2021–22 BSC Young Boys season

Young Boys
2021–22 season
Chairman	Hanspeter Kienberger
Manager	David Wagner
Stadium	Stadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League	5th
Swiss Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Meschak Elia; Jordan Siebatcheu; (2 each); All: ; Jordan Siebatcheu (3)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 August 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 97th season in the existence of BSC Young Boys and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, BSC Young Boys are participating in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 12 July 2021^[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
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
9	FW	FRA	Wilfried Kanga
10	MF	SRB	Miralem Sulejmani
13	MF	CMR	Moumi Ngamaleu
14	DF	SUI	Nicolas Bürgy
15	FW	COD	Meschak Elia
16	MF	SUI	Christian Fassnacht
17	FW	USA	Jordan Siebatcheu
18	FW	CMR	Jean-Pierre Nsame
19	FW	SUI	Felix Mambimbi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SUI	Michel Aebischer
21	DF	SUI	Ulisses Garcia
23	MF	SUI	Alex Jankewitz
24	DF	SUI	Quentin Maceiras
25	DF	FRA	Jordan Lefort
26	GK	SUI	David von Ballmoos
28	DF	SUI	Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
30	MF	SUI	Sandro Lauper
32	MF	SUI	Fabian Rieder
35	MF	LUX	Christopher Martins
36	DF	SUI	Silvan Hefti
62	GK	SUI	Leandro Zbinden
77	FW	POR	Joël Monteiro
91	GK	SUI	Guillaume Faivre

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
11	FW	ALB	Taulant Seferi (at Tirana until 30 June 2021)
24	DF	SUI	Jan Kronig (at Wil until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

23 June 2021 Friendly	Young Boys	Cancelled	Kriens	showBern, Switzerland
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

28 June 2021 Friendly	Young Boys	4–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	showGstaad, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode

6 July 2021 Friendly	Young Boys	0–1	Rheindorf Altach	showWohlen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten

10 July 2021 Friendly	Young Boys	2–0	Feyenoord	showBern, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Spielmann 28' Garcia 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

13 July 2021 Friendly	Yverdon-Sport	Cancelled	Young Boys	showYverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Municipal

13 July 2021 Friendly	Young Boys	2–2	Strasbourg	showMontreux, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Garcia 8' Siebatcheu 27' Ngamaleu 69' Mambimbi 77'		Thomasson 5' Sahi 85'	Stadium: Stade de Chailly

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	24 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	5	2	2	1	9	5	+4	040.00
Swiss Cup	TBD			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	21 July 2021		Second qualifying round	7	5	2	0	15	9	+6	071.43
Total				12	7	4	1	24	14	+10	058.33

Last updated: 14 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Servette	6	3	1	2	13	11	+2	10	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Sion	6	2	2	2	8	12	−4	8
5	Young Boys	5	2	2	1	9	5	+4	8
6	Lugano	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7
7	Grasshopper	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. 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]

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
5	2	2	1	9	5	+4	8	1	1	0	4	0	+4	1	1	1	5	5	0

Last updated: 11 September 2021.
Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	P	D	W
Position	3	4	5			5

Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.^[3]

24 July 2021 1	Luzern	3–4	Young Boys	showLucerne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schürpf 27', 52' Ndiaye 41'	Report	Elia 14', 59' Siebatcheu 68', 90+3'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 13,231 Referee: Fedayi San

31 July 2021 2	Young Boys	0–0	Grasshoppers	showBern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Martins 44'	Report	Toti 19' Abrashi 50'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 20,628 Referee: Sandro Schärer

7 August 2021 3	Sion	1–0	Young Boys	showSion
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grgić 24' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

21 August 2021 4	Young Boys	P–P	Lugano	showBern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

29 August 2021 5	Basel	1–1	Young Boys	showBasel
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabral 41' Esposito 52' Petretta 87' Palacios 90'	Report	Siebatcheu 20' Aebischer 38' Maceiras 41' 43' Ngamaleu 68' Zesiger 71'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,027 Referee: Sandro Schärer

11 September 2021 6	Young Boys	4–0	Zürich	showBern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fassnacht 45+4' Aebischer 64', 69' Elia 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 24,062 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

22 September 2021 7	Lausanne-Sport	v	Young Boys	showLausanne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière

Swiss Cup[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Second qualifying round[]

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.^[4]

21 July 2021 First leg	Slovan Bratislava	0–0	Young Boys	showBratislava, Slovakia
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Kamps 54'	Report	Siebatcheu 38' Aebischer 51' Camara 59' Lefort 86'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 1,000^[5] Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

