2023–24 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2023–24 season
Manager	Raphaël Wicky
Stadium	Stadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League	1st
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Joel Monteiro (12); All: ; Cedric Itten (13)
Average home league attendance	28,878
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 May 2024.

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

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 September 2023^[2]

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	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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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

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
—	GK	SUI	Marvin Keller (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	SUI	Joel Bichsel (at Freiburg II until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Théo Golliard (at Vaduz until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	SUI	Alexandre Jankewitz (at Winterthur until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Silvère Ganvoula	VfL Bochum	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Łukasz Łakomy	Zagłębie Lubin	€1,400,000	1 July 2023	^[4]
DF	Saidy Janko	Real Valladolid	€500,000	1 July 2023	^[5]
MF	Darian Males	Inter Milan	€2,000,000	19 July 2023	^[6]
MF	Ebrima Colley	Atalanta	Loan	1 September 2023	^[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Cédric Zesiger	VfL Wolfsburg	€5,000,000	1 July 2023	^[8]
MF	Christian Fassnacht	Norwich City	€3,000,000	25 July 2023	^[9]
MF	Fabian Rieder	Stade Rennais	€15,000,000	31 August 2023	^[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

30 June 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

1–1

Breitenrain

30 June 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

1–0

Yverdon-Sport

4 July 2023 Friendly

Stade Lausanne-Ouchy

0–5

Young Boys

8 July 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	4–2	Hertha BSC	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Łakomy 5', 50' Joël Monteiro 28' Dema 87'		Dárdai 71' Kanga 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Tissot Arena

12 July 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

3–3

Dynamo Kyiv

15 July 2023 Friendly

Young Boys

3–1

Schaffhausen

15 July 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	4–0	Thun
	Fassnacht 8', 32' Nsame 20' Elia 55'

9 January 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	4–3	Sion	Bern
14:00				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

13 January 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	3–2	Vaduz	Bern
13:00	Eyamba 39' Rrudhani 65' Nsame 72'	Report	Isik 11' Djokic 26'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 500

13 January 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	1–0	Wil	Bern
16:00	Itten 12' Ganvoula 39'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 700

Competitions

Overall record

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Young Boys (C)	38	23	8	7	76	34	+42	77	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Lugano	38	20	5	13	67	51	+16	65	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Servette	38	18	10	10	59	43	+16	64	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
4	Zürich	38	16	12	10	53	41	+12	60	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	St. Gallen	38	16	9	13	60	51	+9	57

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.^[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

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
37	22	8	7	73	34	+39	74	14	2	2	47	13	+34	8	6	5	26	21	+5

Last updated: 20 May 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	5	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

23 July 2023 1	Young Boys	2–1	Lausanne-Sport	Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

30 July 2023 2	Yverdon-Sport	2–2	Young Boys	Yverdon-les-Bains
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Municipal

5 August 2023 3	Young Boys	5–2	Winterthur	Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

13 August 2023 4	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Swissporarena

3 September 2023 6	Servette	0–1	Young Boys	Lancy
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Genève

24 September 2023 7	Young Boys	4–1	Lugano	Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

27 September 2023 8	St. Gallen	2–1	Young Boys	St. Gallen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kybunpark

30 September 2023 9	Grasshoppers	0–1	Young Boys	Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

8 October 2023 10	Young Boys	3–0	Basel	Bern
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

21 October 2023 11	Young Boys	0–0	Zürich	Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

29 October 2023 12	Lugano	1–1	Young Boys	Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1)

4 November 2023 13	Winterthur	1–4	Young Boys	Winterthur
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese

11 November 2023 14	Young Boys	6–1	Luzern	Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Referee: Lionel Tschudi

25 November 2023 15	Zürich	3–1	Young Boys	Zürich
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Alessandro Dudic

3 December 2023 16	Young Boys	1–1	Servette	Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ganvoula 58'		Bedia 8'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Referee: Lionel Tschudi

