2021–22 BSC Young Boys season

The 2021–22 season is the 97th season in the existence of BSC Young Boys and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, BSC Young Boys are participating in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Young Boys
2021–22 season
ChairmanHanspeter Kienberger
ManagerDavid Wagner
(until 7 March)
Matteo Vanetta
(from 7 March)
StadiumStadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jordan Pefok (22)

All:
Jordan Pefok (27)
All statistics correct as of 13 February 2022.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 February 2022[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  GUI Mohamed Ali Camara
5 DF   SUI Cédric Zesiger
6 MF   SUI Esteban Petignat
7 MF  HUN Kevin Varga (on loan from Kasımpaşa)
8 MF   SUI Vincent Sierro
9 FW  FRA Wilfried Kanga
10 FW  SRB Miralem Sulejmani
11 MF   SUI Edimilson Fernandes (on loan from Mainz 05)
13 FW  CMR Moumi Ngamaleu
15 FW  COD Meschak Elia
16 MF   SUI Christian Fassnacht
17 FW  USA Jordan Pefok
19 FW   SUI Felix Mambimbi
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  SEN Cheikh Niasse
21 DF   SUI Ulisses Garcia
22 MF   SUI Nico Maier
23 DF   SUI Aurèle Amenda
24 DF   SUI Quentin Maceiras
25 DF  FRA Jordan Lefort
26 GK   SUI David von Ballmoos
27 DF   SUI Lewin Blum
28 DF   SUI Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
30 MF   SUI Sandro Lauper
32 MF   SUI Fabian Rieder
61 GK   SUI Leandro Zbinden
77 FW  POR Joël Monteiro
91 GK   SUI Guillaume Faivre

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
DF   SUI Nicolas Bürgy (at Viborg)
DF   SUI Pascal Schüpbach (at Thun)
MF   SUI Alexandre Jankewitz (at FC St. Gallen)
MF   SUI Michel Aebischer (at Bologna, obligation to buy)
MF  LUX Christopher Martins (at Spartak Moscow)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SUI Mischa Eberhard (at Yverdon-Sport)
FW  CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame (at Venezia)
FW   SUI Yannick Toure (at Wil)
FW   SUI Shkelqim Vladi (at Aarau)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23 June 2021 Friendly Young Boys Cancelled Kriens Bern, Switzerland
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
28 June 2021 Friendly Young Boys 4–1 Neuchâtel Xamax Gstaad, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode
6 July 2021 Friendly Young Boys 0–1 Rheindorf Altach Wohlen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten
10 July 2021 Friendly Young Boys 2–0 Feyenoord Bern, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Spielmann 28'
  • Garcia 70'
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
13 July 2021 Friendly Yverdon-Sport Cancelled Young Boys Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Municipal
13 July 2021 Friendly Young Boys 2–2 Strasbourg Montreux, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Chailly
18 January 2022 Friendly Young Boys 6–0 Sion Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 24 July 2021 May 2022 Matchday 1 32 14 11 7 70 44 +26 043.75
Swiss Cup 14 August 2021 27 October 2021 Round 1 Round 3 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 066.67
UEFA Champions League 21 July 2021 8 December 2021 Second qualifying round Group stage 12 5 4 3 20 20 +0 041.67
Total 47 21 15 11 102 68 +34 044.68

Last updated: 1 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich (C, Q) 32 22 6 4 71 38 +33 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 32 14 14 4 67 39 +28 56 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Young Boys 32 14 11 7 70 44 +26 53
4 St. Gallen 32 13 8 11 60 54 +6 47
5 Lugano 32 14 5 13 42 48 6 47
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. 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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 14 11 7 70 44  +26 53 9 5 2 34 20  +14 5 6 5 36 24  +12

Last updated: 1 May 2022.
Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultWDLWDWWWWDWLDDLLWWWDWDWLDDLDDLWW
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[3]

