2018–19 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys 2018–19 football season
BSC Young Boys
2018–19 season
ChairmanWerner Müller
ManagerGerardo Seoane
StadiumStade de Suisse
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Home colours
Away colours
← 2017–18

The 2018–19 season was the 94th in the history of BSC Young Boys and their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 August 2020.

Players

As of 3 January 2019[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 Switzerland SUI Marco Wölfli
4 DF Guinea GUI Mohamed Ali Camara
5 DF Switzerland SUI Steve von Bergen (Captain)
7 MF Serbia SRB Miralem Sulejmani
8 MF Switzerland SUI Djibril Sow
11 MF Germany GER Gianluca Gaudino
13 FW Cameroon CMR Moumi Ngamaleu
16 FW Switzerland SUI Christian Fassnacht
17 FW Ivory Coast CIV Roger Assalé
18 FW Cameroon CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame
19 MF Austria AUT Thorsten Schick
20 MF Switzerland SUI Michel Aebischer
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ulisses Garcia
22 DF Switzerland SUI Gregory Wüthrich
23 DF Switzerland SUI Loris Benito
26 GK Switzerland SUI David von Ballmoos
29 DF Switzerland SUI Jordan Lotomba
30 MF Switzerland SUI Sandro Lauper
39 MF Switzerland SUI Léo Seydoux
40 GK Switzerland SUI Dario Marzino
43 DF Switzerland SUI Kevin Mbabu
51 DF Switzerland SUI Jan Kronig
99 FW France FRA Guillaume Hoarau

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
27 MF Switzerland SUI Pedro Teixeira (on loan with FC Rapperswil-Jona)
77 FW Albania ALB Taulant Seferi (on loan with FC Wohlen)
No. Pos. Nation Player

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rheindorf Altach Austria v Switzerland Young Boys
27 June 2018 Friendly Rheindorf Altach Austria 2–3 Switzerland Young Boys Nenzing, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Nenzing
Young Boys Switzerland v Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
30 June 2018 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 1–2 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad Fügen, Austria
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Fügen
Young Boys Switzerland v Netherlands Feyenoord
11 July 2018 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 3–0 Netherlands Feyenoord Biel/Bienne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Tissot Arena
Young Boys Switzerland v England Wolverhampton Wanderers
14 July 2018 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 0–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Bern
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadion Neufeld
Attendance: 3,467
VfL Osnabrück Germany v Switzerland Young Boys
12 January 2019 Friendly VfL Osnabrück Germany 2–1 Switzerland Young Boys Aksu, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3) Stadium: Topkapı Spor Kompleksi - artificial
Young Boys Switzerland v Romania Astra Giurgiu
15 January 2019 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 1–1 Romania Astra Giurgiu Aksu, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3) Stadium: Topkapı Spor Kompleksi - grass
Young Boys Switzerland v Switzerland Schaffhausen
23 January 2019 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 3–1 Switzerland Schaffhausen Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Young Boys Switzerland v Switzerland Wil
26 January 2019 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 4–2 Switzerland Wil Bern
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Young Boys Switzerland v Switzerland Lausanne
26 January 2019 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Lausanne Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 22 July 2018 25 May 2019 Matchday 1 Winners 36 29 4 3 99 36 +63 080.56
Swiss Cup 18 August 2018 6 March 2019 Round 1 Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 7 8 −1 075.00
UEFA Champions League 22 August 2018 12 December 2018 Play-off round Group stage 8 2 2 4 7 14 −7 025.00
Total 48 34 6 8 113 58 +55 070.83

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 29 4 3 99 36 +63 91 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 11 5 71 46 +25 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 10 16 10 50 49 +1 46 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 Thun 36 12 10 14 57 58 −1 46 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 4 18 56 61 −5 46 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
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

