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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Wankdorf - Berne Wednesday 18 August 2021 21.00CET (21.00 local time) BSC Young Boys Play-off, First leg Ferencvárosi TC Last updated 15/09/2021 16:33CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Team facts 15 Legend 17 1 BSC Young Boys - Ferencvárosi TC Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wankdorf, Berne Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams BSC Young Boys - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Debreceni VSC - BSC Young 0-0 28/08/2014 PO Debrecen Boys agg: 1-3 BSC Young Boys - Debreceni Nuzzolo 26, Steffen 21/08/2014 PO 3-1 Berne VSC 67, Frey 87; Sidibé 39 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Oláh 42, Dudu 73; Debreceni VSC - BSC Young 2-3 Schneuwly 33, 28/08/2008 2QR Debrecen Boys agg: 3-7 Regazzoni 56, Yapi 67 Schneuwly 41, 77, BSC Young Boys - Debreceni 14/08/2008 2QR 4-1 Berne Regazzoni 68, 87; VSC Rudolf 17 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Wechselberger 13, BSC Young Boys - MTK 4-1 60, Meier 40, 26/11/1958 R1 Berne Budapest agg: 6-2 Allemann 81; Molnár 85 Molnár 66; MTK Budapest - BSC Young 05/11/1958 R1 1-2 Budapest Wechselberger 64, Boys Zahnd 80 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Csordás 8, 12; 30/11/1957 R1 Vasas FC - BSC Young Boys Budapest agg: 3-2 Schneiter 89 Wechselberger 7; 20/11/1957 R1 BSC Young Boys - Vasas FC 1-1 Geneva Csordás 90 Ferencvárosi TC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rósa 22; Rossi 59, 01/12/2004 GS Ferencvárosi TC - FC Basel 1893 1-2 Budapest Huggel 78 2 BSC Young Boys - Ferencvárosi TC Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wankdorf, Berne UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Albert 20, Lisztes 24, Ferencvárosi TC - Grasshopper Nyilas 85 (P); Subiat 22/11/1995 GS 3-3 Budapest Club Zürich 21, Comisetti 47, Ibrahim 64 Grasshopper Club Zürich - Lisztes 61, Ottó 13/09/1995 GS 0-3 Zurich Ferencvárosi TC Vincze 81, 90 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 03/11/1982 R2 FC Zürich - Ferencvárosi TC Zurich Seiler 56 agg: 2-1 20/10/1982 R2 Ferencvárosi TC - FC Zürich 1-1 Budapest Szokolai 56; Seiler 18 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA BSC Young Boys 4 3 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 2 1 18 9 Ferencvárosi TC 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 8 7 3 BSC Young Boys - Ferencvárosi TC Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wankdorf, Berne Match background The champions of Switzerland and Hungary meet in Berne as Young Boys take on Ferencváros in the first leg of their play-off tie. • Both teams have recently featured in the UEFA Champions League group stage; YB made their debut in 2018/19 while Ferencváros appeared for the second time, and the first in 25 years, last season. • This is the sides' first UEFA encounter, although each has plenty of experience against clubs from their opponents' country. Form guide Young Boys • Champions of Switzerland in each of the last four seasons, YB are attempting to successfully negotiate UEFA Champions League qualifying for only the second time. In 2018/19, Gerardo Seoane's side beat Dinamo Zagreb in the play-offs, winning 2-1 in the second leg in Croatia to complete a 3-2 aggregate triumph. • That was Young Boys' only play-off success in five attempts – they fell at this stage in 2010/11 against Tottenham (3-6 aggregate), 2016/17 against Borussia Mönchengladbach (2-9 agg), 2017/18 against CSKA Moskva (0-3 agg) and 2019/20 against Crvena zvezda (3-3 agg, lost on away goals). This season is their ninth UEFA Champions League campaign. • In the 2018/19 group stage, the Berne club finished bottom of a section involving Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia – although they did claim their first win in the UEFA Champions League proper against the Bianconeri on Matchday 6, winning 2-1 at home. • YB's 2020/21 UEFA Champions League campaign lasted only two matches; they beat KÍ of the Faroe Islands 3-1 at home in the second qualifying round but then lost 3-0 at Danish side Midtjylland. • The Swiss club therefore moved into the UEFA Europa League, beating Tirana in the play-offs (3-0 h) before finishing second behind Roma in Group A. They got the better of Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 32 (4-3 h, 2-0 a) before bowing out against Ajax in the last 16 (0-3 a, 0-2 h). • Young Boys have already played four games in the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League, drawing both away and winning both at home. They eliminated Slovan Bratislava in the second qualifying round (0-0 a, 3-2 h) and CFR Cluj in the third (1-1 a, 3-1 h). • Last season's