2002–03 Nationalliga A
# 2002–03 Nationalliga A

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

**Table**

| 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 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 3 | Thun | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 4 | Wil | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 0 | 31 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 5 | Zürich | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 0 | 31 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | Xamax | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 0 | 31 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | Young Boys | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | Servette | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 0 | 29 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 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 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 11 | SR Delémont | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 0 | 20 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 12 | Aarau | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 0 | 18 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |

**Results**

| 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 | |

### 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.

**Table**

| 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 |

**Results**

| 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 | |

## Nationalliga A/B Playoffs

### Table

| 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 | Qualification to Super League |
| 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 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 5 | Sion | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 12 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 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 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 8 | Lugano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Results

| 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 | |

## Sources

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