2001–02 Nationalliga A

Swiss football season Nationalliga A 2001–02 Basel 9th title Sporting: Aarau LuzernLicense: None Christian Giménez (28) Richard Núñez (28) 2000–01 2002–03 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 four teams would play top tier next season. The other eight teams of the second tier competed in a play-out against relegation to the 1. Liga and the last two teams were to be relegated. This was the second last season in which the Swiss championship would be competed in this format. It was already in planning that in two seasons the Nationalliga would be renamed to Swiss Football League and the championships were to be renamed and reformed. Nationalliga A Qualification phase Table main WDL Regular season 5 Q BAS Basel LUG Lugano GCZ Grasshopper Club STG St. Gallen SER Servette SIO Sion YB Young Boys ZÜR Zürich AAR Aarau NX Neuchâtel Xamax LS Lausanne-Sport LUC Luzern 13 4 5 52 37 11 5 6 39 33 11 4 7 50 33 9 8 5 38 32 9 7 6 36 29 10 3 9 40 29 8 7 7 35 28 7 9 6 24 27 7 6 9 28 25 6 7 9 28 36 4 4 14 24 49 3 4 15 23 59 green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AAR BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG YB ZÜR Basel 5–1 4–5 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 4–1 Lugano 1–2 5–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 Grasshopper 1–0 2–5 0–3 3–0 6–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 6–0 Sion 8–1 5–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 3–1 Servette 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 St. Gallen 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 3–0 1–1 Young Boys 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 7–0 5–1 Zürich 2–0 2–3 1–3 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Aarau 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 3–2 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 Lausanne-Sport 2–4 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–3 1–1 3–2 Luzern 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–6 1–1 1–3 0–4 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 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 QR y BAS Basel GCZ Grasshopper Club LUG Lugano SER Servette ZÜR Zürich STG St. Gallen YB Young Boys SIO Sion 11 0 3 36 16 22 C 7 5 2 28 17 19 7 2 5 23 19 19 R 6 3 5 25 23 17 6 2 6 14 17 15 4 4 6 18 20 18 4 3 7 18 25 16 1 1 12 10 35 17 R Both Lugano and Sion did not obtain a 1st level license for the 2002/03 season. Nor die Lausanne; all three clubs are relegated to the NL B and their NL A places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern. LUG green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CLQR blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 red2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR2 blue3 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC11 blue3 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC12 red2 R1 complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ LUG SER SIO STG YB ZÜR Basel 4–1 4–3 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 Grasshopper 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 Lugano 2–5 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 Servette 1–2 1–5 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 Zürich 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 St. Gallen 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 2–1 Young Boys 0–3 1–4 2–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 4–0 Sion 0–3 0–2 1–4 2–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 complete Nationalliga B Qualification phase Table main WDL Regular season 5 Q n WIL Wil 12 5 5 53 32 WIN Winterthur 12 3 7 48 48 THU Thun 11 5 6 42 32 DEL Delémont 11 5 6 33 26 YVE Yverdon-Sport 10 5 7 37 31 CAR Étoile Carouge 8 7 7 27 26 KRI Kriens 9 3 10 28 30 BEL Bellinzona 7 4 11 26 33 BAD Baden 5 9 8 40 37 LOC Locarno 6 5 11 28 34 VAD Vaduz 5 7 10 34 43 CON Concordia Basel 5 4 13 34 58 green3 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round CPR CPR CPR CPR red3 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Ligahalved points (rounded up) as bonus RP RP RP RP RP RP RP RP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Promotion/relegation NLA/NLB Table main WDL Relegation playoffs Q 5 n XAM Xamax 8 4 2 26 12 LAU Lausanne-Sport 8 2 4 21 14 WIL Wil 6 5 3 17 13 THU Thun 6 3 5 19 18 AAR Aarau 6 3 5 20 20 DEL Delémont 4 4 6 14 20 LUZ Luzern 2 5 7 26 28 WIN Winterthur 1 4 9 11 29 Remain in NLA RNLA red1 Did not obtain licence for top level NOL green1 Promoted to NLA P P yellow3 Relegated, but remained in NLA via green table NLA NLA green1 Promoted on green table PGT Remain in NLB RNLB Lausanne did not obtain a top level license for the 2002/03 season, neither did Lugano and Sion; these three clubs were relegated to the NLB and their NLA places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern. LAU LAU LAU 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AAR DEL NX LS LUZ THU WIL WIN Neuchâtel Xamax 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 Wil 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 Thun 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 Aarau 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 3–0 Delémont 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 Luzern 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–3 2–2 4–1 4–1 Winterthur 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–2 complete Relegation NLB/1. Liga Table main WDL Relegation playoffs Q 5 yes YVE Yverdon-Sport 8 1 5 30 26 18 VAD Vaduz 8 3 3 28 18 11 BEL Bellinzona 7 3 4 22 18 13 KRI Kriens 7 0 7 31 24 15 CON Concordia Basel 6 4 4 23 20 15 BAD Baden 5 2 7 15 21 12 LOC Locarno 4 5 5 17 19 12 CAR Étoile Carouge 1 2 11 10 30 16 green3 Remain in LNB RB RB RB RB RB RB red3 Relegated to 1. Liga R1.L R1.L 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification complete RSSSF Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 25,820 2 St. Gallen 9,917 3 Young Boys 9,753 4 GCZ 7,089 5 Zürich 6,338 6 Sion 5,767 7 Servette 4,550 8 Xamax 4,456 9 Aarau 4,238 10 Lugano 3,777 11 Luzern 3,470 12 Lausanne 2,314 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui02.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Sources RSSSF Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss 1