2023–24 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2023–24 season
Manager	Raphaël Wicky
Stadium	Stadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League	1st
Swiss Cup	Round 4
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jean-Pierre Nsame (9); All: ; Jean-Pierre Nsame (12)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 November 2023.

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

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 13 September 2023^[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	Anthony Racioppi
4	DF	SUI	Aurèle Amenda
7	MF	SUI	Filip Ugrinic
8	MF	POL	Łukasz Łakomy
9	FW	SUI	Cedric Itten
10	MF	SUI	Kastriot Imeri
11	MF	GAM	Ebrima Colley (on loan from Atalanta)
13	DF	GUI	Mohamed Ali Camara
14	MF	ZAM	Miguel Chaiwa
15	FW	COD	Meschak Elia
17	DF	GAM	Saidy Janko
18	FW	CMR	Jean-Pierre Nsame
19	DF	SWE	Noah Persson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SEN	Cheikh Niasse
21	DF	SUI	Ulisses Garcia
22	MF	KOS	Donat Rrudhani
23	DF	SUI	Loris Benito
26	GK	SUI	David von Ballmoos
27	DF	SUI	Lewin Blum
28	DF	SUI	Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
30	MF	SUI	Sandro Lauper
35	FW	CGO	Silvère Ganvoula
39	MF	SUI	Darian Males
40	GK	SUI	Dario Marzino
61	GK	SUI	Leandro Zbinden
77	FW	SUI	Joël Monteiro

Out on loan edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SUI	Marvin Keller (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	SUI	Joel Bichsel (at Freiburg II until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Théo Golliard (at Vaduz until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	SUI	Alexandre Jankewitz (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Silvère Ganvoula	VfL Bochum	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Łukasz Łakomy	Zagłębie Lubin	€1,400,000	1 July 2023	^[3]
DF	Saidy Janko	Real Valladolid	€500,000	1 July 2023	^[4]
MF	Darian Males	Inter Milan	€2,000,000	19 July 2023	^[5]
MF	Ebrima Colley	Atalanta	Loan	1 September 2023	^[6]

Out edit

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Cédric Zesiger	VfL Wolfsburg	€5,000,000	1 July 2023	^[7]
MF	Christian Fassnacht	Norwich City	€3,000,000	25 July 2023	^[8]
MF	Fabian Rieder	Stade Rennais	€15,000,000	31 August 2023	^[9]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

30 June 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

1–1

Breitenrain

30 June 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

1–0

Yverdon-Sport

4 July 2023 Friendly

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy

0–5

Young Boys

8 July 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	4–2	Hertha BSC	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Łakomy 5', 50' Joël Monteiro 28' Dema 87'		Dárdai 71' Kanga 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Tissot Arena

12 July 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

3–3

Dynamo Kyiv

15 July 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

3–1

Schaffhausen

15 July 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	4–0	Thun
	Fassnacht 8', 32' Nsame 20' Elia 55'

9 January 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	4–3	Sion	Bern
14:00				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

13 January 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	3–2	Vaduz	Bern
13:00	Eyamba 39' Rrudhani 65' Nsame 72'	Report	Isik 11' Djokic 26'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 500

13 January 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	1–0	Wil	Bern
16:00	Itten 12' Ganvoula 39'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 700

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

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	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 edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Young Boys (X)	34	20	8	6	69	32	+37	68	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Servette (Y)	34	17	9	8	55	39	+16	60	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano (Y)	34	18	5	11	61	45	+16	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
4	St. Gallen	34	15	8	11	54	44	+10	53	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Winterthur	34	13	10	11	56	58	−2	49

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. 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.^[10]
(X) Guaranteed at least Europa League; (Y) Guaranteed at least Conference League second qualifying round
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ The 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners (Lugano or Servette) will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round (or the third-placed team if the Cup winners finish first or second). If the Cup winners finish in the top four, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	10	5	2	37	16	+21	35	7	2	0	25	6	+19	3	3	2	12	10	+2

Last updated: 12 December 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W
Position	5	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches edit

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)	Ganvoula 58'		Bedia 8'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Referee: Lionel Tschudi

6 December 2023 5	Young Boys	1–0	Stade Lausanne-Ouchy	Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nsame 31', 76'			Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Referee: Stefan Horisberger

