BSC Young Boys

swiss professional football club
football club
BSC Young Boys are a swiss sports club based in Bern, Switzerland. Its first team has won 15 swiss league championships and six swiss Cups. YB is one of the most successful swiss football clubs internationally, reaching the semi-finals of the european Cup in the 1958–59 season. The cabaret ‘s colours are yellow of a fortunate shadow and black .

history [edit ]

Chart of BSC Young Boys table positions in the swiss football league system

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1902–1925 : The early years [edit ]

The clubhouse was founded in 1898. Its name was intended to mimic that of the Basel -based baseball club Old Boys. YB began to be successful identical early on. Against Lausanne they celebrated a surprise 2–2 describe and on 26 October 1902 a 7–0 victory over Fortuna Basel. In these years YB besides came out from the shadow of FC Bern. YB beat their city rivals away 3–1 and on 8 March 1903 5–0 at home. YB won the championship of the Central League and were invited to play in the finals of the swiss championship. On 22 March was the first final against FC Zürich. YB played, among others, the two Schwab brothers, and they beat zurich 3–1. On 29 March YB faced the West champion FC Neuchâtel. The guests from Neuchâtel were the clear favorites, because the Bern club had lost to them one month before 1–4. This caused Neuchâtel to make the mistake of underestimating the Young Boys. The Neuchâtel department of defense completely broke apart when the YB hitter Walter Frey found the net shortly after halftime to post a 1–0 run. The bet on ended with a unilateral 5–0 result, and YB after only five years of universe had won their first swiss football championship. After having trained for the early years on the Schwellenmätteli, below the Kirchenfeld bridge, YB played from the year 1904 at Spitalacker-Platz. In subsequent seasons the Young Boys did not win the championship but were always in the top three in the regional group. It took six years for YB to achieve further successes. In 1909, the Berners defeated FC Winterthur in Basel in the finals 1–0. The next year, the Young Boys won the championship finals against FC Aarau 3–1 and against Servette Geneva 2–1. again in 1911, Servette Geneva and FC Zürich could not prevent YB ‘s fourth championship overall and third gear in a row. It was the inaugural championship hat trick in the history of the Swiss Football Association. YB was besides in 1910 and the two following years the supporter of the “ Anglo-cup ”, the harbinger of nowadays ‘s Swisscom Cup. At the time, the fans spoke of a prison term all opponents dreaded, the “ yottabit Quarter Hour ” 15 minutes before the conclusion of the game. The players sustained their efforts throughout the 90 minutes sol efficaciously that the opponents began to run down after about 75 minutes. An model is the 1910 finals between the YB and Aarau, where until the 80th minute the score stood at 1–1. similarly, in the plot against Servette in the final rung in 1911, up through the 72nd hour the game was a 1–1 draw, but three goals in the last 18 minutes turned the result decisively for YB to clinch the title hat flim-flam. In 1913, the English football teacher Reynold Williams became the beginning coach of the baseball club. shortly thereafter, World War I erupted, and Spitalacker-Platz was converted to a potato discipline. YB arranged to rent facilities at Kirchfeld for 1,400 francs per class. The military besides made outer space available at the barracks for the team ‘s manipulation. Despite these hardships, the club won Swiss league championship again in 1920. After the war, the team again played on the Spitalacker-Platz. however, the anchor no long suited the requirements of the Young Boys, so they searched for alternatives. They found space at the northeastern margin of the city at the Wankdorffeld, and construction was initiated .

1925–1951 : New identify and new stadium [edit ]

