2018–19 BSC Young Boys season

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 2018 to 30 June 2019.

BSC Young Boys
2018–19 season
ChairmanWerner Müller
ManagerGerardo Seoane
StadiumStade de Suisse
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage

Players

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

Out on loan

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Competitions

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Overall record

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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

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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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

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAH
ResultWWWWWWWWWLDWWWWWWWWDWWWWDWWWWLDWWWLW
Position
Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Swiss Cup

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

UEFA Champions League

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Play-off round

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

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV MUN VAL YB
1   Juventus 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–2 1–0 3–0
2   Manchester United 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 0–1 0–0 1–0
3   Valencia 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 2–1 3–1
4   Young Boys 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 2–1 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 1 Young Boys   0–3   Manchester United Stade de Suisse, Bern
21:00 Report
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 2 Juventus   3–0   Young Boys Juventus Stadium, Turin
18:55
Report Attendance: 40,961
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 3 Young Boys   1–1   Valencia Stade de Suisse, Bern
18:55
Report
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) 4 Valencia   3–1   Young Boys Mestalla, Valencia
18:55
Report
Attendance: 36,480
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 5 Manchester United   1–0   Young Boys Old Trafford, Manchester
21:00 (20:00 GMT)
Report Attendance: 72,876
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) 6 Young Boys   2–1   Juventus Stade de Suisse, Bern
21:00
Report
Attendance: 30,114
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

References

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  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.