# 2003–04 First League of Serbia and Montenegro

The 2003–04 First League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second and first full season of the Serbia and Montenegro's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 16 teams, and Red Star Belgrade won the championship.

## Teams

Rad, Čukarički, Javor Ivanjica, Rudar, Mogren and Radnički Niš were relegated to the 2003–04 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2002–03 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro east, west, south and north champions Budućnost Banatski Dvor, Napredak Kruševac, Kom and Borac Čačak.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Gradski stadion (Nikšić) | 10,800 |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 |
| Radnički Obrenovac | Obrenovac | Stadion pored Kolubare | 5,000 |
| Budućnost | Banatski Dvor | Stadion Mirko Vučurević | 4,000 |
| Borac | Čačak | Čačak Stadium | 6,000 |
| Napredak | Kruševac | Stadion Mladost | 10,811 |
| Kom | Podgorica | Stadion Zlatica | 3,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 59 | 13 | +46 | 74 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Partizan | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Železnik | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 58 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | OFK Beograd | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 51 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Sartid | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 49 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Obilić | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 46 | |
| 7 | Zemun | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Sutjeska | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Vojvodina | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 40 | |
| 10 | Hajduk Kula | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 38 | |
| 11 | Zeta | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 36 | |
| 12 | Borac Čačak | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 35 | |
| 13 | Budućnost Banatski Dvor (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 34 | UEFA Cup qualifying and relegation to Second League |
| 14 | Napredak Kruševac (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 25 | Relegation to Serbian Second League |
| 15 | Radnički Obrenovac (R) | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 47 | −29 | 24 | Relegation to Serbian Second League |
| 16 | Kom (R) | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 67 | −46 | 14 | Relegation to Montenegrin First League |
* ↑ Budućnost Banatski Dvor qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup as runner-up of 2003–04 Serbia and Montenegro Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | BBD | HAJ | KOM | NAP | OBI | OFK | PAR | ROB | RSB | SAR | SUT | VOJ | ŽEL | ZEM | ZET |
| Borac Čačak | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Budućnost Banatski Dvor | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Hajduk Kula | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Kom | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Napredak Kruševac | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Obilić | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| OFK Beograd | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Partizan | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Radnički Obrenovac | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Red Star | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Sartid | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sutjeska | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Vojvodina | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Železnik | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Zemun | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Zeta | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

## Winning squad

Champions: Red Star Belgrade (Coach: Slavoljub Muslin)
Players (league matches/league goals)
* Dušan Basta
* Nikola Beljić
* Dragan Bogavac
* Jadranko Bogičević
* Branko Bošković
* Nemanja Vidić
* Milivoje Vitakić
* Vladimir Dišljenković (goalkeeper)
* Ivan Dudić
* Milan Dudić
* Bojan Djordjic
* Slavoljub Đorđević
* Nikola Žigić
* Dejan Ilić
* Boško Janković
* Nenad Kovačević
* Radovan Krivokapić
* Marjan Marković
* Bojan Miladinović
* Dejan Milovanović
* Dragan Mladenović
* Dragan Mrđa
* Marko Muslin
* Sanibal Orahovac
* Marko Pantelić
* Marko Perović
* Ivan Ranđelović (goalkeeper)
* Nenad Stojanović
* Dragan Šarac
Source:

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nikola Žigić | Red Star | 19 |
| 2 | Nenad Mirosavljević | Sartid | 14 |
| 3 | Marko Pantelić | Sartid/Red Star | 13 |
| 3 | Dušan Đokić | Obilić | 13 |
| 3 | Nikola Nikezić | Sutjeska | 13 |
| 6 | Zoran Đurašković | Železnik | 12 |
| 7 | Milan Belić | Vojvodina | 11 |
| 8 | Borislav Mikić | Železnik | 10 |
| 9 | Andrija Delibašić | Partizan | 9 |
| 9 | Ardijan Đokaj | Obilić | 9 |
| 9 | Dražen Milić | Zeta | 9 |