In 1925, the association ‘s name was changed from FC Young Boys to Berner Sport Club Young Boys. This year was besides the last game on the old Spitalacker-platz. In October, the newfangled Wankdorf stadium by the architects Scherler & Berger was opened with a tournament. It was attended by the Old Boys from Basel, Servette Geneva, and the Young Boys. The new sports building complex included a main grandstand with 1,200 cover seats, a restaurant, changing rooms, a education anteroom and a trail land. In total, the fresh stadium held 22,000 spectators, including covered standing board for 5,000. [ 2 ] YB now had a large and modern stadium, which intensified the competition with FC Bern, because the older affiliation continued to play at the little and outdated Neufeldplatz. The two clubs went so far as to negotiate a contract, facilitated by Central President Schlegel, to prevent discord. In 1929, YB once again progressed to the final round of the swiss backing. The first game, on a Sunday, pitted Urania Geneva Sport against YB, the second a workweek former Grasshoppers against Urania GC, and on the third gear Sunday in the final YB–GC. The first crippled in Geneva ended with a 0–0 draw, which satisfied the Bernese. When the Grasshoppers outwit Geneva in Zurich 3–0, the chances for YB to win the title decreased enormously. In the third base game, the guests from Zürich needed only a draw to win the backing for the third base time in a quarrel. For this concluding on 30 June, Young Boys deployed replacement goalkeeper Erich Jung in the dysphemistic midfield position due to player shortages. Striker Johan Baumgartner besides scored a goal and YB prevented the championship hat trick with a 2–0 win. On 10 February 1930, the club purchased an extra strip of bring from the residential district, having noted that the stadium was besides small, increasing the entire area of the Wankdorf stadium ground to 35,585 square metres. [ 3 ] The 1930 Young Boys became the first to celebrate a swiss Cup backing. The swiss Cup had been initiated entirely five years earlier following the discontinuance of the Anglo Cup at the First World War. With 30,000 spectators crowding Wankdorf YB beat FC Aarau 1–0. In the stick to 15 years, YB won neither a league style nor a cup championship. During this meter, Wankdorf continued to expand. The capacity of the stadium increased by building an extension to 42,000 spectators, costing the association an extra 300,000 francs. furthermore, another discipline sphere was added. Towards the conclusion of the 1930s, the populace economic crisis started and Swiss football felt the effects. The attendance figures fell steadily, and the Sportplatz Spitalacker could no long meet its fiscal obligations. After the outbreak of World War II, the club considered selling the stadium. however, through a debt-reduction and the help of the city of Bern in 1943, the finances of the golf club were rehabilitated. At that point, the stadium group changed its name to “ Verein Fussball-Stadion Wankdorf ”. [ 3 ] During World War II, the Bernese succeeded but could not claim a deed. only in 1945, at the end of the war, came the adjacent achiever : YB won the second Cup against FC St. Gallen with a 2–0 victory at Espenmoos. Two seasons subsequently, the Bernese were relegated to the National League B. It would be three seasons until they returned to the highest league where they would then remain for over 50 years .

1951–1964 : The golden years under Coach Albert Sing [edit ]

