# 2003 Russian First Division

The 2003 Russian First Division was the 12th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.

## Teams

| Team | Place |
| Amkar Perm | Perm |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | Makhachkala |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad |
| Dynamo St.Petersburg | Saint Petersburg |
| Fakel Voronezh | Voronezh |
| SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk | Izhevsk |
| Khimki | Khimki |
| Kuban Krasnodar | Krasnodar |
| Lada-Togliatti | Tolyatti |
| Lokomotiv Chita | Chita |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Lipetsk |
| Team | Place |
| Metallurg Novokuznetsk | Novokuznetsk |
| Lisma-Mordovia Saransk | Saransk |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | Nizhnekamsk |
| SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk |
| Kristall Smolensk | Smolensk |
| Sokol Saratov | Saratov |
| Spartak Nalchik | Nalchik |
| Terek Grozny | Grozny |
| Tom Tomsk | Tomsk |
| Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | Yekaterinburg |
| Volgar Astrakhan | Astrakhan |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Amkar Perm (P) | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 87 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Kuban Krasnodar (P) | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 86 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 3 | Tom Tomsk | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 85 | |
| 4 | Terek Grozny | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 85 | |
| 5 | Dynamo St. Petersburg (R) | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 77 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 6 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 70 | |
| 7 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 64 | |
| 8 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 62 | |
| 9 | Sokol Saratov | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 62 | |
| 10 | SKA-Khabarovsk | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 60 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Chita | 42 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 57 | |
| 12 | Khimki | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 57 | |
| 13 | Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 54 | |
| 14 | Lisma-Mordovia Saransk | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 53 | |
| 15 | Spartak Nalchik | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 52 | |
| 16 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 51 | |
| 17 | SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 50 | |
| 18 | Fakel Voronezh (R) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 49 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 19 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (R) | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 41 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 20 | Kristall Smolensk (R) | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 35 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 21 | Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan (R) | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 29 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 22 | Lada-Togliatti (R) | 42 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 27 | 86 | −59 | 18 | Relegation to Second Division |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Tom – Terek 2–1, Terek – Tom 0–1.
* ↑ Dynamo Saint Petersburg were expelled from the league due to financial irregularities

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMK | ANZ | BAL | DSP | FAK | KHI | KRI | KUB | LAD | LCH | MTL | MTK | MOR | NEF | SKA | SOK | SGI | SPN | TER | TOM | URA | VOL |
| Amkar Perm | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Baltika Kaliningrad | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo St. Petersburg | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Fakel Voronezh | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Khimki | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Kristall Smolensk | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 7–4 | 2–0 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Lada-Togliatti | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Lokomotiv Chita | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Metallurg Lipetsk | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 |
| Metallurg-Kuzbass | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Lisma-Mordovia Saransk | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| SKA-Khabarovsk | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sokol Saratov | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Spartak Nalchik | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Terek Grozny | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Tom Tomsk | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 |
| Volgar-Gazprom | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Aleksandr Panov | Dynamo (SPb) | 23 |
| 2 | Konstantin Paramonov | Amkar | 21 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Petukhov | Metallurg (L) | 21 |
| 4 | Oleg Veretennikov | Lisma-Mordovia | 18 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Antipenko | Kristall / Khimki | 17 |
| 5 | Andrey Dementyev | Baltika | 17 |
| 7 | Andrei Fedkov | Sokol | 16 |
| 8 | Denis Kiselyov | Khimki | 15 |
| 8 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | Baltika | 15 |
| 10 | Oleg Lidrik | Metallurg-Kuzbass | 14 |
| 10 | Andrei Salnikov | Ural | 14 |