2012–13 BSC Young Boys season

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BSC Young Boys
2012–13 season
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StadiumStade de Suisse,
Bern, Switzerland
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Europa League3rd qualifying round
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The 2012–13 BSC Young Boys season is the 115th season in club history.

Review and events[]

Matches[]

Legend[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

Preseason[]

2 July 2012 (2012-07-02) BSC Young Boys 3 – 0 FC Wil Utzenstorf
19:00 CEST Ojala 60'
Mayuka 63'
Frey 72'		 Match Report (in German) Stadium: Weissenstein
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Patrick Graf
4 July 2012 (2012-07-04) BSC Young Boys Switzerland 3 – 4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Köniz
19:00 CEST Mayuka 19'
Spycher 40' (pen.)
Bobadilla 71'		 Match Report (in German) 11', 40', 45' Willian
28' Eduardo		 Stadium: Liebefeld-Hessgut
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Patrick Graf
7 July 2012 (2012-07-07) BSC Young Boys Switzerland 1 – 1 Germany 1860 München Köniz
17:00 CEST Frey 85' Match Report (in German) 77' Aygün Stadium: Liebefeld-Hessgut
Attendance: 2,950
Referee: Stephan Klossner

Friendlies (fall)[]

11 September 2012 (2012-09-11) FC Breitenrain Switzerland 1 – 6 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Bern
18:00 CEST Maksimović 10' Match Report (in German) 43' Sutter
72' Vitkieviez
74', 75', 82' Tabakovic
84' Nuzzolo		 Stadium: Spitalacker
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alain Bieri

Winter break[]

15 January 2013 (2013-01-15) FC Thun Switzerland 0 – 1 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Thun
15:00 CET Match Report (in German) 36' Afum Stadium: Arena Thun
Attendance: 724
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
21 January 2013 (2013-01-21) BSC Young Boys Switzerland 0 – 1 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET Match Report (in German) 42' (pen.) Seleznyov Stadium: La Cala Golf Resort
Attendance: 50
Referee: Lee Dong Jun (South Korea)
23 January 2013 (2013-01-23) UD Marbella Spain 0 – 6 Switzerland BSC Young Boys La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET Match Report (in German) 40' Frey
48' Tabaković
70' (pen.) Costanzo
79' Fekete
84' Ojala
89' Sessolo		 Stadium: La Cala Golf Resort
Attendance: 70
Referee: Aro Sa (South Korea)
25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) BSC Young Boys Switzerland 1 – 1 Romania CFR Cluj La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET Maah 26' Match Report (in German) 57' Nuzzolo Stadium: La Cala Golf Resort
Attendance: 70
Referee: Lee Dong Jun (South Korea)
29 January 2013 (2013-01-29) FC Wohlen Switzerland 2 – 1 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Wohlen AG
15:00 CET Ianu 65'
82'		 Match Report (in German) 25' González Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten
Attendance: 300
Referee: Fedayi San
3 February 2013 (2013-02-03) FC Winterthur Switzerland 0 – 2 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Winterthur
14:00 CET Match Report (in German) 42' Afum
80' Frey		 Stadium: Hegmatten
Attendance: 500
Referee: Alain Bieri

Friendlies (spring)[]

26 March 2013 (2013-03-26) SC Düdingen Switzerland v Switzerland BSC Young Boys Düdingen
18:00 CET Stadium: Stadion Birchhölzli

Super League[]

Main article: 2012–13 Swiss Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

League fixtures and results[]