In 1951, Norbert Eric Jones was replaced after entirely one class as the director by the previously unknown Albert Sing. At that meter, no one anticipated the successful years YB would experience under the german coach. Sing acted initially as a player-coach before he decided to become a flight simulator merely. During his tenure YB experienced its most successful menstruation. The team was reinforced by high-level transfers such as Eugene “ Geni ” Meier. considerable success during this period was besides attributed to the goalkeeper Walter Eich, who was one of the best in the history of the Young Boys. Later, the team consisted of top players like Heinz Schneite and Ernst Wechselberger. [ 4 ] For the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the capacity of the Wankdorf stadium was increased from about 30,000 to more than 60,000 seats. In the give of 1953, Young Boys again advanced to the Cup. YB met Grasshoppers Zürich in the concluding coupling, and the clubs drew 1–1. Five weeks by and by, the teams met in a replay, which went to the Bernese 3–1. In the summer of that year, YB was invited to tour North America. The team played there against some american teams, Liverpool ( 1–1 ), and the Republic of Ireland national team ( a 4–1 gain for YB ). YB produced impressive results abroad for Swiss football and was enthusiastically received by thousands upon its fall to Bern. From 1957 and 1960, YB were swiss champions four times in a rowing. During this clock time, YB became one of the more successful teams in european football and was superior to all swiss opponents. 1958 brought so far another cup when YB defeated Grasshoppers in a final examination replay, 4–1. Young Boys besides achieved success in european rival. At its beginning appearance in the european Cup, it were politically disadvantaged, however : the Bernese drew the Vasas Budapest, the hungarian golf club of the Interior Ministry. Some swiss politicians demanded that no swiss sports club should have contacts with the Hungarian football club, particularly in Bern, the capital. Servette FC made its Charmilles Stadium available for one game, and 20,000 spectators supported YB in Geneva during a 1–1 draw against the Hungarians. In the return pit, however, Young Boys fell 1–2. The follow class, Young Boys ‘ opponents in the european Cup were once again from Hungary, this time MTK Budapest. YB won the leg in the Nep Stadium 2–1. 26 November 1958 saw the European premier in Wankdorf ; 28,000 spectators celebrated the Young Boys ‘ 4–1 victory. In the second polish, YB met the East german champions SC Wismut Chemnitz and the Wankdorf was filled with 32,000 spectators. The teams drew 2–2 after a 2–0 spark advance for the Young Boys. A week late, the teams met in the GDR. The game ended 0–0, which at that time required a deciding game. This took place on 1 April 1959 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium before 35,000 spectators, and YB won 2–1. therefore, Young Boys qualified for the european Cup semi-finals. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Their opponents in the semi-finals were Stade de Reims. The game of games in the history of the yellow-and-black took place on 15 April 1959, a showery Wednesday. Sixty-thousand spectators packed into Wankdorf, but the herd may have exceeded the official count. [ 7 ] After an impressive performance, YB won 1–0 on a Geni Meier finish in the 13th infinitesimal. The game was a caption in Bern. Stade de Reims received the Bernese in the rejoinder couple at the Parc des Princes, Paris, where the Frenchmen won 3–0 to reach the final. No other swiss team besides FC Zürich has since found as much success in an international contest as Young Boys did in this season. In 1960, YB played internationally once again, meeting Eintracht Frankfurt in the first beat, where Frankfurt won 4–1 before 36,000 spectators. In the come back match at Frankfurt ‘s Waldstadion, YB managed a 1–1 draw. In 1961, the team first travelled to Ireland to meet Limerick, where YB won with an impressive 5–0 display, then again 4–2 in front of 22,000 spectators at Wankdorf in the restitution stage. In the moment round off, YB met Hamburger SV ( and its star hitter Uwe Seeler ) in what was the first gear european Cup game in that team ‘s history. forty-five thousand spectators were at the game in the Wankdorf, where Hamburg stunned YB with a 5–0 victory. In Hamburg, the Bernese improved upon their previous operation, earning a 3–3 draw before 40,000 spectators in the Volksparkstadion. It would be the last appearance in Europe for YB for a retentive time. After four league titles, a european Cup run and many successes, Young Boys traveled 31 days through the Far East, in five weeks having visited ten-spot countries and played several friendly matches against asian teams. Albert Sing left BSC Young Boys in 1964 and is silent the most successful coach in the history of the golf club .

1964–1984 : descent to a normal club [edit ]

The successor to Albert Sing had large shoes to fill ; median performance was nobelium longer acceptable to the discriminating Bernese supporters. Heinz Bigler and Hans Grütter took over the coach until Hans Merkle ultimately succeeded Sing. Merkle had the misfortune to be measured against the championships of his harbinger. Although Geni Meier, Ernst Wechselberger and other players from the championship years continued to play, it mattered little. Merkle was a hard coach of the german school, however, and was able to keep YB in the top half of the table, with finishes of second, fifth, and seventh. The mix of old and young players did not provide the results the Bernese sought, however. Otto Messerli, then a junior in the first team squad who in late years would be captain of the Young Boys, described the situation : “ There were many well ideas, but FC Basel and FC Zürich remained unachievable for us. ” This was besides no unlike for the Merkle successors Skiba, Schneiter und Eich, Brülls, Peters and Linder : The Young Boys reached big games on occasion ( such as the Cup final against Basel that brought 52,000 spectators to the Wankdorf ), but over the retentive term their performance was unspectacular. distillery, some YB players rose to national recognition. The Dutchman Bert Theunissen replaced Meier and Wechselberger in 1964 as “ artilleryman ” and he became swiss scoring champion before he left YB. A good successor for him was found, however : the Bernese bought Dieter Brenninger from Bayern Munich. Another raw transfer, Walter “ Wale ” Mueller, played between 1967 and 1972 for YB, and was a fear hitter for opposing defenders. In the late 1960s and ’70s, the Bernese met with little success. As YB were runner-up in the 1974–75 season, they finally returned to european competition. In the first round of the UEFA Cup, the club faced Hamburger SV once again. In the foremost leg before 17,000 spectators in the Wankdorf, the two teams played to a 0–0 draw. HSV won at home in its Volksparkstadion ( 4–2 ), and Young Boys were bounced from the competition early. The Young Boys ‘ side for these games included Jakob Brechbühl and Karl Odermatt among others. It took until 1977 before YB would again win a title. Under bus Kurt Linder, the Cup was brought to Bern for the fifth meter. Thanks to this title, YB qualified for the preliminary round of the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup. The Bernese faced a daunting challenge in the form of the Rangers of Glasgow. At Ibrox Park, YB played strongly, only losing 0–1. The return game in front of 17,000 spectators at Wankdorf ended 2–2, and Rangers advanced. The Young Boys again underwent a change of coaches when René Hüssy replaced Linder. 1979 again experience YB ( as losing cup finalists ) in the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup. On 19 September 1979, only 6,700 spectators came to Wankdorf to see the game against Steaua București, which ended 2–2. Before this plot, YB had lost three consecutive backing games, which may have contributed to the miss of fans. The goals were scored by Stoica, Zwygart, Iordănescu and Schönenberger. Two weeks later, Young Boys lost in Bucharest, 0–6 .

