2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen
2018–19 season
Owner Bayer AG
Chairman Michael Schade
Manager Heiko Herrlich
Stadium BayArena
Bundesliga 14th
DFB-Pokal Second round
Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Kevin Volland
(2 goals)
All:
Kai Havertz
(4 goals)
Highest home attendance 30,210
Lowest home attendance 23,354
Average home league attendance 27,977
Biggest win Leverkusen 4–2 Larnaca
Biggest defeat Gladbach 2–0 Leverkusen
Leverkusen 1–3 Wolfsburg
Bayern 3–1 Leverkusen
Leverkusen 2–4 Dortmund
All statistics correct as of 7 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 40th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 61st season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 28 August 2018[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Finland GK Lukáš Hrádecký
3 Greece DF Panagiotis Retsos
4 Germany DF Jonathan Tah
5 Germany DF Sven Bender
6 Austria DF Aleksandar Dragović
7 Brazil FW Paulinho
8 Germany DF Lars Bender (captain)
9 Jamaica FW Leon Bailey
10 Germany FW Julian Brandt
11 Sweden FW Isaac Kiese Thelin (on loan from Anderlecht)
13 Argentina FW Lucas Alario
15 Austria MF Julian Baumgartlinger
16 Croatia DF Tin Jedvaj
No. Position Player
17 Finland FW Joel Pohjanpalo
18 Brazil DF Wendell
20 Chile MF Charles Aránguiz
21 Germany MF Dominik Kohr
23 Germany DF Mitchell Weiser
24 Germany GK Thorsten Kirschbaum
28 Austria GK Ramazan Özcan
29 Germany MF Kai Havertz
30 Germany MF Sam Schreck
31 Germany FW Kevin Volland (vice-captain)
32 Poland MF Jakub Bednarczyk
38 Germany MF Karim Bellarabi

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player From Type Window Ends Fee Source
1 GK Finland Lukáš Hrádecký Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer 2023 Free [2]
6 DF Austria Aleksandar Dragović England Leicester City Loan return Summer 2021 Free [3]
7 FW Brazil Paulinho Brazil Vasco da Gama Transfer Summer 2020 €18,500,000 [4]
23 DF Germany Mitchell Weiser Hertha BSC Transfer Summer 2023 €12,000,000 [5]
24 GK Germany Thorsten Kirschbaum 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer 2019 Free
30 FW Germany Sam Schreck Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2021 Free
32 FW Poland Jakub Bednarczyk Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free
35 FW Germany Chinedu Ekene Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free
40 GK Poland Tomasz Kucz Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free
— FW Germany Dennis Mbay Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free

Out

No. Pos Player To Type Window Fee Source
1 GK Germany Bernd Leno England Arsenal Transfer Summer €25,000,000 [6]
11 FW Germany Stefan Kießling Retired Released Summer Free [7]
22 MF Ukraine Vladlen Yurchenko Released Summer Free [8]
36 GK Germany Niklas Lomb SV Sandhausen Loan Summer Free
37 MF Germany Marlon Frey Released Summer Free [8]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 201818 May 2019 Matchday 1 7 2 1 4 7 13 −6 028.57
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2018 First round 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Europa League 20 September 2018 Group stage 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 100.00
Total 10 5 1 4 15 17 −2 050.00

Last updated: 7 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 1. FC Nürnberg 7 2 2 3 7 16 −9 8
13 1899 Hoffenheim 7 2 1 4 11 12 −1 7
14 Bayer Leverkusen 7 2 1 4 7 13 −6 7
15 Schalke 04 7 2 0 5 5 9 −4 6
16 Hannover 96 7 1 2 4 8 14 −6 5 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[9]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
7 2 1 4 7 13  −6 7 1 0 2 4 7  −3 1 1 2 3 6  −3

Last updated: 7 October 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLLLWWLD
Position16161815111414

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 6 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland Zürich 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6
3 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
4 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References

  1. ↑ "Werkself". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Hradecky schließt sich Leverkusen an". kicker Online (in German). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Aleksandar Dragović Joins Leicester City On Season-Long Loan". Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  4. ↑ "Brasiliens Top-Talent Paulinho wechselt unters Bayer-Kreuz". Bayer Leverkusen.
  5. ↑ "BAYER 04 VERPFLICHTET MITCHELL WEISER" (in German). bayer04.de. 8 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bernd Leno to join Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Haben Sie Angst vor dem Karriereende, Stefan Kießling?". 11freunde. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Bayer 04 farewell to Vladlen Yurchenko and Marlon Frey". bayer04.de. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ludogorets vs. Bayer Leverkusen – 20 September 2018". Soccerway. Perform Group. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen – AEK Larnaca 4:2 (Europa League 2018/2019, Group A)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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