28 July 2021 Second leg	Young Boys	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Slovan Bratislava	showBern, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Siebatcheu 10' (pen.) Garcia 24', 87' Aebischer 48', 90+2' Fassnacht 72'	Report	Henty 2', 58', 62' Ratão 21' De Marco 74' Weiss 79' Rabiu 83'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 19,564^[6] Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Third qualifying round[]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[7]

3 August 2021 First leg	CFR Cluj	1–1	Young Boys	showCluj-Napoca, Romania
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Manea 4' Sušić 45+4' Deac 90+2'	Report	Sierro 90+3'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 9,500^[8] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

10 August 2021 Second leg	Young Boys	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	CFR Cluj	showBern, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Siebatcheu 23', 42' Ngamaleu 25'	Report	Omrani 4'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 21,145^[9] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Play-off round[]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[10]

18 August 2021 First leg	Young Boys	3–2	Ferencváros	showBern, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Siebatcheu 13' Elia 16', 26' Zesiger 19' Hefti 25' Sierro 40' Garcia 65'	Report	Boli 14', 82' Kharatin 22' Uzuni 27' Laïdouni 48' Blažič 69'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 15,652^[11] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

24 August 2021 Second leg	Ferencváros	2–3 (4–6 agg.)	Young Boys	showBudapest, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wingo 18', 70' R. Mmaee 27', 81' Zachariassen 30' Laïdouni 58' 64' Kovačević 66'	Report	Zesiger 4' Fassnacht 56' Martins 66' Siebatcheu 72' Mambimbi 90+3'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 20,667^[12] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[13]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	YB	ATA	VIL	MUN
1	Young Boys	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to round of 16	—	23 Nov	20 Oct	2–1
2	Atalanta	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1^[a]	Advance to round of 16	29 Sep	—	8 Dec	2 Nov
3	Villarreal	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	2 Nov	2–2	—	23 Nov
4	Manchester United	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0		8 Dec	20 Oct	29 Sep	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Away goals scored in all group matches: Atalanta 2, Villarreal 0.

14 September 2021 1	Young Boys	2–1	Manchester United	showBern, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fassnacht 45+1' Martins 50' Ngamaleu 66' Siebatcheu 90+5'	Report	Ronaldo 13' Wan-Bissaka 35' Varane 64'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,120^[14] Referee: François Letexier (France)

29 September 2021 2	Atalanta	v	Young Boys	showBergamo, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia

20 October 2021 3	Young Boys	v	Villarreal	showBern, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

2 November 2021 4	Villarreal	v	Young Boys	showVillarreal, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica

23 November 2021 5	Young Boys	v	Atalanta	showBern, Switzerland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

8 December 2021 6	Manchester United	v	Young Boys	showManchester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)				Stadium: Old Trafford

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

As of 3 August 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Swiss Super League	Champions League	Total
1	17	FW	Jordan Siebatcheu	2	1	3
2	15	FW	Elia Meschak	2	0	2
3	8	MF	Vincent Sierro	0	1	1
	20	MF	Michel Aebischer	0	1	1
	21	DF	Ulisses Garcia	0	1	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				4	4	8

References[]

^ 2021–22 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2021/22". sfl.ch. 24 June 2021.
^ "UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Slovan Bratislava vs. Young Boys". Union of European Football Associations. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "Young Boys vs. Slovan Bratislava". Union of European Football Associations. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "CFR Cluj vs. Young Boys". Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ "Young Boys vs. CFR Cluj". Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Champions League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st Leg – Young Boys v Ferencváros" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Ferencváros v Young Boys" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 14 September 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[table_hth_ATA0.12935293192479-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b Away goals scored in all group matches: Atalanta 2, Villarreal 0.

[1] 2021–22 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.

[3] "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2021/22". sfl.ch. 24 June 2021.

[4] "UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[5] "Slovan Bratislava vs. Young Boys". Union of European Football Associations. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[6] "Young Boys vs. Slovan Bratislava". Union of European Football Associations. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[7] "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[8] "CFR Cluj vs. Young Boys". Union of European Football Associations. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[9] "Young Boys vs. CFR Cluj". Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[10] "UEFA Champions League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[11] "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 1st Leg – Young Boys v Ferencváros" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[12] "Full Time Summary Play-Offs 2nd Leg – Ferencváros v Young Boys" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[13] "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[15] "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 14 September 2021" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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