2002–03 FC Lugano season

The 2002–03 season was the 95th season in the history of FC Lugano and their first following their return to Nationalliga B, Switzerland's second division. Lugano was unable to complete the season after going bankrupt and was dissolved on 9 April 2003.

FC Lugano
2002–03 season
StadiumCornaredo Stadium
Nationalliga BQualification phase: 4th[1]
Promotion/relegation play-off: 8th (demoted)
Swiss CupQuarter-finals[1]
UEFA CupQualifying round[2]

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Nationalliga B regular season 5 July 2002 8 December 2002 Matchday 1 4th 22 12 6 4 36 17 +19 054.55
Promotion play-offs 1 March 2003 21 March 2003 Matchday 1 8th (administratively relegated) 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 000.00
Swiss Cup 22 October 2002 23 February 2003 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 066.67
UEFA Cup 15 August 2002 29 August 2002 Qualifying round Qualifying round 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 050.00
Total 31 15 8 8 47 28 +19 048.39

Source: Competitions

Nationalliga B

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
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
4 FC Lugano 22 12 6 4 36 17 +19 −5 37
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
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
FC Lugano: 5 points deducted for irregularities in license application.
FC Winterthur: 8 points deducted for irregularities in license application.

Matches

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5 July 2002 1 Baden 0–2 Lugano
12 July 2002 2 Lugano 1–0 Sion
20 July 2002 4 Lugano 2–0 Yverdon-Sport
25 July 2002 5 Concordia 0–1 Lugano
3 August 2002 6 Lugano 3–0 Wohlen
6 August 2002 3 Kriens 4–2 Lugano
10 August 2002 7 Bellinzona 3–4 Lugano
18 August 2002 8 Lugano 0–0 Vaduz
24 August 2002 9 Schaffhausen 0–4 Lugano
1 September 2002 10 Lugano 0–1 Lausanne-Sport
11 September 2002 11 Winterthur 0–1 Lugano
14 September 2002 12 Lugano 1–1 Baden
21 September 2002 13 Sion 0–4 Lugano
27 September 2002 14 Lugano 2–0 Kriens
5 October 2002 15 Yverdon-Sport 0–0 Lugano
20 October 2002 16 Lugano 1–1 Concordia
26 October 2002 17 Wohlen 0–0 Lugano
3 November 2002 18 Lugano 3–1 Bellinzona
17 November 2002 19 Vaduz 3–2 Lugano
24 November 2002 20 Lugano 2–1 Schaffhausen
1 December 2002 21 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 Lugano
8 December 2002 22 Lugano 0–1 Winterthur

Promotion play-offs

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1 March 2003 1 Delémont 1–1
Annulled
Lugano
7 March 2003 2 Lugano 1–1
Annulled
Kriens
16 March 2003 3 St. Gallen 1–0
Annulled
Lugano
21 March 2003 4 Lugano 1–2
Annuled
Aarau

Swiss Cup

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22 October 2002 FC Altstetten ZH 0–4 Lugano
10 November 2002 FC Chiasso 1–3 Lugano
23 February 2002 Quarter-finals Lugano 0–2 Grasshopper
R.Eduardo   38', 60'

UEFA Cup

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15 August 2002 First leg Ventspils   3–0   Lugano Latvia
29 August 2002 Second leg Lugano   1–0
(1–3 agg.)
  Ventspils

References

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  1. ^ a b "Switzerland 2002/03". www.rsssf.org.
  2. ^ "FC Lugano - Fixtures & Results 2002/2003". worldfootball.net. May 15, 2022.