9 December 2023 17	Young Boys	3–0	St. Gallen	Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stanić 21' (o.g.) Nsame 33', 49'			Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 28,886 Referee: Urs Schnyder

16 December 2023 18	Stade Lausanne-Ouchy	v	Young Boys	Lausanne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

Swiss Cup edit

18 August 2023 Round 1	FC Breitenrain	0–5	Young Boys	Bern
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Lüthi 16' Itten 55' Imeri 62' Nsame 69' (pen.), 84'	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)			Ganvoula 90'	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)			Nsame 4' Janko 57'	Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Nico Gianforte

TBD Round 4	Sion	v	Young Boys	Sion
				Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon

UEFA Champions League edit

Play-off round edit

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

23 August 2023 First leg	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	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	3–0 (3–0 agg.)	Maccabi Haifa	Bern
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Itten 23' Seck 28' (o.g.) Ugrinic 46'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Group stage edit

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	RBL	YB	ZVE
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	18	7	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–2	3–0	3–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	2–1	3–1
3	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	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	1–3	RB Leipzig	Bern
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Elia 33'	Report	Simakan 3' Schlager 73' Šeško 90+2'	Stadium: Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 2	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	Young Boys	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00	Ndiaye 35' Bukari 88'	Report	Ugrinic 48' Itten 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium Attendance: 47,201^[11] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

25 October 2023 3	Young Boys	1–3	Manchester City	Bern
21:00 CEST	Elia 52'	Report	Akanji 48' Haaland 67' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

7 November 2023 4	Manchester City	3–0	Young Boys	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Haaland 25' (pen.), 51' Foden 45+1'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 51,049 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 5	Young Boys	2–0	Red Star Belgrade	Bern
21:00	Nedeljković 8' (o.g.) Blum 29'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500^[12] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

13 December 2023 6	RB Leipzig	2–1	Young Boys	Leipzig, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Šeško 51' Forsberg 56'	Report	Colley 53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,331 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

UEFA Europa League edit

Knockout phase edit

Knockout round play-offs edit

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

15 February 2024 First leg	Young Boys	1–3	Sporting CP	Bern
18:45	Ugrinic 42'		Amenda 31' (o.g.) Gyökeres 41' (pen.) Inácio 48'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

22 February 2024 Second leg	Sporting CP	v	Young Boys	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

References edit

^ 2023–24 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
^ "YB verpflichtet Silvere Ganvoula | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
^ "YB verpflichtet Lukasz Lakomy | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
^ "Saidy Janko kehrt zu den Young Boys zurück | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
^ "Super League: Darian Males signe à YB jusqu'en 2027". RTSSport.ch. 19 July 2023.
^ "YB verpflichtet Ebrima Colley | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
^ "Swiss arrival". www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
^ "Fabian Rieder 2027 ! | Stade Rennais F.C." www.staderennais.com. 29 November 2023.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Red Star Belgrade vs. Young Boys" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ "Young Boys vs. Red Star Belgrade" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

External links edit

Official website

[10] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.5764399387764-11] The 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners (Lugano or Servette) will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round (or the third-placed team if the Cup winners finish first or second). If the Cup winners finish in the top four, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

[1] 2023–24 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League

[2] "YB verpflichtet Silvere Ganvoula | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.

[3] "YB verpflichtet Lukasz Lakomy | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.

[4] "Saidy Janko kehrt zu den Young Boys zurück | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.

[5] "Super League: Darian Males signe à YB jusqu'en 2027". RTSSport.ch. 19 July 2023.

[6] "YB verpflichtet Ebrima Colley | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.

[7] "Swiss arrival". www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[8] "Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.

[9] "Fabian Rieder 2027 ! | Stade Rennais F.C." www.staderennais.com. 29 November 2023.

[rules-12] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[13] "Red Star Belgrade vs. Young Boys" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

[14] "Young Boys vs. Red Star Belgrade" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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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
17	10	5	2	37	16	+21	35	7	2	0	25	6	+19	3	3	2	12	10	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	10	5	2	37	16	+21	35	7	2	0	25	6	+19	3	3	2	12	10	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
17	10	5	2	37	16	+21	35	7	2	0	25	6	+19	3	3	2	12	10	+2