2012–13 BSC Young Boys season

BSC Young Boys
2012–13 season
StadiumStade de Suisse,
Bern, Switzerland
Swiss CupEntering into 1st Round
Europa League3rd qualifying round

The 2012–13 BSC Young Boys season is the 115th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Preseason

2 July 2012 (2012-07-02) BSC Young Boys 3 – 0 FC Wil Utzenstorf
19:00 CEST Ojala 60'
Mayuka 63'
Frey 72'
Match Report (in German) Stadium: Weissenstein
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Patrick Graf
4 July 2012 (2012-07-04) BSC Young Boys 3 – 4 Shakhtar Donetsk Köniz
19:00 CEST Mayuka 19'
Spycher 40' (pen.)
Bobadilla 71'
Match Report (in German) 11', 40', 45' Willian
28' Eduardo
Stadium: Liebefeld-Hessgut
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Patrick Graf
7 July 2012 (2012-07-07) BSC Young Boys 1 – 1 1860 München Köniz
17:00 CEST Frey 85' Match Report (in German) 77' Aygün Stadium: Liebefeld-Hessgut
Attendance: 2,950
Referee: Stephan Klossner

Friendlies (fall)

11 September 2012 (2012-09-11) FC Breitenrain 1 – 6 BSC Young Boys Bern
18:00 CEST Maksimović 10' Match Report (in German) 43' Sutter
72' Vitkieviez
74', 75', 82' Tabakovic
84' Nuzzolo
Stadium: Spitalacker
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alain Bieri

Winter break

15 January 2013 (2013-01-15) FC Thun 0 – 1 BSC Young Boys Thun
15:00 CET Match Report (in German) 36' Afum Stadium: Arena Thun
Attendance: 724
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
21 January 2013 (2013-01-21) BSC Young Boys 0 – 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET Match Report (in German) 42' (pen.) Seleznyov Stadium: La Cala Golf Resort
Attendance: 50
Referee: Lee Dong Jun (South Korea)
23 January 2013 (2013-01-23) UD Marbella 0 – 6 BSC Young Boys La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET Match Report (in German) 40' Frey
48' Tabaković
70' (pen.) Costanzo
79' Fekete
84' Ojala
89' Sessolo
Stadium: La Cala Golf Resort
Attendance: 70
Referee: Aro Sa (South Korea)
25 January 2013 (2013-01-25) BSC Young Boys 1 – 1 CFR Cluj La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET Maah 26' Match Report (in German) 57' Nuzzolo Stadium: La Cala Golf Resort
Attendance: 70
Referee: Lee Dong Jun (South Korea)
29 January 2013 (2013-01-29) FC Wohlen 2 – 1 BSC Young Boys Wohlen AG
15:00 CET Ianu 65'
Milani 82'
Match Report (in German) 25' González Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten
Attendance: 300
Referee: Fedayi San
3 February 2013 (2013-02-03) FC Winterthur 0 – 2 BSC Young Boys Winterthur
14:00 CET Match Report (in German) 42' Afum
80' Frey
Stadium: Hegmatten
Attendance: 500
Referee: Alain Bieri

Friendlies (spring)