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

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

Matches

Young Boys v Grasshopper
22 July 2018 1 Young Boys 2–0 Grasshopper Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Lugano v Young Boys
29 July 2018 2 Lugano 0–2 Young Boys Lugano
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
Young Boys v Zürich
5 August 2018 3 Young Boys 4–0 Zürich Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Luzern v Young Boys
12 August 2018 4 Luzern 2–3 Young Boys Lucerne
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
Young Boys v Neuchâtel Xamax
25 August 2018 5 Young Boys 5–2 Neuchâtel Xamax Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Sion v Young Boys
1 September 2018 6 Sion 0–3 Young Boys Sion
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Young Boys v Basel
23 September 2018 7 Young Boys 7–1 Basel Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Young Boys v St. Gallen
26 September 2018 8 Young Boys 2–0 St. Gallen Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Thun v Young Boys
29 September 2018 9 Thun 1–4 Young Boys Thun
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Young Boys v Luzern
6 October 2018 10 Young Boys 2–3 Luzern Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Zürich v Young Boys
20 October 2018 11 Zürich 3–3 Young Boys Zürich
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Young Boys v Sion
27 October 2018 12 Young Boys 3–2 Sion Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Grasshopper v Young Boys
3 November 2018 13 Grasshopper 0–3 Young Boys Zürich
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
St. Gallen v Young Boys
11 November 2018 14 St. Gallen 2–3 Young Boys St. Gallen
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: kybunpark
Young Boys v Lugano
24 November 2018 15 Young Boys 1–0 Lugano Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Basel v Young Boys
2 December 2018 16 Basel 1–3 Young Boys Basel
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Young Boys v Thun
8 December 2018 17 Young Boys 3–2 Thun Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Neuchâtel Xamax v Young Boys
16 December 2018 18 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–4 Young Boys Neuchâtel
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Young Boys v Neuchâtel Xamax
2 February 2019 19 Young Boys 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Thun v Young Boys
10 February 2019 20 Thun 1–1 Young Boys Thun
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Young Boys v Zürich
17 February 2019 21 Young Boys 2–0 Zürich Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Lugano v Young Boys
24 February 2019 22 Lugano 0–1 Young Boys Lugano
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
Young Boys v Sion
2 March 2019 23 Young Boys 1–0 Sion Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Grasshopper v Young Boys
9 March 2019 24 Grasshopper 0–1 Young Boys Zürich
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
Basel v Young Boys
17 March 2019 25 Basel 2–2 Young Boys Basel
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Young Boys v St. Gallen
31 March 2019 26 Young Boys 3–2 St. Gallen Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Young Boys v Thun
7 April 2019 28 Young Boys 5–1 Thun Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Luzern v Young Boys
10 April 2019 27 Luzern 1–3 Young Boys Lucerne
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
Zürich v Young Boys
14 April 2019 29 Zürich 0–1 Young Boys Zürich
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Neuchâtel Xamax v Young Boys
22 April 2019 30 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–0 Young Boys Neuchâtel
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Young Boys v Lugano
28 April 2019 31 Young Boys 2–2 Lugano Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Sion v Young Boys
5 May 2019 32 Sion 0–4 Young Boys Sion
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Young Boys v Basel
12 May 2019 33 Young Boys 3–1 Basel Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Young Boys v Grasshopper
16 May 2019 34 Young Boys 6–1 Grasshopper Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
St. Gallen v Young Boys
22 May 2019 35 St. Gallen 4–1 Young Boys St. Gallen
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: kybunpark
Young Boys v Luzern
25 May 2019 36 Young Boys 4–0 Luzern Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse

Swiss Cup

Biel-Bienne v Young Boys
18 August 2018 Round 1 Biel-Bienne 2–3 (a.e.t.) Young Boys Biel/Bienne
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Tissot Arena
Schaffhausen v Young Boys
15 September 2018 Round 2 Schaffhausen 2–3 (a.e.t.) Young Boys Schaffhausen
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wefox Arena Schaffhausen
Stade Nyonnais v Young Boys
31 October 2018 Round 3 Stade Nyonnais 0–1 Young Boys Nyon
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre
Luzern v Young Boys
6 March 2019 Quarter-finals Luzern 4–0 Young Boys Lucerne
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Young Boys Switzerland v Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
22 August 2018 First leg Young Boys Switzerland 1–1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Bern
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 21,463
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia v Switzerland Young Boys
28 August 2018 Second leg Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 1–2
(2–3 agg.)		 Switzerland Young Boys Zagreb
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadion Maksimir
Attendance: 28,137
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Group stage

References

  1. ^ 2018–19 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
  2. ^ "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.
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