2023–24 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2023–24 season
ManagerRaphaël Wicky
StadiumStadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueKnockout round play-offs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joel Monteiro (12)

All:
Cedric Itten (13)
Average home league attendance28,878[1]
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2024.

The 2023–24 season was BSC Young Boys' 126th season in existence and 23rd consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They also competed in the Swiss Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 13 September 2023[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Anthony Racioppi
4 DF Switzerland SUI Aurèle Amenda
7 MF Switzerland SUI Filip Ugrinic
8 MF Poland POL Łukasz Łakomy
9 FW Switzerland SUI Cedric Itten
10 MF Switzerland SUI Kastriot Imeri
11 MF The Gambia GAM Ebrima Colley (on loan from Atalanta)
13 DF Guinea GUI Mohamed Ali Camara
14 MF Zambia ZAM Miguel Chaiwa
15 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Meschak Elia
17 DF The Gambia GAM Saidy Janko
18 FW Cameroon CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame
19 DF Sweden SWE Noah Persson
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Senegal SEN Cheikh Niasse
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ulisses Garcia
22 MF Kosovo KOS Donat Rrudhani
23 DF Switzerland SUI Loris Benito
26 GK Switzerland SUI David von Ballmoos
27 DF Switzerland SUI Lewin Blum
28 DF Switzerland SUI Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
30 MF Switzerland SUI Sandro Lauper
35 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Silvère Ganvoula
39 MF Switzerland SUI Darian Males
40 GK Switzerland SUI Dario Marzino
61 GK Switzerland SUI Leandro Zbinden
77 FW Switzerland SUI Joël Monteiro

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Switzerland SUI Marvin Keller (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)
DF Switzerland SUI Joel Bichsel (at Freiburg II until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Switzerland SUI Théo Golliard (at Vaduz until 30 June 2024)
MF Switzerland SUI Alexandre Jankewitz (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Republic of the Congo Silvère Ganvoula Germany VfL Bochum Free 1 July 2023 [3]
MF Poland Łukasz Łakomy Poland Zagłębie Lubin €1,400,000 1 July 2023 [4]
DF The Gambia Saidy Janko Spain Real Valladolid €500,000 1 July 2023 [5]
MF Switzerland Darian Males Italy Inter Milan €2,000,000 19 July 2023 [6]
MF The Gambia Ebrima Colley Italy Atalanta Loan 1 September 2023 [7]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Switzerland Cédric Zesiger Germany VfL Wolfsburg €5,000,000 1 July 2023 [8]
MF Switzerland Christian Fassnacht England Norwich City €3,000,000 25 July 2023 [9]
MF Switzerland Fabian Rieder France Stade Rennais €15,000,000 31 August 2023 [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 June 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland Breitenrain
30 June 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Yverdon-Sport
4 July 2023 Friendly Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Switzerland 0–5 Switzerland Young Boys
8 July 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 4–2 Germany Hertha BSC Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Tissot Arena
12 July 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 3–3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
15 July 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Schaffhausen
15 July 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 4–0 Switzerland Thun
9 January 2024 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 4–3 Switzerland Sion Bern
14:00 Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
13 January 2024 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 3–2 Liechtenstein Vaduz Bern
13:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 500
13 January 2024 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Wil Bern
16:00
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 700

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 23 July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 24 15 6 3 51 22 +29 062.50
Swiss Cup 18 August 2023 Round 1 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 100.00
UEFA Champions League 23 August 2023 13 December 2023 Play-off round Group stage 8 2 2 4 10 13 −3 025.00
UEFA Europa League 15 February 2024 Knockout round play-offs 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 36 20 8 8 70 38 +32 055.56

Last updated: 18 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Young Boys (C) 38 23 8 7 76 34 +42 77 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Lugano 38 20 5 13 67 51 +16 65 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Servette 38 18 10 10 59 43 +16 64 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 Zürich 38 16 12 10 53 41 +12 60 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 St. Gallen 38 16 9 13 60 51 +9 57
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

Results summary

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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
37 22 8 7 73 34  +39 74 14 2 2 47 13  +34 8 6 5 26 21  +5

