2022–23 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2022–23 season
Chairman	Hanspeter Kienberger
Manager	Raphaël Wicky
Stadium	Wankdorf Stadium
Swiss Super League	1st
Swiss Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Jean-Pierre Nsame (21); All: Jean-Pierre Nsame (30)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 98th season in the history of BSC Young Boys and their 27th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Swiss Super League, Swiss Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

As of 14 February 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
5	DF	SUI	Cédric Zesiger
7	MF	SUI	Filip Ugrinic
11	FW	SUI	Cedric Itten
13	DF	GUI	Mohamed Ali Camara
14	MF	ZAM	Miguel Chaiwa
15	FW	COD	Meschak Elia
16	MF	SUI	Christian Fassnacht
17	DF	SUI	Kevin Rüegg (on loan from Hellas Verona)
18	FW	CMR	Jean-Pierre Nsame
20	MF	SEN	Cheikh Niasse
21	DF	SUI	Ulisses Garcia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	KOS	Donat Rrudhani
23	DF	SUI	Loris Benito
24	DF	SUI	Quentin Maceiras
26	GK	SUI	David von Ballmoos
27	DF	SUI	Lewin Blum
28	DF	SUI	Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
29	MF	SUI	Kastriot Imeri
30	MF	SUI	Sandro Lauper
32	MF	SUI	Fabian Rieder
40	GK	SUI	Dario Marzino
61	GK	SUI	Leandro Zbinden
77	FW	SUI	Joël Monteiro
—	GK	SUI	Marvin Keller

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
—	FW	SUI	Felix Mambimbi (at Cambuur until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	SUI	Alexandre Jankewitz (at Thun until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	SUI	Yannick Toure (at Thun until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Mischa Eberhard (at Aarau until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	SUI	Nico Maier (at Wil until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	SWE	Noah Persson (at Mjällby until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
—	MF	Filip Ugrinic	FC Luzern	Free	1 July 2022	^[2]
—	MF	Miguel Chaiwa	FC Shamuel	Free	1 July 2022	^[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Wilfried Kanga	Hertha BSC	€4,000,000	30 July 2022	^[4]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 June 2022 Burkhalter Cup	Breitenrain	0–1	Young Boys	Bern, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Rieder 28'	Stadium: Sportplatz Spitalacker

22 June 2022 Burkhalter Cup	Young Boys	0–0	Yverdon Sport	Bern, Switzerland
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Spitalacker

28 June 2022 Friendly	Young Boys	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Gstaad, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rieder 16' Touré 74'			Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode

1 July 2022 Friendly	Young Boys	2–2	Stade Lausanne-Ouchy	Gstaad, Switzerland
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Monteiro 10' Fassnacht 88'		Hadji 12' Alounga 69'	Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode

5 July 2022 Global Tour for Peace	Young Boys	0–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Bern, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

9 July 2022 Friendly	Young Boys	7–0	Schaffhausen	Bern, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

9 July 2022 Friendly	Young Boys	1–1	Greuther Fürth	Bern, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Elia 61'		Hrgota 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

17 December 2022 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	2–0	Young Boys	Darmstadt, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

22 December 2022 Friendly	SC Freiburg	1–1	Young Boys	Freiburg, Germany
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion

11 January 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	3–0	Puskás Akadémia	Estepona, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fassnacht 51' Itten 64' Monteiro 74'			Stadium: Estadio Municipal Francisco Muñoz Pérez

14 January 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	2–0	Thun	Bern, Switzerland
11:00 CET (UTC+1)	Monteiro 37' Rrudhani 49'			Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

14 January 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	0–0	Vaduz	Bern, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Competitions

Overall record

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	6 August 2022	29 May 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	36	21	11	4	82	30	+52	058.33
Swiss Cup	21 August 2022	4 June 2023	Round 1	Winners	6	6	0	0	28	6	+22	100.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 July 2022	25 August 2022	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	6	5	0	1	10	1	+9	083.33
Total					48	32	11	5	120	37	+83	066.67

