2024–25 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2024–25 season
Manager	Patrick Rahmen; (until 8 October)
Stadium	Stadion Wankdorf
Swiss Super League	9th
Swiss Cup	Second round
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Silvère Ganvoula (3); All: ; Cedric Itten; Alan Virginius; (4)
Highest home attendance	31,500 vs Galatasaray
Biggest win	FC Printse-Nendaz 0–10 Young Boys
Biggest defeat	Barcelona 5–0 Young Boys
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 27 August 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 127th season in the history of BSC Young Boys, and the club's 24th consecutive season in the Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Squad

Position	Number	Player	Date joined
GK	26	David von Ballmoos	2007
GK	33	Marvin Keller	2023
DF	27	Lewin Blum	2012
DF	30	Sandro Lauper	2018
DF	5	Anel Husić	2024
DF	3	Jaouen Hadjam	2024
DF	4	Tanguy Zoukrou	2024
DF	24	Zachary Athekame	2024
MF	77	Joël Monteiro	2021
MF	7	Filip Ugrinić	2022
MF	14	Miguel Chaiwa	2022
MF	10	Kastriot Imeri	2022
MF	8	Łukasz Łakomy	2023
MF	19	Noah Persson	2022
MF	11	Ebrima Colley	2024
FW	15	Meschak Elia	2020
FW	35	Silvère Ganvoula	2023
FW	9	Cedric Itten	2022
FW	39	Darian Maleš	2023

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Alexandre Jankewitz	Winterthur	Loan return	30 June 2024
GK	Marvin Keller	Winterthur	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Miguel Chaiwa	Schaffhausen	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Donat Rrudhani	Lausanne-Sport	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Zachary Athekame	Neuchâtel Xamax	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Joel Bichsel	SC Freiburg II	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Théo Golliard	Vaduz	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Tanguy Zoukrou	Toyes	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Facinet Conte	Bastia	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Ebrima Colley	Atalanta	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
MF	Alan Virginius	Lille	Loan	3 August 2024	^[1]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Donat Rrudhani	Luzern	Loan	30 July 2024	^[2]

Friendlies

Pre-season

28 June 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	0–2	Thun
17:30

28 June 2024 Friendly	FC Breitenrain	1–2	Young Boys
19:30

2 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	4–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Gstaad
16:00				Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode

6 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	0–1	Westerlo	Payerne
15:00				Stadium: Stade Municipal

10 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	2–2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Solothurn
18:00	Lauper 9' Hadjam 25'		Vakulko 6' Kozhushko 73'	Stadium: Stadion FC Solothurn

13 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	1–0	Aarau	Bern
15:00	29' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

13 July 2024 Friendly	Young Boys	1–3	Wil	Bern
18:00				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	21 July 2024	22–24 May 2025	Matchday 1	8	1	3	4	11	16	−5	012.50
Swiss Cup	16–18 August 2024			2	2	0	0	14	2	+12	100.00
UEFA Champions League	20–21 August 2024		Play-off round	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	066.67
Total				13	5	3	5	29	23	+6	038.46

Last updated: 28 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
7	Sion	18	7	5	6	25	21	+4	26
8	St. Gallen	18	6	7	5	29	23	+6	25
9	Young Boys	18	6	5	7	25	29	−4	23
10	Yverdon-Sport	18	4	5	9	16	28	−12	17
11	Grasshopper	18	3	6	9	17	27	−10	15	Qualification for the Relegation play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[3]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	6	5	7	25	29	−4	23	5	2	2	16	12	+4	1	3	5	9	17	−8

Last updated: 15 December 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W
Position	8	12	12	11	12	12	9	11	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.^[4]

21 July 2024 1	Young Boys	1–2	Sion	Bern
14:15	Ganvoula 16' Hadjam 23' 59' Husić 32' Ugrinic 90+2'		Lavanchy 31' Bouchlarhem 34' Djokic 39' Chouaref 66' Fayulu 90+4' Sorgić 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 28,366 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

24 July 2024 5	Servette	3–1	Young Boys	Lancy
20:30	Tsunemoto 32', 87' Stevanović 40' Mazikou 73' Crivelli 79' (pen.)		Chaiwa 45+2' Itten 71' Zoukrou 75' Blum 89'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 8,727 Referee: Fedayi San