6 December 2023 5	Young Boys	1–0	Stade Lausanne-Ouchy	Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nsame 31', 76'			Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Referee: Stefan Horisberger

9 December 2023 17	Young Boys	3–0	St. Gallen	Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stanić 21' (o.g.) Nsame 33', 49'			Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 28,886 Referee: Urs Schnyder

16 December 2023 18	Stade Lausanne-Ouchy	1–3	Young Boys	Lausanne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kadima 68' Ismaël Gharbi 77' Mulaj 90+3'	Report	Males 10' 36' Ganvoula 20' 47' Garcia 90'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 2,284 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

20 January 2024 19	Young Boys	1–0	Grasshopper	Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rrudhani 73'	Report	Morandi 25' Hammel 65' Seko 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 22,589 Referee: Urs Schnyder

27 January 2024 20	Basel	1–0	Young Boys	Basel
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frei 9' Kololli 13' Renato Veiga 52' Barry 90+2' Schmid 90+3'	Report	Males 45' Joël Monteiro 69' Łakomy 73' Amenda 90+2'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 26,410 Referee: Fedayi San

30 January 2024 21	Young Boys	5–1	Yverdon-Sport	Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Łakomy 26' Hadjam 32' Rrudhani 33' Itten 43' Joël Monteiro 77' 87' Males 82' Lauper 90+4'	Report	Kevin Carlos 10' Igor Liziero 66'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 25,535 Referee: Mirel Turkes

3 February 2024 22	Lausanne-Sport	0–1	Young Boys	Lausanne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bernède 10'	Report	Colley 8' Lustenberger 22'	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 6,024 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

10 February 2024 23	Lugano	3–3	Young Boys	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bislimi 45+1' Hajrizi 56' Celar 80' (pen.) Grgić 82' Espinoza 87'	Report	Colley 8' von Ballmoos 45+1' Mvuka 52' Camara 60' Ugrinić 62'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Nico Gianforte

18 February 2024 24	Young Boys	1–0	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	Bern
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Ganvoula 51' Mvuka 57' Itten 70' Blum 74'	Report	Mergim Qarri 23' Ouédraogo 72' Obexer 87'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 26,470 Referee: Esther Staubli

25 February 2024 25	Young Boys	0–1	Servette	Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Camara 45'	Report	Nishimura 7' Antunes 42'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 29,183 Referee: Fedayi San

3 March 2024 26	Zürich	1–0	Young Boys	Zürich
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mathew 1' Condé 6' Danté 56'	Report	Colley 63'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17,261 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

10 March 2024 27	Young Boys	5–1	Basel	Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Joël Monteiro 2' 66' Itten 11' Camara 13' Elia 16' Hadjam 46' 82' Niasse 48'	Report	Kololli 31' Barry 70'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Sandro Schärer

17 March 2024 28	Lausanne-Sport	2–0	Young Boys	Lausanne
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sène 30' (pen.) 66' Dussenne 34' 90+4'	Report	Amenda 29' Blum 34' Camara 67' Niasse 73' Janko 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 11,278 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

1 April 2024 29	Yverdon-Sport	0–0	Young Boys	Yverdon-les-Bains
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Tijani 35' Aké 50'	Report	Joël Monteiro 61' Persson 78'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

4 April 2024 30	Young Boys	3–0	Grasshopper	Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Elia 6' Ganvoula 18' Joël Monteiro 21'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 29,071 Referee: Fedayi San

7 April 2024 31	St. Gallen	2–2	Young Boys	St. Gallen
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stevanović 10' Görtler 71'	Report	Niasse 47' Ganvoula 79' Mvuka 87'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 18,917 Referee: Fedayi San

14 April 2024 32	Young Boys	4–2	Luzern	Bern
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ganvoula 27' Amenda 45+2' Elia 47' 89' Joël Monteiro 49' 53' Hadjam 83'	Report	Kadák 3' 33' Meyer 74' Dorn 85'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