1984–1991 : The Mandziara era [edit ]

Turbulent times continued in the Wankdorf. After many coaching changes, in 1984 Alexander Mandziara was hired as director. The calm Pole with a german pass played offensive football and was known for hard train sessions. In his first years, Young Boys reached only ninth identify. In the adjacent season, 1985–86, not all went for YB but the team still managed to finish the preliminary round in fifth. During the winter unwrap, the Swede Robert Prytz joined the YB midfield as a playmaker aboard Georges Bregy, and YB achieved an incomparable return round. The item advantage of the leaders Neuchâtel Xamax slowly melted round off by round. On 24 May 1986, the confrontation came in Neuchâtel Maladière before a crowd of 21,500 including visiting yottabit spectators. Young Boys came away with a 4–1 leave. Lars Lunde, Danish scoring champion, and Dario Zuffi each connected twice and YB after 26 years finished in championship position. In the first circle of the European championship, the Bernese drew Real Madrid, whose ranks included top stars Hugo Sánchez and Emilio Butragueño. Thirty-two thousand spectators descended on Wankdorf, despite torrential rain, for the peer on 17 September 1986. Urs Bamert headed in a goal to provide the 1–0 gross profit of victory against the guests from Spain. For the fall leg, 75,000 spectators occupied the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Until the 75th moment, the advantage stood at only 1–0 for the home slope. But the 2–0 by Jorge Valdano broke the defense of the Young Boys, and Real Madrid went on to win 5–0.

1991–2001 : depressed and up [edit ]

A highlight of the 1990s was the Cup finale against FC Sion in 1991. The Wankdorf was packed with 50,000 spectators, with both teams contributing to the atmosphere. At halftime, the Bernese led 2–0, but Sion shot back in the second half with three goals to win the Cup. In 1993, YB qualified for the UEFA Cup and met Celtic in the first round. lone 7,300 spectators came to the stadium for the base leg, and the game ended 0–0. Young Boys fell in Celtic Park in Glasgow before 21,500 spectators in extra time, 1–0, with André Baumann netting an own finish in the 105th minute. In the mid-1990s, the erstwhile football powerhouse increasingly have problems. Young Boys developed fiscal difficulties and in 1997 – for the beginning time since the 1946–47 season – YB was relegated to the National League B ( nowadays ‘s Challenge League ). New swedish coaches Roland Andersson and Thomas Sjöberg helped the club reclaim, placing first and earning promotion again, with Robert Schober and Admir Smajic taking over on the bench. The adopt NLA season began with a storm victory over the reigning champion Grasshoppers. many defeats, however, forced the Young Boys back into the relegation play-offs. The economic and sporting hand brake ended in the dismissal of coach Claude Ryf. The BSC Young Boys arrangement stood very close to bankruptcy and few think it still possible to salvage YB. A alfalfa investment company saved the club from ruin, although by 1999 the debt was over 1.7 million swiss francs ( ~ € 1.08 million ). about the integral squad left the capital and YB competed with the beat of a team the adjacent season. The resultant role was black : third-last place after the 1999 qualification/descent round. The hypothesis of far delegating to the 1st League ( third tier ) threatened. Marco Schällibaum took over as coach and institute in reinforcements, which had a positive impact and enabled the club to stay up. On 17 December 1999, the BSC Young Boys AG was established with capital of CHF 500,000 ( ~€320,000 ). [ 8 ] The AG took over the operations of the first base time and increased the share capital. The remaining operation remains under the former administration. The next championship was contested with a more knock-down team with new players such as Harutyun Vardanyan and Gürkan Sermeter. YB won victory after victory in the fall and inspired the patriotic fans with attractive offensive football. The team earned the top topographic point in the table and participation in the promotion playoffs, ultimately returning to the top division. New enthusiasm developed in Bern, and the attendance figures rose significantly. The first base game of the 2001–02 season was the concluding crippled in old Wankdorf stadium. YB drew FC Lugano 1–1 before 22,200 spectators, and the last goal for the Bernese in the old Wankdorf was tallied by Reto Burri .