28 July 2024 2	St. Gallen	4–0	Young Boys	St. Gallen
16:30	Chadrac Akolo 9' Geubbels 18' Mambimbi 51' Witzig 55'		Maleš 81'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 18,720 Referee: Urs Schnyder

4 August 2024 3	Young Boys	2–2	Zürich	Bern
16:30	Brecher 18' (o.g.) Gómez 34' Ganvoula 54' Itten 90+6'		Marchesano 7' (pen.) Gómez 34' Katić 47' Okita 51' Katić 76' Wallner 86' Kryeziu 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 30,630 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

10 August 2024 4	Yverdon-Sport	2–2	Young Boys	Yverdon-les-Bains
20:30	Kevin Carlos 5' Kacuri 64' Aké 78' Céspedes 90+2'		Ganvoula 9' Céspedes 49' (o.g.) Camara 62' Lauper 86'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Urs Schnyder

31 August 2024 6	Young Boys	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	Bern
20:30				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

22 September 2024 7	Winterthur	1–4	Young Boys	Winterthur
16:30				Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese

28 September 2024 (2024-09-28) 8	Young Boys	0–1	Grasshopper	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	4' (Lee) Morandi 8' Abrashi 10' Kittel 72' Lee	Attendance: 26,203 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: Fedayi San (VAR) Man of the Match: Giotto Morandi^[5]

6 October 2024 9	Basel	1–0	Young Boys	Basel
16:30				Stadium: St. Jakob Park

19 October 2024 10	Young Boys	2–1	Luzern	Bern
18:00 CET	Benito 18' Niasse 42' Camara 44' Ugrinić 45+4' Monteiro 47' Itten 50' Elia 85' von Ballmoos 90+3'	Report	Dorn 26' Knezevic 45+2' Jaquez 45+4' 70' Stanković 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Luca Piccolo

27 October 2024 11	Lugano	2–0	Young Boys	Lugano
16:30 CET	Aliseda 18' Grgić 24' Mahmoud 33' Brault-Guillard 71' Mai 85'	Report	Husić 36' Athekame 81' Łakomy 85'	Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo Attendance: 3,248 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

30 October 2024 12	Young Boys	3–2	Basel	Bern
20:30 CET	Blum 25' Ugrinić 64' Virginius 69' Dräger 81' (o.g.) Barišić 87' (o.g.)	Report	Kade 19' 35' Vouilloz 26' Shaqiri 67' Mendes 70' Leroy 81' Schmid 89'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 30,024 Referee: Fedayi San

2 November 2024 13	Zürich	0–0	Young Boys	Zürich
18:00 CET	Rodrigo Conceição 55'	Report	Imeri 73' Ugrinić 79' Monteiro 79' Colley 86'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 16,014 Referee: Urs Schnyder

10 November 2024 14	Young Boys	2–1	Lugano	Bern
16:30 CET	Itten 19' (pen.) Elia 46' Łakomy 65' Hadjam 67' Virginius 76'	Report	Bottani 19' Valenzuela 24' Grgić 33' (pen.) Bislimi 54' Mahmoud 67' 87' Zanotti 86' Papadopoulos 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 27,972 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

23 November 2024 15	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Lucerne
18:00 CET	Owusu 39' Klidjé 79' Rrudhani 90+7'	Report	Ugrinić 30' Maleš 34' Łakomy 58' Athekame 72' Itten 84'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 12,416 Referee: Luca Cibelli

1 December 2024 16	Young Boys	3–1	St. Gallen	Bern
16:30 CET	Maleš 23' Itten 26' 84' Imeri 89' Ganvoula 90+6'	Report	Görtler 16' Cissé 53' Noah Yannick 64' Witzig 69'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 29,124 Referee: Luca Cibelli

7 December 2024 17	Sion	3–1	Young Boys	Sion
18:00 CET	Gora Diouf 14' Schmied 16' Chouaref 29' Mouhcine Bouriga 73' Ziegler 82' Marquinhos Cipriano 90+1'	Report	Hadjam 11' Blum 23' Niasse 42' 66' Monteiro 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Fedayi San

15 December 2024 18	Young Boys	2–1	Servette	Bern
14:15 CET	Maleš 37' 46' 82' Athekame 68'	Report	Kutesa 6'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 29,215 Referee: Luca Cibelli

