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Revision as of 19:21, 17 April 2021

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2020–21 season
AdministrationFernando Carro (CEO)
Rudi Völler (Managing Director Sports)
Head coachPeter Bosz
(until 23 March)
Hannes Wolf
(interim, from 23 March)
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lucas Alario (9)

All:
Leon Bailey (14)
Highest home attendance6,042 vs RB Leipzig
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 17 April 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 117th season in the existence of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the club's 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer 04 Leverkusen also participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal as well as the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 11 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 January 2021[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Finland FIN Lukáš Hrádecký
2 DF Colombia COL Santiago Arias (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
4 DF Germany GER Jonathan Tah
5 MF Germany GER Sven Bender
6 DF Austria AUT Aleksandar Dragović
7 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho
8 MF Germany GER Lars Bender
9 FW Jamaica JAM Leon Bailey
10 MF Germany GER Kerem Demirbay
11 MF Germany GER Nadiem Amiri
12 DF Burkina Faso BFA Edmond Tapsoba
13 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Alario
14 FW Czech Republic CZE Patrik Schick
15 MF Austria AUT Julian Baumgartlinger
16 DF Croatia CRO Tin Jedvaj
18 DF Brazil BRA Wendell
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW France FRA Moussa Diaby
20 MF Chile CHI Charles Aránguiz (captain)
21 GK Germany GER Lennart Grill
22 DF Netherlands NED Daley Sinkgraven
23 DF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser
24 DF Netherlands NED Timothy Fosu-Mensah
25 MF Argentina ARG Exequiel Palacios
27 MF Germany GER Florian Wirtz
28 FW England ENG Demarai Gray
30 MF Netherlands NED Jeremie Frimpong
32 FW Turkey TUR Samed Onur
36 GK Germany GER Niklas Lomb
37 FW Germany GER Emrehan Gedikli
38 MF Germany GER Karim Bellarabi
39 MF Turkey TUR Cem Türkmen

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Morocco MAR Ayman Azhil (at RKC Waalwijk until 30 June 2021)
FW Finland FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2021)
DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Retsos (at Saint-Étienne until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
14 FW Czech Republic Patrik Schick Italy Roma €26,500,000 8 September 2020 [2]
2 DF Colombia Santiago Arias Spain Atlético Madrid Loan 24 September 2020 [3]
24 DF Netherlands Timothy Fosu-Mensah England Manchester United €1,700,000 13 January 2021 [4]
30 DF Netherlands Jeremie Frimpong Scotland Celtic €11,000,000 27 January 2021 [5]
28 FW England Demarai Gray England Leicester City €2,000,000 31 January 2021 [6]

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
28 GK Austria Ramazan Özcan Retired 11 August 2020
30 MF Poland Adrian Stanilewicz Germany SV Darmstadt 98 Free 22 August 2020 [7]
MF Morocco Ayman Azhil Netherlands RKC Waalwijk Loan 31 August 2020 [8]
31 FW Germany Kevin Volland Monaco Monaco €15,500,000 2 September 2020 [9]
29 MF Germany Kai Havertz England Chelsea €79,600,000 4 September 2020 [10]
17 FW Finland Joel Pohjanpalo Germany Union Berlin Loan 30 September 2020 [11]
3 DF Greece Panagiotis Retsos France Saint-Étienne Loan 5 October 2020 [12]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

4 September 2020 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–1 Belgium Anderlecht Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Palacios 6' Report Dauda 21' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 20 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 29 13 8 8 48 32 +16 044.83
DFB-Pokal 13 September 2020 2 February 2021 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 12 3 +9 066.67
UEFA Europa League 22 October 2020 25 February 2021 Group stage Round of 32 8 5 0 3 24 14 +10 062.50
Total 40 20 8 12 84 49 +35 050.00

Last updated: 17 April 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 VfL Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 +24 61 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 +16 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 +14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 +7 50 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a]
8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 +8 49
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[13]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
29 13 8 8 48 32  +16 47 7 4 4 30 20  +10 6 4 4 18 12  +6

Last updated: 17 April 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round

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GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDDDWWWWWDWWWLLDLWLLWDDLWLLWDW
Position1013149444332112333335555656666
Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[14]

20 September 2020 1 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sven Jablonski
26 September 2020 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 RB Leipzig Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 6,042
Referee: Harm Osmers
3 October 2020 3 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Robert Hartmann
17 October 2020 4 Mainz 05 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 250
Referee: Bastian Dankert
26 October 2020 5 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 FC Augsburg Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sören Storks
1 November 2020 6 SC Freiburg 2–4 Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
8 November 2020 7 Bayer Leverkusen 4–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harm Osmers
21 November 2020 8 Arminia Bielefeld 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
29 November 2020 9 Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 Hertha BSC Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager
6 December 2020 10 Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
13 December 2020 11 Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 1899 Hoffenheim Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Petersen
16 December 2020 12 1. FC Köln 0–4 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Stieler
19 December 2020 13 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 Bayern Munich Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
2 January 2021 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
9 January 2021 15 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
15 January 2021 16 Union Berlin 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florian Badstübner
19 January 2021 17 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
23 January 2021 18 Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marco Fritz
30 January 2021 19 RB Leipzig 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harm Osmers
6 February 2021 20 Bayer Leverkusen 5–2 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
13 February 2021 21 Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 Mainz 05 Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guido Winkmann
21 February 2021 22 FC Augsburg 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Augsburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 February 2021 23 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 SC Freiburg Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
6 March 2021 24 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Siebert
14 March 2021 25 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 Arminia Bielefeld Leverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
21 March 2021 26 Hertha BSC 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
3 April 2021 27 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Schalke 04 Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
12 April 2021 28 1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
17 April 2021 29 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sören Storks
20 April 2021 30 Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Allianz Arena

