2022–23 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2022–23 season
ChairmanHanspeter Kienberger
ManagerRaphaël Wicky
StadiumWankdorf Stadium
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupWinners
UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jean-Pierre Nsame (21)
All: Jean-Pierre Nsame (30)

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Anthony Racioppi
4 DF Switzerland SUI Aurèle Amenda
5 DF Switzerland SUI Cédric Zesiger
7 MF Switzerland SUI Filip Ugrinic
11 FW Switzerland SUI Cedric Itten
13 DF Guinea GUI Mohamed Ali Camara
14 MF Zambia ZAM Miguel Chaiwa
15 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Meschak Elia
16 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Fassnacht
17 DF Switzerland SUI Kevin Rüegg (on loan from Hellas Verona)
18 FW Cameroon CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame
20 MF Senegal SEN Cheikh Niasse
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ulisses Garcia
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Kosovo KOS Donat Rrudhani
23 DF Switzerland SUI Loris Benito
24 DF Switzerland SUI Quentin Maceiras
26 GK Switzerland SUI David von Ballmoos
27 DF Switzerland SUI Lewin Blum
28 DF Switzerland SUI Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
29 MF Switzerland SUI Kastriot Imeri
30 MF Switzerland SUI Sandro Lauper
32 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Rieder
40 GK Switzerland SUI Dario Marzino
61 GK Switzerland SUI Leandro Zbinden
77 FW Switzerland SUI Joël Monteiro
GK Switzerland SUI Marvin Keller

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Felix Mambimbi (at Cambuur until 30 June 2023)
MF Switzerland SUI Alexandre Jankewitz (at Thun until 30 June 2023)
FW Switzerland SUI Yannick Toure (at Thun until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Mischa Eberhard (at Aarau until 30 June 2023)
FW Switzerland SUI Nico Maier (at Wil until 30 June 2023)
MF Sweden SWE Noah Persson (at Mjällby until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 June 2022 Burkhalter Cup Breitenrain Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Young Boys Bern, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Rieder 28'
Stadium: Sportplatz Spitalacker
22 June 2022 Burkhalter Cup Young Boys Switzerland 0–0 Switzerland Yverdon Sport Bern, Switzerland
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Spitalacker
28 June 2022 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Gstaad, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode
1 July 2022 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Gstaad, Switzerland
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode
5 July 2022 Global Tour for Peace Young Boys Switzerland 0–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Bern, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
9 July 2022 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 7–0 Switzerland Schaffhausen Bern, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
9 July 2022 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 1–1 Germany Greuther Fürth Bern, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
17 December 2022 Friendly Darmstadt 98 Germany 2–0 Switzerland Young Boys Darmstadt, Germany
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
22 December 2022 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 1–1 Switzerland Young Boys Freiburg, Germany
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
11 January 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 3–0 Hungary Puskás Akadémia Estepona, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Francisco Muñoz Pérez
14 January 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 2–0 Switzerland Thun Bern, Switzerland
11:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
14 January 2023 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 0–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz Bern, Switzerland
14:00 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 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 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