15 July 2012 (2012-07-15) 1 FC St. Gallen 1 – 1 BSC Young Boys St. Gallen
16:00 Abegglen 21' Match Report (in German) 21' Mayuka Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Stephan Studer
22 July 2012 (2012-07-22) 2 BSC Young Boys 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club Zürich Bern
13:45 Match Report (in German) 84' Salatić Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 18,711
Referee: Damien Carrel
29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 3 BSC Young Boys 3 – 0 FC Thun Bern
13:45 C. Schneuwly 31'
Spycher 34' (pen.)
Mayuka 55'		 Match Report (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 22,212
Referee: Ludovic Gremaud
5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) 4 Servette FC 1 – 1 BSC Young Boys Lancy
16:00 Karanović 41' (pen.)
Grippo Yellow card 90+1' Red card		 Match Report 25' Farnerud Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 4,819
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) 5 BSC Young Boys 4 – 1 FC Zürich Bern
13:45 Bobadilla 28', 36'
Farnerud 54'
Nuzzolo 69'		 Match Report 44' Drmić
Red card 76' Kukeli
Red card 82' Pedro Henrique		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 18,160
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 6 FC Sion 1 – 0 BSC Young Boys Sion
13:45 Crettenand 23' Match Report Red card 22' Costanzo Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Sascha Kever
26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 7 BSC Young Boys 0 – 0 FC Lausanne-Sport Bern
16:00 Match Report Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Damien Carrel
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 8 FC Luzern 1 – 2 BSC Young Boys Lucerne
13:45 Puljić 85' Match Report 19' Farnerud
62' González		 Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Stephan Klossner
23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 9 BSC Young Boys 1 – 1 FC Basel Bern
16:15 Zárate 50' Match Report (in German) 74' Streller Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 22,757
Referee: Stephan Studer
27 September 2012 (2012-09-27) 10 FC Thun 2 – 1 BSC Young Boys Thun
19:45 Ngamukol 72'
Salamand 87'		 Match Report (in German) 68' Nuzzolo Stadium: Arena Thun
Attendance: 7,022
Referee: Damien Carrel
30 September 2012 (2012-09-30) 11 BSC Young Boys 6 – 2 Servette FC Bern
13:45 Nuzzolo 3'
Frey 25'
Bobadilla 38', 54'
Costanzo 69'
Lecjaks 81'		 Match Report (in German) 72' Pont
90+2' Kouassi		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 16,404
Referee: Sascha Amhof
7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) 12 FC Zürich 1 – 1 BSC Young Boys Zurich
13:45 Schönbächler 30' Match Report (in German) 75' (pen.) Costanzo Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,073
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
21 October 2012 (2012-10-21) 13 Grasshopper Club Zürich 3 – 2 BSC Young Boys Zurich
16:00 Hajrović 17', 30'
Zuber 45'		 (Report) (in German) 50' Martínez
90' Bobadilla		 Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 11,900
Referee: Damien Carrel
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 14 BSC Young Boys Postponed FC Luzern Bern
19:45 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 15 FC Basel 2 – 0 BSC Young Boys Basel
19:45 Yapi 27'
Streller 39'		 (Report) (in German) Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 30,057
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 16 BSC Young Boys 0 – 0 FC St. Gallen Bern
13:45 Raimondi Red card 36' (Report) (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 19,904
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 17 FC Lausanne-Sport 2 – 1 BSC Young Boys Lausanne
13:45 Gabri 17'
Malonga 72'		 (Report) (in German) Red card 60' Bobadilla
83' Frey		 Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Sascha Kever
28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14 BSC Young Boys 2 – 1 FC Luzern Bern
20:15 Farnerud 21'
Zárate 45+1'		 (Report) (in German) 16' (o.g.) Sutter Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 16,537
Referee: Stephan Klossner
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 18 BSC Young Boys 3 – 1 FC Sion Bern
23:45 Ojala Red card 27'
Nef 45+2'
Nuzzolo 78' (pen.), 90+3'		 (Report) (in German) 29' Dingsdag Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,737
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 19 BSC Young Boys 3 – 2 FC Luzern Bern
19:45 Costanzo 28', 38'
Nef Red card 49'
Nuzzolo 90+1'		 (Report) (in German) 50'
72' Wiss		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 14,597
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 20 Grasshopper Club Zürich 2 – 0 BSC Young Boys Zurich
19:45 Abrashi Yellow card 12'
Anatole 26', 79'
Grichting Yellow card 56'		 (Report) (in German) Yellow card 13' M. Bürki
Yellow card 43' Affolter
Yellow card 65' Zverotić		 Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Stephan Klossner
23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 21 FC Zürich 4 – 0 BSC Young Boys Zurich
19:45 Drmić 17'
Chermiti 47'
Gavranović 67'
Jahović 79'		 (Report) (in German) Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 8,599
Referee: Sébastien Pache
3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 22 BSC Young Boys 2 – 0 FC St. Gallen Bern
13:45 Frey 55'
Nuzzolo 79'		 (Report) (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 15,192
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
10 March 2013 Round 23 Basel 3 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 A. Frei 37'
Cabral Yellow card 41'
Streller 62'
Schär 85'		 (FCB Report) (in German) Yellow card 84' Doubai Attendance: 27,818
Referee: Sascha Kever
17 March 2013 Round 24 Young Boys 0 - 0 Sion Bern
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Summary Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 15,173
Referee: Sascha Amhof


21 April 2013 Round 28 Sion 0 - 0 Young Boys Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)


7 May 2013 (2013-05-07) Round 31 BSC Young Boys 4 - 0 Grasshopper Club Zürich Bern
19:45 Spycher Yellow card 27'
Afum 33'
Costanzo Yellow card 34'
C. Schneuwly Yellow card 52'
Farnerud 62'
Nuzzolo 70'
Gerndt 90+3'		 (Report) (in German) Yellow card 27' Yellow card 57' Red card Vilotić
Yellow card 52' Salatić
Yellow card 90+3' Anatole		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 15'069
Referee: Sébastien Pache


