title: 2016–17 BSC Young Boys season
text: # 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.
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Swiss Super League
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
  | 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 |
  
  * ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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  Last updated: 2 June 2017. Source:
  
  ### 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 |
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  | 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 |
  
  ### UEFA Europa League
  
  **Group stage**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APO | OLY | YB | AST |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | APOEL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
  | 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 |
  | 3 | Young Boys | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
  | 4 | Astana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
  
  ## Sources and References
  
  * ↑ "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  
  vte2016–17 in Swiss football :
  
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