2020–21 BSC Young Boys season

The 2020–21 BSC Young Boys season is the club's 96th season in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Russian football. In addition to the domestic league, Young Boys are participating in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Young Boys
2020–21 season
ChairmanHanspeter Kienberger
ManagerGerardo Seoane
StadiumStadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League4th
Swiss CupPreseason
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Jean-Pierre Nsame (4)
All: Jean-Pierre Nsame (10)

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 September 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
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
17 FW  FRA Jordan Siebatcheu (on loan from Rennes)
18 FW  CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame
19 FW   SUI Felix Mambimbi
20 MF   SUI Michel Aebischer
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   SUI Ulisses Garcia
24 DF   SUI Quentin Maceiras
25 DF  FRA Jordan Lefort
26 GK   SUI David von Ballmoos
27 DF   SUI Léo Seydoux
28 DF   SUI Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
30 MF   SUI Sandro Lauper
32 DF   SUI Linus Obexer
35 MF  LUX Christopher Martins
36 DF   SUI Silvan Hefti
43 GK   SUI Joschua Neuenschwander
77 MF  ALB Taulant Seferi
91 GK   SUI Guillaume Faivre

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
15 TBD 1 July 2020

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
15 TBD 1 July 2020


Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 September 2020 Friendly Young Boys 5–2 Lausanne-Sport Bern, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report  68', 81' Hysenaj Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 20
9 October 2020 Friendly Young Boys 1–0 Neuchâtel Xamax Bern, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Eberhard  73'
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
11 January 2021 Friendly Young Boys v Chiasso Bern, Switzerland
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
16 January 2021 Friendly Young Boys v Stade Lausanne Ouchy Bern, Switzerland
13:00 Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
16 January 2021 Friendly Young Boys v Aarau Bern, Switzerland
16:00 Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 19 September 2020 May 2021 Matchday 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 066.67
Swiss Cup 2020 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Champions League 26 August 2020 16 September 2020 Second qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 050.00
UEFA Europa League 1 October 2020 Play-off round 7 4 1 2 12 7 +5 057.14
Total 12 7 2 3 18 12 +6 058.33

Last updated: 10 December 2020

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys 17 11 5 1 28 12 +16 38 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 18 9 3 6 29 25 +4 30 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Zürich 19 7 4 8 29 27 +2 25
4 Lugano 17 5 10 2 18 16 +2 25
5 St. Gallen 17 6 5 6 18 18 0 23
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
13 8 4 1 20 10  +10 28 4 2 1 10 7  +3 4 2 0 10 3  +7

Last updated: 22 December 2020.
Source:

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617
GroundHAHAHHHAAHAHAAAHH
ResultWDWDWDWWWLWDW
Position2431111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2020. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 September 2020 1 Young Boys 2–1 Zürich Bern
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Urs Schnyder
26 September 2020 2 Sion 0–0 Young Boys Sion
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alain Bieri
4 October 2020 3 Young Boys 1–0 Vaduz Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 11,660
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
17 October 2020 4 Servette 0–0 Young Boys Geneva
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 5,240
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
25 October 2020 5 Young Boys 2–1 Luzern Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sandro Schärer
8 November 2020 6 Young Boys 0–0 St.Gallen Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 50
Referee: Urs Schnyder
21 November 2020 7 Young Boys 2–1 Basel Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 15
Referee: Fedayi San
29 November 2020 8 Lausanne-Sport 0–3 Young Boys Lausanne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 5
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
6 December 2020 9 Luzern 2–3 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 50
Referee: Urs Schnyder
13 December 2020 10 Young Boys 1–2 Servette Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 5
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
16 December 2020 11 Basel 0–2 Young Boys Basel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 5
Referee: Sandro Schärer
19 December 2020 12 Young Boys 2–2 Lugano Bern
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
22 December 2020 13 St. Gallen 1–2 Young Boys St. Gallen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Léonce Lionel Tscudi
20 January 2021 14 Lugano v Young Boys Lugano
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo

Swiss Cup

UEFA Champions League

26 August 2020 Second qualifying round Young Boys 3–1 Bern, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Greece)
16 September 2020 Third qualifying round Midtjylland 3–0 Young Boys Herning, Denmark
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

UEFA Europa League

1 October 2020 Play-off round Young Boys 3–0 Tirana Bern, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group stage

The group stage draw will be held on 2 October 2020.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM YB CLJ CSS
1 Roma 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 5–0 0–0
2 Young Boys 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–2 2–1 3–0
3 CFR Cluj 6 1 2 3 4 10 6 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–1 0–0
4 CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 3 3 7 4 5[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.
22 October 2020 1 Young Boys 1–2 Roma Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 600
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
29 October 2020 2 CFR Cluj 1–1 Young Boys Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
5 November 2020 3 Young Boys 3–0 CSKA Sofia Bern, Switzerland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
26 November 2020 4 CSKA Sofia 0–1 Young Boys Sofia, Bulgaria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
3 December 2020 5 Roma 3–1 Young Boys Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
10 December 2020 6 Young Boys 2–1 CFR Cluj Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Knockout phase

The round of 32 draw was held on 14 December 2020.[4]

Round of 32

18 February 2021 First leg Young Boys v Bayer Leverkusen Bern, Switzerland
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
25 February 2021 Second leg Bayer Leverkusen v Young Boys Leverkusen, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: BayArena

Statistics

References

  1. 2020–21 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. "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 1 December 2020.
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