# 2018–19 BSC Young Boys season

The 2018–19 season was the 94th in the history of BSC Young Boys and their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players

    As of 3 January 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Marco Wölfli |
| 4 | DF | GUI | Mohamed Ali Camara |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Steve von Bergen (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Miralem Sulejmani |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Djibril Sow |
| 11 | MF | GER | Gianluca Gaudino |
| 13 | FW | CMR | Moumi Ngamaleu |
| 16 | FW | SUI | Christian Fassnacht |
| 17 | FW | CIV | Roger Assalé |
| 18 | FW | CMR | Jean-Pierre Nsame |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Thorsten Schick |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Michel Aebischer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia |
| 22 | DF | SUI | Gregory Wüthrich |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Loris Benito |
| 26 | GK | SUI | David von Ballmoos |
| 29 | DF | SUI | Jordan Lotomba |
| 30 | MF | SUI | Sandro Lauper |
| 39 | MF | SUI | Léo Seydoux |
| 40 | GK | SUI | Dario Marzino |
| 43 | DF | SUI | Kevin Mbabu |
| 51 | DF | SUI | Jan Kronig |
| 99 | FW | FRA | Guillaume Hoarau |

### 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 |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Pedro Teixeira (on loan with FC Rapperswil-Jona) |
| 77 | FW | ALB | Taulant Seferi (on loan with FC Wohlen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 22 July 2018 | 25 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 36 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 99 | 36 | +63 | 080.56 |
| Swiss Cup | 18 August 2018 | 6 March 2019 | Round 1 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 22 August 2018 | 12 December 2018 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 113 | 58 | +55 | 070.83 |
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 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 99 | 36 | +63 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Lugano | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Thun | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Swiss Super League

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W |
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#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUV | MUN | VAL | YB |
| 1 | Juventus | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |