# 2021–22 BSC Young Boys season

The 2021–22 season was the 97th season in the existence of BSC Young Boys and the club's 26th 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 February 2022
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 |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Anthony Racioppi |
| 4 | DF | GUI | Mohamed Ali Camara |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Cédric Zesiger |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Esteban Petignat |
| 7 | MF | HUN | Kevin Varga (on loan from Kasımpaşa) |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Vincent Sierro |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Wilfried Kanga |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Miralem Sulejmani |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes (on loan from Mainz 05) |
| 13 | FW | CMR | Moumi Ngamaleu |
| 15 | FW | COD | Meschak Elia |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Christian Fassnacht |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jordan Pefok |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Felix Mambimbi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | SEN | Cheikh Niasse |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia |
| 22 | MF | SUI | Nico Maier |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Aurèle Amenda |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Quentin Maceiras |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jordan Lefort |
| 26 | GK | SUI | David von Ballmoos |
| 27 | DF | SUI | Lewin Blum |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger (captain) |
| 30 | MF | SUI | Sandro Lauper |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Fabian Rieder |
| 61 | GK | SUI | Leandro Zbinden |
| 77 | FW | POR | Joël Monteiro |
| 91 | GK | SUI | Guillaume Faivre |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | SUI | Nicolas Bürgy (at Viborg) |
| — | DF | SUI | Pascal Schüpbach (at Thun) |
| — | MF | SUI | Alexandre Jankewitz (at FC St. Gallen) |
| — | MF | SUI | Michel Aebischer (at Bologna, obligation to buy) |
| — | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins (at Spartak Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SUI | Mischa Eberhard (at Yverdon-Sport) |
| — | FW | CMR | Jean-Pierre Nsame (at Venezia) |
| — | FW | SUI | Yannick Toure (at Wil) |
| — | FW | SUI | Shkelqim Vladi (at Aarau) |

## 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 | 24 July 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 50 | +30 | 044.44 |
| Swiss Cup | 14 August 2021 | 27 October 2021 | Round 1 | Round 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 21 July 2021 | 8 December 2021 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | +0 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 112 | 74 | +38 | 045.10 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zürich (C) | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 76 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 62 | Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Young Boys | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 50 | +30 | 60 | Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 54 | Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 50 | |
* ↑ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | VIL | ATA | YB |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–2 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Young Boys | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Swiss Super League | Swiss Super League | Swiss Cup | Swiss Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 26 | GK | SUI | David von Ballmoos | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | SUI | Leandro Zbinden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | GK | SUI | Abdullah Laidani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | SUI | Marco Sportiello | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | GUI | Mohamed Ali Camara | 19 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Cédric Zesiger | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | SUI | Nicolas Bürgy | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia | 19 | 3 | 7+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | SUI | Quentin Maceiras | 14 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jordan Lefort | 10 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SUI | Silvan Hefti | 19 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SUI | Esteban Petignat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Marvin Spielmann | 9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Vincent Sierro | 19 | 3 | 3+6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Alexandre Jankewitz | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Christian Fassnacht | 20 | 4 | 9+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Michel Aebischer | 19 | 4 | 8+2 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | SUI | Sandro Lauper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SUI | Nico Maier | 9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Fabian Rieder | 18 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | LUX | Christopher Martins | 17 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Wilfried Kanga | 17 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Miralem Sulejmani | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | CMR | Moumi Ngamaleu | 19 | 3 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | COD | Meschak Elia | 19 | 6 | 8+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jordan Siebatcheu | 19 | 9 | 8+1 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 4 |
| 18 | FW | CMR | Jean-Pierre Nsame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Felix Mambimbi | 17 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | SUI | Yannick Toure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | SUI | Joël Monteiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season--> ||||||||||||
| | DF | | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | [] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 17 October 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 3 October 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Swiss Super League | Swiss Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Jordan Pefok | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 | FW | | Christian Fassnacht | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 15 | FW | | Elia Meschak | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Wilfried Kanga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 13 | FW | | Moumi Ngamaleu | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | | Michel Aebischer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 21 | DF | | Ulisses Garcia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Vincent Sierro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 19 | FW | | Felix Mambimbi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Cédric Zesiger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 23 | 0 | 15 | 38 |