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Nationalliga A
Season2001–02
Champions Basel
9th title
RelegatedSporting: Aarau
Luzern
License: None
Top goalscorer Christian Giménez (28)
Richard Núñez (28)
2002–03 →

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

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 four teams would play top tier next season. The other eight teams of the second tier competed in a play-out against relegation to the 1. Liga and the last two teams were to be relegated.

This was the second last season in which the Swiss championship would be competed in this format. It was already in planning that in two seasons the Nationalliga would be renamed to Swiss Football League and the championships were to be renamed and reformed.

Nationalliga A

Qualification phase

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel 22 13 4 5 52 37 +15 43 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Lugano 22 11 5 6 39 33 +6 38
3 Grasshopper Club 22 11 4 7 50 33 +17 37
4 St. Gallen 22 9 8 5 38 32 +6 35
5 Servette 22 9 7 6 36 29 +7 34
6 Sion 22 10 3 9 40 29 +11 33
7 Young Boys 22 8 7 7 35 28 +7 31
8 Zürich 22 7 9 6 24 27 −3 30
9 Aarau 22 7 6 9 28 25 +3 27 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 6 7 9 28 36 −8 25
11 Lausanne-Sport 22 4 4 14 24 49 −25 16
12 Luzern 22 3 4 15 23 59 −36 13
Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away AAR BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG YB ZÜR
Aarau 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–3
Basel 1–0 4–5 3–1 5–1 4–1 5–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–1
Grasshopper 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–5 6–0 4–1 3–0 6–1 0–3 1–1 0–0
Lausanne-Sport 0–3 2–4 2–4 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1
Lugano 1–0 1–2 5–3 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Luzern 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–6 0–4 3–0
Neuchâtel Xamax 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 1–3 4–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Servette 3–3 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 3–0 0–2
St. Gallen 1–1 3–3 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–3 2–2 0–1 4–1 3–1
Sion 0–1 8–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–1 0–4 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–1
Young Boys 2–1 2–2 1–3 7–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1
Zürich 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–0
Source: [ citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 14 11 0 3 36 16 +20 22 55 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Grasshopper Club 14 7 5 2 28 17 +11 19 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Lugano [a] (R) 14 7 2 5 23 19 +4 19 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Servette 14 6 3 5 25 23 +2 17 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Zürich 14 6 2 6 14 17 −3 15 35 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 St. Gallen 14 4 4 6 18 20 −2 18 34 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Young Boys 14 4 3 7 18 25 −7 16 31
8 Sion [a] (R) 14 1 1 12 10 35 −25 17 21
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Both Lugano and Sion did not obtain a 1st level license for the 2002/03 season. Nor die Lausanne; all three clubs are relegated to the NL B and their NL A places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

Results

Home \ Away BAS GCZ LUG SER SIO STG YB ZÜR
Basel 4–1 4–3 3–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–0
Grasshopper 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–0
Lugano 2–5 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Servette 1–2 1–5 1–0 4–1 2–2 0–0 0–1
Sion 0–3 0–2 1–4 2–3 0–2 3–1 1–1
St. Gallen 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 0–1
Young Boys 0–3 1–4 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–2
Zürich 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Source: [ citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wil 22 12 5 5 53 32 +21 41 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2 Winterthur 22 12 3 7 48 48 0 39
3 Thun 22 11 5 6 42 32 +10 38
4 Delémont 22 11 5 6 33 26 +7 38
5 Yverdon-Sport 22 10 5 7 37 31 +6 35 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6 Étoile Carouge 22 8 7 7 27 26 +1 31
7 Kriens 22 9 3 10 28 30 −2 30
8 Bellinzona 22 7 4 11 26 33 −7 25
9 Baden 22 5 9 8 40 37 +3 24
10 Locarno 22 6 5 11 28 34 −6 23
11 Vaduz 22 5 7 10 34 43 −9 22
12 Concordia Basel 22 5 4 13 34 58 −24 19
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion/relegation NLA/NLB

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Xamax 14 8 4 2 26 12 +14 28 Remain in NLA
2 Lausanne-Sport [a] 14 8 2 4 21 14 +7 26 Did not obtain licence for top level
3 Wil 14 6 5 3 17 13 +4 23 Promoted to NLA
4 Thun 14 6 3 5 19 18 +1 21
5 Aarau [a] 14 6 3 5 20 20 0 21 Relegated, but remained in NLA via green table
6 Delémont [a] 14 4 4 6 14 20 −6 16 Promoted on green table
7 Luzern [a] 14 2 5 7 26 28 −2 11 Relegated, but remained in NLA via green table
8 Winterthur 14 1 4 9 11 29 −18 7 Remain in NLB
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Lausanne did not obtain a top level license for the 2002/03 season, neither did Lugano and Sion; these three clubs were relegated to the NLB and their NLA places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

Results

Home \ Away AAR DEL NX LS LUZ THU WIL WIN
Aarau 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 3–0
Delémont 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Neuchâtel Xamax 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 2–0 2–0
Lausanne-Sport 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1
Luzern 2–2 4–1 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–2 4–1
Thun 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–2 1–0
Wil 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0
Winterthur 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–4 3–2 1–2 1–1
Source: [ citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation NLB/1. Liga

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Yverdon-Sport 14 8 1 5 30 26 +4 18 43 Remain in LNB
2 Vaduz 14 8 3 3 28 18 +10 11 38
3 Bellinzona 14 7 3 4 22 18 +4 13 37
4 Kriens 14 7 0 7 31 24 +7 15 36
5 Concordia Basel 14 6 4 4 23 20 +3 15 37
6 Baden 14 5 2 7 15 21 −6 12 29
7 Locarno 14 4 5 5 17 19 −2 12 29 Relegated to 1. Liga
8 Étoile Carouge 14 1 2 11 10 30 −20 16 21
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification

References

Sources

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