Nürnberg faced VfL Bochum on matchday one on 10 August 2002.
[3] Nürnberg faced Hansa Rostock on matchday two on 17 August 2002.
[1] Hansa Rostock won the match 2–0 with two goals from René Rydlewicz.
[1] Nürnberg won 2–0 with goals from Anthony Sanneh and Dušan Petković.
[15] Nürnberg faced Hertha BSC on matchday eight on 5 October 2002.
[17] Nürnberg faced VfB Stuttgart on matchday nine on 20 October 2002.
[19] Nürnberg faced FC Schalke on matchday 10 on 26 October 2002.
[23] Nürnberg faced Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 12 on 9 November 2002.
[25] Nürnberg faced Hamburger SV on matchday 13 on 16 November 2002.
[26] Sergej Barbarez, Marcel Maltritz, and Bernardo Romeo scored for Hamburg.
[29] Nürnberg faced Borussia Dortmund on matchday 15 on 30 November 2002.
[31] Nürnberg faced Energie Cottbus on matchday 16 on 7 December 2002.
[32] Radosław Kałużny and Lars Jungnickel scored for Energie Cottbus.
[1] Nürnberg won the match 2–0 with goals from Saša Ćirić and Jésus Júnior.
[1] Hansa Rostock won the match 1–0 with a goal from Rade Prica.
[41] Nürnberg faced Werder Bremen on matchday 21 on 15 February 2003.
[43] Nürnberg faced Bayern Munich on matchday 22 on 22 February 2003.
[1] Bayern Munich won the match 2–0 with goals from Bixente Lizarazu and Giovane Élber.
[1] Kaiserslautern won the match 5–0 with goals from Vratislav Lokvenc, Miroslav Klose, José Dominguez, Christian Timm, and Nenad Bjelica.
[49] Nürnberg faced Hertha BSC on matchday 25 on 16 March 2003.
[1] Hertha BSC won the match 3–0 with goals from Michael Preetz, Thorben Marx, and Marcelinho.
[1] Nürnberg won the match 2–0 with goals from David Jarolím and Jésus Júnior.
[1] Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–0 with goals from Ivo Ulich and Mikael Forssell.
[57] Nürnberg faced Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 29 on 19 April 2003.
[1] Hamburg won the match 4–0 with goals from Milan Fukal, Bernardo Romeo, Mehdi Mahdavikia, and Naohiro Takahara.
[66] Marko Topić and Andrzej Juskowiak scored for Energie Cottbus.
[1] Bayer Leverkusen won the match 1–0 with a goal from Yildiray Bastürk.
Source: kicker.de On 31 August 2002, Nürnberg faced Eintracht Trier in the first round.
[71] Nürnberg won 2–0 with goals from Milorad Popović and Saša Ćirić.
[72] Christian Müller and Michael Petry scored for Kickers Offenbach.