He Barcelona faces this Tuesday the Young boys The second day of Champions League. A team with a long history and which was founded in 1898 by a group of young people – Young in English – university students from University of Bern (Switzerland) with the aim of creating a rivalry with the The old boys of Baselfounded in 1894. More than 120 years later, this team is already a regular in the highest competition in European football.
He young boys, many wonder, it’s a Swiss team that plays in the First division of the country and who, as we mentioned, has already become a regular at the Champions League, which is the highest (and best) competition in European football. The Swiss team has 17 titles Leaguebeing the first obtained in 1903 and the last in 2024, that is to say last season. But not only that. The team of “Young Boys” has eight Swiss Cups, A League Cup and Super Cup.
Young university students from University of Bern They created this team because they wanted to highlight their youthful identity.. They did this by choosing the name “Young Boys” to compete with the “Old Boys”. This team that faces Barcelona today started as a small university team, but its big goal and desire was to eventually become an important entity in Swiss football.
Young Boys: a historic stadium
Wankdorf It is one of the most legendary stadiums in Swiss. And it was first established in 1925, but in 2005 it was renovated with a construction that made it the second complex with the largest capacity in the entire country, with 32,000 spectators. The Wankdorf stadium is the second largest football stadium in Switzerland, after the Parc Saint-Jacques.
Another detail and curiosity of the stadium is that it has artificial turf, which allows the team to train every day in their stadium without having to keep the turf in perfect condition. In addition, the Swiss club does not have a sports city. The stadium of Wankdorf It is one of the stadiums with the largest solar power plant in the world as it has a roof with sufficient amount of solar energy. solar panels to generate 700,000 kWh.