29 May 2013 Round 35 Young Boys 0 - 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
Veškovac Yellow card 55'
Bürki Yellow card 72' Red card 73'
Nef Yellow card 88'		 (Report) (in German) 55' (pen.) Yellow card 55' F. Frei
Yellow card 60' Stocker		 Attendance: 19,322
Referee: Sascha Kever

League table[]

Main article: 2012–13 Swiss Super League § League table

Swiss Cup[]

Main article: 2012–13 Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 1st Round FC Wettswil-Bonstetten 1 – 5 BSC Young Boys Wettswil
16:00 Buchmann 36' Match Report (in German) 3', 34' Bobadilla
31', 88' Farnerud
67' Vitkieviez		 Stadium: Moos
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) 2nd Round SV Muttenz 1 – 5 BSC Young Boys Muttenz
15:30 Eksi 81' Match Report (in German) 8', 32', 62' Frey
44' Nuzzolo
77' González		 Stadium: Margelacker
Attendance: 2,952
Referee: Nicolas Jancevski
9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) 3rd Round FC Wil 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) BSC Young Boys St. Gallen
14:30 2'
Audino 13'
Holenstein 27'
113'		 Match Report (in German) 65' Frey
77' Schneuwly
90+4' Farnerud		 Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Sébastien Pache

UEFA Europa League[]

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds[]

Second qualifying round[]
19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) 1st Leg Young Boys 1 – 0 Zimbru Chişinău Bern, Switzerland
19:30 CEST Frey 53' Match Report (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 9,117
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
26 July 2012 (2012-07-26) 2nd Leg Zimbru Chişinău 1 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 1 agg.)
(1 – 4 p)		 Young Boys Chișinău, Moldova
20:15 EEST Barakhoyev 41' Match Report (in German) Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Penalties
Derkach soccer ball with check mark
Molla soccer ball with red X
Catan soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Spycher
soccer ball with check mark Mayuka
soccer ball with check mark Nef
soccer ball with check mark Costanzo
Third qualifying round[]
2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 1st Leg Kalmar FF 1 – 0 Young Boys Kalmar, Sweden
19:00 CEST Andersson 18' Report Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 3,681
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)
19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 2nd Leg Young Boys 3 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)		 Kalmar FF Bern, Switzerland
19:30 CEST Mayuka 7'
Raimondi 69'
Bobadilla 82'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 10,124
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Playoff round[]

23 August 2012 (2012-08-23) 1st Leg Midtjylland 0 – 3 Young Boys Herning, Denmark
20:15 Report 42' Bobadilla
81' Farnerud
90+3' Costanzo		 Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)
30 August 2012 (2012-08-30) 2nd Leg Young Boys 0 – 2
(3 – 2 agg.)		 Midtjylland Bern, Switzerland
19:30 Report 75' (pen.) Igboun
89' Bak Nielsen		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 9,327
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Group stage[]

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage
20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) 1 Young Boys Switzerland 3 – 5 England Liverpool Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET Nuzzolo 38'
Ojala 53'
Zárate 63'		 Match Report (in German) 4' (o.g.) Ojala
40' Wisdom
67' Coates
76', 88' Shelvey		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) 2 Anzhi Makhachkala Russia 2 – 0 Switzerland Young Boys Moscow, Russia
18:00 CET Eto'o 38' (pen.), 90' Match Report (in German) Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
25 October 2012 (2012-10-25) 3 Young Boys Switzerland 3 – 1 Italy Udinese Bern, Switzerland
21:05 CET Bobadilla 4', 71', 81' (pen.) Match Report (in German) 74' Coda Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 20,143
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) 4 Udinese Italy 2 – 3 Switzerland Young Boys Udine, Italy
19:00 CET Di Natale 47'
Fabbrini 83'		 Match Report (in German) 27' Bobadilla
27' Farnerud
73' Nuzzolo		 Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) 5 Liverpool England 2 – 2 Switzerland Young Boys Liverpool, England
21:05 CET Shelvey 33'
Cole 72'		 Match Report (in German) 52' Bobadilla
88' Zverotić		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 37,810
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) 6 Young Boys Switzerland 3 – 1 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET Zárate 38'
Costanzo 52'
González 90'		 Match Report (in German) 45' Ahmedov
Yellow card 70' Red card Traoré		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Squad information[]

Squad and statistics[]