Swiss Cup

17 August 2024 First round	FC Printse-Nendaz	0–10	Young Boys	Nendaz
17:00		Report	Maleš 1', 25' Itten 29', 31', 53' Virginius 38', 45+1', 55' Golliard 63' Quartier 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade des Grangettes

14 September 2024 Second round	Vevey-Sports	2–4	Young Boys
18:00

4 December 2024 Round of 16	Schaffhausen	0–1	Young Boys	Schaffhausen
20:00 CET	Bunjaku 65' Ben Schläppi 67' 81' Gianni De Nitti 79' Marc Giger 79'	Report	Lauper 35' Hadjam 38' Niasse 66' Camara 67' Ganvoula 87'	Stadium: FCS Arena Schaffhausen Attendance: 4,539 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

27 February 2025 Quarter-finals	Zürich	–	Young Boys	Zurich
20:30 CET				Stadium: Letzigrund

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

21 August 2024 First leg	Young Boys	3–2	Galatasaray	Bern
21:00 UTC+2	Monteiro 3', 45+4' Hadjam 26' Lauper 29' Niasse 43' Mohamed Ali Camara 70' Ugrinic 86' (pen.)		Bardakcı 22' 84' Torreira 45+6' Batshuayi 66', 72'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

27 August 2024 Second leg	Galatasaray	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Young Boys	Istanbul, Turkey
22:00 UTC+3			Virginius 87'	Stadium: Rams Park

League phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
32	Red Bull Salzburg (Z)	6	1	0	5	3	18	−15	3
33	Bologna (Z)	6	0	2	4	1	7	−6	2
34	RB Leipzig (E)	6	0	0	6	6	13	−7	0
35	Slovan Bratislava (E)	6	0	0	6	5	21	−16	0
36	Young Boys (E)	6	0	0	6	3	22	−19	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	31	36	36	36	36	36

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

17 September 2024 1	Young Boys	0–3	Aston Villa	Bern, Switzerland
18:45 CET	Niasse 33' Lauper 46' Elia 53' Monteiro 78'	Report	Tielemans 27' Ramsey 38' Durán 79' Onana 86'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

1 October 2024 2	Barcelona	5–0	Young Boys	Barcelona, Spain
21:00	Lewandowski 8', 51' Raphinha 34' Martínez 37' Camara 81' (o.g.)

23 October 2024 3	Young Boys	0–1	Inter Milan	Bern
21:00	Hadjam 33' Monteiro 35' Imeri 36' Maleš 81'	Report	Dumfries 35' Thuram 90+3'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Michael Oliver

6 November 2024 4	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Young Boys	Gelsenkirchen
18:45	Zubkov 31' Sudakov 41' Konoplya 81'	Report	Imeri 27' Blum 40' Athekame 45+3' Niasse 70'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 17,420 Referee: Orel Grinfeld

26 November 2024 5	Young Boys	1–6	Atalanta	Bern
21:00	Ganvoula 11' Colley 44' Elia 73'	Report	Retegui 9' 39' De Ketelaere 28' 56' Kolašinac 31' Brescianini 45' Samardžić 90'	Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas

11 December 2024 6	VfB Stuttgart	5–1	Young Boys	Stuttgart, Germany
21:00	Stiller 25' Millot 53' Führich 61' Vagnoman 66' Keitel 75' Rieder 86'	Report	Łakomy 6' 90' Benito 58' Hadjam 60' Ugrinić 89'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili

22 January 2025 7	Celtic	–	Young Boys	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00				Stadium: Celtic Park

29 January 2025 8	Young Boys	–	Red Star Belgrade	Bern
21:00				Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium

References

^ "YB signs talented French striker". blue News.
^ "Donat Rrudhani leihweise zu Luzern | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Live Sport und News".
^ "Meister YB bleibt auch im vierten Heimspiel der laufenden Saison sieglos". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

[3] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "YB signs talented French striker". blue News.

[2] "Donat Rrudhani leihweise zu Luzern | NEWS-ARCHIV | BSC YOUNG BOYS - OFFIZIELLE INTERNETSEITE". www.bscyb.ch.

[rules-4] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[5] "Live Sport und News".

[6] "Meister YB bleibt auch im vierten Heimspiel der laufenden Saison sieglos". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

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