# 2002–03 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2002–03 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

## Nationalliga A
### Qualification phase

| 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 |

### Championship round

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 | 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 |

## Nationalliga B
### Qualification phase

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Vaduz | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 0 | 41 | Advance to promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB |
| 2 | FC Sion | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 0 | 39 | Advance to promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB |
| 3 | SC Kriens | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 0 | 38 | Advance to promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB |
| 4 | FC Lugano | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 17 | +19 | −5 | 37 | Advance to promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB |
| 5 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 0 | 36 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | FC Schaffhausen | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 0 | 32 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 7 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 0 | 30 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 8 | FC Concordia Basel | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 0 | 27 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 9 | AC Bellinzona | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 0 | 25 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 10 | FC Baden | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 0 | 18 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 11 | FC Wohlen | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 0 | 16 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 12 | FC Winterthur | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 36 | −12 | −8 | 12 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |

### Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

| 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 | Licence refused |
| 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 | Relegated to 2. Liga |

### Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Schaffhausen | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 16 | 40 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 2 | FC Concordia Basel | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 14 | 40 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 3 | FC Baden | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 9 | 40 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 4 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 18 | 34 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 5 | FC Wohlen | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 8 | 28 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 6 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 15 | 26 | Relegated to 2. Liga |
| 7 | AC Bellinzona | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 13 | 24 | Qualification to Challenge League |
| 8 | FC Winterthur | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 6 | 22 | Qualification to Challenge League |

## 1. Liga

There were 48 teams in this division this season, including seven U-21 teams, which were the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs in the Super League and the Challenge League. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Meyrin | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 71 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 2 | FC Bulle | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 55 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 3 | Servette U-21 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 52 | |
| 4 | Étoile Carouge FC | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 49 | |
| 5 | FC Echallens | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 49 | |
| 6 | ES FC Malley | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 45 | |
| 7 | FC Martigny-Sports | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 41 | |
| 8 | FC Bex | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 40 | |
| 9 | FC Naters | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 40 | |
| 10 | FC Fribourg | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 39 | |
| 11 | FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 36 | |
| 12 | FC Baulmes | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 35 | |
| 13 | CS Chênois | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 33 | |
| 14 | Grand-Lancy FC | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 33 | |
| 15 | Vevey Sports | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 29 | |
| 16 | FC Stade Nyonnais | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 26 | Play-out against relegation |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 61 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 2 | FC Wangen bei Olten | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 56 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 3 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 56 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 4 | FC Solothurn | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 51 | |
| 5 | Basel U-21 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 48 | |
| 6 | FC Biel-Bienne | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 48 | |
| 7 | SV Schaffhausen | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Grasshopper Club U-21 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 42 | |
| 9 | Zürich U-21 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 40 | |
| 10 | FC Colombier | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 39 | |
| 11 | FC Serrières | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 38 | |
| 12 | FC Grenchen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 36 | |
| 13 | FC Altstetten | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 35 | |
| 14 | FC Münsingen | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 24 | |
| 15 | SC Zofingen | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 83 | −52 | 17 | |
| 16 | Aarau U-21 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 86 | −63 | 15 | Withdrew from play-out, relegated |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Malcantone Agno | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 61 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 2 | FC Chiasso | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 59 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 3 | FC Tuggen | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 58 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 4 | FC Mendrisio | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 48 | |
| 5 | FC Locarno | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 45 | |
| 6 | FC Chur 97 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 45 | |
| 7 | GC Biaschesi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 45 | |
| 8 | SC Buochs | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 44 | |
| 9 | St. Gallen U-21 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 42 | |
| 10 | FC Kreuzlingen | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 37 | |
| 11 | Zug 94 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 33 | |
| 12 | FC Gossau | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 31 | |
| 13 | Luzern U-21 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 30 | |
| 14 | FC Schötz | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 29 | |
| 15 | FC Frauenfeld | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 25 | |
| 16 | FC Rapperswil-Jona | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 22 | Play-out against relegation |

### Promotion play-off

The three group winners and the three runners-up, together with the two best third placed teams, then contested a play-off for the four promotion slots.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Tuggen | 2–2 | Meyrin |
| Meyrin | 2–0 | Tuggen |
Meyrin win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2003–04 Challenge League.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 1–0 | Malcantone |
| Malcantone | 3–1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
Malcantone win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2003–04 Challenge League.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Chiasso | 1–1 | Wangen b.O. |
| Wangen b.O. | 3–1 | Chiasso |
Chiasso win 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to 2003–04 Challenge League.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Bulle | 1–1 | YFJ |
| YFJ | 1–3 | Bulle |
Bulle win 4–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2003–04 Challenge League.
La Chaux-de-Fonds were later also promoted later on the green table by the Swiss Football Association up to the 2003–04 Challenge League following the fact that FC Sion were refused their licence for that division.

### Play-out against relegation

Aarau U-21 withdrew from play-outs and were so relegated directly. The one remaining match was played in a neutral venue, on May 25 in Solothurn.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Stade Nyonnais | 2–2 | Rapperswil-Jona |
FC Stade Nyonnais win 5–4 in the penalty shoot-out. Rapperswil-Jona were relegated. Stade Nyonnais remain at this level.

## Swiss Cup

The four winners of the quarter-finals played in the semi-finals. The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final.

### Semi-finals

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### Final

The final was played in the St. Jakob-Park on 11 May 2003.
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## Swiss Clubs in Europe

A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, Basel had achieved the double. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rule: The highest-placed team in the league which have not yet qualified for European competitions qualify for the UEFA Cup, with the UEFA Cup qualifiers that finish above them in the league, moved up one "place". Servette as highest placed non-qualified team were granted this vacated place.
* FC Basel as 2001–02 Nationalliga A champions and 2001–02 Swiss Cup winners: Champions League second qualifying round
* Grasshopper Club as runners-up: UEFA Cup first round
* Lugano as third placed team: UEFA Cup qualifying round
* Servette as fourth placed team: UEFA Cup qualifying round
* Zürich as fifth placed team: Intertoto Cup first round
* St. Gallen as sixth placed team: Intertoto Cup first round
* FC Vaduz as 2001–02 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup qualifying round

### Basel
#### Champions League
##### Second qualifying round

Basel won 4–1 on aggregate

##### Third qualifying round

3–3 on aggregate, Basel won on away goals

##### Group stage
###### Final group table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | BAS | LIV | SPA |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 16 | Advance to second group stage | — | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | Advance to second group stage | 2–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |

##### Second group stage
###### Final group table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MU | JUV | BAS | DEP |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–3 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Basel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 7 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Deportivo La Coruña | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Grasshopper Club
#### UEFA Cup
##### First round

Grasshopper won 4–3 on aggregate.

##### Second round

PAOK won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Lugano
#### UEFA Cup
##### Qualifying round

Ventspils won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Servette
#### UEFA Cup
##### Qualifying round

Servette won 5–0 on aggregate.

##### First round

4–4 on aggregate. Amica Wronki won on away goals.

### Zürich
#### Intertoto Cup
##### First round

Zürich won 8–2 on aggregate.

##### Second round

Zürich won 1–0 on aggregate.

##### Third round

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

### St. Gallen
#### Intertoto Cup
##### First round

St. Gallen won 11–1 on aggregate.

##### Second round

Willem II won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Vaduz
#### UEFA Cup
##### Qualifying round

1–1 on aggregate. Livingston won on away goals.