defeat by Ajax is the only one of YB's last six home European matches they failed to win. • With Seoane having departed for Leverkusen in the summer after three years in charge, David Wagner took over as Young Boys coach on 1 July. • Young Boys have won five of their eight games against Hungarian clubs, most recently defeating Debrecen in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League play-offs (3-1 h, 0-0 a). That home victory made it three wins out of three in Berne against Hungarian visitors; a 1-1 draw against Vasas in the 1957/58 European Cup first round second leg took place in Geneva. A 2-1 defeat in Budapest in the second leg of that tie is YB's only defeat by Hungarian opponents, making their overall record in knockout ties W3 L1. • YB have won five of their last six games against Hungarian sides, although the goalless second-leg draw against Debrecen in 2014 is their only clean sheet in those fixtures. Ferencváros • Having claimed their 32nd league title – and third in succession – in 2020/21, Ferencváros are looking to make their second successive appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage. • A side coached by Serhiy Rebrov made their first group appearance since 1995/96 last season, coming through four qualifying rounds to reach the group stage. They finished fourth in a section also featuring Juventus, Barcelona and Dynamo Kyiv, their sole point a 2-2 home draw against the Ukrainian club. • Peter Stöger succeeded Rebrov as coach in the summer, the Ukrainian having won the Hungarian First League in each of his three seasons in charge. • Ferencváros defeated Molde on away goals in the 2020/21 play-offs (3-3 a, 0-0 h), their first appearance at that stage of the UEFA Champions League. They also beat Sūduva of Lithuania in the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League play-offs (0-0 a, 4-2 h), their only other play-off tie in UEFA club competition. • Ferencváros lost in UEFA Champions League qualifying five times between their two group appearances. • Ferencváros have already played six matches in this season's UEFA Champions League campaign, which began in the first qualifying round. They eased past Prishtina of Kosovo (3-0 h, 3-1 a) and Žalgiris of Lithuania (2-0 h, 3-1 a) 4 BSC Young Boys - Ferencvárosi TC Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wankdorf, Berne before a 2-0 first-leg win at home to Sparta Praha set up a 2-1 aggregate success in the third qualifying round. • Ferencváros have managed only one win in their five fixtures against Swiss clubs (D2 L2) although that came on their last visit to Switzerland, a 3-0 victory at Grasshoppers in the 1995/96 UEFA Champions League group stage. Their only other away game against a Swiss side was a 1-0 loss at Zürich in the 1982/83 UEFA Cup second round that completed a 2-1 aggregate defeat. That is their only previous knockout tie against Swiss opposition. • No Hungarian club has ever featured in successive UEFA Champions League group stages; Ferencváros's 2020/21 appearance was the country's first since Debrecen in 2009/10. Links and trivia • Ferencváros midfielder Bálint Vécsei played for Swiss side Lugano between 2016 and 2020, when he joined the Hungarian club. His record in eight games against Young Boys was D3 L5. • Stöger's 65th and final international appearance for Austria was in a 4-2 friendly win against Switzerland in St Gallen on 10 March 1999. His first cap had also come against Switzerland – a 2-1 defeat in Monaco on 5 February 1988. 5 BSC Young Boys - Ferencvárosi TC Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wankdorf, Berne Squad list BSC Young Boys Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 26 David von Ballmoos SUI 30/12/1994 26 - 3 - - - 1 - 4 - 36 - 61 Leandro Zbinden SUI 30/07/2002 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 68 Abdullah Laidani SUI 26/04/2003 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Noah Godwin SUI 18/07/2003 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 91 Guillaume Faivre SUI 20/02/1987 34 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 22 - Defenders 4 Mohamed Ali Camara GUI 28/08/1997 23 * 4 - - - 2 - 4 - 17 - 5 Cédric Zesiger SUI 24/06/1998 23 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 18 - 6 Esteban Petignat SUI 17/05/2000 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 14 Nicolas Bürgy SUI 07/08/1995 26 - - - - - - - - - 6 - 21 Ulisses Garcia SUI 11/01/1996 25 - 4 1 - - 2 - 2 - 22 1 24 Quentin Maceiras SUI 10/10/1995 25 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 8 - 25 Jordan Lefort FRA 09/08/1993 28 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 13 - 36 Silvan Hefti SUI 25/10/1997 23 - 4 - - - 3 - - - 18 1 62 Aurele Amenda SUI 31/07/2003