2002–03 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season Nationalliga A 2002–03 Grasshopper Club27th title LuzernDelémont Champions League Grasshopper Club UEFA Cup BaselNeuchâtel XamaxYoung Boys Richard Núñez (27 goals) 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 season of the Swiss Nationalliga contained two divisions, each with twelve clubs. The top tier was called Nationalliga A (NLA) (fr Ligue Nationale A, it Lega Nazionale A) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB). Overview The season was divided into two phases. The first of which was the qualification phase, and within the divisions the teams played a double round-robin, one at home and the other away. The divisions were then split. The first eight teams of the NLA then competed in the championship group and played a further double round-robin. The teams in ninth to twelfth position competed with the top four teams of the NLB in a promotion/relegation group to decide which two teams would play top tier next season. The top tier was to be reduced from twelve to ten clubs, the second tier was to increased to 16 teams. The other eight teams of the second tier competed in a play-out against relegation to the 1. Liga. Originally two teams were to be relegated. This was to be the last season that the Swiss championship would be competed in this format. For the next season the Nationalliga would be renamed to Swiss Football League and the championships were subsequently renamed as Super League and Challenge League. Nationalliga A Qualification phase Table main WDL Regular season 5 Q y GCZ Grasshopper Club BAS Basel THU Thun WIL Wil ZÜR Zürich NX Xamax YB Young Boys SER Servette LUZ Luzern STG St. Gallen DEL SR Delémont AAR Aarau 15 4 3 58 26 14 5 3 57 25 9 4 9 33 33 8 7 7 43 45 9 4 9 35 37 8 7 7 30 33 8 6 8 41 41 8 5 9 45 37 7 5 10 31 38 -2 6 6 10 31 48 6 2 14 24 44 5 3 14 19 40 green1 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red2 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.FC Luzern 2 points deducted for irregularities in license application, therefore total points: 24 complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AAR BAS DEL GCZ LUZ NX SER STG THU WIL YB ZÜR Grasshoppers 2–3 4–1 4–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 Basel 1–2 3–0 7–1 5–3 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–3 6–0 1–0 4–0 Thun 2–2 4–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–4 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 Wil 1–1 1–4 1–5 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 11–3 2–0 4–0 Zürich 1–2 0–4 0–1 1–3 3–2 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–5 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 Young Boys 0–2 1–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 Servette 4–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–4 2–0 2–0 5–0 5–0 Luzern 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 2–0 St. Gallen 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–2 5–0 3–0 1–0 Delémont 2–4 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–4 2–0 2–2 6–2 2–1 Aarau 2–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–0 complete Championship round The first eight teams of the qualification then competed in the Championship Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as bonus with them. Table main WDL Championship playoffs 5 Q y GCZ Grasshopper Club BAS Basel NX Neuchâtel Xamax YB Young Boys ZÜR Zürich SER Servette THU Thun WIL Wil 9 5 0 37 15 25 CQ 10 2 2 38 17 24 CQ 5 4 5 18 17 16 Q 6 1 7 21 29 15 Q 4 3 7 20 23 16 4 4 6 16 26 15 3 3 8 18 30 16 Q 2 4 8 19 30 16 Q green1 ChampionsQualification to Champions League third qualifying round CLQR yellow1 Swiss Cup winnersQualification to UEFA Cup first round UCR1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR2 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR3 blue3 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round UI2 blue4 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round UI1 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ NX SER THU WIL YB ZÜR Grasshoppers 2–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 4–2 Basel 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 Young Boys 2–4 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–4 Zürich 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–2 5–2 1–1 2–1 Servette 0–4 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 Thun 1–2 1–4 2–1 4–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 Wil 1–3 4–5 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 complete Nationalliga B Qualification phase Table main WDL Regular season B 5 Q y VAD FC Vaduz 12 5 5 47 32 0 SIO FC Sion 12 3 7 35 27 0 KRI SC Kriens 11 5 6 48 36 0 LUG FC Lugano 12 6 4 36 17 -5 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 10 6 6 36 21 0 SCH FC Schaffhausen 8 8 6 30 35 0 LAU Lausanne-Sport 9 3 10 27 32 0 CON FC Concordia Basel 7 6 9 29 43 0 BEL AC Bellinzona 7 4 11 32 34 0 BAD FC Baden 4 6 12 26 38 0 WOH FC Wohlen 4 4 14 23 42 0 WIN FC Winterthur 4 8 10 24 36 -8 green3 Advance to promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB PRG PRG PRG PRG red3 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Ligahalved points (rounded up) as bonus R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.FC Lugano: 5 points deducted for irregularities in license application.FC Winterthur: 8 points deducted for irregularities in license application. complete RSSSF Promotion/relegation NLA/NLB Table main WDL Relegation playoffs Q 5 n AAR Aarau STG St. Gallen LUZ Luzern VAD Vaduz SIO Sion DEL Delémont KRI Kriens LUG Lugano 9 1 2 30 13 o 7 3 2 25 9 o 4 4 4 24 22 R 3 4 5 17 23 3 3 6 14 18 3 3 6 13 24 R 3 2 7 14 28 0 0 0 0 0 green3 Qualification to Super League QSL QSL yellow3 Qualification to Challenge League QCL QCL QCL QCL red1 Licence refused LR red1 Relegated to 2. Liga WD 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification complete RSSSF Notes: FC Aarau and FC St. Gallen remained in Super League; no team promoted.FC Luzern and SR Delémont relegated from Super League to Challenge League.FC Lugano withdrew, were declared bankrupt and relegated to amateur status. FC Sion were refused the Licence on the green table and were relegated to amateur status. Results main FBR grey AAR DEL KRI LUZ SIO STG VAD Aarau 1–0 4–2 5–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 St. Gallen 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 6–1 Luzern 0–1 1–5 4–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 Vaduz 3–6 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 Sion 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–0 3–0 Delémont 1–2 1–4 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 Kriens 1–4 1–0 3–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 complete Relegation NLB/1. Liga Table main WDL Regular season 5 Q y SCH FC Schaffhausen 7 3 4 21 26 16 CON FC Concordia Basel 8 2 4 31 13 14 BAD FC Baden 10 1 3 30 18 9 YVE Yverdon-Sport FC 4 4 6 17 18 18 WOH FC Wohlen 6 2 6 20 22 8 LAU FC Lausanne-Sport 2 5 7 20 33 15 BEL AC Bellinzona 2 5 7 17 22 13 WIN FC Winterthur 4 4 6 21 25 6 yellow3 Qualification to Challenge League QCL QCL QCL QCL QCL QCL QCL red1 Relegated to 2. Liga WD 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification; FC Lausanne-Sport were declared bankrupt and relegated to amateur statusNo team relegated to 1. Liga. complete RSSSF Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 26,872 2 St. Gallen 8,967 3 GCZ 8,518 4 Young Boys 8,244 5 Servette 7,289 6 Zürich 6,639 7 Luzern 6,056 8 Xamax 5,711 9 Thun 4,380 10 Aarau 4,279 11 Wil 3,652 12 Delémont 2,450 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui03.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Sources RSSSF Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss 1