# 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.
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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 March 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 25 | DF | Jordan Lefort | Amiens | Undisclosed | 17 July 2020 | |
| 17 | FW | Theoson Siebatcheu | Rennes | Loan | 13 September 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 99 | FW | Guillaume Hoarau | FC Sion | Free | 18 September 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 94 | 52 | +42 | 063.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### Swiss Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 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 |
* ↑ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: FBref

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 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 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 5 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 3 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 26 February 2021.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 21 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Swiss Super League | Swiss Super League | Swiss Cup | Swiss Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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

| 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 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Miralem Sulejmani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 11 | MF | | Gianluca Gaudino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | DF | | Ulisses Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 25 | DF | | Jordan Lefort | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 61 |
Last updated: 28 February 2021 UEFA

### Clean sheets

| 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 | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
Last updated: 25 February 2021 UEFA