
Team changes from 2002 season Three top teams of last season (Darida Minsk Raion, Naftan Novopolotsk and Lokomotiv Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to the expansion of Premier League from 14 to 16 clubs, the promoted teams were replaced by only one team that finished at the bottom of 2002 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk).
One team that finished at the bottom of 2002 season table (Osipovichi) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by three best teams of 2002 Second League (MTZ-RIPO Minsk, Pinsk-900 and Vertikal Kalinkovichi).
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk shortened their name to Lokomotiv Vitebsk before the start of the season.
Teams and locations
TeamLocationPosition in 2002LokomotivVitebskPremier League, 14Vedrich-97Rechitsa4GranitMikashevichi5LidaLida6ZLiNGomel7KommunalnikSlonim8Dinamo-JuniMinsk9Torpedo-KadinoMogilev10NemanMosty11Dnepr-DUSSh-1Rogachev12KhimikSvetlogorsk13SmorgonSmorgon14BerezaBereza15MTZ-RIPOMinskSecond League, 1Pinsk-900PinskSecond League, 2VertikalKalinkovichiSecond League, 3
League table
Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Oleg KuzmenokMTZ-RIPO Minsk252 Aleksandr SavelyevZLiN Gomel203 Dmytro KolodinLokomotiv Vitebsk174 Sergey UlezloKhimik Svetlogorsk155 Mihail EramchukVedrich-97 Rechitsa13
See also 2003 Belarusian Premier League 2002–03 Belarusian Cup 2003–04 Belarusian Cup
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