21 April 2024 33	Winterthur	1–2	Young Boys	Winterthur
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ltaief 19' Turkeš 81'	Report	Blum 19' Joël Monteiro 70' Łakomy 84'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Championship Round

5 May 2024 34	Zürich	0-2	Young Boys	Zürich
16:30 CEST	Kamberi 44' Condé 48' 48' Reichmuth 76' Boranijašević 83' Afriyie 88'	Report	Ganvoula 42' 44' Itten 54'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 16,737 Referee: Luca Cibelli

11 May 2024 35	Young Boys	0-1	Lugano	Bern
20:30 CEST	Lauper 4' Niasse 64'	Report	Doumbia 12' Bislimi 58' Cimignani 76' Sabbatini 83'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

16 May 2024 36	Young Boys	3-1	St. Gallen	Bern
20:30 CEST	Camara 37' Elia 51' 86' Itten 71' 90+4' Hadjam 78' Blum 79' von Ballmoos 89'	Report	Milošević 3' Görtler 34' Zanotti 50'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 30,084 Referee: Luca Cibelli

20 May 2024 37	Servette	0-1	Young Boys	Geneva
18:00 CEST		Report	Camara 73' Niasse 87'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 13,224 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

25 May 2024 38	Young Boys	-	Winterthur	Bern
20:30 CEST				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Swiss Cup

18 August 2023 Round 1	FC Breitenrain	0–5	Young Boys	Bern
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Lüthi 16' Itten 55' Imeri 62' Nsame 69' (pen.), 84'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 13,861 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

15 September 2023 Round 2	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–1	Young Boys	Neuchâtel
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Ganvoula 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 9,638 Referee: Esther Staubli

1 November 2023 Round 3	FC Rapperswil-Jona	0–2	Young Boys	Rapperswil
19:00 CET (UTC+1)			Nsame 4' Janko 57'	Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Nico Gianforte

29 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Sion	2–1	Young Boys	Sion
20:30 CET	Chouaref 19' Lavanchy 38' Bouchlarhem 48' Sorgić 64'	Report	Hadjam 45' Ganvoula 70' 81' Amenda 82' von Ballmoos 87' Lustenberger 88'	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Fedayi San

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

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

23 August 2023 First leg	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	Young Boys	Haifa
22:00 IST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Sammy Ofer Stadium Attendance: 29,864 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	RBL	YB	RSB
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	Advance to knockout phase	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

19 September 2023 1	Young Boys	1–3	RB Leipzig	Bern
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Elia 33'	Report	Simakan 3' Schlager 73' Šeško 90+2'	Stadium: Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 2	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	Young Boys	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00	Ndiaye 35' Bukari 88'	Report	Ugrinic 48' Itten 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium Attendance: 47,201^[12] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

25 October 2023 3	Young Boys	1–3	Manchester City	Bern
21:00 CEST	Elia 52'	Report	Akanji 48' Haaland 67' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

7 November 2023 4	Manchester City	3–0	Young Boys	Manchester, England
20:00 GMT	Haaland 25' (pen.), 51' Foden 45+1'	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 51,049 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 5	Young Boys	2–0	Red Star Belgrade	Bern
21:00	Nedeljković 8' (o.g.) Blum 29'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500^[13] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

13 December 2023 6	RB Leipzig	2–1	Young Boys	Leipzig, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Šeško 51' Forsberg 56'	Report	Colley 53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,331 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

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

15 February 2024 First leg	Young Boys	1–3	Sporting CP	Bern
18:45	Ugrinic 42'		Amenda 31' (o.g.) Gyökeres 41' (pen.) Inácio 48'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

22 February 2024 Second leg	Sporting CP	1–1 (4–2 agg.)	Young Boys	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00	Gyökeres 13'	Report	Ganvoula 84' (pen.) Amenda 86' Lustenberger 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 29,393 Referee: Ivan Kružliak