2002–03 Nationalliga A

106th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	2002–03
Champions	Grasshopper Club 27th title
Relegated	Luzern Delémont
Champions League	Grasshopper Club
UEFA Cup	Basel Neuchâtel Xamax Young Boys
Top goalscorer	Richard Núñez (27 goals)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Statistics of Nationalliga A (French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale A) in the 2002–03 football season.

Nationalliga A

Overview

The Qualification Round to the League season 2002–03 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Playoff Round. The teams in ninth to twelfth position competed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round. At the end of the season Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	22	15	4	3	58	26	+32	0	49	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Basel	22	14	5	3	57	25	+32	0	47
3	Thun	22	9	4	9	33	33	0	0	31
4	Wil	22	8	7	7	43	45	−2	0	31
5	Zürich	22	9	4	9	35	37	−2	0	31
6	Xamax	22	8	7	7	30	33	−3	0	31
7	Young Boys	22	8	6	8	41	41	0	0	30
8	Servette	22	8	5	9	45	37	+8	0	29
9	Luzern	22	7	5	10	31	38	−7	−2	24	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	St. Gallen	22	6	6	10	31	48	−17	0	24
11	SR Delémont	22	6	2	14	24	44	−20	0	20
12	Aarau	22	5	3	14	19	40	−21	0	18

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
FC Luzern 2 points deducted for irregularities in license application, therefore total points: 24

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	DEL	GCZ	LUZ	NX	SER	STG	THU	WIL	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		0–1	3–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1
Basel	4–0		1–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	6–0	3–0	7–1	2–1	5–3
Delémont	2–1	1–2		2–4	2–2	2–1	2–0	6–2	0–1	1–2	2–4	2–2
Grasshoppers	3–0	2–3	3–0		3–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–0	1–1
Luzern	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0		0–1	4–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–3
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–5	3–2		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–2
Servette	5–0	0–1	5–0	4–3	2–0	1–1		2–0	3–1	1–1	4–4	2–0
St. Gallen	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–3	5–0	0–2	2–2		2–2	2–2	2–1	0–3
Thun	2–0	4–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1		3–0	3–4	0–0
Wil	4–0	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	11–3	1–5		3–2	0–1
Young Boys	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–0	4–2		2–1
Zürich	1–2	0–4	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	4–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champion Playoffs

The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	14	9	5	0	37	15	+22	25	57	Champions Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Basel	14	10	2	2	38	17	+21	24	56	Swiss Cup winners Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	5	4	5	18	17	+1	16	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Young Boys	14	6	1	7	21	29	−8	15	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Zürich	14	4	3	7	20	23	−3	16	31
6	Servette	14	4	4	6	16	26	−10	15	31
7	Thun	14	3	3	8	18	30	−12	16	28	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8	Wil	14	2	4	8	19	30	−11	16	26	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	NX	SER	THU	WIL	YB	ZÜR
Basel		2–2	3–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	3–1
Grasshoppers	2–2		2–2	1–1	5–1	4–2	4–0	2–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–1	0–1		1–3	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
Servette	0–4	0–4	0–0		3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Thun	1–4	1–2	2–1	3–1		1–1	4–2	1–2
Wil	4–5	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2		0–1	1–0
Young Boys	2–0	2–4	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–4		2–1
Zürich	1–2	1–1	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	4–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga A/B Playoffs

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aarau (O)	12	9	1	2	30	13	+17	28	Qualification to Super League
2	St. Gallen (O)	12	7	3	2	25	9	+16	24	Qualification to Super League
3	Luzern (R)	12	4	4	4	24	22	+2	16	Qualification to Challenge League
4	Vaduz	12	3	4	5	17	23	−6	13
5	Sion	12	3	3	6	14	18	−4	12
6	Delémont (R)	12	3	3	6	13	24	−11	12
7	Kriens	12	3	2	7	14	28	−14	11
8	Lugano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: RSSSF
Notes: FC Aarau and FC St. Gallen remained in Super League; no team promoted. FC Luzern and SR Delémont relegated to Challenge League. FC Lugano withdrew
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	DEL	KRI	LUZ	SIO	STG	VAD
Aarau		2–0	1–2	4–2	3–0	1–0	5–1
Delémont	1–2		2–2	3–3	2–1	1–4	2–1
Kriens	1–4	0–1		3–3	3–1	1–0	0–1
Luzern	0–1	5–0	2–1		1–1	1–5	4–0
Sion	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–1		1–1	2–4
St. Gallen	0–0	2–0	6–1	4–2	1–0		1–0
Vaduz	3–6	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sources

RSSSF

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944
Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003
Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons

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Super League era, 2003–present
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 2002–03 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup