| Season | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Gomel |
| Relegated | Lokomotiv Minsk Molodechno-2000 |
| Champions League | Gomel |
| UEFA Cup | Shakhtyor BATE |
| Intertoto Cup | Dinamo Minsk |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 621 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | |
| Biggest home win | Shakhtyor 9–0Zvezda-VA-BGU |
| Biggest away win | Slavia 0–7Dinamo Minsk; Slavia 0–7BATE |
| Highest scoring | Shakhtyor 9–0Zvezda-VA-BGU; Belshina 4–5Dnepr-Transmash |
←2002 2004 → | |
The2003Belarusian Premier League was the 13th season of top-tierfootball inBelarus. 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.
Due to Premiere League expansion from 14 to 16 teams, one lowest placed team in 2002Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk was replaced by three best teams from2002 First League:Darida Minsk Raion,Naftan Novopolotsk andLokomotiv Minsk. Torpedo-MAZ Minsk changed their name toTorpedo-SKA Minsk. Darida originally was registered inMinsk suburbZhdanovichi, while playing their games inKuntsevschina 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 becameMinsk Raion, while team's office and stadium locations remained the same.
Gomel won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-upBATE Borisov and2003–04 Cup winnersShakhtyor Soligorsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Teams finished on the last two places (Lokomotiv Minsk andMolodechno-2000) relegated to theFirst 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 |
| 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 forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 21 | +49 | 66 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 64 | Qualification forIntertoto 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 forUEFA 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 toBelarusian First League |
| 16 | Molodechno-2000(R) | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 52 | −33 | 16 |
| 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 |
| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
| First round | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 8–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | |
| Second round | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 3–5 | 1–1 | 2–4 | |
| 2003–04 UEFA Cup | |||||
| Qualifying round | Brøndby | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Neman Grodno | 1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||
| 2003–04 UEFA Champions League | |||||
| First qualifying round | BATE Borisov | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |