2023–24 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys 2023–24 football season

BSC Young Boys2023–24 season

Manager| Raphaël Wicky
Stadium| Stadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League| 1st
Swiss Cup| Round 4
UEFA Champions League| Group stage
UEFA Europa League| Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer| League:
Jean-Pierre Nsame (9)
All:
Jean-Pierre Nsame (12)

<- 2022–23

2024–25 ->

All statistics correct as of 28 November 2023.

The 2023–24 season is BSC Young Boys's 126th season in existence and 23rd consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They are also competing in the Swiss Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players[edit]

### First-team squad[edit]

As of 13 September 2023[1]

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

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1  | GK |  SUI | Anthony Racioppi
4  | DF |  SUI | Aurèle Amenda
7  | MF |  SUI | Filip Ugrinic
8  | MF |  POL | Łukasz Łakomy
9  | FW |  SUI | Cedric Itten
10  | MF |  SUI | Kastriot Imeri
11  | MF |  GAM | Ebrima Colley (on loan from Atalanta)
13  | DF |  GUI | Mohamed Ali Camara
14  | MF |  ZAM | Miguel Chaiwa
15  | FW |  COD | Meschak Elia
17  | DF |  GAM | Saidy Janko
18  | FW |  CMR | Jean-Pierre Nsame
19  | DF |  SWE | Noah Persson
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20  | MF |  SEN | Cheikh Niasse
21  | DF |  SUI | Ulisses Garcia
22  | MF |  KOS | Donat Rrudhani
23  | DF |  SUI | Loris Benito
26  | GK |  SUI | David von Ballmoos
27  | DF |  SUI | Lewin Blum
28  | DF |  SUI | Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
30  | MF |  SUI | Sandro Lauper
35  | FW |  CGO | Silvère Ganvoula
39  | MF |  SUI | Darian Males
40  | GK |  SUI | Dario Marzino
61  | GK |  SUI | Leandro Zbinden
77  | FW |  SUI | Joël Monteiro

### Out on loan[edit]

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

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-- | GK |  SUI | Marvin Keller (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)
-- | DF |  SUI | Joel Bichsel (at Freiburg II until 30 June 2024)
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-- | MF |  SUI | Théo Golliard (at Vaduz until 30 June 2024)
-- | MF |  SUI | Alexandre Jankewitz (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)

## Transfers[edit]

### In[edit]

Pos. | Player  | Transferred from  | Fee  | Date  | Source

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FW |  Silvère Ganvoula |  VfL Bochum | Free  | 1 July 2023 | [2]
MF |  Łukasz Łakomy |  Zagłębie Lubin | €1,400,000  | 1 July 2023 | [3]
DF |  Saidy Janko |  Real Valladolid | €500,000  | 1 July 2023 | [4]
MF |  Darian Males |  Inter Milan | €2,000,000  | 19 July 2023 | [5]
MF |  Ebrima Colley |  Atalanta | Loan  | 1 September 2023 | [6]

### Out[edit]

Pos. | Player  | Transferred to  | Fee  | Date  | Source

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DF |  Cédric Zesiger |  VfL Wolfsburg | €5,000,000  | 1 July 2023 | [7]
MF |  Christian Fassnacht |  Norwich City | €3,000,000  | 25 July 2023 | [8]
MF |  Fabian Rieder |  Stade Rennais | €15,000,000  | 31 August 2023 | [9]

## Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Young Boys  v  Breitenrain 30 June 2023 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 1–1|  Breitenrain |

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Young Boys  v  Yverdon-Sport 30 June 2023 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 1–0|  Yverdon-Sport |

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Stade Lausanne-Ouchy v  Young Boys 4 July 2023 Friendly|  Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 0–5|  Young Boys |

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Young Boys  v  Hertha BSC 8 July 2023 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 4–2|  Hertha BSC | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

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16:00 CEST (UTC+2) |

* Łakomy 5', 50'
* Joël Monteiro 28'
* Dema 87'

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* Dárdai 71'
* Kanga 81' (pen.)

| Stadium: Tissot Arena

Young Boys  v  Dynamo Kyiv 12 July 2023 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 3–3|  Dynamo Kyiv |

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Young Boys  v  Schaffhausen 15 July 2023 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 3–1|  Schaffhausen |

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Young Boys  v  Thun 15 July 2023 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 4–0|  Thun |

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* Fassnacht 8', 32'
* Nsame 20'
* Elia 55'

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Young Boys  v  Sion 9 January 2024 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 4–3|  Sion | Bern

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14:00 |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Young Boys  v  Vaduz 13 January 2024 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 3–2|  Vaduz | Bern

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* Eyamba 39'
* Rrudhani 65'
* Nsame 72'

| Report |

* Isik 11'
* Djokic 26'

| Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 500

Young Boys  v  Wil 13 January 2024 Friendly|  Young Boys  | 1–0|  Wil | Bern

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* Itten 12'
* Ganvoula 39'

| Report |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 700

## Competitions[edit]

### Overall record[edit]

Competition  | First match  | Last match  | Starting round  | Final position  | Record

