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
Chairman	Werner Müller
Manager	Adi Hütter
Stadium	Stade de Suisse
Super League	2nd
Swiss Cup	Quarter finals
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Average home league attendance	18,073
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position	3	4	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

St. Gallen v Young Boys

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

Young Boys v Lugano

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

Young Boys v Thun

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

Basel v Young Boys

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)

Young Boys v Lausanne-Sport

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

Grasshopper Club Zürich v Young Boys

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

Young Boys v Luzern

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

Vaduz v Young Boys

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

Young Boys v Basel

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

Basel v Young Boys

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)

Young Boys v Basel

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League § Third qualifying round

Matches

Shakhtar Donetsk v Young Boys

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Young Boys	Arena Lviv, Lviv
20:45	Bernard 27' Seleznyov 75'	Report		Attendance: 7,477 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Young Boys v Shakhtar Donetsk

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
	Hoarau Kubo Hadergjonaj Rochat Gajić		Srna Fred Rakitskiy Marlos

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

Play-off round

Young Boys v Borussia Mönchengladbach

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)	Young Boys	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45	Sulejmani 56'	Report	Raffael 11' Hahn 67' Rochat 69' (o.g.)	Attendance: 30,224 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Young Boys

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–1	Young Boys	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
20:45	Hazard 9', 64', 84' Raffael 33', 40', 77'	Report	Ravet 79'	Attendance: 43,302 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.

Europa League group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

Matches

Young Boys v Olympiacos

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)

Astana v Young Boys

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)

Young Boys v APOEL

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)

APOEL v Young Boys

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)

Olympiacos v Young Boys

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)

Young Boys v Astana

8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)	Young Boys	3–0	Astana	Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00	Frey 63' Hoarau 66' Schick 71'	Report		Attendance: 7,616[7] Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Final group table

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