24 July 2021 1 Luzern 3–4 Young Boys Lucerne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 13,231
Referee: Fedayi San
31 July 2021 2 Young Boys 0–0 Grasshopper Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 20,628
Referee: Sandro Schärer
7 August 2021 3 Sion 1–0 Young Boys Sion
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
29 August 2021 5 Basel 1–1 Young Boys Basel
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 30,027
Referee: Sandro Schärer
11 September 2021 6 Young Boys 4–0 Zürich Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
22 September 2021 7 Lausanne-Sport 1–6 Young Boys Lausanne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 4,875
Referee: Luca Piccolo
25 September 2021 8 Young Boys 2–1 St. Gallen Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 25,166
Referee: Luca Cibelli
3 October 2021 9 Servette 0–6 Young Boys Lancy
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 11,348
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
16 October 2021 10 Young Boys 1–1 Luzern Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 26,336
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
23 October 2021 11 Young Boys 3–2 Lausanne-Sport Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 24,033
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
30 October 2021 12 St. Gallen 3–1 Young Boys St. Gallen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,901
Referee: Fedayi San
6 November 2021 13 Grasshopper 1–1 Young Boys Zürich
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 7,736
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
28 November 2021 15 Zürich 1–0 Young Boys Zürich
14:15 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 15,338
Referee: Alain Bieri
1 December 2021 4 Young Boys 3–1 Lugano Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 19,973
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
4 December 2021 16 Young Boys 1–2 Servette Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
12 December 2021 17 Young Boys 4–3 Sion Bern
14:15 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
15 December 2021 14 Young Boys 1–1 Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 Elia 20'
Sierro  51'
Ngamaleu 55′
Ngamaleu  57'
Zesiger  61'
Report  12' Palacios
37' Millar
 69' Esposito
 87' Burger
Attendance: 20,912
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 20 November 2021, but was postponed.[4]
29 January 2022 19 Young Boys 1–0 Lugano Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
6 February 2022 20 St. Gallen 3–3 Young Boys St. Gallen
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Kybunpark
13 February 2022 21 Young Boys 3–1 Basel Bern
14:15 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Urs Schnyder
20 February 2022 22 Grasshopper 2–2 Young Boys Zürich
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Letzigrund
26 February 2022 23 Young Boys 3–1 Sion Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
1 March 2022 24 Servette 1–0 Young Boys Lancy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de Genève
5 March 2022 25 Young Boys 2–2 Luzern Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
13 March 2022 26 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 Young Boys Lausanne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
19 March 2022 27 Young Boys 1–2 Zürich Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
3 April 2022 28 Basel 2–2 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Xhaka 41'
Lang  49'
Esposito 71'
Kasami  90+2'
Pelmard  90+4'
SFL summary  57' Sierro
61' Fernandes
 64' Mambimbi
78' Kanga
 84' Amenda
Attendance: 25,760
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
9 April 2022 29 Young Boys 2–2 Lausanne-Sport Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
23 April 2022 31 Young Boys 3–1 Servette Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
1 May 2022 32 Sion 1–2 Young Boys Sion
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
10 May 2022 34 Young Boys v St. Gallen Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
19 May 2022 35 Luzern v Young Boys Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Swissporarena
22 May 2022 36 Young Boys v Grasshopper Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Swiss Cup

14 August 2021 Round 1 FC Littau 1–4 Young Boys Littau
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)
  • Izzo 90'
Report
Stadium: Ruopigen
19 September 2021 Round 2 FC Iliria 1–7 Young Boys Solothurn
16:00 CEST (UTC+1)
  • Elezi 79'
Report
Stadium: Mittleres Brühl
27 October 2021 Round 3 FC Lugano 2–1 Young Boys Lugano
19:00 CEST (UTC+1)
  • Celar 22'
  • Amoura 83'
Report
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.[5]

21 July 2021 First leg Slovan Bratislava 0–0 Young Boys Bratislava, Slovakia
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 1,000[6]
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)
28 July 2021 Second leg Young Boys 3–2
(3–2 agg.)
Slovan Bratislava Bern, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 19,564[7]
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.[8]

3 August 2021 First leg CFR Cluj 1–1 Young Boys Cluj-Napoca, Romania
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 9,500[9]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
10 August 2021 Second leg Young Boys 3–1
(4–2 agg.)
CFR Cluj Bern, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 21,145[10]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.[11]

