2002–03 Ukrainian First League
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 '
- Sokil Zolochiv - runner-up '
- Systema-Boreks Borodyanka - champion '
- FC Sumy - champion '
- Arsenal Kharkiv - runner-up
Relegated teams
- FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod - 14th place
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
Final table
| Persha Liha 2002-03 Winners |
| FC Zirka Kirovohrad Second title |
Top scorers
Statistics are taken from here.| Scorer | Goals | Team |
 Maksym Shtayer | 15 | FC Krasyliv |
| Artem Milevsky | 11 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| Myroslav Bundash | 11 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| Bohdan Yesyp | 10 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| Pavlo Parshyn | 9 | Polissya Zhytomyr |
| Oleksandr Melaschenko | 8 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| Dmytro Vorobey | 8 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| Oleksandr Aliyev | 8 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| Ruslan Platon | 8 | Karpaty-2 Lviv |
| Ruslan Bidnenko | 7 | Borysfen Boryspil |