2001–2005 : In the Neufeldstadion [edit ]

Young Boys played at the Neufeldstadion at the north end of town until the newly, multi-functional Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern was opened in 2005. In the fall of 2001, with a 1–3 home kill against Grasshoppers, a series of 25 dwelling games without kill came to an end. however, with a 1–0 victory in the last bet on against FC St. Gallen on 9 December 2001, Young Boys qualified for the concluding round off for the first gear time in seven years. The start of the concluding round of golf was very promise. YB played exciting football and contended for a place in an international rival but ultimately finished in one-seventh position. The team besides reached the semi-finals of the swiss Cup before falling in a penalty gunfight to FC Basel. In 2002, YB finished the qualifying round in seventh and the final round in fourthly put, earning the Young Boys an introduction in an international competition ( the UEFA Cup ) for the beginning time in ten years. This temper besides saw Stéphane Chapuisat move to the club. Chapuisat is considered one of the best strikers in swiss history. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 2003, the league was wholly reformed, including the names and sizes of the two highest leagues. For the 2003–04 season, Hans-Peter Zaugg was named as the newfangled point coach. The played in the first “ Super League ”, taking second place. As a result, the team qualified for the 2004–05 Champions League, where they fell to Red Star Belgrade 5–2 on aggregate. The domestic season 2004–05 found them finishing in fourth place .

2005–present : In the fresh Wankdorf stadium [edit ]