Last updated: 20 May 2024.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAAHHAH
ResultWDWDWWWLWWDDWWLDWWWLWWDWLLWLDWDWWWLWW
Position5423111111111111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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23 July 2023 1 Young Boys 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
30 July 2023 2 Yverdon-Sport 2–2 Young Boys Yverdon-les-Bains
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Municipal
5 August 2023 3 Young Boys 5–2 Winterthur Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
13 August 2023 4 Luzern 1–1 Young Boys Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
3 September 2023 6 Servette 0–1 Young Boys Lancy
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Genève
24 September 2023 7 Young Boys 4–1 Lugano Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
27 September 2023 8 St. Gallen 2–1 Young Boys St. Gallen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kybunpark
30 September 2023 9 Grasshoppers 0–1 Young Boys Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
8 October 2023 10 Young Boys 3–0 Basel Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
21 October 2023 11 Young Boys 0–0 Zürich Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
29 October 2023 12 Lugano 1–1 Young Boys Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
4 November 2023 13 Winterthur 1–4 Young Boys Winterthur
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
11 November 2023 14 Young Boys 6–1 Luzern Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
25 November 2023 15 Zürich 3–1 Young Boys Zürich
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
3 December 2023 16 Young Boys 1–1 Servette Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
6 December 2023 5 Young Boys 1–0 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
9 December 2023 17 Young Boys 3–0 St. Gallen Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 28,886
Referee: Urs Schnyder
16 December 2023 18 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 1–3 Young Boys Lausanne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 2,284
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
20 January 2024 19 Young Boys 1–0 Grasshopper Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 22,589
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
27 January 2024 20 Basel 1–0 Young Boys Basel
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 26,410
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
30 January 2024 21 Young Boys 5–1 Yverdon-Sport Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 25,535
Referee: Switzerland Mirel Turkes
3 February 2024 22 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 Young Boys Lausanne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
10 February 2024 23 Lugano 3–3 Young Boys Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 2,824
Referee: Switzerland Nico Gianforte
18 February 2024 24 Young Boys 1–0 Stade Lausanne Ouchy Bern
14:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 26,470
Referee: Switzerland Esther Staubli
25 February 2024 25 Young Boys 0–1 Servette Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 29,183
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
3 March 2024 26 Zürich 1–0 Young Boys Zürich
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 17,261
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
10 March 2024 27 Young Boys 5–1 Basel Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
17 March 2024 28 Lausanne-Sport 2–0 Young Boys Lausanne
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 11,278
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
1 April 2024 29 Yverdon-Sport 0–0 Young Boys Yverdon-les-Bains
14:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Switzerland Johannes von Mandach
4 April 2024 30 Young Boys 3–0 Grasshopper Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 29,071
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
7 April 2024 31 St. Gallen 2–2 Young Boys St. Gallen
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 18,917
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
14 April 2024 32 Young Boys 4–2 Luzern Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
21 April 2024 33 Winterthur 1–2 Young Boys Winterthur
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder

Championship Round

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5 May 2024 34 Zürich 0-2 Young Boys Zürich
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 16,737
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
11 May 2024 35 Young Boys 0-1 Lugano Bern
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
16 May 2024 36 Young Boys 3-1 St. Gallen Bern
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 30,084
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
20 May 2024 37 Servette 0-1 Young Boys Geneva
18:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 13,224
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
25 May 2024 38 Young Boys - Winterthur Bern
20:30 CEST Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Swiss Cup

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18 August 2023 Round 1 FC Breitenrain 0–5 Young Boys Bern
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 13,861
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
15 September 2023 Round 2 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–1 Young Boys Neuchâtel
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 9,638
Referee: Esther Staubli
1 November 2023 Round 3 FC Rapperswil-Jona 0–2 Young Boys Rapperswil
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld
Attendance: 3,150
Referee: Nico Gianforte
29 February 2024 Quarter-finals Sion 2–1 Young Boys Sion
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San

UEFA Champions League

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Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

23 August 2023 First leg Maccabi Haifa Israel 0–0 Switzerland Young Boys Haifa
22:00 IST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 29,864
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
29 August 2023 Second leg Young Boys Switzerland 3–0
(3–0 agg.)
Israel Maccabi Haifa Bern
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MCI RBL YB RSB
1 England Manchester City 6 6 0 0 18 7 +11 18 Advance to knockout phase 3–2 3–0 3–1
2 Germany RB Leipzig 6 4 0 2 13 10 +3 12 1–3 2–1 3–1
3 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 1 4 7 13 −6 4 Transfer to Europa League 1–3 1–3 2–0
4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 6 0 1 5 7 15 −8 1 2–3 1–2 2–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19 September 2023 1 Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 Germany RB Leipzig Bern
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 2 Red Star Belgrade Serbia 2–2 Switzerland Young Boys Belgrade, Serbia
21:00
Report
Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium
Attendance: 47,201[12]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
25 October 2023 3 Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 England Manchester City Bern
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
7 November 2023 4 Manchester City England 3–0 Switzerland Young Boys Manchester, England
20:00 GMT
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 51,049
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)
28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 5 Young Boys Switzerland 2–0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade Bern
21:00 Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500[13]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
13 December 2023 6 RB Leipzig Germany 2–1 Switzerland Young Boys Leipzig, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 43,331
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

UEFA Europa League

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Knockout phase

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Knockout round play-offs
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The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 First leg Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 Portugal Sporting CP Bern
18:45
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
22 February 2024 Second leg Sporting CP Portugal 1–1
(4–2 agg.)
Switzerland Young Boys Lisbon, Portugal
21:00 Report
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 29,393
Referee: Slovakia Ivan Kružliak

References

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  1. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/avesui.htm
  2. ^ 2023–24 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
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  6. ^ "Super League: Darian Males signe à YB jusqu'en 2027". RTSSport.ch. 19 July 2023.
  7. ^ "YB verpflichtet Ebrima Colley | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
  8. ^ "Swiss arrival". www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
  10. ^ "Fabian Rieder 2027 ! | Stade Rennais F.C." www.staderennais.com. 29 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Red Star Belgrade vs. Young Boys" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Young Boys vs. Red Star Belgrade" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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