2016–17 BSC Young Boys season

The 2016–17 BSC Young Boys season was the club's 118th season in existence and their 13th season in the Swiss Super League.

Young Boys
2016–17 season
ChairmanWerner Müller
ManagerAdi Hütter
StadiumStade de Suisse
Super League2nd
Swiss CupQuarter finals
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Average home league attendance18,073

Competitions

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Swiss Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 8 2 92 35 +57 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 72 44 +28 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 8 13 52 61 −9 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Sion 36 15 6 15 60 55 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 8 14 62 66 −4 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 20 9 7 72 44  +28 69 13 2 3 52 24  +28 7 7 4 20 20  0

Last updated: 2 June 2017.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

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Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWLWLWLWDDDDWWDWWWWWLDWWDWWDLLWWWLWDW
Position342433222343332222222222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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23 July 2016 Match 1 St. Gallen 0 - 2 Young Boys St. Gallen
20:00 CET Angha   72' (Report) Bertone   55'
Sanogo   72'
Rochat   74'
Hoarau   80'
Kubo   84'
Obexer   90+1'
Stadium: kybunpark
Attendance: 12,890
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet
30 July 2016 Match 2 Young Boys 1 - 2 Lugano Bern
20:00 CET Hoarau   9' (pen.)   42'
Gajić   21'
Ravet   69'
von Bergen   85'
(Report) Golemić   8'
Alioski   55'
Padalino   72'
von Bergen   83' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern
Attendance: 14,300
Referee:   Sandro Schärer
6 August 2016 Match 3 Young Boys 4 - 1 Thun Bern
17:45 CET (SFL Report) Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern
Attendance: 31,120
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
10 August 2016 Round 4 Basel 3 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Traoré   35'
Zuffi   55'
Bjarnason   59'
Vilotić   71' (o.g.)
(SFL Report)   88' Bertone Attendance: 29,523
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
20 August 2016 Round 5 Young Boys 7 - 2 Lausanne-Sport Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern, Bern
17:45 Hoarau   2'
Ravet   30'
Schick   33'   37'
Sutter   49'
Wüthrich   50'
Lecjaks   59'
Kubo   68'
Frey   90+1'
Report Manière   4'
Campo   40'
Pak Kwang-ryong   76'
Kololli   81'
Attendance: 14,665
Referee:   Fedayi San
28 August 2016 Round 6 Grasshopper Club Zürich 4 - 1 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
13:45 Munsy   39'
Pnishi   49'
Lavanchy   74'
Sigurjónsson   86'
Caio   90+5' (pen.)
Report Frey   58'
von Bergen   71'
Ravet   90+3'
Duah   90+4'
Attendance: 4,800
Referee:   Stephan Klossner
10 September 2016 Round 7 Young Boys 2 - 1 Luzern Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern, Bern
20:00 Zakaria   13'
Sulejmani   18'   43'
Report Puljić   59'
Ricardo Costa   75'
Schneuwly   90+3'
Attendance: 16,058
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet
21 September 2016 Round 8 Vaduz 0 - 0 Young Boys Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45 Grippo   69'
Brunner   84'
Muntwiler   88'
Report Frey   21' Attendance: 3,832
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
3 December 2016 Round 17 Young Boys 3 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:00 Hoarau   6', 51'
Nuhu   45'
Mbabu   71'
[ (Report)]   66' (pen.) Delgado Attendance: 20,216
Referee:   Harald Lechner
9 April 2017 Round 27 Basel 1 – 1 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Xhaka   24'
Elyounoussi   54'
Riveros   75'
Akanji   90'
[ Report] Ravet   18'
Frey   51'
Assalé   75'
Attendance: 30,817
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
21 May 2017 Round 34 Young Boys 2 – 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
16:00 Assalé   9'
Schick   53'
[(Report)]   3' Doumbia Attendance: 18,383
Referee:   Sascha Amhof

Champions League qualifying rounds

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Matches

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26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Shakhtar Donetsk   2–0   Young Boys Arena Lviv, Lviv
20:45
Report Attendance: 7,477
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
3 August 2016 (2016-08-03) Young Boys   2–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
  Shakhtar Donetsk Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15 Kubo   54', 60' Report Attendance: 9,365<
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Penalties

2–2 on aggregate; Young Boys won on penalties.

Play-off round
16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) Young Boys   1–3   Borussia Mönchengladbach Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Sulejmani   56' Report
Attendance: 30,224
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
24 August 2016 (2016-08-24) Borussia Mönchengladbach   6–1   Young Boys Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
20:45
Report Ravet   79' Attendance: 43,302
Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.

Europa League group stage

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Matches

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15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) Young Boys   0–1   Olympiacos Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00 Report Cambiasso   42' Attendance: 11,132[2]
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
29 September 2016 (2016-09-29) Astana   0–0   Young Boys Astana Arena, Astana
17:00 Report Attendance: 21,328[3]
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) Young Boys   3–1   APOEL Stade de Suisse, Bern
21:05 Hoarau   18', 52', 82' (pen.) Report Efrem   14' Attendance: 9,553[4]
Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)
3 November 2016 (2016-11-03) APOEL   1–0   Young Boys GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 Sotiriou   69' Report Attendance: 12,761[5]
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
24 November 2016 (2016-11-24) Olympiacos   1–1   Young Boys Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
21:05 Fortounis   48' Report Hoarau   58' Attendance: 24,131[6]
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
8 December 2016 (2016-12-08) Young Boys   3–0   Astana Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00
Report Attendance: 7,616[7]
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Final group table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   APOEL 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 Advance to knockout phase
2   Olympiacos 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
3   Young Boys 6 2 2 2 7 4 +3 8
4   Astana 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Sources and References

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  1. ^ "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Young Boys vs. Olympiakos Piraeus". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Astana vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Young Boys vs. APOEL". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ^ "APOEL vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Young Boys vs. Astana". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.