title: 2003 Russian First Division
text: # 2003 Russian First Division
  
  The Russian First Division 2003 was the 12th edition of Russian First Division. There were 22 teams.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Team | Place |
  | - | - |
  | Amkar Perm | Perm |
  | Anzhi Makhachkala | Makhachkala |
  | Baltika Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad |
  | Chita | Chita |
  | Dynamo St.Petersburg | Saint Petersburg |
  | Fakel Voronezh | Voronezh |
  | SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk | Izhevsk |
  | Khimki | Khimki |
  | Kuban Krasnodar | Krasnodar |
  | Lada-Togliatti | Tolyatti |
  | 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 | 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 | 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 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 TOM 2–1 TER; TER 0–1 TOM
  * ↑ Dynamo Saint Petersburg were expelled from the league due to financial irregularities
  
  ### Top goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Name | Goals | Team |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Aleksandr Panov | 23 | Dynamo St.Petersburg |
  | 2 | Konstantin Paramonov | 21 | Amkar Perm |
  | 2 | Aleksandr Petukhov | 21 | Metallurg Lipetsk |
  | 4 | Oleg Veretennikov | 18 | Lisma-Mordovia Saransk |
  | 5 | Aleksandr Antipenko | 17 | Kristall Smolensk/Khimki |
  | 5 | Andrey Dementyev | 17 | Baltika Kaliningrad |
  | 7 | Andrei Fedkov | 16 | Sokol Saratov |
  | 8 | Denis Kiselyov | 15 | Khimki |
  | 8 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | 15 | Baltika Kaliningrad |
  | 10 | Oleg Lidrik | 14 | Metallurg-Kuzbass |
  | 10 | Andrei Salnikov | 14 | Ural |
  