2002–03 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season	2002–03
Champions	Grasshopper Club 27th title
Relegated	Luzern SR Delémont
Champions League	Grasshopper Club
UEFA Cup	FC Basel Neuchâtel Xamax Young Boys
Top goalscorer	Milaim Rama (15) Fonseca Leandro (15)
← 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


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	15	4	3	58	26	+32	49
2	Basel !Basel	22	14	5	3	57	25	+32	47
3	Thun !Thun	22	9	4	9	33	33	0	31
4	Wil !Wil	22	8	7	7	43	45	−2	31
5	Zürich !Zürich	22	9	4	9	35	37	−2	31
6	Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax	22	8	7	7	30	33	−3	31
7	Young Boys !Young Boys	22	8	6	8	41	41	0	30
8	Servette !Servette	22	8	5	9	45	37	+8	29
9	Luzern !Luzern (R)	22	7	5	10	31	38	−7	26	Qualification to Nationalliga A/B Playoffs
10	St. Gallen !St. Gallen (O)	22	6	6	10	31	48	−17	24
11	Delémont !Delémont (R)	22	6	6	10	31	48	−17	24
12	Aarau !Aarau (O)	22	5	3	14	19	40	−21	18

Updated to games played on 28 April 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	(B)	Remarks
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	9	5	0	37	15	+22	57	(25)	Champions Qualified to Champions League Qualifying round
2	FC Basel	14	10	2	2	38	17	+21	56	(24)	Qualified to UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	5	4	5	18	17	+1	35	(16)	Qualified to UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4	BSC Young Boys	14	6	1	7	21	29	-8	34	(15)	Qualified to UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5	FC Zürich	14	4	3	7	20	23	-3	31	(16)
6	Servette FC	14	4	4	6	16	26	-10	31	(15)
7	FC Thun	14	3	3	8	18	30	-12	28	(16)
8	FC Wil	14	2	4	8	19	30	-11	26	(16)

Nationalliga A/B Playoffs


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

Updated to games played on 28 April 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

Seasons of 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

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

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

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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

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