2019–20 BSC Young Boys season

Young Boys
2019–20 season
Chairman	Hanspeter Kienberger
Manager	Gerardo Seoane
Stadium	Stade de Suisse
Swiss Super League	1st (champions)
Swiss Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jean-Pierre Nsame (32); All: ; Jean-Pierre Nsame (41)
	← 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 BSC Young Boys season was the club's 95th season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Young Boys participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 August 2020.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 10 February 2020^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Marco Wölfli
3	DF	DEN	Frederik Sørensen (on loan from FC Köln)
4	DF	GUI	Mohamed Ali Camara
5	DF	SUI	Cédric Zesiger
6	MF	SUI	Esteban Petignat
7	MF	SUI	Marvin Spielmann
8	MF	SUI	Vincent Sierro
10	MF	SRB	Miralem Sulejmani
11	MF	GER	Gianluca Gaudino
13	MF	CMR	Moumi Ngamaleu
14	DF	SUI	Nicolas Bürgy
15	FW	COD	Meschak Elia
16	MF	SUI	Christian Fassnacht
18	FW	CMR	Jean-Pierre Nsame


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	SUI	Felix Mambimbi
20	MF	SUI	Michel Aebischer
21	DF	SUI	Ulisses Garcia
23	DF	SUI	Saidy Janko (on loan from Porto)
25	DF	FRA	Jordan Lefort (on loan from Amiens)
26	GK	SUI	David von Ballmoos
28	DF	SUI	Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
29	DF	SUI	Jordan Lotomba
30	MF	SUI	Sandro Lauper
35	MF	LUX	Christopher Martins
40	GK	SUI	Dario Marzino
41	FW	SUI	Samuel Ballet
99	FW	FRA	Guillaume Hoarau

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	CIV	Roger Assalé (at Leganés until 30 June 2020)
24	DF	SUI	Jan Kronig (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2020)
27	MF	SUI	Pedro Teixeira (at Kriens until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
77	MF	ALB	Taulant Seferi (at Neuchâtel Xamax until 30 June 2020)
—	MF	SUI	Joël Schmied (at Wil until 30 June 2020)

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

21 June 2019 Burkhalter Cup	Young Boys	2–1	Rapperswil-Jona	showBern, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Garcia 16' Spielmann 42'	Report	13'	Stadium: Spitalacker Attendance: 3'200

21 June 2019 Burkhalter Cup	Breitenrain	0–4	Young Boys	showBern, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	13' Sulejmani 21' Sierro 36' Maier 41' Seferi	Stadium: Spitalacker Attendance: 3'200

26 June 2019 Friendly	Vaduz	1–0	Young Boys	showVaduz, Liechtenstein
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cicek 2'	Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 400

29 June 2019 Friendly	Young Boys	3–1	Stuttgart	showFügen, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoarau 4' Nsame 4' Petignat 83'	Report	25' González	Stadium: Sportplatz Schlitters Attendance: 700

2 July 2019 Friendly	Young Boys	0–0	Levski Sofia	showFügen, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Schlitters Attendance: 300

10 July 2019 Uhrencup	Young Boys	5–1	Frankfurt	showBiel/Bienne, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoarau 6' Ngamaleu 31' Nsame 68' Gaudino 74' Petignat 81'	Report	86' Joveljić	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 5'039

13 July 2019 Friendly	Young Boys	0–2	Kriens	showBern, Switzerland
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	13' Tadić 59' Kukeli	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 500

13 July 2019 Uhrencup	Young Boys	2–0	Crystal Palace	showBiel/Bienne, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngamaleu 5' Hoarau 32'	Report		Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 4'836

8 January 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	1–2	Hansa Rostock	showSerik, Turkey
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fassnacht 65'	Report	5' Breier 24' Butzen	Stadium: Regnum Carya Golf Resort

11 January 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	1–3	İstanbul Başakşehir	showSerik, Turkey
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ngamaleu 90' (pen.)	Report	5', 14' Ba 70' Višća	Stadium: Maxx Royal Resort

14 January 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	1–0	Viitorul Constanța	showSerik, Turkey
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Assalé 40'	Report		Stadium: Regnum Carys Golf Resort

18 January 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	2–2	Schaffhausen	showBern, Switzerland
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nsame 62' (pen.) 80'	Report	87' 90+1' (o.g.) Lustenberger	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 650

18 January 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	2–1	Chiasso	showBern, Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hoarau 11' Sierro 49'	Report	83' Kryeziu	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 950

6 March 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	5–1	Kriens	showBern, Switzerland
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hoarau 17' Fassnacht 29', 72' Nsame 50' Mambimbi 72'	Report	87'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 0

13 March 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	0–0	Winterthur	showBern, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 0

6 June 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	showBern, Switzerland
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nsame 68' Fassnacht 113'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 0

12 June 2020 Friendly	Young Boys	4–2	Winterthur	showBern, Switzerland
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nsame 37' 52' Mambimbi 96' Hoarau 98'	Report	5' Arnold 46' Mahamid	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 0

