2016–17 BSC Young Boys season

Young Boys
2016–17 season
ChairmanWerner Müller
ManagerAdi Hütter
StadiumStade de Suisse
Super League2nd
Swiss CupQuarter finals
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Average home league attendance18,073

The 2016–17 BSC Young Boys season was the club's 118th season in existence and their 13th season in the Swiss Super League.

Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 8 2 92 35 +57 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 72 44 +28 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 8 13 52 61 −9 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Sion 36 15 6 15 60 55 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 8 14 62 66 −4 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

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 20 9 7 72 44  +28 69 13 2 3 52 24  +28 7 7 4 20 20  0

Last updated: 2 June 2017.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWLWLWLWDDDDWWDWWWWWLDWWDWWDLLWWWLWDW
Position342433222343332222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 July 2016 Match 1 St. Gallen 0 - 2 Young Boys St. Gallen
20:00 CET Angha Yellow card 72' (Report) Bertone 55'
Sanogo Yellow card 72'
Rochat Yellow card 74'
Hoarau Yellow card 80'
Kubo 84'
Obexer Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: kybunpark
Attendance: 12,890
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
30 July 2016 Match 2 Young Boys 1 - 2 Lugano Bern
20:00 CET Hoarau 9' (pen.) Yellow card 42'
Gajić Yellow card 21'
Ravet Yellow card 69'
von Bergen Yellow card 85'		 (Report) Golemić Yellow card 8'
Alioski 55'
Padalino Yellow card 72'
von Bergen 83' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern
Attendance: 14,300
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
6 August 2016 Match 3 Young Boys 4 - 1 Thun Bern
17:45 CET (SFL Report) Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
10 August 2016 Round 4 Basel 3 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Traoré Yellow card 35'
Zuffi 55'
Bjarnason 59'
Vilotić 71' (o.g.)		 (SFL Report) Yellow card 88' Bertone Attendance: 29,523
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
20 August 2016 Round 5 Young Boys 7 - 2 Lausanne-Sport Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern, Bern
17:45 Hoarau 2'
Ravet 30'
Schick Yellow card 33' 37'
Sutter 49'
Wüthrich Yellow card 50'
Lecjaks 59'
Kubo 68'
Frey 90+1'		 Report Manière Yellow card 4'
Campo 40'
Pak Kwang-ryong 76'
Kololli Yellow card 81'		 Attendance: 14,665
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
28 August 2016 Round 6 Grasshopper Club Zürich 4 - 1 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
13:45 Munsy 39'
Pnishi Yellow card 49'
Lavanchy 74'
Sigurjónsson 86'
Caio 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Frey 58'
von Bergen Yellow card 71'
Ravet Yellow card 90+3'
Duah Yellow card 90+4'		 Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
10 September 2016 Round 7 Young Boys 2 - 1 Luzern Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern, Bern
20:00 Zakaria Yellow card 13'
Sulejmani 18' 43'		 Report Puljić Yellow card 59'
Ricardo Costa Yellow card 75'
Schneuwly 90+3'		 Attendance: 16,058
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet
21 September 2016 Round 8 Vaduz 0 - 0 Young Boys Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45 Grippo Yellow card 69'
Brunner Yellow card 84'
Muntwiler Yellow card 88'		 Report Frey Yellow card 21' Attendance: 3,832
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
3 December 2016 Round 17 Young Boys 3 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:00 Hoarau 6', 51'
Nuhu Red card 45'
Mbabu 71'		 [ (Report)] 66' (pen.) Delgado Attendance: 20,216
Referee: Austria Harald Lechner
9 April 2017 Round 27 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Xhaka Yellow card 24'
Elyounoussi 54'
Riveros Yellow card 75'
Akanji Yellow card 90'		 [ Report] Ravet 18'
Frey Yellow card 51'
Assalé Red card 75'		 Attendance: 30,817
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
21 May 2017 Round 34 Young Boys 2 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Assalé 9'
Schick 53'		 [(Report)] 3' Doumbia Attendance: 18,383
Referee: Switzerland Sascha Amhof

Champions League qualifying rounds

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League § Third qualifying round

Matches

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–0 Switzerland Young Boys Arena Lviv, Lviv
20:45
Report Attendance: 7,477
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) Young Boys Switzerland 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15 Kubo 54', 60' Report Attendance: 9,365<
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Penalties

2–2 on aggregate; Young Boys won on penalties.

Play-off round
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Sulejmani 56' Report
Attendance: 30,224
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany 6–1 Switzerland Young Boys Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
20:45
Report Ravet 79' Attendance: 43,302
Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.

Europa League group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

Matches

15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) Young Boys Switzerland 0–1 Greece Olympiacos Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00 Report Cambiasso 42' Attendance: 11,132[2]
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
29 September 2016 (2016-09-29) Astana Kazakhstan 0–0 Switzerland Young Boys Astana Arena, Astana
17:00 Report Attendance: 21,328[3]
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) Young Boys Switzerland 3–1 Cyprus APOEL Stade de Suisse, Bern
21:05 Hoarau 18', 52', 82' (pen.) Report Efrem 14' Attendance: 9,553[4]
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)
3 November 2016 (2016-11-03) APOEL Cyprus 1–0 Switzerland Young Boys GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Sotiriou 69' Report Attendance: 12,761[5]
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
24 November 2016 (2016-11-24) Olympiacos Greece 1–1 Switzerland Young Boys Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
21:05 Fortounis 48' Report Hoarau 58' Attendance: 24,131[6]
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
8 December 2016 (2016-12-08) Young Boys Switzerland 3–0 Kazakhstan Astana Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00
Report Attendance: 7,616[7]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cyprus APOEL 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Greece Olympiacos 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
3 Switzerland Young Boys 6 2 2 2 7 4 +3 8
4 Kazakhstan Astana 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Sources and References

  1. ^ "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Young Boys vs. Olympiakos Piraeus". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Astana vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Young Boys vs. APOEL". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ^ "APOEL vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Young Boys vs. Astana". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.