In the summer of 2005, Young Boys began using the newly built Wankdorfstadion, the Stade de Suisse, after several years of construction. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] alone a few months late Gernot Rohr signed as a coach. [ 13 ] Although team maintained a defensive football scheme, the clubhouse succeeded with him at its head, advancing to the Cup final examination, but losing on a penalty shoot-out to Sion. The first temper at the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, YB finished in third base seat, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The Bernese defeated Mika of Armenia 4–1 on aggregate in the first qualifying round to set up a identical attractive match-up with french giants Marseille, but narrowly lost the necktie on away goals with guide 3–3 at dwelling and 0–0 away. [ 14 ] Coach Gernot Rohr was succeeded by Martin Andermatt. [ 15 ] The introduction of Andermatt was promising, as YB defeated their guangzhou rivals Thun 5–1 to open 2006–07 league play. The team finished the season in one-fourth place, once again returning to the UEFA Cup. On 14 April 2007, the cabaret president Peter Mast announced that he would resign his status at the end of the season, although he immediately joined the board of directors. [ 16 ] His post as president of the united states was assumed by Thomas Grimm on 17 April 2007. [ 17 ] Incidentally, in this temper, with an average of 15,517 spectators in the backing, the club celebrated its highest attendance average in club history. [ 18 ] Young Boys finished runner-up in the 2009–10 season, finishing three points behind champions Basel despite losing only one match at dwelling all season. It entered Champions League reservation and defeated Fenerbahçe to set up a meet with Tottenham Hotspur in the play-off round. YB went out to a 3–0 go in the opening branch at Stade de Suisse on Tuesday 17 August, but had to hold on for a 3–2 gain, [ 19 ] then, fell 4–0 at White Hart Lane eight nights late and went out of the competition. Following its get the better of, Young Boys was dropped to the Europa League group stage. The Bernese golf club qualified for the smasher stage of the tournament as runner-up of its group, behind group leaders VfB Stuttgart and at the expense of Getafe and Odense. In the Round of 32, the club faced Zenit Saint Petersburg, defeating its russian opponents at home in the beginning leg ( 2–1 ), but suffering elimination after the second leg, losing 3–1 in their inflict at Saint Petersburg. In the 2010–11 temper, the golf club finished third in the league, which qualified YB to the UEFA Europa League for the future season. The following season was similar for the Yellow-Blacks, finishing third once again in the league. In the lapp temper, YB failed to reach the Europa League group stage after being eliminated by Braga 2–2 on aggregate on the away goals rule ( 0–0 in Braga ; 2–2 in Bern ). On 28 April 2018, following a 2–1 family win over Luzern, Young Boys were confirmed as 2017–18 swiss Super League champions, their inaugural league championship in 32 years. [ 20 ] On 28 August 2018, Young Boys qualified to UEFA Champions League Group stage for the first time in their history, after defeating Dinamo Zagreb with a 3–2 aggregate score in play-off orotund. [ 21 ] In April 2019, Young Boys secured their 13th deed in clubhouse history. In the next season, director Gerardo Seoane led the cabaret to a domestic double, delivering their 14th league title ( their third gear in a row ) and seventh cup style and first in over 30 years. [ 22 ] The baseball club would go on win the league deed again in the 2020–21 season. Seoane left to join Bundesliga cabaret Bayer 04 Leverkusen following the 2021 title success [ 23 ] and was replaced by erstwhile Huddersfield Town and Schalke 04 coach David Wagner on 10 June 2021. [ 24 ]

stadium [edit ]

BSC Young Boys supporters Since 2005, Young Boys plays its home matches at the new Wankdorf Stadium ( 2005 – 2020 Stade de Suisse Wankdorf ). The stadium seats 31,120 spectators and is the second largest football stadium in Switzerland, after St. Jakob-Park. Since 1925, Young Boys had played in the historic Wankdorf Stadium located on the lapp spotlight. Security concerns lead to the necessitate of a modern all-seater stadium in the modern millennium. As respective factors like build regulations or labor jurisprudence make it impossible to sustainably finance a modern football stadium in Switzerland, the reconstruct Wankdorf Stadium has been built on circus tent of a raw patronize promenade called Wankdorf Center together with schools, homes, a fitness center, several gymnasium, some restaurants and a park facility with over 700 places by which the new stadium is cross-financed. All modern Swiss football stadiums have been built together with a shopping plaza and other cross-financing facilities for that same reason. The total construction cost of the project was 350 million francs which was at the time more than any early build in Switzerland. The build up and the baseball club BSC Young Boys are both owned by businessman Hans-Ueli Rihs who in concert with his belated brother Andy has financed Young Boys since taking ownership at the beginning of the millennium. Andy died on April 18, 2018, just 10 days before YB won the backing. [ 25 ] The identify arises from the fact that the Wankdorf ought to act as a National Stadium. As one of the few stadiums with artificial turf, however, national team matches are rarely held there. The artificial pitch allows Young Boys to hold day by day training sessions in the same position as Young Boys does n’t have a train center. For UEFA Euro 2008, a natural denounce field was laid as three group stagecoach matches took place. The stadium is besides the largest stadium-integrated solar power plant in the universe. [ 26 ] On the roof of the Stade de Suisse are enough solar cells to generate 700,000 kWh. This requires approximately 300,000 square meters of panels i.e. 30 hectares. The electricity powers the stadium and some houses around the Wankdorf area .

Kits [edit ]

Current sports brand: Nike
Home kit:Yellow shirt, black shorts, yellow socks.
Away kit: Black shirt, yellow or black shorts, black socks.
Third kit: White shirt, white shorts and white socks.

Honours [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 1 October 2021[27]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]