2012–13 BSC Young Boys season

The 2012–13 BSC Young Boys season is the 115th season in club history.

BSC Young Boys
2012–13 season
StadiumStade de Suisse,
Bern, Switzerland
Swiss CupEntering into 1st Round
Europa League3rd qualifying round

Review and events edit

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

Preseason edit

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   3 – 4   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   1 – 1   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) edit

11 September 2012 (2012-09-11) FC Breitenrain   1 – 6   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 edit

15 January 2013 (2013-01-15) FC Thun   0 – 1   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   0 – 1   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   0 – 6   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   1 – 1   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   2 – 1   BSC Young Boys Wohlen AG
15:00 CET Ianu   65'
Milani   82'
Match Report (in German)   25' González Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten
Attendance: 300
Referee: Fedayi San
3 February 2013 (2013-02-03) FC Winterthur   0 – 2   BSC Young Boys Winterthur
14:00 CET Match Report (in German)   42' Afum
  80' Frey
Stadium: Hegmatten
Attendance: 500
Referee: Alain Bieri

Friendlies (spring) edit

Super League edit

Kickoff times are in CET

League fixtures and results edit

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   90+1'  
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
  76' Kukeli
  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   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 Zürich
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 Zürich
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   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)   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   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   49'
Nuzzolo   90+1'
(Report) (in German)   50' Mouangue
  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 Zürich
19:45 Abrashi   12'
Anatole   26', 79'
Grichting   56'
(Report) (in German)   13' M. Bürki
  43' Affolter
  65' Zverotić
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Stephan Klossner
23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 21 FC Zürich 4 – 0 BSC Young Boys Zürich
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   41'
Streller   62'
Schär   85'
(FCB Report) (in German)   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   27'
Afum   33'
Costanzo   34'
C. Schneuwly   52'
Farnerud   62'
Nuzzolo   70'
Gerndt   90+3'
(Report) (in German)   27'   57'   Vilotić
  52' Salatić
  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   55'
Bürki   72'   73'
Nef   88'
(Report) (in German)   55' (pen.)   55' F. Frei
  60' Stocker
Attendance: 19,322
Referee: Sascha Kever

League table edit

Swiss Cup edit

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 Mouangue   2'
Audino   13'
Holenstein   27'
Božić   113'
Match Report (in German)   65' Frey
  77' Schneuwly
  90+4' Farnerud
Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Sébastien Pache

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying rounds edit

Second qualifying round edit
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  
Molla  
Catan  
  Spycher
  Mayuka
  Nef
  Costanzo
Third qualifying round edit
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 edit

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 edit

20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) 1 Young Boys   3 – 5   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   2 – 0   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   3 – 1   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   2 – 3   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   2 – 2   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   3 – 1   Anzhi Makhachkala Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET Zárate   38'
Costanzo   52'
González   90'
Match Report (in German)   45' Ahmedov
  70'   Traoré
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Liverpool 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10[a] Advance to knockout phase
2   Anzhi Makhachkala 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10[a]
3   Young Boys 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10[a]
4   Udinese 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tiebreakers: Liverpool, Anzhi Makhachkala, and Young Boys are ranked by their head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Liverpool 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
  Anzhi Makhachkala 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
  Young Boys 4 1 1 2 8 10 −2 4
Source: Soccerway

Squad information edit

Squad and statistics edit

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   22 August 1982 2003 Thun 20 0 2 0 6 0
18 Yvon Mvogo   6 March 1994 2011 Fribourg 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Ivan Benito   27 August 1976 2011 Grasshoppers 0 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Alexander González   13 September 1992 2012 Caracas 4(9) 1 0(2) 1 0(5) 1
3 Juhani Ojala   19 June 1989 2011 HJK Helsinki 11(1) 0 1 0 4(1) 1
4 Alain Nef   2 June 1982 2010 Udinese Calcio 19 1 2 0 5 0
13 Elsad Zverotić    31 October 1986 2011 Luzern 12(2) 0 1(1) 0 5 1
17 Christoph Spycher   30 March 1978 2010 E. Frankfurt 8(1) 1 1 0 1 0
22 Dušan Veškovac   16 March 1986 2011 Luzern 9(1) 0 2 0 4(1) 0
23 Scott Sutter    13 May 1986 2009 Zürich 13(2) 0 3 0 5 0
28 Marco Bürki   10 July 1993 2012 Münsingen 2(1) 0 1 0 0 0
33 Jan Lecjaks   9 August 1990 2011 Plzeň 5(2) 1 0 0 2 0
35 François Affolter   13 March 1991 2012 Werder Bremen 2 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Michael Silberbauer   7 July 1981 2011 Utrecht 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0
7 Matías Vitkieviez    16 May 1985 2012 Servette 2(11) 0 0(1) 1 1(1) 0
8 Alexander Farnerud   1 May 1984 2011 Brøndby 18 4 3 3 5 1
10 Moreno Costanzo    20 February 1988 2010 St. Gallen 13(1) 4 1(1) 0 3 1
14 Christian Schneuwly   7 February 1988 2012 Thun 14(3) 1 3 2 4(2) 0
15 Josh Simpson   15 May 1983 2012 Manisaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mario Raimondi   10 July 1980 2005 Thun 13(1) 0 3 0 4 0
29 Raphael Nuzzolo   5 July 1983 2011 Xamax 14 6 2(1) 1 5(1) 1
30 Pascal Doubaï   22 May 1992 2010 Athletic Adjamé 0(4) 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
32 Leonardo Bertone   14 March 1994 2011 SC Wohlensee 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Helios Sessolo   26 May 1993 2009 own youth 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Forwards
7 Samuel Afum   24 December 1990 2013 Smouha SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Alexander Gerndt   14 July 1986 2013 Utrecht 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Raúl Bobadilla   18 June 1987 2012 M'gladbach 10(1) 5 1 2 6 5
19 Gonzalo Zárate   6 August 1984 2012 RB Salzburg 9(1) 2 3 0 6 2
20 Michael Frey   19 July 1994 2012 Thun 6(13) 2 2 3 0(5) 0
24 Emmanuel Mayuka   21 November 1990 2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv 7 2 0 0 0 0
25 Josef Martínez   19 May 1993 2012 Caracas 1(5) 1 0(1) 0 0 0
31 Haris Tabaković   20 June 1994 2012 own youth 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Last updated: 17 February 2013
Notes: Numbers in parentheses denote substitution appearances. Players in italic left the club during the season.

Transfers edit

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

Sources edit