2024–25 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2024–25 season
Manager	Patrick Rahmen; (until 8 October)
Stadium	Stadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League	12th
Swiss Cup	Second round
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Silvère Ganvoula (3); All: ; Cedric Itten; Alan Virginius; (4)
Highest home attendance	31,500 vs Galatasaray
Biggest win	FC Printse-Nendaz 0–10 Young Boys
Biggest defeat	Barcelona 5–0 Young Boys
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 27 August 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 127th season in the history of BSC Young Boys, and the club's 24th consecutive season in the Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Squad

Position	Number	Player	Date joined
GK	26	David von Ballmoos	2007
GK	33	Marvin Keller	2023
DF	27	Lewin Blum	2012
DF	30	Sandro Lauper	2018
DF	5	Anel Husić	2024
DF	3	Jaouen Hadjam	2024
DF	4	Tanguy Zoukrou	2024
DF	24	Zachary Athekame	2024
MF	77	Joël Monteiro	2021
MF	7	Filip Ugrinić	2022
MF	14	Miguel Chaiwa	2022
MF	10	Kastriot Imeri	2022
MF	8	Łukasz Łakomy	2023
MF	19	Noah Persson	2022
MF	11	Ebrima Colley	2024
FW	15	Meschak Elia	2020
FW	35	Silvère Ganvoula	2023
FW	9	Cedric Itten	2022
FW	39	Darian Maleš	2023

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Alexandre Jankewitz	Winterthur	Loan return	30 June 2024
GK	Marvin Keller	Winterthur	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Miguel Chaiwa	Schaffhausen	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Donat Rrudhani	Lausanne-Sport	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Zachary Athekame	Neuchâtel Xamax	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Joel Bichsel	SC Freiburg II	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Théo Golliard	Vaduz	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Tanguy Zoukrou	Toyes	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Facinet Conte	Bastia	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Ebrima Colley	Atalanta	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
MF	Alan Virginius	Lille	Loan	3 August 2024	^[1]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Donat Rrudhani	Luzern	Loan	30 July 2024	^[2]

Friendlies

Pre-season

28 June 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	0–2	Thun
17:30

28 June 2024 Friendly	FC Breitenrain	1–2	Young Boys
19:30

2 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	4–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Gstaad
16:00				Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode

6 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	0–1	Westerlo	Payerne
15:00				Stadium: Stade Municipal

10 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	2–2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Solothurn
18:00	Lauper 9' Hadjam 25'		Vakulko 6' Kozhushko 73'	Stadium: Stadion FC Solothurn

13 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	1–0	Aarau	Bern
15:00	29' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

13 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	1–3	Wil	Bern
18:00				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	21 July 2024	22–24 May 2025	Matchday 1	8	1	3	4	11	16	−5	012.50
Swiss Cup	16–18 August 2024			2	2	0	0	14	2	+12	100.00
UEFA Champions League	20–21 August 2024		Play-off round	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	066.67
Total				13	5	3	5	29	23	+6	038.46

Last updated: 28 September 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]
7	Lausanne-Sport	14	6	2	6	22	20	+2	20
8	Sion	14	4	5	5	18	18	0	17
9	Young Boys	14	4	4	6	18	23	−5	16
10	Yverdon-Sport	14	4	3	7	15	25	−10	15
11	Winterthur	14	3	2	9	10	31	−21	11	Qualification for the Relegation play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 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.^[3]
Notes:

^ 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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	0	2	3	6	13	−7	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	0	1	2	3	9	−6

Last updated: 10 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L
Position	8	12	12	11	12	12	9	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.^[4]

21 July 2024 1	Young Boys	1–2	Sion	Bern
14:15	Ganvoula 16' Hadjam 23' 59' Husić 32' Ugrinic 90+2'		Lavanchy 31' Bouchlarhem 34' Djokic 39' Chouaref 66' Fayulu 90+4' Sorgić 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 28,366 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

24 July 2024 5	Servette	3–1	Young Boys	Lancy
20:30	Tsunemoto 32', 87' Stevanović 40' Mazikou 73' Crivelli 79' (pen.)		Chaiwa 45+2' Itten 71' Zoukrou 75' Blum 89'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 8,727 Referee: Fedayi San