DFB-Pokal

13 September 2020 First round Eintracht Norderstedt 0–7 Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen[16]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sören Storks
12 January 2021[a] Second round Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Leverkusen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Dingert
2 February 2021 Round of 16 Rot-Weiss Essen 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bayer Leverkusen Essen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Essen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[18] Template:2020–21 UEFA Europa League group tables

22 October 2020 1 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 6–2 France Nice Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
29 October 2020 2 Slavia Prague Czech Republic 1–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
5 November 2020 3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 2–4 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Petah Tikva, Israel
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
26 November 2020 4 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4–1 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
3 December 2020 5 Nice France 2–3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Nice, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
10 December 2020 6 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[19]

18 February 2021 First leg Young Boys Switzerland 4–3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
25 February 2021 Second leg Bayer Leverkusen Germany 0–2
(3–6 agg.)
Switzerland Young Boys Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Finland FIN Lukáš Hrádecký 31 0 23 0 3 0 5 0
21 GK Germany GER Lennart Grill 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK Germany GER Niklas Lomb 5 0 1+1 0 0 0 3 0
Defenders
2 DF Colombia COL Santiago Arias 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Germany GER Jonathan Tah 29 1 19+2 1 1 0 6+1 0
6 DF Austria AUT Aleksandar Dragović 25 2 7+7 1 1+2 0 7+1 1
12 DF Burkina Faso BFA Edmond Tapsoba 34 2 24+2 1 3 1 3+2 0
16 DF Croatia CRO Tin Jedvaj 7 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 4 0
18 DF Brazil BRA Wendell 24 0 12+4 0 1+1 0 6 0
22 DF Netherlands NED Daley Sinkgraven 23 0 16+2 0 1 0 2+2 0
23 DF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser 5 1 2+3 1 0 0 0 0
24 DF Netherlands NED Timothy Fosu-Mensah 7 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0
30 DF Netherlands NED Jeremie Frimpong 11 0 3+5 0 0+1 0 2 0
Midfielders
5 MF Germany GER Sven Bender 15 0 11+2 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF Germany GER Lars Bender 19 1 12+1 0 2 1 2+2 0
10 MF Germany GER Kerem Demirbay 31 4 16+7 3 3 0 5 1
11 MF Germany GER Nadiem Amiri 34 5 18+6 2 2 2 6+2 1
15 MF Austria AUT Julian Baumgartlinger 23 3 12+4 2 1+1 0 4+1 1
20 MF Chile CHI Charles Aránguiz 21 1 16+1 0 2+1 1 1 0
25 MF Argentina ARG Exequiel Palacios 9 0 3+2 0 1+1 0 2 0
27 MF Germany GER Florian Wirtz 33 7 21+3 4 1+1 1 5+2 2
38 MF Germany GER Karim Bellarabi 24 3 4+13 0 2 0 4+1 3
39 MF Turkey TUR Cem Türkmen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
Forwards
7 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Jamaica JAM Leon Bailey 36 12 21+5 6 2 1 6+2 5
13 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Alario 31 14 12+11 10 3 2 4+1 2
14 FW Czech Republic CZE Patrik Schick 30 13 15+8 9 1+1 1 5 3
19 FW France FRA Moussa Diaby 37 9 25+1 3 1+2 2 4+4 4
28 FW England ENG Demarai Gray 9 1 4+3 1 0 0 1+1 0
32 FW Turkey TUR Samed Onur 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
37 FW Germany GER Emrehan Gedikli 3 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Retsos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Finland FIN Joel Pohjanpalo 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 12 April 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA EL Total
1 FW 13 Argentina Lucas Alario 10 2 2 14
2 FW 14 Czech Republic Patrik Schick 9 1 3 13
3 FW 9 Jamaica Leon Bailey 6 1 5 12
4 FW 19 France Moussa Diaby 3 2 4 9
5 MF 27 Germany Florian Wirtz 4 1 2 7
6 MF 11 Germany Nadiem Amiri 2 2 1 5
7 MF 10 Germany Kerem Demirbay 3 0 1 4
8 MF 15 Austria Julian Baumgartlinger 2 0 1 3
MF 38 Germany Karim Bellarabi 0 0 3 3
10 DF 6 Austria Aleksandar Dragović 1 0 1 2
DF 12 Burkina Faso Edmond Tapsoba 1 1 0 2
12 DF 4 Germany Jonathan Tah 1 0 0 1
MF 8 Germany Lars Bender 0 1 0 1
MF 20 Chile Charles Aránguiz 0 1 0 1
DF 23 Germany Mitchell Weiser 1 0 0 1
FW 28 England Demarai Gray 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1 2
Totals 45 12 24 81

Last updated: 3 April 2021

Notes

  1. ^ The Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt match was rescheduled to 12 January 2021 following a request by Bayer Leverkusen, as they had a heavy schedule in December.[17]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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  16. ^ Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.[15]
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