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win %
Swiss Super League | 23 July 2023  | May 2024  | Matchday 1  |  | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 22 | +29  | 062.50
Swiss Cup | 18 August 2023  |  | Round 1  |  | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8  | 100.00
UEFA Champions League | 23 August 2023  | 13 December 2023  | Play-off round  | Group stage  | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3  | 025.00
UEFA Europa League | 15 February 2024  |  | Knockout round play-offs  |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2  | 000.00
Total  | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 38 | +32  | 055.56

Last updated: 18 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

### Swiss Super League[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Super League

#### League table[edit]

Pos | Team

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1  | Young Boys | 24  | 15  | 6  | 3  | 51  | 22  | +29  | 51  | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2  | Servette | 24  | 12  | 8  | 4  | 42  | 29  | +13  | 44  | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3  | Zürich | 24  | 10  | 9  | 5  | 36  | 24  | +12  | 39  | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4  | St. Gallen | 24  | 11  | 4  | 9  | 37  | 31  | +6  | 37
5  | Lugano | 24  | 10  | 4  | 10  | 43  | 39  | +4  | 34  |

Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[10]
Notes:

1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

#### Results summary[edit]

Overall | Home | Away

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD
17  | 10  | 5  | 2  | 37  | 16  |  +21  | 35  | 7  | 2  | 0  | 25  | 6  |  +19  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 12  | 10  |  +2

Last updated: 12 December 2023.
Source:[citation needed]

#### Results by round[edit]

Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17

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Ground| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| A| H| H| A| A| H| A| H| A
Result| W| D| W| D| W| W| W| L| W| W| D| D| W| W| L| D| W
Position| 5| 4| 2| 3| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2023. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

#### Matches[edit]

Young Boys v Lausanne-Sport 23 July 2023 1|  Young Boys | 2–1|  Lausanne-Sport | Bern

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16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Yverdon-Sport v Young Boys 30 July 2023 2|  Yverdon-Sport | 2–2|  Young Boys | Yverdon-les-Bains

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16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stade Municipal

Young Boys v Winterthur 5 August 2023 3|  Young Boys | 5–2|  Winterthur | Bern

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18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Luzern v Young Boys 13 August 2023 4|  Luzern | 1–1|  Young Boys | Lucerne

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16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Swissporarena

Servette v Young Boys 3 September 2023 6|  Servette | 0–1|  Young Boys | Lancy

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14:15 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stade de Genève

Young Boys v Lugano 24 September 2023 7|  Young Boys | 4–1|  Lugano | Bern

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16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

St. Gallen v Young Boys 27 September 2023 8|  St. Gallen | 2–1|  Young Boys | St. Gallen

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20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Kybunpark

Grasshoppers v Young Boys 30 September 2023 9|  Grasshoppers | 0–1|  Young Boys | Zürich

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20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Letzigrund

Young Boys v Basel 8 October 2023 10|  Young Boys | 3–0|  Basel | Bern

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16:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Young Boys v Zürich 21 October 2023 11|  Young Boys | 0–0|  Zürich | Bern

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18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Lugano v Young Boys 29 October 2023 12|  Lugano | 1–1|  Young Boys | Lugano

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16:30 CET (UTC+1) |  |  |  |

Winterthur v Young Boys 4 November 2023 13|  Winterthur | 1–4|  Young Boys | Winterthur

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18:00 CET (UTC+1) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese

Young Boys v Luzern 11 November 2023 14|  Young Boys | 6–1|  Luzern | Bern

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20:30 CET (UTC+1) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Zürich v Young Boys 25 November 2023 15|  Zürich | 3–1|  Young Boys | Zürich

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18:00 CET (UTC+1) |  |  |  | Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Young Boys v Servette 3 December 2023 16|  Young Boys | 1–1|  Servette | Bern

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16:30 CET (UTC+1) |

* Ganvoula 58'

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* Bedia 8'

| Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Young Boys v Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 6 December 2023 5|  Young Boys | 1–0|  Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | Bern

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20:30 CET (UTC+1) |

* Nsame 31',  76'

|  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Young Boys v St. Gallen 9 December 2023 17|  Young Boys | 3–0|  St. Gallen | Bern

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18:00 CET (UTC+1) |

* Stanić 21' (o.g.)
* Nsame 33', 49'

|  |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 28,886
Referee: Urs Schnyder

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy v Young Boys 16 December 2023 18|  Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | v|  Young Boys | Lausanne

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18:00 CET (UTC+1) |  |  |  | Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

### Swiss Cup[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Cup

FC Breitenrain v Young Boys 18 August 2023 Round 1|  FC Breitenrain | 0–5|  Young Boys | Bern

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19:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |

* Lüthi 16'
* Itten 55'
* Imeri 62'
* Nsame 69' (pen.), 84'

| Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 13,861
Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Neuchâtel Xamax v Young Boys 15 September 2023 Round 2|  Neuchâtel Xamax | 0–1|  Young Boys | Neuchâtel

