2003–04 Ukrainian First League

Promotion and relegation

Promoted teams

• none

• Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin - champion '

• Zorya Luhansk - champion '

  Relegated teams

• Metalist Kharkiv - 14th place

  Renamed teams

• Before the season FC Krasyliv changed to FC Krasyliv-Obolon.
• Before the season FC Vinnytsia changed its name to FC Nyva Vinnytsia.
• During the winter break FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka changed to FC Boreks-Borysfen Borodianka.
• During the second half FC Spartak Sumy changed to FC Spartak-Horobyna Sumy.

  Teams

Final table

• Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv 13th 2003/04, farm club for Premier League club Obolon Kyiv, broke operations and merged with FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi. The club is changing its name to Podillya Khmelnytskyi and moving to Khmelnytskyi. FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi finished 2nd in Druha Liha Group A in 2003/04 and will reorganize in amateur level.
• Nafkom-Akademija Irpen 14th 2003/04, moved to Brovary and changed their name to Nafkom Brovary.
• Zirka Kirovohrad 16th Premier League 2003/04 was relegated to First Division, but informed the Ukrainian Football Federation that they wished to reorganize their operations, therefore it will enter the 2004/05 competition in Druha Liha B. Nonetheless, the UFF reinstalled FC Polissya Zhytomyr since, the 16th, FC Karpaty-2 Lviv could not remain in First Division, because their senior club was also relegated to Persha Liha, and the 17th Borex-Borysfen Borodyanka also became insolvent and chose to reorganize in the Druha Liha.
• Naftovyk Okhtyrka change their name to Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka July 15, 2004.

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Oleksandr Aliyev	16	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Serhiy Pivnenko	15	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
Serhiy Levchenko	13	Nafkom-Akademia Irpin
Viktor Matsiuk	12	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Vladyslav Korobkin	11	FC Krasyliv
Bohdan Yesyp	10	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Volodymyr Melnychenko	10	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Artem Starhorodskyi	9	Boreks-Borysfen / Naftovyk
Serhiy Seleznyov	9	Metalist Kharkiv
Oleksiy Yakymenko	9	Stal A. / Zoria