Super League

Kickoff times are in CET

League fixtures and results

15 July 2012 (2012-07-15) 1 FC St. Gallen 1 – 1 BSC Young Boys St. Gallen
16:00 Abegglen 21' Match Report (in German) 21' Mayuka Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Stephan Studer
22 July 2012 (2012-07-22) 2 BSC Young Boys 0 – 1 Grasshopper Club Zürich Bern
13:45 Match Report (in German) 84' Salatić Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 18,711
Referee: Damien Carrel
29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 3 BSC Young Boys 3 – 0 FC Thun Bern
13:45 C. Schneuwly 31'
Spycher 34' (pen.)
Mayuka 55'
Match Report (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 22,212
Referee: Ludovic Gremaud
5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) 4 Servette FC 1 – 1 BSC Young Boys Lancy
16:00 Karanović 41' (pen.)
Grippo  90+1' 
Match Report 25' Farnerud Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 4,819
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) 5 BSC Young Boys 4 – 1 FC Zürich Bern
13:45 Bobadilla 28', 36'
Farnerud 54'
Nuzzolo 69'
Match Report 44' Drmić
 76' Kukeli
 82' Pedro Henrique
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 18,160
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 6 FC Sion 1 – 0 BSC Young Boys Sion
13:45 Crettenand 23' Match Report  22' Costanzo Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Sascha Kever
26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 7 BSC Young Boys 0 – 0 FC Lausanne-Sport Bern
16:00 Match Report Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Damien Carrel
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 8 FC Luzern 1 – 2 BSC Young Boys Lucerne
13:45 Puljić 85' Match Report 19' Farnerud
62' González
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Stephan Klossner
23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 9 BSC Young Boys 1 – 1 FC Basel Bern
16:15 Zárate 50' Match Report (in German) 74' Streller Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 22,757
Referee: Stephan Studer
27 September 2012 (2012-09-27) 10 FC Thun 2 – 1 BSC Young Boys Thun
19:45 Ngamukol 72'
Salamand 87'
Match Report (in German) 68' Nuzzolo Stadium: Arena Thun
Attendance: 7,022
Referee: Damien Carrel
30 September 2012 (2012-09-30) 11 BSC Young Boys 6 – 2 Servette FC Bern
13:45 Nuzzolo 3'
Frey 25'
Bobadilla 38', 54'
Costanzo 69'
Lecjaks 81'
Match Report (in German) 72' Pont
90+2' Kouassi
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 16,404
Referee: Sascha Amhof
7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) 12 FC Zürich 1 – 1 BSC Young Boys Zürich
13:45 Schönbächler 30' Match Report (in German) 75' (pen.) Costanzo Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,073
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
21 October 2012 (2012-10-21) 13 Grasshopper Club Zürich 3 – 2 BSC Young Boys Zürich
16:00 Hajrović 17', 30'
Zuber 45'
(Report) (in German) 50' Martínez
90' Bobadilla
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 11,900
Referee: Damien Carrel
27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 14 BSC Young Boys Postponed FC Luzern Bern
19:45 Stadium: Stade de Suisse
3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 15 FC Basel 2 – 0 BSC Young Boys Basel
19:45 Yapi 27'
Streller 39'
(Report) (in German) Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 30,057
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 16 BSC Young Boys 0 – 0 FC St. Gallen Bern
13:45 Raimondi  36' (Report) (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 19,904
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 17 FC Lausanne-Sport 2 – 1 BSC Young Boys Lausanne
13:45 Gabri 17'
Malonga 72'
(Report) (in German)  60' Bobadilla
83' Frey
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Sascha Kever
28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14 BSC Young Boys 2 – 1 FC Luzern Bern
20:15 Farnerud 21'
Zárate 45+1'
(Report) (in German) 16' (o.g.) Sutter Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 16,537
Referee: Stephan Klossner
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 18 BSC Young Boys 3 – 1 FC Sion Bern
23:45 Ojala  27'
Nef 45+2'
Nuzzolo 78' (pen.), 90+3'
(Report) (in German) 29' Dingsdag Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,737
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 19 BSC Young Boys 3 – 2 FC Luzern Bern
19:45 Costanzo 28', 38'
Nef  49'
Nuzzolo 90+1'
(Report) (in German) 50' Mouangue
72' Wiss
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 14,597
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) 20 Grasshopper Club Zürich 2 – 0 BSC Young Boys Zürich
19:45 Abrashi  12'
Anatole 26', 79'
Grichting  56'
(Report) (in German)  13' M. Bürki
 43' Affolter
 65' Zverotić
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Stephan Klossner
23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 21 FC Zürich 4 – 0 BSC Young Boys Zürich
19:45 Drmić 17'
Chermiti 47'
Gavranović 67'
Jahović 79'
(Report) (in German) Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 8,599
Referee: Sébastien Pache
3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 22 BSC Young Boys 2 – 0 FC St. Gallen Bern
13:45 Frey 55'
Nuzzolo 79'
(Report) (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 15,192
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
10 March 2013 Round 23 Basel 3 – 0 Young Boys St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 A. Frei 37'
Cabral  41'
Streller 62'
Schär 85'
(FCB Report) (in German)  84' Doubai Attendance: 27,818
Referee: Sascha Kever
17 March 2013 Round 24 Young Boys 0 - 0 Sion Bern
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Summary Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 15,173
Referee: Sascha Amhof


21 April 2013 Round 28 Sion 0 - 0 Young Boys Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)


7 May 2013 (2013-05-07) Round 31 BSC Young Boys 4 - 0 Grasshopper Club Zürich Bern
19:45 Spycher  27'
Afum 33'
Costanzo  34'
C. Schneuwly  52'
Farnerud 62'
Nuzzolo 70'
Gerndt 90+3'
(Report) (in German)  27'  57'  Vilotić
 52' Salatić
 90+3' Anatole
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 15'069
Referee: Sébastien Pache