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	21	11	4	82	30	+52	74	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Servette	36	14	16	6	53	48	+5	58	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	12	9	59	47	+12	57	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Luzern	36	13	11	12	56	52	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Basel	36	11	14	11	51	50	+1	47

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.^[5]
(C) Champions

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
36	21	11	4	82	30	+52	74	14	4	0	54	11	+43	7	7	4	28	19	+9

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[6]

16 July 2022 1	Young Boys	4–0	Zürich	Bern
18:00 CEST	Zesiger 3' Garcia 37' Elia 37' Sierro 54' Fassnacht 62' Itten 77' Rieder 80' Kanga 85'	Report	Gnonto 50' Kamberi 61' Rohner 73'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer

24 July 2022 2	Sion	0–3	Young Boys	Sion
16:30 CEST	Stojilković 11' Cavaré 29'	Report	Kanga 2' 6' 29' Blum 73' Nsame 82' Ngamaleu 88'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Alain Bieri

31 July 2022 3	Young Boys	1–1	Grasshopper	Bern
16:30 CEST	Niasse 27' Nsame 31'	Report	Seko 44' Dadashov 49' 90+4' Morandi 80' André Moreira 87'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 26,210 Referee: Sandro Schärer

7 August 2022 4	Basel	0–0	Young Boys	Basel
16:30 CEST	Burger 16' Hitz 63' Ndoye 90+3'	Report	Nsame 27'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 26,547 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

14 August 2022 5	Young Boys	3–0	Servette	Bern
16:30 CEST	Zesiger 6' Rieder 29' Ngamaleu 48' Elia 60' Blum 63' Itten 78'	Report	Rouiller 10'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 26,212 Referee: Fedayi San

28 August 2022 6	Winterthur	1–5	Young Boys	Winterthur
16:30 CEST	Buess 3' (pen.) Abedini 39' Lekaj 85'	Report	Camara 9' Elia 17' Zesiger 45' Nsame 50' Ugrinic 52' Itten 69' 76'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

4 September 2022 7	St. Gallen	2–1	Young Boys	St. Gallen
16:30 CEST	Witzig 17' Jordi Quintillà 29' Guindo 54' 68' Schmidt 64'	Report	Garcia 21' Itten 29' Zesiger 46' 72' 62'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Fedayi San

11 September 2022 8	Young Boys	3–0	Lugano	Bern
16:30 CEST	Nsame 2' 63' Niasse 8' Itten 41' (pen.) Camara 74' Rieder 80'	Report	Steffen 41' Mahou 90+3' Arigoni 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

2 October 2022 9	Luzern	1–2	Young Boys	Luzern
16:30 CEST	Meyer 6' Beloko 9' Schürpf 18' Dräger 36' Beka 83'	Report	Rieder 13' Elia 15' Nsame 90+5'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 14,870 Referee: Esther Staubli

8 October 2022 10	Young Boys	2–1	St. Gallen	Bern
20:30 CEST	Nsame 13' Ugrinic 81' Stergiou 87' (o.g.)	Report	Görtler 21' Chadrac Akolo 38'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 26,525 Referee: Urs Schnyder

16 October 2022 11	Zürich	0–0	Young Boys	Zürich
16:30 CEST	Santini 35'	Report	Niasse 21' Fassnacht 63'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 14,565 Referee: Fedayi San

19 October 2022 12	Lugano	1–4	Young Boys	Lugano
20:30 CEST	Ziegler 25' Celar 37' Doumbia 64' Daprelà 79' Bislimi 86'	Report	Nsame 21' Rüegg 40' Niasse 57' Lustenberger 60' Garcia 68' Imeri 80' Itten 90+1' 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo Attendance: 3,307 Referee: Sandro Schärer

22 October 2022 13	Young Boys	1–1	Sion	Bern
18:00 CEST	Itten 48' Nsame 64' (pen.)	Report	Saintini 23' Balotelli 53' (pen.) Schmied 64' Cyprien 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 27,767 Referee: Urs Schnyder

