| Season | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Lokomotiv Vitebsk |
| Promoted | Lokomotiv Vitebsk MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
| Relegated | Neman Mosty Pinsk-900 |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 613 (2.55 per match) |
←2002 2004 → | |
2003 Belarusian First League was the 13th season of 2nd levelfootball championship inBelarus. It started in April and ended in November 2003.
Three top teams oflast season (Darida Minsk Raion,Naftan Novopolotsk andLokomotiv Minsk) were promoted toBelarusian 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 of2002 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk).
One team that finished at the bottom of2002 season table (Osipovichi) relegated to theSecond League. They were replaced by three best teams of2002 Second League (MTZ-RIPO Minsk,Pinsk-900 andVertikal Kalinkovichi).
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk shortened their name toLokomotiv Vitebsk before the start of the season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lokomotiv Vitebsk(P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 70[a] | Promotion toBelarusian Premier League |
| 2 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk(P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 15 | +48 | 70[a] | |
| 3 | Smorgon | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 58 | |
| 4 | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 53 | |
| 5 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 51 | |
| 6 | ZLiN Gomel | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 48 | |
| 7 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 46 | |
| 8 | Lida | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 43 | |
| 9 | Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 42[b] | |
| 10 | Kommunalnik Slonim | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 42[b] | |
| 11 | Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 29 | |
| 12 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 27[c] | |
| 13 | Vertikal Kalinkovichi | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 27[c] | |
| 14 | Bereza | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 26 | |
| 15 | Neman Mosty(R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 20 | Relegation toBelarusian Second League |
| 16 | Pinsk-900(R) | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 19 |
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oleg Kuzmenok | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 25 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Savelyev | ZLiN Gomel | 20 |
| 3 |  Dmytro Kolodin | Lokomotiv Vitebsk | 17 |
| 4 | Sergey Ulezlo | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 15 |
| 5 | Mihail Eramchuk | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 13 |