29 May 2013 Round 35 Young Boys 0 - 1 Basel Stade de Suisse, Bern
Veškovac  55'
Bürki  72'  73'
Nef  88'
(Report) (in German) 55' (pen.)  55' F. Frei
 60' Stocker
Attendance: 19,322
Referee: Sascha Kever

League table

Swiss Cup

Kickoff times are in CET

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 1st Round FC Wettswil-Bonstetten 1 – 5 BSC Young Boys Wettswil
16:00 Buchmann 36' Match Report (in German) 3', 34' Bobadilla
31', 88' Farnerud
67' Vitkieviez
Stadium: Moos
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pascal Erlachner
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) 2nd Round SV Muttenz 1 – 5 BSC Young Boys Muttenz
15:30 Eksi 81' Match Report (in German) 8', 32', 62' Frey
44' Nuzzolo
77' González
Stadium: Margelacker
Attendance: 2,952
Referee: Nicolas Jancevski
9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) 3rd Round FC Wil 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) BSC Young Boys St. Gallen
14:30 Mouangue 2'
Audino 13'
Holenstein 27'
Božić 113'
Match Report (in German) 65' Frey
77' Schneuwly
90+4' Farnerud
Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Sébastien Pache

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round
19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) 1st Leg Young Boys 1 – 0 Zimbru Chişinău Bern, Switzerland
19:30 CEST Frey 53' Match Report (in German) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 9,117
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
26 July 2012 (2012-07-26) 2nd Leg Zimbru Chişinău 1 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(1 – 1 agg.)
(1 – 4 p)
Young Boys Chișinău, Moldova
20:15 EEST Barakhoyev 41' Match Report (in German) Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Penalties
Derkach
Molla
Catan
Spycher
Mayuka
Nef
Costanzo
Third qualifying round
2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 1st Leg Kalmar FF 1 – 0 Young Boys Kalmar, Sweden
19:00 CEST Andersson 18' Report Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena
Attendance: 3,681
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)
19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 2nd Leg Young Boys 3 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)
Kalmar FF Bern, Switzerland
19:30 CEST Mayuka 7'
Raimondi 69'
Bobadilla 82'
Report Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 10,124
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Playoff round

23 August 2012 (2012-08-23) 1st Leg Midtjylland 0 – 3 Young Boys Herning, Denmark
20:15 Report 42' Bobadilla
81' Farnerud
90+3' Costanzo
Stadium: MCH Arena
Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)
30 August 2012 (2012-08-30) 2nd Leg Young Boys 0 – 2
(3 – 2 agg.)
Midtjylland Bern, Switzerland
19:30 Report 75' (pen.) Igboun
89' Bak Nielsen
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 9,327
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Group stage

20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) 1 Young Boys 3 – 5 Liverpool Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET Nuzzolo 38'
Ojala 53'
Zárate 63'
Match Report (in German) 4' (o.g.) Ojala
40' Wisdom
67' Coates
76', 88' Shelvey
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) 2 Anzhi Makhachkala 2 – 0 Young Boys Moscow, Russia
18:00 CET Eto'o 38' (pen.), 90' Match Report (in German) Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
25 October 2012 (2012-10-25) 3 Young Boys 3 – 1 Udinese Bern, Switzerland
21:05 CET Bobadilla 4', 71', 81' (pen.) Match Report (in German) 74' Coda Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 20,143
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) 4 Udinese 2 – 3 Young Boys Udine, Italy
19:00 CET Di Natale 47'
Fabbrini 83'
Match Report (in German) 27' Bobadilla
27' Farnerud
73' Nuzzolo
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) 5 Liverpool 2 – 2 Young Boys Liverpool, England
21:05 CET Shelvey 33'
Cole 72'
Match Report (in German) 52' Bobadilla
88' Zverotić
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 37,810
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) 6 Young Boys 3 – 1 Anzhi Makhachkala Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET Zárate 38'
Costanzo 52'
González 90'
Match Report (in German) 45' Ahmedov
 70'  Traoré
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,132
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Liverpool 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase
2 Anzhi Makhachkala 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
3 Young Boys 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10
4 Udinese 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tiebreakers: Liverpool, Anzhi Makhachkala, and Young Boys are ranked by their head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Liverpool 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
Anzhi Makhachkala 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
Young Boys 4 1 1 2 8 10 −2 4
Source: Soccerway