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	19 July 2019	3 August 2019	Matchday 1	Winners	36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	063.89
Swiss Cup	16 August 2019	30 August 2020	Round 1	Winners	6	6	0	0	23	5	+18	100.00
UEFA Champions League	21 August 2019	27 August 2019	Play-off round	Play-off round	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa League	19 September 2019	12 December 2019	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	033.33
Total					50	31	11	8	114	56	+58	062.00

Last updated: 30 August 2020
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	St. Gallen	36	21	5	10	79	56	+23	68	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3	Basel	36	18	8	10	74	38	+36	62	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Servette	36	12	13	11	57	48	+9	49	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lugano	36	11	14	11	46	46	0	47

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champion

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	16	2	0	51	15	+36	7	5	6	29	26	+3

Last updated: 3 August 2020.
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[]

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2020. Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

22 September 2019 7	Young Boys	1–1	Basel	showBern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørensen 24' Assalé 26' Nsame 59' Lustenberger 85'	FCB report	Widmer 5' Cabral 63'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer

1 December 2019 16	Basel	3–0	Young Boys	showBasel
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cabral 6' Alderete 13' Zhegrova 45+3' Zhegrova 48' Frei 83'	FCB report	Garcia 54' Janko 73'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,965 Referee: Stephan Klossner

26 January 2020 19	Young Boys	2–0	Basel	showBern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aebischer 37' Nsame 39' Hoarau 78'	FCB report	Ademi 13' Petretta 58' Bergström 77' Alderete 87' 90'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer

16 February 2020 22	Lugano	2–1	Young Boys	showLugano
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

23 February 2020 23	St. Gallen	3–3	Young Boys	showSt. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Kybunpark

19 June 2020 24	Young Boys	3–2	Zürich	showBern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

23 June 2020 25	Thun	1–0	Young Boys	showThun
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

27 June 2020 26	Young Boys	6–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	showBern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

30 June 2020 27	Servette	1–1	Young Boys	showGeneva
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Genève

5 July 2020 28	Young Boys	3–0	Lugano	showBern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

8 July 2020 29	Young Boys	4–0	Thun	showBern
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

11 July 2020 30	Basel	3–2	Young Boys	showBasel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Campo 13' Pululu 23' Arthur 48', 61' Cömert 55' Widmer 76' Omlin 90+4'	FCB report	Janko 32' Aebischer 50' 81' Lotomba 51' Nsame 66' Fassnacht 70'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer

15 July 2020 31	Young Boys	4–2	Servette	showBern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

18 July 2020 32	Zürich	0–5	Young Boys	showZürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

23 July 2020 33	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–1	Young Boys	showNeuchâtel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Maladière

26 July 2020 34	Young Boys	1–0	Luzern	showBern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

31 July 2020 35	Sion	0–1	Young Boys	showSion
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

3 August 2020 36	Young Boys	3–1	St. Gallen	showBern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

Swiss Cup[]

16 August 2019 First round	Étoile Carouge FC	0–1	Young Boys	showCarouge
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Fontenette

14 September 2019 Second round	FC Freienbach	2–11	Young Boys	showFreienbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Chrummen

30 October 2019 Third round	Zürich	0–4	Young Boys	showZürich
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

6 August 2020 Quarter-finals	FC Luzern	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Young Boys	showLucerne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Swissporarena

9 August 2020 Semi-finals	Young Boys	3–1	Sion	showBern
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

30 August 2020 Final	Basel	1–2	Young Boys	showBern
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Widmer 12' Alderete 42' Marchand 62' Ademi 68' Van der Werff 74'		Martins 5' Nsame 50' Garcia 69' Ngamaleu 74' Spielmann 89'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer

UEFA Champions League[]

Play-off round[]

21 August 2019 First leg	Young Boys	2–2	Red Star Belgrade	showBern, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Assalé 7' Hoarau 76' (pen.)	Report	Degenek 18' García 46'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 26,375 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

27 August 2019 Second leg	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (3–3 (a) agg.)	Young Boys	showBelgrade, Serbia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vukanović 59'	Report	Ben 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 47,487 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Europa League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	RAN	YB	FEY
1	Porto	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–1	3–2
2	Rangers	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Young Boys	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8		1–2	2–1	—	2–0
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5		2–0	2–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2019 1	Porto	2–1	Young Boys	showPorto, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

3 October 2019 2	Young Boys	2–1	Rangers	showBern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

24 October 2019 3	Young Boys	2–0	Feyenoord	showBern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

7 November 2019 4	Feyenoord	1–1	Young Boys	showRotterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: De Kuip

28 November 2019 5	Young Boys	1–2	Porto	showBern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

12 December 2019 6	Rangers	1–1	Young Boys	showGlasgow, Scotland
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Notes[]

References[]

^ 2019–20 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links[]

Official website

[1] 2019–20 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League

[2] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	16	2	0	51	15	+36	7	5	6	29	26	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	16	2	0	51	15	+36	7	5	6	29	26	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	16	2	0	51	15	+36	7	5	6	29	26	+3