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19:30 CEST (UTC+2) |  |  |

* Ganvoula 90'

| Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 9,638
Referee: Esther Staubli

FC Rapperswil-Jona v Young Boys 1 November 2023 Round 3|  FC Rapperswil-Jona | 0–2|  Young Boys | Rapperswil

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19:00 CET (UTC+1) |  |  |

* Nsame 4'
* Janko 57'

| Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld
Attendance: 3,150
Referee: Nico Gianforte

Sion v Young Boys TBD Round 4|  Sion | v|  Young Boys | Sion

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### UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

#### Play-off round[edit]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

Maccabi Haifa v  Young Boys 23 August 2023 First leg|  Maccabi Haifa | 0–0|  Young Boys | Haifa

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22:00 IST (UTC+3) |  | Report |  | Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium
Attendance: 29,864
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Young Boys  v  Maccabi Haifa 29 August 2023 Second leg|  Young Boys  | 3–0
(3–0 agg.)|  Maccabi Haifa | Bern

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21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |

* Itten 23'
* Seck 28' (o.g.)
* Ugrinic 46'

| Report |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

#### Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  MCI |  RBL |  YB |  ZVE

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1  |  Manchester City | 6  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 18  | 7  | +11  | 18  | Advance to knockout phase |  | -- | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1
2  |  RB Leipzig | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 13  | 10  | +3  | 12  |  | 1–3 | -- | 2–1 | 3–1
3  |  Young Boys | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 7  | 13  | −6  | 4  | Transfer to Europa League |  | 1–3 | 1–3 | -- | 2–0
4  |  Red Star Belgrade | 6  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 7  | 15  | −8  | 1  |  |  | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Young Boys  v  RB Leipzig 19 September 2023 1|  Young Boys  | 1–3|  RB Leipzig | Bern

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18:45 CEST (UTC+2) |

* Elia 33'

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* Simakan 3'
* Schlager 73'
* Šeško 90+2'

| Stadium: Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Red Star Belgrade v  Young Boys 4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 2|  Red Star Belgrade | 2–2|  Young Boys | Belgrade, Serbia

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21:00 |

* Ndiaye 35'
* Bukari 88'

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* Ugrinic 48'
* Itten 61' (pen.)

| Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium
Attendance: 47,201[11]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Young Boys  v  Manchester City 25 October 2023 3|  Young Boys  | 1–3|  Manchester City | Bern

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21:00 CEST |

* Elia 52'

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* Akanji 48'
* Haaland 67' (pen.), 86'

| Stadium: Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Manchester City v  Young Boys 7 November 2023 4|  Manchester City | 3–0|  Young Boys | Manchester, England

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20:00 GMT |

* Haaland 25' (pen.), 51'
* Foden 45+1'

| Report |  | Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 51,049
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Young Boys  v  Red Star Belgrade 28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 5|  Young Boys  | 2–0|  Red Star Belgrade | Bern

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21:00 |

* Nedeljković 8' (o.g.)
* Blum 29'

| Report |  | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500[12]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

RB Leipzig v  Young Boys 13 December 2023 6|  RB Leipzig | 2–1|  Young Boys | Leipzig, Germany

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18:45 CET (UTC+1) |

* Šeško 51'
* Forsberg 56'

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* Colley 53'

| Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 43,331
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

### UEFA Europa League[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

#### Knockout phase[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

##### Knockout round play-offs[edit]

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

Young Boys  v  Sporting CP 15 February 2024 First leg|  Young Boys  | 1–3|  Sporting CP | Bern

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18:45 |

* Ugrinic 42'

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* Amenda 31' (o.g.)
* Gyökeres 41' (pen.)
* Inácio 48'

| Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Sporting CP v  Young Boys 22 February 2024 Second leg|  Sporting CP | v|  Young Boys | Lisbon, Portugal

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21:00 |  |  |  | Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

## References[edit]

1. ^ 2023–24 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
2. ^ "YB verpflichtet Silvere Ganvoula | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
3. ^ "YB verpflichtet Lukasz Lakomy | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
4. ^ "Saidy Janko kehrt zu den Young Boys zurück | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
5. ^ "Super League: Darian Males signe à YB jusqu'en 2027". RTSSport.ch. 19 July 2023.
6. ^ "YB verpflichtet Ebrima Colley | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
7. ^ "Swiss arrival". www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
8. ^ "Christian Fassnacht wechselt zu Norwich City | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
9. ^ "Fabian Rieder 2027 ! | Stade Rennais F.C." www.staderennais.com. 29 November 2023.
10. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
11. ^ "Red Star Belgrade vs. Young Boys" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
12. ^ "Young Boys vs. Red Star Belgrade" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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* Founded March 14, 1898
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| Domestic leagues|

| Men|

* Super League
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Women|

* Women's Super League

Domestic cups|

* Swiss Cup

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* Champions League
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* Women's Champions League

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*[FW]: Forward
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*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
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