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad Season 2012–2013
No. Player Nat. Birthdate at YB since previous club SL matches SL goals Cup matches Cup goals EL matches EL goals
Goalkeepers
1 Marco Wölfli 22 August 1982 2003 Thun 20 0 2 0 6 0
18 Yvon Mvogo 6 March 1994 2011 Fribourg 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Ivan Benito 27 August 1976 2011 Grasshoppers 0 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 Alexander González 13 September 1992 2012 Caracas 4(9) 1 0(2) 1 0(5) 1
3 Juhani Ojala 19 June 1989 2011 HJK Helsinki 11(1) 0 1 0 4(1) 1
4 Alain Nef 2 June 1982 2010 Udinese Calcio 19 1 2 0 5 0
13 Elsad Zverotić 31 October 1986 2011 Luzern 12(2) 0 1(1) 0 5 1
17 Christoph Spycher 30 March 1978 2010 E. Frankfurt 8(1) 1 1 0 1 0
22 Dušan Veškovac 16 March 1986 2011 Luzern 9(1) 0 2 0 4(1) 0
23 Scott Sutter 13 May 1986 2009 Zürich 13(2) 0 3 0 5 0
28 Marco Bürki 10 July 1993 2012 Münsingen 2(1) 0 1 0 0 0
33 Jan Lecjaks 9 August 1990 2011 Plzeň 5(2) 1 0 0 2 0
35 François Affolter 13 March 1991 2012 Werder Bremen 2 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 Michael Silberbauer 7 July 1981 2011 Utrecht 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0
7 Matías Vitkieviez 16 May 1985 2012 Servette 2(11) 0 0(1) 1 1(1) 0
8 Alexander Farnerud 1 May 1984 2011 Brøndby 18 4 3 3 5 1
10 Moreno Costanzo 20 February 1988 2010 St. Gallen 13(1) 4 1(1) 0 3 1
14 Christian Schneuwly 7 February 1988 2012 Thun 14(3) 1 3 2 4(2) 0
15 Josh Simpson 15 May 1983 2012 Manisaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Mario Raimondi 10 July 1980 2005 Thun 13(1) 0 3 0 4 0
29 Raphael Nuzzolo 5 July 1983 2011 Xamax 14 6 2(1) 1 5(1) 1
30 Pascal Doubaï 22 May 1992 2010 Athletic Adjamé 0(4) 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0
32 Leonardo Bertone 14 March 1994 2011 SC Wohlensee 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Helios Sessolo 26 May 1993 2009 own youth 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Forwards
7 Samuel Afum 24 December 1990 2013 Smouha SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Alexander Gerndt 14 July 1986 2013 Utrecht 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Raúl Bobadilla 18 June 1987 2012 M'gladbach 10(1) 5 1 2 6 5
19 Gonzalo Zárate 6 August 1984 2012 RB Salzburg 9(1) 2 3 0 6 2
20 Michael Frey 19 July 1994 2012 Thun 6(13) 2 2 3 0(5) 0
24 Emmanuel Mayuka 21 November 1990 2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv 7 2 0 0 0 0
25 Josef Martínez 19 May 1993 2012 Caracas 1(5) 1 0(1) 0 0 0
31 Haris Tabaković 20 June 1994 2012 own youth 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Last updated: 17 February 2013
Notes: Numbers in parentheses denote substitution appearances. Players in italic left the club during the season.

Transfers

Summer Transfers in
Name Nationality Position Type Moving from
Gonzalo Zárate ST Transfer RB Salzburg
Ammar Jemal CB loan return Köln
Christian Schneuwly MF loan return Thun
Scott Sutter CB loan return Zürich
Alexandre Pasche MF loan return Lausanne
Adriano De Pierro CB loan return Nyon
Hrvoje Bukovski GK loan return Kriens
Summer Transfers Out
Name Nationality Position Type Moving to
Emmanuel Mayuka ST Transfer Southampton
David Degen MF Transfer Basel
Hrvoje Bukovski GK Transfer Kreuzlingen
Ammar Jemal CB on loan Ajaccio
Michael Silberbauer MF on loan Odense
Adriano De Pierro CB on loan Lugano
Alexandre Pasche MF on loan Servette
Winter Transfers in
Name Nationality Position Type Moving from
Alexander Gerndt ST Transfer Utrecht
Samuel Afum ST Transfer Smouha SC
Winter Transfers Out
Name Nationality Position Type Moving to
Juhani Ojala CB Transfer Terek Grozny
Raúl Bobadilla ST Transfer Basel
Ammar Jemal CB Transfer Club Africain
Matías Vitkieviez MF loan return Servette

Sources