2020–21 BSC Young Boys season

The 2020–21 BSC Young Boys season was the club's 96th season in existence and the club's 25th 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, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 19 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Young Boys
2020–21 season
ChairmanHanspeter Kienberger
ManagerGerardo Seoane
StadiumStadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League1st (champions)
Swiss CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jean-Pierre Nsame (19)

All:
Jean-Pierre Nsame (26)

On 18 April 2021, Young Boys secured their fourth straight league title, and the club's fifteenth overall, with a 3–0 home win over Lugano.[1]

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 15 March 2021[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
4 DF   GUI Mohamed Ali Camara
5 DF   SUI Cédric Zesiger
6 MF   SUI Esteban Petignat
7 MF   SUI Marvin Spielmann
8 MF   SUI Vincent Sierro
10 MF   SRB Miralem Sulejmani
11 MF   GER Gianluca Gaudino
13 MF   CMR Moumi Ngamaleu
15 FW   COD Meschak Elia
16 MF   SUI Christian Fassnacht
17 FW   USA Theoson Siebatcheu (on loan from Rennes)
18 FW   CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame
19 FW   SUI Felix Mambimbi
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   SUI Michel Aebischer
21 DF   SUI Ulisses Garcia
24 DF   SUI Quentin Maceiras
25 DF   FRA Jordan Lefort
26 GK   SUI David von Ballmoos
28 DF   SUI Fabian Lustenberger (captain)
30 MF   SUI Sandro Lauper
35 MF   LUX Christopher Martins
36 DF   SUI Silvan Hefti
43 GK   SUI Joschua Neuenschwander
60 MF   SUI Fabian Rieder
91 GK   SUI Guillaume Faivre

Out on loan

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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
11 FW   ALB Taulant Seferi (at Tirana until 30 June 2021)
14 DF   SUI Nicolas Bürgy (at Paderborn until 30 June 2021)
24 DF   SUI Jan Kronig (at Wil until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

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No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
25 DF   Jordan Lefort   Amiens Undisclosed 17 July 2020 [3]
17 FW   Theoson Siebatcheu   Rennes Loan 13 September 2020 [4]
No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
99 FW   Guillaume Hoarau   FC Sion Free 18 September 2020 [5]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

8 September 2020 Friendly Young Boys   5–2   Lausanne-Sport Bern, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 20
Referee: Urs Schnyder
9 October 2020 Friendly Young Boys   1–0   Neuchâtel Xamax Bern, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
12 January 2021 Friendly Young Boys   4–1   Chiasso Bern, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alain Bieri
16 January 2021 Friendly Young Boys   5–1   Stade Lausanne Ouchy Bern, Switzerland
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam
16 January 2021 Friendly Young Boys   3–2   Aarau Bern, Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Urs Schnyder

Competitions

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Overview

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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 19 September 2020 21 May 2021 Matchday 1 Winners 36 25 9 2 74 29 +45 069.44
Swiss Cup 8 April 2021 Round 3 Round 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 000.00
UEFA Champions League 26 August 2020 16 September 2020 Second qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 050.00
UEFA Europa League 1 October 2020 18 March 2021 Play-off round Round of 16 10 5 1 4 16 15 +1 050.00
Total 49 31 10 8 94 52 +42 063.27

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 25 9 2 74 29 +45 84 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 36 15 8 13 60 53 +7 53 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Servette 36 14 8 14 45 56 −11 50
4 Lugano 36 12 13 11 40 42 −2 49
5 Luzern 36 12 10 14 62 59 +3 46 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[6]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

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
36 25 9 2 74 29  +45 84 14 3 1 38 14  +24 11 6 1 36 15  +21