30 October 2022 14	Young Boys	3–1	Basel	Bern
16:30 CEST	Rieder 7' 66' Elia 23' Garcia 44' Blum 75' Sierro 90+3'	Report	Xhaka 28' Fink 52' Millar 60' Males 73' Lang 88'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sandro Schärer

6 November 2022 15	Servette	0–0	Young Boys	Lancy
14:15 CET	Rodelin 81'	Report	Itten 18' Zesiger 66' Rieder 88'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 16,214 Referee: Urs Schnyder

13 November 2022 16	Young Boys	3–0	Luzern	Bern
16:30 CET	Fassnacht 5' Nsame 32' Lauper 70'	Report	Beloko 1'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Alain Bieri

21 January 2023 17	Grasshopper	1–2	Young Boys	Zürich
20:30 CET	Dadashov 86' Filipe de Carvalho 90+4' André Moreira 90+8'	Report	Lustenberger 37' Fassnacht 38' Niasse 57' Imeri 78' Elia 90+8'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 5,181 Referee: Luca Cibelli

29 January 2023 18	Young Boys	5–1	Winterthur	Bern
14:15 CET	Nsame 17' 52' 79' Niasse 22' Itten 24' 27' Blum 31' Rieder 74'	Report	Burkart 7' Ramizi 40' (pen.) Ltaief 85'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 27,310 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

5 February 2023 19	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Luzern
16:30 CET	Simani 9' Schürpf 33' Beloko 64'	Report	Garcia 27' Fassnacht 31' Maceiras 40' Itten 64' (pen.) Rrudhani 90'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 11,809 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon) Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

12 February 2023 20	Young Boys	5–1	St. Gallen	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 CET	Itten 12' 54' (pen.) Imeri 17' Fassnacht 62' Rieder 66' (pen.)	Report	Görtler 3' Stergiou 65'	Attendance: 27,164 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

18 February 2023 21	Young Boys	1–1	Lugano	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET	Zesiger 40' Nsame 48' Blum 75'	Report	Sabatini 19' Valenzuela 38' Steffen 45+2'	Attendance: 24,684 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San

25 February 2023 22	Zürich	2–2	Young Boys	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30	Okita 40' Kryeziu 49' Tosin 75'	SFL summary	57' Monteiro 84' Fassnacht	Attendance: 15,393 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San

4 March 2023 23	Winterthur	1–1	Young Boys	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00	Buess 62'	SFL summary	21' Elia 62' Zesiger 73' Fassnacht	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Luca Piccolo Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

11 March 2023 24	Young Boys	4–0	Sion	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00	Elia 2' Elia 38' Blum 49' Rieder 65' Rieder 86'	SFL summary	21' Chouaref	Attendance: 28,052 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

19 March 2023 25	Young Boys	3–0	Basel	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30	Lustenberger 57' Itten 76' Garcia 78' Itten 80' Itten 89' Zesiger 90+1'	SFL summary FCB report	50' Calafiori 79' Hitz	Attendance: 31,500 (sold out) Referee: Lukas Fähndrich Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

1 April 2023 26	Servette	2–1	Young Boys	Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00	Antunes 34' Céspedes 56' Bedia 69' Pflücke 84'	SFL summary	13' Rieder 25' Nsame 53' Nsame 67' Amenda 82' Blum	Attendance: 9,189 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Urs Schnyder

10 April 2023 (2023-04-10) 27	Young Boys	2–0	Grasshopper	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rieder 46' Zesiger 72' Zesiger 73' Nsame 88'	Report	35' Ribeiro 43' Shabani 54' Seko 81' Bolla	Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Luca Piccolo Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

16 April 2023 28	Basel	1–1	Young Boys	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Diouf 57' Amdouni 68' Fink 90'	SFV summary FCB report	8' Nsame 31' Nsame 51' Ugrinic	Attendance: 14,142 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich
Note: The Muttenzerkurve (home fan sector) and the Gellertkurve (guest fan sector) were closed, due to the sanctions imposed following the riots after the cup semi-final match, ten days earlier. A minute of silence before the game in memory of the former player Roberto Frigerio.

