2003 Russian First Division

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Russian First Division
Season2003
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

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

Contents

Teams

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Amkar Perm (P)42251255020+3087Promotion to Premier League
2 Kuban Krasnodar (P)42275107538+3786
3 Tom Tomsk 42251075523+3285 [lower-alpha 1]
4 Terek Grozny 42251075621+3585 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Dynamo St. Petersburg (R)42238116637+2977Relegation to Second Division [lower-alpha 2]
6 Anzhi Makhachkala 421913105233+1970
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 421810145849+964
8 Metallurg Lipetsk 421711145338+1562
9 Sokol Saratov 421614125236+1662
10 SKA-Khabarovsk 421612145147+460
11 Lokomotiv Chita 421902355661157
12 Khimki 421691736461057
13 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk 421412164247554
14 Lisma-Mordovia Saransk 42158195460653
15 Spartak Nalchik 4214101834491552
16 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 421491950601051
17 SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk 4212141644561250
18 Fakel Voronezh (R)4213101944561249Relegation to Second Division
19 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (R)421182343652241
20 Kristall Smolensk (R)421052740723235
21 Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan (R)426112528603229
22 Lada-Togliatti (R)42533427865918
Source: 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. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Tom – Terek 2–1, Terek – Tom 0–1.
  2. 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 0–03–02–12–01–03–01–01–03–12–11–11–12–00–01–02–11–00–00–22–01–0
Anzhi Makhachkala 1–11–00–03–13–03–11–06–03–10–02–12–05–31–12–01–02–10–11–01–13–0
Baltika Kaliningrad 1–02–32–11–23–12–14–31–01–20–00–04–01–22–43–21–02–02–11–12–10–0
Dynamo St. Petersburg 1–12–00–12–13–01–13–12–06–01–03–01–00–23–14–22–02–00–01–23–01–1
Fakel Voronezh 0–03–13–22–22–11–03–42–22–02–10–22–01–00–12–10–30–11–11–03–11–1
Khimki 1–40–01–11–21–00–01–11–01–01–01–11–01–00–10–30–02–13–21–12–11–0
Kristall Smolensk 0–20–01–20–10–00–31–31–03–12–12–01–00–23–22–41–00–10–22–07–42–0
Kuban Krasnodar 0–11–00–13–14–03–13–03–12–13–03–02–01–01–10–01–03–10–00–04–11–0
Lada-Togliatti 0–20–00–30–12–11–24–10–21–20–00–21–21–20–30–21–20–20–71–03–10–2
Lokomotiv Chita 0–12–12–12–02–10–22–01–22–02–12–03–14–23–10–13–11–20–13–21–02–1
Metallurg Lipetsk 0–12–11–14–21–02–02–13–22–31–00–32–01–01–00–05–03–01–20–15–04–1
Metallurg-Kuzbass 2–02–01–01–31–10–12–00–24–21–01–31–10–02–12–20–03–00–12–03–21–1
Lisma-Mordovia Saransk 0–00–03–21–34–02–02–11–04–01–00–10–13–22–32–11–14–01–11–32–13–1
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 1–10–13–10–11–11–11–01–43–12–12–12–02–32–12–21–12–20–10–20–04–1
SKA-Khabarovsk 1–10–11–20–01–02–12–11–22–00–11–13–12–21–01–01–12–01–21–12–01–0
Sokol Saratov 0–01–30–00–21–01–03–03–02–12–10–01–03–00–01–01–10–01–00–00–04–1
SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk 0–10–00–01–02–12–14–32–33–16–30–01–01–12–00–01–61–01–11–20–12–2
Spartak Nalchik 0–12–00–41–01–10–00–01–21–01–01–11–12–12–01–11–14–00–10–02–11–0
Terek Grozny 2–00–01–02–31–01–01–00–11–02–01–12–01–05–13–11–02–02–00–12–00–0
Tom Tomsk 0–12–02–00–01–01–02–02–01–03–10–03–03–03–01–12–11–03–02–11–02–1
Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 1–00–02–22–10–20–13–00–23–14–11–00–03–20–14–10–02–31–00–00–10–2
Volgar-Gazprom 1–32–00–00–11–10–13–20–32–00–20–10–01–31–30–11–00–00–10–11–10–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

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