Source: FBref

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWDWWDWWWLWDWDWWWWWWDDDDWWWWWWLWWWW
Position243111111111111111111111111111111111
Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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19 September 2020 1 Young Boys 2–1 Zürich Bern
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Urs Schnyder
26 September 2020 2 Sion 0–0 Young Boys Sion
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alain Bieri
4 October 2020 3 Young Boys 1–0 Vaduz Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 11,660
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
17 October 2020 4 Servette 0–0 Young Boys Geneva
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 5,240
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
25 October 2020 5 Young Boys 2–1 Luzern Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sandro Schärer
8 November 2020 7 Young Boys 0–0 St. Gallen Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 50
Referee: Urs Schnyder
21 November 2020 8 Young Boys 2–1 Basel Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 15
Referee: Fedayi San
29 November 2020 9 Lausanne-Sport 0–3 Young Boys Lausanne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 5
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
6 December 2020 10 Luzern 2–3 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 50
Referee: Urs Schnyder
13 December 2020 11 Young Boys 1–2 Servette Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 5
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
16 December 2020 12 Basel 0–2 Young Boys Basel
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 5
Referee: Sandro Schärer
19 December 2020 13 Young Boys 2–2 Lugano Bern
18:15 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
22 December 2020 14 St. Gallen 1–2 Young Boys St. Gallen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Léonce Lionel Tscudi
20 January 2021 6 Lugano 0–2 Young Boys Lugano
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Aebischer   89'
Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
Referee: Sandro Schärer
Note: Match was postponed
24 January 2021 15 Vaduz 0–0 Young Boys Vaduz
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
31 January 2021 17 Young Boys 2–1 Sion Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Urs Schnyder
3 February 2021 18 Zürich 1–4 Young Boys Zürich
18:15 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Alain Bieri
7 February 2021 19 Young Boys 4–2 Lausanne-Sport Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
10 February 2021 16 Young Boys 1–0 Lausanne-Sport Bern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 27 January 2021, but was postponed.[7]
14 February 2021 20 Lugano 1–3 Young Boys Lugano
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
21 February 2021 21 Young Boys 2–0 Servette Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Alain Bieri
28 February 2021 22 Luzern 2–2 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
3 March 2021 23 Basel 1–1 Young Boys Basel
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Referee: Fedayi San
6 March 2021 24 Young Boys 1–1 Vaduz Bern
18:15 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Luca Piccolo
14 March 2021 25 St. Gallen 2–2 Young Boys St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Kybunpark
Referee: Urs Schnyder
21 March 2021 26 Young Boys 4–0 Zürich Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
4 April 2021 27 Sion 0–3 Young Boys Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Referee: Alain Bieri
11 April 2021 28 Young Boys 2–0 St. Gallen Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
18 April 2021 29 Young Boys 3–0 Lugano Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Urs Schnyder
22 April 2021 30 Zürich 1–2 Young Boys Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 100
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
25 April 2021 31 Young Boys 2–1 Sion Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
2 May 2021 32 Servette 2–1 Young Boys Geneva
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 100
Referee: Alain Bieri
8 May 2021 33 Young Boys 2–0 Basel Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
11 May 2021 34 Vaduz 0–2 Young Boys Vaduz
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 100
Referee: Luca Piccolo
15 May 2021 35 Young Boys 5–2 Luzern Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
21 May 2021 36 Lausanne-Sport 2–4 Young Boys Lausanne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 100
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Swiss Cup

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8 April 2021 Round 3 St. Gallen 4–1 Young Boys St. Gallen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Kybunpark
Referee: Sandro Schärer

UEFA Champions League

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26 August 2020 Second qualifying round Young Boys   3–1   Bern, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Greece)
16 September 2020 Third qualifying round Midtjylland   3–0   Young Boys Herning, Denmark
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

UEFA Europa League

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1 October 2020 Play-off round Young Boys   3–0   Tirana Bern, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group stage

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The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM YB CLJ CSS
1   Roma 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 5–0 0–0
2   Young Boys 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–2 2–1 3–0
3   CFR Cluj 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 5[b] 0–2 1–1 0–0
4   CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5[b] 3–1 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.
22 October 2020 1 Young Boys   1–2   Roma Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 600
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
29 October 2020 2 CFR Cluj   1–1   Young Boys Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
5 November 2020 3 Young Boys   3–0   CSKA Sofia Bern, Switzerland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
26 November 2020 4 CSKA Sofia   0–1   Young Boys Sofia, Bulgaria
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
3 December 2020 5 Roma   3–1   Young Boys Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
10 December 2020 6 Young Boys   2–1   CFR Cluj Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Knockout phase

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Round of 32
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The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[9]

18 February 2021 First leg Young Boys   4–3   Bayer Leverkusen Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
25 February 2021 Second leg Bayer Leverkusen   0–2
(3–6 agg.)
  Young Boys Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Round of 16
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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.[10]