22 April 2023 29	Young Boys	6–1	Servette	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30	Imeri 11' Itten 13' Fassnacht 16' Niasse 26' Rieder 29' Itten 44' Itten 57' Frick 80' (o.g.)	SFL summary	62' Pflücke 82' Pflücke	Attendance: 27,883 Referee: Sandro Schärer Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich

Swiss Cup

21 August 2022 Round 1	FC Schoenberg	1–10	Young Boys	Fribourg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Da Silva 66'	Report	Jankewitz 8' Nsame 18' (pen.), 28', 43' Monteiro 40', 45' Chaiwa 42' Ugrinic 59' Benito 59' Imeri 71'	Stadium: Stade St-Léonard

17 September 2022 Round 2	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	0–1	Young Boys	Lausanne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Florian Danho 86'	Report	Rüegg 44' 82' Itten 66' Lustenberger 71'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Referee: Esther Staubli

9 November 2022 Round 3	Lausanne-Sport	1–5	Young Boys	Lausanne
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Custodio 32' 80' Dabanlı 54' Sanches 84'	Report	Rrudhani 4' 41' Amenda 9' Blum 11' Lauper 15' Fassnacht 68' Sierro 73' Elia 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 7,496 Referee: Luca Cibelli

28 February 2023 Quarter-finals	Thun	0–5	Young Boys	Thun
20:15 CET (UTC+1)	Sutter 62' Bürki 89'	Report	5' Rieder 58' Blum 64' Itten 66' Ugrinic 76' Fassnacht 83' Lauper	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 10,014 Referee: Urs Schnyder

4 April 2023 Semi-finals	Basel	2–4	Young Boys	Basel
20:15 CET (UTC+1)	Hitz 5' Vogel 29' Pelmard 44' Millar 53' Males 57' Ndoye 71' 90+2'	Report	3' (p), 63' Itten 15' Rieder 38' Garcia 44' Lauper 68' Elia 83' Amenda	Stadium: St. Jakob Park Attendance: 26,310 Referee: Urs Schnyder

4 June 2023 Final	Young Boys	3–2	Lugano	Bern
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nsame 20', 45+3' Elia 85'	Report	Bottani 53' Steffen 87'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

21 July 2022 First leg	Liepāja	0–1	Young Boys	Liepāja, Latvia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Fassnacht 73'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 3,734 Referee: David Munro (Scotland)

28 July 2022 Second leg	Young Boys	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Liepāja	Bern
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nsame 2' (pen.) Rrudhani 41' Niasse 72'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 14,112 Referee: Abdulkadir Bitigen (Turkey)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

4 August 2022 First leg	KuPS	0–2	Young Boys	Turku, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Nsame 25' (pen.) Elia 40'	Stadium: Veritas Stadium Attendance: 1,521 Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)

11 August 2022 Second leg	Young Boys	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	KuPS	Bern
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nsame 3', 57' Sierro 40'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 14,059 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

18 August 2022 First leg	Young Boys	0–1	Anderlecht	Bern
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Delcroix 57'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 18,363 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

25 August 2022 Second leg	Anderlecht	0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (3–1 p)	Young Boys	Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Elia 26'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 14,393 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
	Penalties
	Hoedt Stroeykens Sadiki Esposito		Rieder Rrudhani Imeri Lustenberger

References

^ 2022–23 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
^ "Filip Ugrinic wechselt zu den Young Boys". BSC Young Boys (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "YB holt Miguel Chaiwa". BSC Young Boys (in German). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "HERTHA BSC SIGN WILFRIED KANGA". Hertha BSC. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23". SwissFootballLeague.

[1] 2022–23 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League

[bsc1-2] "Filip Ugrinic wechselt zu den Young Boys". BSC Young Boys (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

[bsc2-3] "YB holt Miguel Chaiwa". BSC Young Boys (in German). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[4] "HERTHA BSC SIGN WILFRIED KANGA". Hertha BSC. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[5] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[6] "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23". SwissFootballLeague.

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