# 2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro

The 2002–03 First League of Serbia and Montenegro (in fall season First League of FR Yugoslavia) was the eleventh and last season as FR Yugoslavia and (after was 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, and Partizan won the championship.

## Teams

Mladost Lučani, Zvezdara, Mladost Apatin and Radnički Kragujevac, were relegated to the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2001–02 Second League of FR Yugoslavia champions, Radnički Obrenovac (North), Radnički Niš (East), Javor Ivanjica (West) and Mogren (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 |

## League table

| 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 for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Star Belgrade | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 70 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | OFK Beograd | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 63 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Sutjeska | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 62 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 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 for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 12 | Radnički Obrenovac | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 44 | |
| 13 | Rad (R) | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 43 | Relegation to Second League of Serbia and Montenegro |
| 14 | Čukarički (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 37 | Relegation to Second League of Serbia and Montenegro |
| 15 | Javor Ivanjica (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 34 | Relegation to Second League of Serbia and Montenegro |
| 16 | Mogren (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 33 | 76 | −43 | 21 | Relegation to Second League of Serbia and Montenegro |
| 17 | Rudar Pljevlja (R) | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 62 | −43 | 18 | Relegation to Second League of Serbia and Montenegro |
| 18 | Radnički Niš (R) | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 78 | −55 | 11 | Relegation to Second League of Serbia and Montenegro |
* 1 2 Sartid qualified for 2003–04 UEFA Cup as winner of 2002–03 Serbia and Montenegro Cup.

## Results

| 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 | |

## Winning squad

Champions: Partizan Belgrade (Coach: Ljubiša Tumbaković (until December) and Lothar Matthäus)
Players (appearances/goals)
* Radovan Radaković
* Milivoje Ćirković
* Dragoljub Jeremić
* Igor Duljaj
* Dejan Ognjanović
* Nenad Kutlačić
* Milan Stojanoski
* Goran Trobok
* Andrija Delibašić
* Zvonimir Vukić
* Damir Čakar
* Miladin Bečanović
* Radiša Ilić
* Nenad Mišković
* Ivan Stanković
* Taribo West
* Ivica Iliev
* Vladimir Ivić
* Ajazdin Nuhi
* Dejan Živković
* Saša Ilić
* Dejan Rusmir
* Branko Savić
* Branimir Bajić
* Danko Lazović
* Albert Nađ
* Đorđe Pantić

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zvonimir Vukić | Partizan | 22 |
| 2 | Mihajlo Pjanović | Red Star | 21 |
| 3 | Miljan Mrdaković | OFK Beograd | 20 |
| 3 | Bojan Brnović | Zeta | 20 |
| 5 | Zoran Đurašković | Železnik | 15 |
| 5 | Nenad Mirosavljević | Sartid | 15 |
| 7 | Ivica Iliev | Partizan | 13 |
| 8 | Andrija Delibašić | Partizan | 13 |
| 9 | Ivan Bošković | Sutjeska | 11 |
| 9 | Saša Ilić | Partizan | 11 |
| 9 | Danko Lazović | Partizan | 11 |
| 9 | Boban Stojanović | Radnički Obrenovac | 11 |