BSC Young Boys Bern
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| Full name | Berner Sport Club Young Boys |
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| Founded | 14 March 1898 |
| Ground | Stade de Suisse, Bern |
| Capacity | 32,000 |
| Chairman | Werner Müller |
| Manager | Adi Hütter |
| League | Swiss Super League |
| 2015–16 | Swiss Super League, 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
Young Boys of Bern is a Swiss sports club based in the capital city Bern, best known for its professional football team. It is widely referred to as Young Boys, or as Young Boys Bern abroad, and is abbreviated to YB (German pronunciation: [ˈiː pε], i.e., the Y is pronounced as I). The club's colors are yellow and black.
The first team plays in the Swiss Super League and has won 11 Swiss league championships and six Swiss Cups. In 1957, YB was named the Swiss team of the year. YB is one of the most successful Swiss football clubs internationally, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in the 1958–59 season. The club's sports also include field hockey and bowling. The women's hockey team also plays in the highest Swiss League.
In 1897, brothers Max and Oscar Schwab, Hermann Bauer and Franz Kehrli studied at the University of Bern. After hosting a game of football with the Basel Old Boys Association playing against FC Bern, they founded the Fussballclub Young Boys on 14 March 1898. The four of them chose yellow and black to be the club colours.
The slightly older FC Bern submitted an offer to the YB leadership to provide grounds, changing rooms, and equipment if these students would play as a team affiliated with FCB. YB would still have its own leadership and its own statutes. This offer was accepted.
According to club chronicles, the first game was a victory on 17 June 1898 against FC Viktoria. The first official game was on 29 June 1898 against the Institute Grünau. The team had in its ranks a number of prominent players, but the game ended in a tie, and the return game on 17 October went 1–0 for the young Bernese club. Some of the Young Boys appeared increasingly in the FC Bern first team, affecting the incumbent Bern players. On 30 December 1898, the Young Boys held an election to either combine with FC Bern or strike out on their own. The vote by a large majority was to abandon the merger, leading to a bitter rivalry, especially on the part of FC Bern.
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