18 August 2021 First leg Young Boys 3–2 Ferencváros Bern, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Attendance: 15,652[12]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
24 August 2021 Second leg Ferencváros 2–3
(4–6 agg.)
Young Boys Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion
Attendance: 20,667[13]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.[14]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN VIL ATA YB
1 Manchester United 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 3–2 1–1
2 Villarreal 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 0–2 2–2 2–0
3 Atalanta 6 1 3 2 12 13 1 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 2–3 1–0
4 Young Boys 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 5 2–1 1–4 3–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
14 September 2021 1 Young Boys 2–1 Manchester United Bern, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120[15]
Referee: François Letexier (France)
29 September 2021 2 Atalanta 1–0 Young Boys Bergamo, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 8,536[16]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
20 October 2021 3 Young Boys 1–4 Villarreal Bern, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 27,398[17]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
2 November 2021 4 Villarreal 2–0 Young Boys Villarreal, Spain
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica
Attendance: 14,890[18]
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
23 November 2021 5 Young Boys 3–3 Atalanta Bern, Switzerland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120[19]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
8 December 2021 6 Manchester United 1–1 Young Boys Manchester, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0) Report
Stadium: Old Trafford
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSwiss Super LeagueSwiss CupChampions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
26 GK   SUI David von Ballmoos 170802070
61 GK   SUI Leandro Zbinden 00000000
68 GK   SUI Abdullah Laidani 10000+1000
91 GK   SUI Marco Sportiello 50201020
Defenders
4 DF  GUI Mohamed Ali Camara 1907+101+1090
5 DF   SUI Cédric Zesiger 13240216+11
14 DF   SUI Nicolas Bürgy 401+102000
21 DF   SUI Ulisses Garcia 1937+210+1092
24 DF   SUI Quentin Maceiras 1404+20301+40
25 DF  FRA Jordan Lefort 1003+20201+20
28 DF   SUI Fabian Lustenberger 00000000
36 DF   SUI Silvan Hefti 1906+40107+10
Midfielders
6 MF   SUI Esteban Petignat 00000000
7 MF   SUI Marvin Spielmann 901+20201+30
8 MF   SUI Vincent Sierro 1933+61216+21
11 MF   SUI Alexandre Jankewitz 300+101+1000
16 MF   SUI Christian Fassnacht 2049+230+107+11
20 MF   SUI Michel Aebischer 1948+220+216+11
22 MF   SUI Sandro Lauper 10000+1000
30 MF   SUI Nico Maier 902+20101+30
32 MF   SUI Fabian Rieder 1813+602+110+60
35 MF  LUX Christopher Martins 1717+11107+10
Forwards
9 FW  FRA Wilfried Kanga 1723+51310+60
10 FW  SRB Miralem Sulejmani 801+40200+10
13 FW  CMR Moumi Ngamaleu 1938+111092
15 FW  COD Meschak Elia 1968+141092
17 FW  USA Jordan Siebatcheu 1998+150+108+14
18 FW  CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame 00000000
19 FW   SUI Felix Mambimbi 1723+51301+51
29 FW   SUI Yannick Toure 10000+1000
77 FW   SUI Joël Monteiro 00000000
Players transferred out during the season-->
DF   [[]] 00000000
FW   [[]] 00000000

Last updated: 17 October 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 3 October 2021
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Swiss Super League Swiss Cup Champions League Total
1 17 FW Jordan Pefok 5 0 4 9
2 16 FW Christian Fassnacht 6 0 1 7
3 15 FW Elia Meschak 4 0 1 5
4 9 FW Wilfried Kanga 3 0 0 3
13 FW Moumi Ngamaleu 1 0 2 3
20 MF Michel Aebischer 2 0 1 3
21 DF Ulisses Garcia 1 0 2 3
8 8 MF Vincent Sierro 0 0 2 2
19 FW Felix Mambimbi 1 0 1 2
10 5 DF Cédric Zesiger 0 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 0 15 38

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