Squad Season 2012–2013
No. Player Nat. Birthdate at YB since previous club SL matches SL goals Cup matches Cup goals EL matches EL goals
Goalkeepers
1 Marco Wölfli Swiss 22 August 1982 2003 Thun 20 0 2 0 6 0
18 Yvon Mvogo Swiss 6 March 1994 2011 Fribourg 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Ivan Benito Swiss 27 August 1976 2011 Grasshoppers 0 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Alexander González Venezuelan 13 September 1992 2012 Caracas 4(9) 1 0(2) 1 0(5) 1
3 Juhani Ojala Finnish 19 June 1989 2011 HJK Helsinki 11(1) 0 1 0 4(1) 1
4 Alain Nef Swiss 2 June 1982 2010 Udinese Calcio 19 1 2 0 5 0
13 Elsad Zverotić MontenegrinSwiss 31 October 1986 2011 Luzern 12(2) 0 1(1) 0 5 1
17 Christoph Spycher Swiss 30 March 1978 2010 E. Frankfurt 8(1) 1 1 0 1 0
22 Dušan Veškovac Serbian 16 March 1986 2011 Luzern 9(1) 0 2 0 4(1) 0
23 Scott Sutter SwissEnglish 13 May 1986 2009 Zürich 13(2) 0 3 0 5 0
28 Marco Bürki Swiss 10 July 1993 2012 Münsingen 2(1) 0 1 0 0 0
33 Jan Lecjaks Czech 9 August 1990 2011 Plzeň 5(2) 1 0 0 2 0
35 François Affolter Swiss 13 March 1991 2012 Werder Bremen 2 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Michael Silberbauer Danish 7 July 1981 2011 Utrecht 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0
7 Matías Vitkieviez SwissUruguayan 16 May 1985 2012 Servette 2(11) 0 0(1) 1 1(1) 0
8 Alexander Farnerud Swedish 1 May 1984 2011 Brøndby 18 4 3 3 5 1
10 Moreno Costanzo SwissItalian 20 February 1988 2010 St. Gallen 13(1) 4 1(1) 0 3 1
14 Christian Schneuwly Swiss 7 February 1988 2012 Thun 14(3) 1 3 2 4(2) 0
15 Josh Simpson Canadian 15 May 1983 2012 Manisaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mario Raimondi Swiss 10 July 1980 2005 Thun 13(1) 0 3 0 4 0
29 Raphael Nuzzolo Swiss 5 July 1983 2011 Xamax 14 6 2(1) 1 5(1) 1
30 Pascal Doubaï Ivorian 22 May 1992 2010 Athletic Adjamé 0(4) 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
32 Leonardo Bertone Swiss 14 March 1994 2011 SC Wohlensee 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Helios Sessolo Swiss 26 May 1993 2009 own youth 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Forwards
7 Samuel Afum Ghanan 24 December 1990 2013 Smouha SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Alexander Gerndt Swedish 14 July 1986 2013 Utrecht 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Raúl Bobadilla Argentinian 18 June 1987 2012 M'gladbach 10(1) 5 1 2 6 5
19 Gonzalo Zárate Argentinian 6 August 1984 2012 RB Salzburg 9(1) 2 3 0 6 2
20 Michael Frey Swiss 19 July 1994 2012 Thun 6(13) 2 2 3 0(5) 0
24 Emmanuel Mayuka Zambian 21 November 1990 2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv 7 2 0 0 0 0
25 Josef Martínez Venezuelan 19 May 1993 2012 Caracas 1(5) 1 0(1) 0 0 0
31 Haris Tabaković Swiss 20 June 1994 2012 own youth 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Last updated: 17 February 2013
Notes: Numbers in parenthesis denotes substitution appearances. Players in italic left the club during the season.

Transfers[]

Summer Transfers in
Name Nationality Position Type Moving from
Gonzalo Zárate Argentina ST Transfer RB Salzburg
Ammar Jemal Tunisia CB loan return Köln
Christian Schneuwly Switzerland MF loan return Thun
Scott Sutter Switzerland CB loan return Zürich
Alexandre Pasche Switzerland MF loan return Lausanne
Adriano De Pierro Switzerland CB loan return Nyon
Switzerland GK loan return Kriens
Summer Transfers Out
Name Nationality Position Type Moving to
Emmanuel Mayuka Zambia ST Transfer Southampton
David Degen Switzerland MF Transfer Basel
Switzerland GK Transfer Kreuzlingen
Ammar Jemal Tunisia CB on loan Ajaccio
Michael Silberbauer Denmark MF on loan Odense
Adriano De Pierro Switzerland CB on loan Lugano
Alexandre Pasche Switzerland MF on loan Servette
Winter Transfers in
Name Nationality Position Type Moving from
Alexander Gerndt Sweden ST Transfer Utrecht
Samuel Afum Ghana ST Transfer Smouha SC
Winter Transfers Out
Name Nationality Position Type Moving to
Juhani Ojala Finland CB Transfer Terek Grozny
Raúl Bobadilla Argentina ST Transfer Basel
Ammar Jemal Tunisia CB Transfer Club Africain
Matías Vitkieviez Switzerland MF loan return Servette

Sources[]

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