# 2002–03 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2002–03 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the third season since its establishment and distinguishes itself from previous seasons by having expanded the country-wide league to include the clubs from Republika Srpska in the competition. This season began on 3 August 2002 and ended on 24 May 2003.
The league was won by FK Leotar after a dramatic last round where they defeated away team Rudar Ugljevik (2–1). Široki Brijeg defended successfully against the defending home champions Željezničar (1–0).

## Clubs and stadiums

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Borac | Banja Luka | Banja Luka City Stadium |
| Bosna | Visoko | Stadion Luke |
| Brotnjo | Čitluk | Bare Stadium |
| Budućnost | Banovići | Gradski stadion (Banovići) |
| Čelik | Zenica | Bilino Polje |
| Glasinac | Sokolac | Stadion FK Glasinac |
| Jedinstvo | Bihać | Stadion pod Borićima |
| Kozara | Gradiška | Gradski stadion (Gradiška) |
| Leotar | Trebinje | Stadion Police |
| Mladost | Gacko | Gradski stadion (Gacko) |
| Orašje | Orašje | Gradski stadion (Orašje) |
| Posušje | Posušje | Mokri Dolac Stadium |
| Rudar | Ugljevik | Novi Gradski Stadion |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | Stadion Tušanj |
| Široki Brijeg | Široki Brijeg | Stadion Pecara |
| Velež | Mostar | Vrapčići Stadium |
| Zrinjski | Mostar | Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | Stadion Grbavica |
| Žepče | Žepče | Gradski stadion (Žepče) |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Leotar (C) | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 85 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Željezničar | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 82 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Sarajevo | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 83 | 39 | +44 | 69 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Široki Brijeg | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 68 | |
| 5 | Čelik | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 58 | |
| 6 | Sloboda Tuzla | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 54 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Borac Banja Luka | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 54 | |
| 8 | Orašje | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 54 | |
| 9 | Posušje | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 54 | |
| 10 | Žepče | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 53 | |
| 11 | Zrinjski | 38 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 53 | |
| 12 | Rudar Ugljevik | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 52 | |
| 13 | Brotnjo | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 52 | |
| 14 | Glasinac | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 52 | |
| 15 | Kozara (R) | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 51 | Relegation to Prva Liga RS |
| 16 | Jedinstvo Bihać (R) | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 50 | Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH |
| 17 | Velež (R) | 38 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 45 | Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH |
| 18 | Mladost Gacko (R) | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 39 | Relegation to Prva Liga RS |
| 19 | Budućnost (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 38 | Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH |
| 20 | Bosna (R) | 38 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 28 | 107 | −79 | 13 | Relegation to Prva Liga FBiH |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | BOS | BRO | BUD | ČEL | GLA | JED | KOZ | LEO | MGA | ORA | POS | RUG | SAR | SLO | ŠB | VEL | ZRI | ŽEL | ŽEP |
| Borac Banja Luka | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Bosna | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–9 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Brotnjo | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Budućnost | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 2–3 |
| Čelik | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Glasinac | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Jedinstvo Bihać | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Kozara | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Leotar | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| Mladost Gacko | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Orašje | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Posušje | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Rudar Ugljevik | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Sarajevo | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Široki Brijeg | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Velež | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Zrinjski | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Željezničar | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 6–1 |
| Žepče | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

## Champions

FK Leotar Trebinje (Coach: - Mile Jovin) Squad:
* Dušan Berak - Gk
* Goran Berak - Gk
* Aleksandar Božović - Gk
* Uroš Golubović - Gk
* Gavrilo Čorlija - Df
* Ninoslav Milenković - Df
* Igor Miljanović - Df
* Saša Miljanović - Df
* Dejan Musović - Df
* Zdravko Šaraba - Df
* Bojan Vučinić - Df
* Predrag Vukičević - Df
* Savo Andrić - Mf
* Slavoljub Đorđević - Mf
* Aleksandar Hajder - Mf
* Pajo Janković - Mf
* Dušan Kerkez - Mf
* Branislav Krunić - Mf
* Jovo Mišeljić - Mf
* Siniša Mulina - Mf
* Pavle Delibašić - Fw
* Milan Joksimović - Fw
* Željko Kokić - Fw
* Ljubiša Porobić - Fw
* Željko Radović - Fw
* Damjan Ratković - Fw
* Nenad Stojanović - Fw

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Emir Obuća | Sarajevo | 23 |
| 2 | Nenad Stojanović | Leotar | 21 |
| 2 | Hrvoje Erceg | Široki Brijeg | 21 |
| 4 | Senad Brkić | Čelik | 20 |
| 4 | Predrag Stoiljković | Kozara | 20 |
| 6 | Zoran Đurišić | Rudar Ugljevik | 19 |
| 7 | Slaven Damjanović | Orašje | 16 |
| 8 | Faik Kamberović | Budućnost | 15 |
| 8 | Siniša Mulina | Leotar | 15 |
| 8 | Vahidin Imamović | Žepče | 15 |