2002–03 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Nationalliga A (French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale Acode: it is deprecated ) in the 2002–2003 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	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	Qualification to Nationalliga A/B Playoffs
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

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)
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	9	5	0	37	15	+22	57	(25)
2	FC Basel	14	10	2	2	38	17	+21	56	(24)
3	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	5	4	5	18	17	+1	35	(16)
4	BSC Young Boys	14	6	1	7	21	29	-8	34	(15)
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 (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

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.