# BSC Young Boys in European football

BSC Young Boys is a Swiss football club, based in Bern. They first competed in a UEFA competition in 1957, qualifying for the European Cup after winning the 1956–57 Swiss League. The furthest they have progressed in a UEFA tournament is the semi-finals of the 1958–59 European Cup, where they were beaten by Reims.

## European results & record
### By competition

| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| UEFA Champions League | 62 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 81 | 120 |
| UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 87 | 36 | 20 | 31 | 133 | 117 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 115 | 39 | 53 | 65 | 187 | 266 |
| Total | 274 | 101 | 69 | 126 | 417 | 511 |
Source: UEFA.com, Last updated on 23 November 2021.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

### Matches

| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1957–58 | European Cup | R1 | Vasas Budapest | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| 1958–59 | European Cup | R1 | MTK Budapest | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 |
| 1958–59 | European Cup | QF | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 (po 2–1) |
| 1958–59 | European Cup | SF | Reims | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| 1959–60 | European Cup | R1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–5 |
| 1960–61 | European Cup | Q | Limerick | 4–2 | 5–0 | 9–2 |
| 1960–61 | European Cup | R1 | Hamburger SV | 0–5 | 3–3 | 3–8 |
| 1975–76 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Hamburger SV | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 |
| 1977–78 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Q | Rangers | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| 1979–80 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | Steaua București | 2–2 | 0–6 | 2–8 |
| 1986–87 | European Cup | R1 | Real Madrid | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 |
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | R2 | FC Den Haag | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) |
| 1987–88 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QF | Ajax | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 1993–94 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Celtic | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | 0–1 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Q1 | MyPa-47 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–5 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Champions League | Q2 | Red Star Belgrade | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 |
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | R2 | Lokeren | 2–1 | 4–1 | 6–2 |
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | R3 | Marseille | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–5 |
| 2006–07 | UEFA Cup | Q1 | Mika Ashtarak | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| 2006–07 | UEFA Cup | Q2 | Marseille | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | Q1 | Banants | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | Q2 | Lens | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–6 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | Q2 | Debrecen | 4–1 | 3–2 | 7–3 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | R1 | Club Brugge | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Q3 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Fenerbahçe | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–6 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Group H | VfB Stuttgart | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Group H | Getafe | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Group H | Odense Boldklub | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2nd |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | R32 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | Q3 | Westerlo | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Braga | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Q2 | Zimbru Chișinău | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | 1–1 (4–1 p) |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Q3 | Kalmar FF | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | PO | FC Midtjylland | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Group A | Anzhi Makhachkala | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3rd |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Group A | Liverpool | 3–5 | 2–2 | 3rd |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Group A | Udinese | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3rd |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Q3 | Ermis Aradippou | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Debrecen | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Group I | Slovan Bratislava | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2nd |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Group I | Sparta Prague | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2nd |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | Group I | Napoli | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2nd |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | R32 | Everton | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–7 |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Monaco | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–7 |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Qarabağ | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | 0–2 | 2–2 (4–2 p) |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | 1–6 | 2–9 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | Group B | Olympiacos | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3rd |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | Group B | Astana | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3rd |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | Group B | APOEL | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3rd |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Champions League | PO | CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | Group B | Dynamo Kyiv | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3rd |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | Group B | Partizan | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3rd |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | Group B | Skënderbeu | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3rd |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | Group H | Juventus | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4th |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | Group H | Valencia | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4th |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | Group H | Manchester United | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4th |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Red Star Belgrade | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | Group G | Porto | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3rd |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | Group G | Feyenoord | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3rd |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | Group G | Rangers | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3rd |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Champions League | Q2 | KÍ | 3–1 | — | — |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | Midtjylland | — | 0–3 | — |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Tirana | 3–0 | — | — |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | Group A | Roma | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | Group A | CFR Cluj | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | Group A | CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | R32 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–3 | 2–0 | 6–3 |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | R16 | Ajax | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | Q2 | Slovan Bratislava | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | Q3 | CFR Cluj | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Ferencváros | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–4 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | Group F | Villarreal | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | Group F | Manchester United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | Group F | Atalanta | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4th |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | Q2 | Liepāja | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | Q3 | KuPS | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | PO | Anderlecht | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | 1–1 (1–3 p) |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Maccabi Haifa | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Champions League | Group G | RB Leipzig | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Champions League | Group G | Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Champions League | Group G | Manchester City | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa League | KRPO | Sporting CP | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Galatasaray | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | Aston Villa | 0–3 | — | 36th |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | Barcelona | — | 0–5 | 36th |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | Inter Milan | 0–1 | — | 36th |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 1–2 | 36th |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | Atalanta | 1–6 | — | 36th |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1–5 | 36th |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | Celtic | — | 0–1 | 36th |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | League Phase | Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | — | 36th |