2002–03 Nationalliga A

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

Nationalliga A
Season2002–03
ChampionsGrasshopper Club
27th title
RelegatedLuzern
SR Delémont
Champions LeagueGrasshopper Club
UEFA CupFC Basel
Neuchâtel Xamax
Young Boys
Top goalscorerMilaim Rama
Fonseca Leandro (15 goals)

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Grasshopper 22 15 4 3 58 26 +32 49
2 Basel 22 14 5 3 57 25 +32 47
3 Thun 22 9 4 9 33 33 0 31
4 Wil 22 8 7 7 43 45 −2 31
5 Zürich 22 9 4 9 35 37 −2 31
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 8 7 7 30 33 −3 31
7 Young Boys 22 8 6 8 41 41 0 30
8 Servette 22 8 5 9 45 37 +8 29
9 Luzern (R) 22 7 5 10 31 38 −7 26
10 St. Gallen (O) 22 6 6 10 31 48 −17 24
11 Delémont (R) 22 6 6 10 31 48 −17 24
12 Aarau (O) 22 5 3 14 19 40 −21 18
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper (C) 14 9 5 0 37 15 +22 57 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Basel 14 10 2 2 38 17 +21 56 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Neuchâtel Xamax 14 5 4 5 18 17 +1 35
4 Young Boys 14 6 1 7 21 29 −8 34
5 Zürich 14 4 3 7 20 23 −3 31
6 Servette 14 4 4 6 16 26 −10 31
7 Thun 14 3 3 8 18 30 −12 28
8 Wil 14 2 4 8 19 30 −11 26
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion.

Nationalliga A/B Playoffs
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
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 winner; (R) Relegated.

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