| Season | 2002–03 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Partizan 18th domestic title |
| Relegated | Rad Čukarički Javor Rudar Mogren Radnički Niš |
| Champions League | Partizan |
| UEFA Cup | Red Star Sartid |
| Intertoto Cup | OFK Beograd Sutjeska |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 793 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Zvonimir Vukić (22) |
2003–04 → | |
The2002–03First League of Serbia and Montenegro (in fall seasonFirst League of FR Yugoslavia) was the eleventh and last season as FR Yugoslavia and (afterwas 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, andPartizan won the championship.
Mladost Lučani,Zvezdara,Mladost Apatin andRadnički Kragujevac, were relegated to theSecond League of Serbia and Montenegro.
The relegated teams were replaced by2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia champions,Radnički Obrenovac (North),Radnički Niš (East),Javor Ivanjica (West) andMogren (South).
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | Belgrade | Partizan Stadium | 32,710 |
| Red Star | Belgrade | Red Star Stadium | 55,538 |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | Karađorđe Stadium | 17,204 |
| Zemun | Zemun, Belgrade | Zemun Stadium | 10,000 |
| Rad | Belgrade | Stadion Kralj Petar I | 6,000 |
| Hajduk Kula | Kula | Stadion Hajduk | 6,000 |
| Obilić | Belgrade | FK Obilić Stadium | 4,500 |
| Železnik | Belgrade | Železnik Stadium | 8,000 |
| OFK Beograd | Karaburma, Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 20,000 |
| Sartid | Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
| Čukarički | Belgrade | Stadion Čukarički | 7,000 |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Gradski stadion (Nikšić) | 10,800 |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 |
| Rudar Pljevlja | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 |
| Radnički Obrenovac | Obrenovac | Stadion pored Kolubare | 5,000 |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | Čair Stadium | 20,000 |
| Javor | Ivanjica | Stadion Ivanjica | 5,000 |
| Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partizan(C) | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 89 | Qualification forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 70 | Qualification forUEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | OFK Beograd | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 63 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Sutjeska | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 62 | |
| 5 | Železnik | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 62 | |
| 6 | Vojvodina | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 56 | |
| 7 | Obilić | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 51 | |
| 8 | Zeta | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 51 | |
| 9 | Hajduk Kula | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 48 | |
| 10 | Zemun | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 47 | |
| 11 | Sartid | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 45 | Qualification forUEFA Cup qualifying round[a] |
| 12 | Radnički Obrenovac | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 44 | |
| 13 | Rad(R) | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 43 | Relegation toSecond League of Serbia and Montenegro |
| 14 | Čukarički(R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 37 | |
| 15 | Javor Ivanjica(R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 34 | |
| 16 | Mogren(R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 33 | 76 | −43 | 21 | |
| 17 | Rudar Pljevlja(R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 62 | −43 | 18 | |
| 18 | Radnički Niš(R) | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 78 | −55 | 11 |
| Home \ Away | ČUK | HAJ | JAV | MOG | OBI | OFK | PAR | RAD | RNI | ROB | RSB | RUD | SAR | SUT | VOJ | ŽEL | ZEM | ZET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Čukarički | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
| Hajduk Kula | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Javor Ivanjica | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Mogren | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–6 | |
| Obilić | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| OFK Beograd | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Partizan | 6–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Rad | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Radnički Niš | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
| Radnički Obrenovac | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Red Star | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| Rudar Pljevlja | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | |
| Sartid | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| Sutjeska | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Vojvodina | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Železnik | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Zemun | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| Zeta | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach:
Ljubiša Tumbaković (until December) and
Lothar Matthäus)
Players (appearances/goals)[1]