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2002–03 Ukrainian First League

Field	Value
competition	Ukrainian First League
season	2002–03
winners	Zirka Kirovohrad
promoted	Zirka Kirovohrad, Borysfen Boryspil
relegated	Sokil Zolochiv (withdrew)
league topscorer	(15) Maksym Shtayer (FC Krasyliv)
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

The 2002–03 Ukrainian First League was the twelfth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Zirka Kirovohrad. The season started on July 6, 2002, and finished on June 21, 2003.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted teams

Five clubs promoted from the 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League. ;Group A

FC Krasyliv – champion (debut)
Sokil Zolochiv – runner-up (debut) ;Group B
Systema-Boreks Borodyanka – champion (debut) ;Group C
FC Sumy – champion (returning after a season)
Arsenal Kharkiv – runner-up (debut)

Relegated teams

One club was relegated from the 2001-02 Ukrainian Top League:

FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod – 14th place (returning after a season)

Renamed teams

Before the season FC Sumy changed back to FC Spartak Sumy .
During winter break SC Mykolaiv changed its name to MFC Mykolaiv.

Teams

In 2002-03 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Final table

Persha Liha 2002-03 Winners
FC Zirka Kirovohrad
Second title

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.

Scorer	Goals (pen.)	Team
UKR Maksym Shtayer	15 (4)	FC Krasyliv
UKR Artem Milevskyi	11	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
UKR Myroslav Bundash	11 (6)	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
UKR Bohdan Yesyp	10	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
UKR Pavlo Parshyn	9 (3)	Polissya Zhytomyr
UKR Oleksandr Melaschenko	8	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
UKR Dmytro Vorobey	8 (1)	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
UKR Oleksandr Aliyev	8 (1)	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
UKR Ruslan Platon	8 (3)	Karpaty-2 Lviv
UKR Ruslan Bidnenko	7	Borysfen Boryspil

References

[http://ukranianfootball.narod.ru/2003/2002_03_p.html Statistics] {{in lang. ru

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