2003 Mongolian Premier League

The 2003 Mongolian National Championship was the thirty-sixth recorded edition of top flight football in Mongolia and the eighth season of the Mongolian Premier League, which took over as the highest level of competition in the country from the previous Mongolian National Championship.[1] Khangarid from Erdenet, their second title, Mon-Uran were runners up, with Erchim in third place.[2]

Mongolia National Championship

Season	2003
Champions	Khangarid
Matches played	34
Goals scored	184 (5.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bayazorig Khangarid
Biggest home win	Khangarid 14-2 Mazaalai
Biggest away win	Mazaalai 2-5 Khangarid Ordiin-Od 0-5 Mon-Uran
Highest scoring	Khangarid 14-2 Mazaalai
Longest unbeaten run	Mon-Uran - 13 matches
← 2002 2004 →

Format

The competition was played in two stages: firstly a triple round robin league competition where each team played the others three time. Following this, four of the five competing teams qualified for the semi-final play offs, the winners of which advanced to a one off final, with the losers contesting a third place match.[2]

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mon-Uran (Q)	12	9	3	0	39	13	+26	30	Play-off rounds
2	Khangarid (Q)	12	8	1	3	58	21	+37	25
3	Ordiin-Od (Q)	12	6	1	5	21	30	−9	19
4	Erchim (Q)	12	3	1	8	25	36	−11	10
5	Mazaalai	12	1	0	11	20	63	−43	3

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Matches 1-20

Home \ Away	ERC	KHA	MON	ORD	MAZ
Erchim		1–5	3–3	2–3	3–1
Khangarid	4–2		1–1	1–2	8–0
Mon-Uran	1–0	3–2		1–1	6–0
Ordiin-Od	1–2	0–2	0–3		3–1
Mazaalai	5–6	2–7	1–5	3–5

Updated to match(es) played on the final day of the season. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 21-30

Home \ Away	ERC	KHA	MON	ORD	MAZ
Erchim				1–2	0–3
Khangarid	4–3			8–2	14–2
Mon-Uran	4–2	3–2			4–1
Ordiin-Od			0–5		2–1
Mazaalai

Updated to match(es) played on the final day of the season. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Mon-Uran	3
	Erchim	2
					Khangarid	2
					Mon-Uran	1
	Khangarid	4
	Ordiin-Od	0
					Third-place
					Erchim	8
					Ordiin-Od	1

Semi-finals

Mon-Uran	3-2	Erchim
Bat-Jalalt  23' Jardel  40' Ganbold  89'	report	Cingis  37' (o.g.) Purevsuch  67'

Khangarid	4-0	Ordiin-Od
Erdenesajchan  37' Mench-Od  59' Buman-Ucral  83' Ganzajaa  89'	report

Third-place

18 August 2003?

Erchim	8-1	Ordiin-Od
Tegsbajar  11', 26', 36', 90' A.Tamir  51', 90+1' Batnasan  42' Purevsuch  86'	report	Menchbat  53'

Final

18 August 2003

Khangarid	2-1	Mon-Uran
Bajarzorig  40' Buman Ucral  41'	report	Menchbaatar  16'

Topscorers

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Davaa Bayarzorig	Khangarid	24
2	Erdenebat	Mon-Uran	12
3	Purevsuch	Erchim	11
3	Jardel	Mon-Uran	11
5	Munkhtogtokh Idersaikhan	Khangarid	10
5	Ganzorig Erdene-Ochir	Mazaalai	10

References

1. Morrison, Neil; Zlotkowski, Andre; Kubusch, Lars; Batmunkh, Jargalsaikhan (8 October 2015). "Mongolia – List of Champions". www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. Schöggl, Hans (26 October 2007). "Mongolia 2003". rsssf.com/. RSSSF. Retrieved 6 January 2016.