Friendly: Young Boys vs Juventus [10/12/2007] (12 Viewers)
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Test in Switzerland on the 12th of October
It seems Juventus are making a habit of playing international friendlies whenever there's a break in the League. After the friendly in Zaragoza on the 10th of September, Ranieri’s team will take advantage of the mid-October break for another European match. Friday the 12th the Bianconeri are expected in Switzerland, in Berne, to face local team Young Boys. The game is scheduled for 7.30 pm at the Stade de Suisse, one of the facilities to be used during the 2008 European Championships finals.
Young Boys are one of the best-known clubs in Switzerland. They've been going strong for 109 years - they were founded in March 1898 -, which makes them one of the oldest clubs in the country, but they're also one of the most successful. They've won the Swiss League 11 times (the first time in 1903, the last in 1986), the Swiss Cup 6 times, the Swiss League Cup once and the Swiss Super Cup also once.
Young Boys are fighting for the title this year too, after finishing in fourth place last season (when ex-Juventus player Davide Chiumiento joined them for a period before going on to Lucerne), a placing that earned them the right to play the UEFA Cup preliminary rounds - but they had no luck in the competition, and were kicked out by French team Lens. At the moment they're in third place behind Basel and FC Zurich, having won 5, drawn 4 and lost 2 out of the 11 matches they've played.
The Swiss team are coached for the second season in a row by Martin Andermatt, and the squad includes Hakan Yakin, who used to be at Basel and while there played twice against Juventus during the 2002/03 Champions League.
Juventus and Young Boys have met twice before, in the 1960's - both matches were played in Berne, in a tournament of the period called the Alps Cup. They won one match each. In 1966, Dell’Omodarme scored both goals in a 2-0 win for Juventus. Two years later, the Swiss team got their revenge winning 3-1, Zigoni scoring Juventus' only goal near the end of the match.
juventus.com
Both Young Boys and Thun both have 20 points in and are 4th swiss league, although Thun have the added pressure of competing in the UEFA Champions League with a compartively small side. On 19 October, Young Boys appointed Gernot Rohr to succeed Hans-Peter Zaugg as coach. The 52-year-old German, who also holds a French passport, has signed a contract until 2007.
Both Young Boys and Thun both have 20 points in and are 4th swiss league, although Thun have the added pressure of competing in the UEFA Champions League with a compartively small side. On 19 October, Young Boys appointed Gernot Rohr to succeed Hans-Peter Zaugg as coach. The 52-year-old German, who also holds a French passport, has signed a contract until 2007.
From wiki
BSC Young Boys is a Swiss football club of the Swiss capital, Berne. The BSC Young Boys played since 2005 in the Stade de Suisse, where in former times the “legendary” Wankdorf stadium stood.
No other club got ahead international than YB, which stood for 1959 against Stade Reims in halffinally the European Cup of the national masters.Compared to other Swiss the BSC has clubs a very active and faithful fan municipality and was for a very long time the member-strongest association in switzerland.
Club history
The FC Young Boys club was founded on 14 March 1898, taking its name in contrast to the existing club Old Boys Basel. The club played its first game, against FC Viktoria on the following 17 June. It won the Swiss Championship three years in succession, in 1909, 1910, and 1911.
In 1925 the club moved to the newly built Wankdorfstadion and changed its prefix from "FC" to "BSC" (Berner Sport Club) in recognition of the fact that the club was not just a football team, but also had sections playing boccia (an Italian form of boules), handball, and hockey.
The club's golden age was the 1950s, when it won the Swiss Cup in 1953 and 1958, and the Swiss Championship in four consecutive years starting in 1957.
In the 2001 to 2005 seasons Young Boys played at the Neufeldstadion, while the Wankdorf, venue of the finals of the FIFA World Cup 1954 and the European Cup of Champions in 1961, was being demolished and replaced with the new Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, completed in the summer of 2005.
It seems Juventus are making a habit of playing international friendlies whenever there's a break in the League. After the friendly in Zaragoza on the 10th of September, Ranieri’s team will take advantage of the mid-October break for another European match. Friday the 12th the Bianconeri are expected in Switzerland, in Berne, to face local team Young Boys. The game is scheduled for 7.30 pm at the Stade de Suisse, one of the facilities to be used during the 2008 European Championships finals.
Young Boys are one of the best-known clubs in Switzerland. They've been going strong for 109 years - they were founded in March 1898 -, which makes them one of the oldest clubs in the country, but they're also one of the most successful. They've won the Swiss League 11 times (the first time in 1903, the last in 1986), the Swiss Cup 6 times, the Swiss League Cup once and the Swiss Super Cup also once.
Young Boys are fighting for the title this year too, after finishing in fourth place last season (when ex-Juventus player Davide Chiumiento joined them for a period before going on to Lucerne), a placing that earned them the right to play the UEFA Cup preliminary rounds - but they had no luck in the competition, and were kicked out by French team Lens. At the moment they're in third place behind Basel and FC Zurich, having won 5, drawn 4 and lost 2 out of the 11 matches they've played.
The Swiss team are coached for the second season in a row by Martin Andermatt, and the squad includes Hakan Yakin, who used to be at Basel and while there played twice against Juventus during the 2002/03 Champions League.
Juventus and Young Boys have met twice before, in the 1960's - both matches were played in Berne, in a tournament of the period called the Alps Cup. They won one match each. In 1966, Dell’Omodarme scored both goals in a 2-0 win for Juventus. Two years later, the Swiss team got their revenge winning 3-1, Zigoni scoring Juventus' only goal near the end of the match.
juventus.com
Both Young Boys and Thun both have 20 points in and are 4th swiss league, although Thun have the added pressure of competing in the UEFA Champions League with a compartively small side. On 19 October, Young Boys appointed Gernot Rohr to succeed Hans-Peter Zaugg as coach. The 52-year-old German, who also holds a French passport, has signed a contract until 2007.
Both Young Boys and Thun both have 20 points in and are 4th swiss league, although Thun have the added pressure of competing in the UEFA Champions League with a compartively small side. On 19 October, Young Boys appointed Gernot Rohr to succeed Hans-Peter Zaugg as coach. The 52-year-old German, who also holds a French passport, has signed a contract until 2007.
From wiki
BSC Young Boys is a Swiss football club of the Swiss capital, Berne. The BSC Young Boys played since 2005 in the Stade de Suisse, where in former times the “legendary” Wankdorf stadium stood.
No other club got ahead international than YB, which stood for 1959 against Stade Reims in halffinally the European Cup of the national masters.Compared to other Swiss the BSC has clubs a very active and faithful fan municipality and was for a very long time the member-strongest association in switzerland.
Club history
The FC Young Boys club was founded on 14 March 1898, taking its name in contrast to the existing club Old Boys Basel. The club played its first game, against FC Viktoria on the following 17 June. It won the Swiss Championship three years in succession, in 1909, 1910, and 1911.
In 1925 the club moved to the newly built Wankdorfstadion and changed its prefix from "FC" to "BSC" (Berner Sport Club) in recognition of the fact that the club was not just a football team, but also had sections playing boccia (an Italian form of boules), handball, and hockey.
The club's golden age was the 1950s, when it won the Swiss Cup in 1953 and 1958, and the Swiss Championship in four consecutive years starting in 1957.
In the 2001 to 2005 seasons Young Boys played at the Neufeldstadion, while the Wankdorf, venue of the finals of the FIFA World Cup 1954 and the European Cup of Champions in 1961, was being demolished and replaced with the new Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, completed in the summer of 2005.
