2004–05 BSC Young Boys season

The 2004–05 BSC Young Boys season was the club's 107th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Young Boys participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Young Boys
2004–05 season
ChairmanPeter Mast
ManagerHans-Peter Zaugg
StadiumWankdorf Stadium
Swiss Super League4th
Swiss CupSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stéphane Chapuisat (15)

All:
Stéphane Chapuisat (15)
Average home league attendance7,385[1]
Biggest winMartigny 0–6 Young Boys

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

During pre-season, the team competed in the Burkhalter Cup, winning both games to claim the title.[2]

19 June 2004 Friendly Young Boys   3–2   Zürich Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann
2 July 2004 Burkhalter Cup Young Boys   1–0   Wohlen Bern
CEST (UTC+2)
  • Carrera   31'
2 July 2004 Burkhalter Cup Young Boys   1–0   Shakhtar Donetsk Bern
CEST (UTC+2)

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 17 July 2004 29 May 2005 Matchday 1 4th 34 12 13 9 60 52 +8 035.29
Swiss Cup 17 September 2004 20 April 2005 Round of 64 Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 12 4 +8 080.00
UEFA Champions League 28 July 2004 4 August 2004 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 000.00
Total 41 16 14 11 74 61 +13 039.02

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

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Note: It should be mentioned that Young Boys and Servette were scheduled to play two matches, but they were canceled after Servette withdrew from the league at the conclusion of the first round.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Thun 34 18 6 10 69 42 +27 60 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Grasshopper 34 12 14 8 51 50 +1 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Young Boys 34 12 13 9 60 52 +8 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Zürich 34 13 9 12 55 57 −2 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 10 8 16 36 48 −12 38 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

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

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHHHAAHAHHBHABAAHAHAH
ResultDWDLDWDWLLDWWLDLLWLDWDWWLBLDBDWDDWDW
Position334564433553344565555544466565444444
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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17 July 2004 1 St. Gallen 3–3 Young Boys St. Gallen
CEST (UTC+2)
23 July 2004 2 Young Boys 6–1 Schaffhausen Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
7 August 2004 4 Thun 3–1 Young Boys Thun
CEST (UTC+2)
15 August 2004 5 Young Boys 1–1 Basel Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
21 August 2004 6 Aarau 1–3 Young Boys Aarau
CEST (UTC+2)
25 August 2004 3 Young Boys 1–1 Grasshopper Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
29 August 2004 7 Young Boys 1–1 Servette Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
11 September 2004 8 Zürich 2–3 Young Boys Zürich
CEST (UTC+2)
22 September 2004 9 Neuchâtel Xamax 3–1 Young Boys Xamax
CEST (UTC+2)
25 September 2004 10 Young Boys 0–1 St. Gallen Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
3 October 2004 11 Schaffhausen 1–1 Young Boys Schaffhausen
CEST (UTC+2)
17 October 2004 12 Grasshopper 0–1 Young Boys Zürich
CEST (UTC+2)
31 October 2004 13 Young Boys 2–1 Thun Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
7 November 2004 14 Basel 2–1 Young Boys Basel
CET (UTC+1)
14 November 2004 15 Young Boys 1–1 Aarau Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
28 November 2004 16 Servette 2–1 Young Boys Geneva
CET (UTC+1)
5 December 2004 17 Young Boys 2–4 Zürich Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
12 December 2004 18 Young Boys 2–1 Neuchâtel Xamax Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
27 February 2005 20 Grasshopper 1–1 Young Boys Zürich
CEST (UTC+2)
13 March 2005 23 Zürich 0–5 Young Boys Zürich
CET (UTC+1)
16 March 2005 24 Young Boys 1–0 Neuchâtel Xamax Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
20 March 2005 25 Young Boys 2–3 St. Gallen Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
6 April 2005 21 Schaffhausen 0–1 Young Boys Schaffhausen
CEST (UTC+2)
10 April 2005 27 Young Boys 2–5 Basel Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
14 April 2005 19 Young Boys 2–4 Thun Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
17 April 2005 28 Basel 1–1 Young Boys Basel
CEST (UTC+2)
23 April 2005 30 St. Gallen 2–2 Young Boys St. Gallen
CEST (UTC+2)
27 April 2005 22 Young Boys 1–1 Aarau Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
1 May 2005 31 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–1 Young Boys Xamax
CEST (UTC+2)
8 May 2005 32 Young Boys 1–1 Zürich Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
11 May 2005 33 Thun 1–1 Young Boys Thun
CEST (UTC+2)
18 May 2005 34 Young Boys 3–2 Grasshopper Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
22 May 2005 35 Aarau 1–1 Young Boys Aarau
CEST (UTC+2)
29 May 2005 36 Young Boys 4–1 Schaffhausen Bern
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

Source: [3]

Swiss Cup

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17 September 2004 Round 1 FC Martigny-Sports 0–6 Young Boys Martigny
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
23 October 2004 Round 2 Wohlen 0–1 Young Boys Wohlen
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten
20 November 2004 Round 3 Sion 1–2 Young Boys Sion
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
13 February 2005 Quarter-finals Young Boys 2–0 Thun Bern
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Neufeld
20 April 2005 Semi-finals Zürich 3–1 Young Boys Zürich
20:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund

UEFA Champions League

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Second qualifying round

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28 July 2004 First leg Young Boys   2–2   Red Star Belgrade Hardturm, Zürich[note 1]
20:15 Chapuisat   6'
Eugster   65'
Report Žigić   79', 88' Attendance: 10,350
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
4 August 2004 Second leg Red Star Belgrade   3–0   Young Boys Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
20:15 Miladinović   39'
Dudić   49'
Žigić   69'
Report Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)

Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ Young Boys played their home match at Hardturm stadium in Zürich, instead of their regular home venue Stadion Neufeld in Bern.

References

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  1. ^ "Super League 2004/2005 - Attendance".
  2. ^ "Burkhalter Cup (Bern)".
  3. ^ "Super League 2004/2005 - 1. Round".
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