28 July 2024 2	St. Gallen	4–0	Young Boys	St. Gallen
16:30	Chadrac Akolo 9' Geubbels 18' Mambimbi 51' Witzig 55'		Maleš 81'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 18,720 Referee: Urs Schnyder

4 August 2024 3	Young Boys	2–2	Zürich	Bern
16:30	Brecher 18' (o.g.) Gómez 34' Ganvoula 54' Itten 90+6'		Marchesano 7' (pen.) Gómez 34' Katić 47' Okita 51' Katić 76' Wallner 86' Kryeziu 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 30,630 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

10 August 2024 4	Yverdon-Sport	2–2	Young Boys	Yverdon-les-Bains
20:30	Kevin Carlos 5' Kacuri 64' Aké 78' Céspedes 90+2'		Ganvoula 9' Céspedes 49' (o.g.) Camara 62' Lauper 86'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Urs Schnyder

31 August 2024 6	Young Boys	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	Bern
20:30				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

22 September 2024 7	Winterthur	1–4	Young Boys	Winterthur
16:30				Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese

28 September 2024 (2024-09-28) 8	Young Boys	0–1	Grasshopper	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	4' (Lee) Morandi 8' Abrashi 10' Kittel 72' Lee	Attendance: 26,203 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: Fedayi San (VAR) Man of the Match: Giotto Morandi^[5]

6 October 2024 9	Basel	1–0	Young Boys	Basel
16:30				Stadium: St. Jakob Park

Swiss Cup

17 August 2024 First round	FC Printse-Nendaz	0–10	Young Boys	Nendaz
17:00		Report	Maleš 1', 25' Itten 29', 31', 53' Virginius 38', 45+1', 55' Golliard 63' Quartier 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade des Grangettes

14 September 2024 Second round	Vevey-Sports	2–4	Young Boys
18:00

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

21 August 2024 First leg	Young Boys	3–2	Galatasaray	Bern
21:00 UTC+2	Monteiro 3', 45+4' Hadjam 26' Lauper 29' Niasse 43' Mohamed Ali Camara 70' Ugrinic 86' (pen.)		Bardakcı 22' 84' Torreira 45+6' Batshuayi 66', 72'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

27 August 2024 Second leg	Galatasaray	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Young Boys	Istanbul, Turkey
22:00 UTC+3			Virginius 87'	Stadium: Rams Park

League phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD
32	RB Leipzig	4	4	4	9	−5
33	Sturm Graz	4	4	1	6	−5
34	Young Boys	4	4	1	11	−10
35	Red Star Belgrade	4	4	4	16	−12
36	Slovan Bratislava	4	4	2	15	−13

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L
Position	31	36

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

17 September 2024 1	Young Boys	0–3	Aston Villa	Bern, Switzerland
18:45 CET	Niasse 33' Lauper 46' Elia 53' Monteiro 78'	Report	Tielemans 27' Ramsey 38' Durán 79' Onana 86'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

1 October 2024 2	Barcelona	5–0	Young Boys	Barcelona, Spain
21:00	Lewandowski 8', 51' Raphinha 34' Martínez 37' Camara 81' (o.g.)

23 October 2024 3	Young Boys	–	Inter Milan	Bern
21:00				Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

6 November 2024 4	Shakhtar Donetsk	–	Young Boys	TBD
18:45

26 November 2024 5	Young Boys	–	Atalanta	Bern
21:00				Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

11 December 2024 6	VfB Stuttgart	–	Young Boys	Stuttgart, Germany
21:00

22 January 2025 7	Celtic	–	Young Boys	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00

29 January 2025 8	Young Boys	–	Red Star Belgrade	Bern
21:00				Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

References

^ "YB signs talented French striker". blue News.
^ "Donat Rrudhani leihweise zu Luzern | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Live Sport und News".
^ "Meister YB bleibt auch im vierten Heimspiel der laufenden Saison sieglos". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

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

[1] "YB signs talented French striker". blue News.

[2] "Donat Rrudhani leihweise zu Luzern | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.

[rules-4] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[5] "Live Sport und News".

[6] "Meister YB bleibt auch im vierten Heimspiel der laufenden Saison sieglos". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

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