# 2019–20 BSC Young Boys season

The 2019–20 BSC Young Boys season was the club's 95th season in existence and the club's 24th 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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 August 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 10 February 2020
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 |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Frederik Sørensen (on loan from FC Köln) |
| 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 |
| 14 | DF | SUI | Nicolas Bürgy |
| 15 | FW | COD | Meschak Elia |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Christian Fassnacht |
| 18 | FW | CMR | Jean-Pierre Nsame |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Felix Mambimbi |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Michel Aebischer |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Saidy Janko (on loan from Porto) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jordan Lefort (on loan from Amiens) |
| 26 | GK | SUI | David von Ballmoos |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger (captain) |
| 29 | DF | SUI | Jordan Lotomba |
| 30 | MF | SUI | Sandro Lauper |
| 35 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins |
| 40 | GK | SUI | Dario Marzino |
| 41 | FW | SUI | Samuel Ballet |
| 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 |
| 17 | FW | CIV | Roger Assalé (at Leganés until 30 June 2020) |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Jan Kronig (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2020) |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Pedro Teixeira (at Kriens until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 77 | MF | ALB | Taulant Seferi (at Neuchâtel Xamax until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | SUI | Joël Schmied (at Wil until 30 June 2020) |

## 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 July 2019 | 3 August 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 063.89 |
| Swiss Cup | 16 August 2019 | 30 August 2020 | Round 1 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 21 August 2019 | 27 August 2019 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 19 September 2019 | 12 December 2019 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 114 | 56 | +58 | 062.00 |
Last updated: 30 August 2020 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 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 76 | Qualificaition for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | +23 | 68 | Qualificaition for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | +36 | 62 | Qualificaition for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 49 | Qualificaition for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 47 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 August 2020. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | | | | | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | RAN | YB | FEY |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Young Boys | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |