2020–21 BSC Young Boys season

Young Boys
2020–21 season
Chairman	Hanspeter Kienberger
Manager	Gerardo Seoane
Stadium	Stadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League	4th
Swiss Cup	Preseason
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Jean-Pierre Nsame (4); All: Jean-Pierre Nsame (10)
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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.

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)	Gaudino 39' Ngamaleu 52' Maier 67', 76' Vladi 84'	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	25	9	2	74	29	+45	84	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	15	8	13	60	53	+7	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Servette	36	14	8	14	45	56	−11	50
4	Lugano	36	12	13	11	40	42	−2	49
5	Luzern	36	12	10	14	62	59	+3	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]

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]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

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
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: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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)	Mambimbi 24' Fassnacht 69' Zesiger 16' 70'	Report	Kololli 5' Ceesay 28' Kryeziu 45' 56'	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)	Nsame 62'	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)	Fofana 30' 39' Céspedes 66'	Report	Sierro 63' 66' Lefort 81'	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)	Elia 58' Camara 60' Nsame 69' 85'	Report	Schulz 19' (pen.) Álex Carbonell 33' Tasar 45+1'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandro Schärer

8 November 2020 6	Young Boys	0–0	St.Gallen	Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aebischer 45'	Report	Fazliji 20' Stillhart 76' Stergiou 79' Youan 81'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 50 Referee: Urs Schnyder

21 November 2020 7	Young Boys	2–1	Basel	Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sierro 26' Nsame 41' Elia 61'	Report	Arthur Cabral 22' (pen.) 77' Afimico Pululu 43'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 15 Referee: Fedayi San

29 November 2020 8	Lausanne-Sport	0–3	Young Boys	Lausanne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Puertas 33' Pedro Brazão 55'	Report	Lefort 30' Sulejmani 48' Mambimbi 53' Maceiras 64' Nsame 87'	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)	Tasar 18' Schulz 53' (pen.) Sorgić 64' Schaub 67' Ugrinic 78'	Report	Nsame 19' (pen.) Fassnacht 24' Garcia 27' Aebischer 52' Rieder 70' Bürgy 87'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 50 Referee: Urs Schnyder

13 December 2020 10	Young Boys	1–2	Servette	Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maceiras 54' Mambimbi 84'	Report	Schalk 22' 65'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 5 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

16 December 2020 11	Basel	0–2	Young Boys	Basel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jorge 38'	Report	Elia 12' Nsame 20' 90+3' Hefti 57' Martins 75' Zesiger 89'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 5 Referee: Sandro Schärer

19 December 2020 12	Young Boys	2–2	Lugano	Bern
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Siebatcheu 19' 37' (pen.) Garcia 73' Camara 77'	Report	Lavanchy 22' Lovrić 28' Kecskés 36' Marić 66' Bottani 70' Custodio 79'	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)	Letard 21' Staubli 83' Rüfli 89'	Report	Siebatcheu 62' 68' 72' Aebischer 86'	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	KÍ	Bern, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Aebischer 36' Nsame 51' Sulejmani 57' Ngamaleu 82'	Report	Klettskarð 24' P. Johannesen 29' Pavlović 32' J. Johannesen 79', 83' Andreasen 90+4'	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)	Kaba 31' Onyeka 41' Lefort 51' (o.g.) Dreyer 63' Sviatchenko 76' Mabil 85'	Report	Aebischer 59' Fassnacht 76'	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)	Fassnacht 42' Nsame 52', 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group stage

The group stage draw will be held on 2 October 2020.^[3] Template:2020–21 UEFA Europa League group tables

22 October 2020 1	Young Boys	1–2	Roma	Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Nsame 14' (pen.) Zesiger 52' Mambimbi 76' Gaudino 81'	Report	Karsdorp 39' Fazio 50' Juan Jesus 56' Villar 58' Peres 62', 79' Kumbulla 74'	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)	Debeljuh 22' Rondón 62' Đoković 82'	Report	Fassnacht 69' Aebischer 74'	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)	Mambimbi 2', 32' Sulejmani 18' Camara 51' Aebischer 68'	Report	Youga 68'	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)	Sinclair 90+2'	Report	Nsame 34', 90+4'	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)	Calafiori 29', 59' Mayoral 44' Džeko 81' Mkhitaryan 83'	Report	Nsame 34' Elia 74' Camara 83'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

10 December 2020 6	Young Boys	2–1	CFR Cluj	Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Maier 84' Nsame 90+3' (pen.), 90+5' Sulejmani 90+5' Gaudino 90+6'	Report	Păun 71' Debeljuh 84' Itu 84' Burcă 88' Bălgrădean 90' Đoković 90+8' Camora 90+9'	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

Goalscorers

References

^ 2020–21 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 1 December 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.89573101834195-2] Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

[1] 2020–21 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League

[3] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[4] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[5] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 1 December 2020.

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