2002–03 Nationalliga A

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Nationalliga A
Season2002–03
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
27th title
RelegatedLuzern
Delémont
Champions LeagueGrasshopper Club
UEFA CupBasel
Neuchâtel Xamax
Young Boys
Top goalscorerRichard Núñez (27 goals)

The 2002–03 season of the Swiss Nationalliga contained two divisions, each with twelve clubs. The top tier was called Nationalliga A (NLA) (French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale A) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB).

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

Qualification phase[edit]

Table[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Championship round[edit]

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[edit]

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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification

Results[edit]

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 B[edit]

Qualification phase[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 FC Vaduz 22 12 5 5 47 32 +15 0 41 Advance to promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB
2 FC Sion 22 12 3 7 35 27 +8 0 39
3 SC Kriens 22 11 5 6 48 36 +12 0 38
4 FC Lugano 22 12 6 4 36 17 +19 −5 37
5 Yverdon-Sport FC 22 10 6 6 36 21 +15 0 36 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6 FC Schaffhausen 22 8 8 6 30 35 −5 0 32
7 Lausanne-Sport 22 9 3 10 27 32 −5 0 30
8 FC Concordia Basel 22 7 6 9 29 43 −14 0 27
9 AC Bellinzona 22 7 4 11 32 34 −2 0 25
10 FC Baden 22 4 6 12 26 38 −12 0 18
11 FC Wohlen 22 4 4 14 23 42 −19 0 16
12 FC Winterthur 22 4 8 10 24 36 −12 −8 12
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 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.

Promotion/relegation NLA/NLB[edit]

Table[edit]

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
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 Licence refused
6 Delémont (R) 12 3 3 6 13 24 −11 12 Qualification to Challenge League
7 Kriens 12 3 2 7 14 28 −14 11
8 Lugano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to 2. Liga
Source: 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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

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.

Relegation NLB/1. Liga[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 FC Schaffhausen 14 7 3 4 21 26 −5 16 40 Qualification to Challenge League
2 FC Concordia Basel 14 8 2 4 31 13 +18 14 40
3 FC Baden 14 10 1 3 30 18 +12 9 40
4 Yverdon-Sport FC 14 4 4 6 17 18 −1 18 34
5 FC Wohlen 14 6 2 6 20 22 −2 8 28
6 FC Lausanne-Sport 14 2 5 7 20 33 −13 15 26 Relegated to 2. Liga
7 AC Bellinzona 14 2 5 7 17 22 −5 13 24 Qualification to Challenge League
8 FC Winterthur 14 4 4 6 21 25 −4 6 22
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification;
FC Lausanne-Sport were declared bankrupt and relegated to amateur status
No team relegated to 1. Liga.

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