11 March 2021 First leg Ajax   3–0   Young Boys Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
18 March 2021 Second leg Young Boys   0–2
(0–5 agg.)
  Ajax Bern, Switzerland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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Last updated on 21 May 2021.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Swiss Super League Swiss Cup UEFA
Champions League
UEFA
Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
26 GK   SUI David von Ballmoos 43 0 31 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
43 GK   SUI Joschua Neuenschwander 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 GK   SUI Guillaume Faivre 8 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Defenders
4 DF   GUI Mohamed Ali Camara 39 0 26+3 0 1 0 2 0 7 0
5 DF   SUI Cédric Zesiger 35 0 24+4 0 0 0 0 0 5+2 0
21 DF   SUI Ulisses Garcia 33 1 17+8 1 0 0 0+1 0 4+3 0
24 DF   SUI Quentin Maceiras 26 1 16+5 1 0+1 0 1 0 2+1 0
25 DF   FRA Jordan Lefort 40 1 19+9 1 1 0 2 0 8+1 0
28 DF   SUI Fabian Lustenberger 33 0 21 0 1 0 2 0 9 0
36 DF   SUI Silvan Hefti 43 0 23+7 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
Midfielders
6 MF   SUI Esteban Petignat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   SUI Marvin Spielmann 19 3 5+10 3 0 0 0+2 0 0+2 0
8 MF   SUI Vincent Sierro 28 1 12+5 1 1 0 1 0 5+4 0
10 MF   SRB Miralem Sulejmani 37 2 17+11 0 0+1 0 2 1 4+2 1
11 MF   GER Gianluca Gaudino 34 1 7+17 0 0 0 0 0 0+10 1
13 MF   CMR Moumi Ngamaleu 40 4 18+10 3 1 0 2 1 8+1 0
16 MF   SUI Christian Fassnacht 49 15 27+9 10 1 1 2 0 10 4
20 MF   SUI Michel Aebischer 39 2 24+3 2 1 0 2 0 6+3 0
22 MF   SUI Nico Maier 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   SUI Sandro Lauper 25 4 12+8 4 0+1 0 0 0 4 0
35 MF   LUX Christopher Martins 14 2 9+2 2 0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
60 MF   SUI Fabian Rieder 31 0 10+13 0 0 0 0 0 5+3 0
Forwards
15 FW   COD Meschak Elia 37 7 16+9 6 1 0 0 0 7+4 1
17 FW   USA Theoson Siebatcheu 43 15 14+18 12 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+7 3
18 FW   CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame 32 26 14+6 19 1 0 2 1 9 6
19 FW   SUI Felix Mambimbi 43 8 17+14 6 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+8 2
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
14 DF   SUI Nicolas Bürgy 7 0 1+3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos Nat Name Swiss Super League Swiss Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 18 FW   Jean-Pierre Nsame 12 0 1 6 19
2 17 FW   Theoson Siebatcheu 8 0 0 3 11
3 16 MF   Christian Fassnacht 5 0 0 4 9
4 15 FW   Elia Meschak 4 0 0 1 5
19 FW   Felix Mambimbi 3 0 0 2 5
6 30 MF   Sandro Lauper 3 0 0 0 3
7 13 MF   Moumi Ngamaleu 1 0 1 0 2
10 MF   Miralem Sulejmani 0 0 1 1 2
9 11 MF   Gianluca Gaudino 0 0 0 1 1
21 DF   Ulisses Garcia 1 0 0 0 1
25 DF   Jordan Lefort 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 40 0 3 18 61

Last updated: 28 February 2021[11]
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Clean sheets

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Rank No. Pos Nat Name Swiss Super League Swiss Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 26 GK   David von Ballmoos 9 0 0 4 13
2 91 GK   Guillaume Faivre 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 10 0 0 4 14

Last updated: 25 February 2021[11]
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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

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  1. ^ "Young Boys win fourth straight Swiss league title". Yahoo. 18 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ 2020–21 BSC Young Boys season at Swiss Football League
  3. ^ "Amiens : Jordan Lefort va rester aux Young Boys de Berne". BSC Young Boys (in French). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Transferts : Jordan Siebatcheu (Rennes) s'engage avec les Young Boys Berne (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Guillaume Hoarau et Matteo Tosetti sont valaisans !". FC Sion. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Super League: YB vs. Lausanne verschoben" (in German). 27 January 2021.
  8. ^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 1 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Europa League round of 16 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 26 February 2021.
  11. ^ a b "2020-2021 Young Boys Stats". FBref. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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