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWDDWWLWWWDWDWDWWWDWDDDWWLWDWLWWDWLW
Position111111111111111111111111111111111111
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
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sandro Schärer
24 July 2022 2 Sion 0–3 Young Boys Sion
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Alain Bieri
31 July 2022 3 Young Boys 1–1 Grasshopper Bern
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 26,210
Referee: Sandro Schärer
7 August 2022 4 Basel 0–0 Young Boys Basel
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 26,547
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
14 August 2022 5 Young Boys 3–0 Servette Bern
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 26,212
Referee: Fedayi San
28 August 2022 6 Winterthur 1–5 Young Boys Winterthur
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam
4 September 2022 7 St. Gallen 2–1 Young Boys St. Gallen
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Fedayi San
11 September 2022 8 Young Boys 3–0 Lugano Bern
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
2 October 2022 9 Luzern 1–2 Young Boys Luzern
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 14,870
Referee: Esther Staubli
8 October 2022 10 Young Boys 2–1 St. Gallen Bern
20:30 CEST
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 26,525
Referee: Urs Schnyder
16 October 2022 11 Zürich 0–0 Young Boys Zürich
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
Attendance: 14,565
Referee: Fedayi San
19 October 2022 12 Lugano 1–4 Young Boys Lugano
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Sandro Schärer
22 October 2022 13 Young Boys 1–1 Sion Bern
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 27,767
Referee: Urs Schnyder
30 October 2022 14 Young Boys 3–1 Basel Bern
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sandro Schärer
6 November 2022 15 Servette 0–0 Young Boys Lancy
14:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 16,214
Referee: Urs Schnyder
13 November 2022 16 Young Boys 3–0 Luzern Bern
16:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Alain Bieri
21 January 2023 17 Grasshopper 1–2 Young Boys Zürich
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
Attendance: 5,181
Referee: Luca Cibelli
29 January 2023 18 Young Boys 5–1 Winterthur Bern
14:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 27,310
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
5 February 2023 19 Luzern 1–1 Young Boys Luzern
16:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 11,809
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
12 February 2023 20 Young Boys 5–1 St. Gallen Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 27,164
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
18 February 2023 21 Young Boys 1–1 Lugano Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 24,684
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Fedayi San
25 February 2023 22 Zürich 2–2 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Okita 40'
Kryeziu Yellow card 49'
Tosin 75'
SFL summary 57' Monteiro
84' Fassnacht
Attendance: 15,393
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Fedayi San
4 March 2023 23 Winterthur 1–1 Young Boys Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00 Buess 62' SFL summary 21' Elia
Yellow card 62' Zesiger
Yellow card 73' Fassnacht
Attendance: 8,400 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Luca Piccolo
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sascha Kever
11 March 2023 24 Young Boys 4–0 Sion Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00 Elia 2'
Elia 38'
Blum Yellow card 49'
Rieder 65'
Rieder 86'
SFL summary Yellow card 21' Chouaref Attendance: 28,052
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sascha Kever
19 March 2023 25 Young Boys 3–0 Basel Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 Lustenberger Yellow card 57'
Itten 76'
Garcia Yellow card 78'
Itten 80'
Itten 89'
Zesiger Yellow card 90+1'
SFL summary
FCB report
Yellow card 50' Calafiori
Yellow card 79' Hitz
Attendance: 31,500 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sandro Schärer
1 April 2023 26 Servette 2–1 Young Boys Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00 Antunes Yellow card 34'
Céspedes Yellow card 56'
Bedia 69'
Pflücke 84'
SFL summary Yellow card 13' Rieder
25' Nsame
Yellow card 53' Nsame
Yellow card 67' Amenda
Yellow card 82' Blum
Attendance: 9,189
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Urs Schnyder
10 April 2023 (2023-04-10) 27 Young Boys 2–0 Grasshopper Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Switzerland Luca Piccolo
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sandro Schärer
16 April 2023 28 Basel 1–1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Diouf Yellow card 57'
Amdouni 68'
Fink Yellow card 90'
SFV summary
FCB report
8' Nsame
Yellow card 31' Nsame
Yellow card 51' Ugrinic
Attendance: 14,142
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland 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 Yellow card 26'
Rieder Yellow card 29'
Itten 44'
Itten 57'
Frick 80' (o.g.)
SFL summary 62' Pflücke
Yellow card 82' Pflücke
Attendance: 27,883
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland 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
Stadium: Stade St-Léonard
17 September 2022 Round 2 Stade Lausanne Ouchy 0–1 Young Boys Lausanne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Florian Danho Yellow card 86'
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

21 July 2022 First leg Liepāja Latvia 0–1 Switzerland Young Boys Liepāja, Latvia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Attendance: 3,734
Referee: David Munro (Scotland)
28 July 2022 Second leg Young Boys Switzerland 3–0
(4–0 agg.)
Latvia Liepāja Bern
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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 Finland 0–2 Switzerland Young Boys Turku, Finland
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Veritas Stadium
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
11 August 2022 Second leg Young Boys Switzerland 3–0
(5–0 agg.)
Finland KuPS Bern
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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 Switzerland 0–1 Belgium Anderlecht Bern
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 18,363
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)
25 August 2022 Second leg Anderlecht Belgium 0–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(3–1 p)
Switzerland Young Boys Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 14,393
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
Penalties

References

  1. ^ 2022–23 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
  2. ^ "Filip Ugrinic wechselt zu den Young Boys". BSC Young Boys (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  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.