2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2011–12 Bayer Leverkusen season is the club's 108th year of existence.

Bayer Leverkusen
2011–12 season
Sporting DirectorRudi Völler
Head coachRobin Dutt
(until March 2012)
Sami Hyypiä
(actual coach since April, but missing coaching license)
Sascha Lewandowski (since April, possesses coaching license)
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalRound 1
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stefan Kießling (16)
All:
Stefan Kießling (17)

Review and events

For the winter break, Bayer Leverkusen return to practice on 3 January 2012 at 10:00 CET (UTC+01) and will have a training camp in Lagos, Portugal, from 4 January to 13 January.[1]

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2011–12 Bundesliga
7 August 2011 1Mainz 052 – 0Bayer LeverkusenMainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Svensson  27'
Allagui  32'
Polanski  66'
Bungert  74'		 Summary Augusto  43'
Bender  84'
Toprak  86' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 32,443
Referee: Michael Weiner
14 August 2011 2Bayer Leverkusen1 – 0Werder BremenLeverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Kießling  44'
Kadlec  85'		 Summary Papastathopoulos  47'
Schmitz  83'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Brych
20 August 2011 3VfB Stuttgart0 – 1Bayer LeverkusenStuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Boulahrouz  48'  90'
Rodríguez  74'		 Summary Kießling  28' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
27 August 2011 4Bayer Leverkusen0 – 0Borussia DortmundLeverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Kadlec  42'  64'
Augusto  45+1'		 Summary Hummels  58'
Götze  72'  77'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
9 September 2011 5FC Augsburg1 – 4Bayer LeverkusenAugsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Hosogai  5'
Sinkala  51'		 Summary Sam  6', 72'
Kießling  23'
Schwaab  25'
Ballack  28'
Derdiyok  79'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 September 2011 6Bayer Leverkusen1 – 41. FC KölnLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Rolfes  70'
Schürrle  90+1'		 Summary Peszko  27'
Novaković  44'
Podolski  47', 54'
Clemens  79'
Rensing  82'
Riether  84'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Günter Perl
24 September 2011 7Bayern Munich3 – 0Bayer LeverkusenMunich
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Müller  5'
Van Buyten  19',  27'
Robben  90'		 Summary Kießling  12'
Toprak  18'
Reinartz  70'
Sam  89'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
1 October 2011 8Bayer Leverkusen3 – 1VfL WolfsburgLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Castro  14'
Derdiyok  65',  66'
Kießling  85'		 Summary Josué  42'
Mandžukić  59'
Russ  60'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,195
Referee: Felix Brych
15 October 2011 9Borussia Mönchengladbach2 – 2Bayer LeverkusenMönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Arango  28'
Stranzl  54'
Reus  65'
Herrmann  72'		 Summary Reinartz  20',  28'
Ballack  45+2'
Castro  68'
Kießling  86'
Schürrle  87'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,858
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
23 October 2011 10Bayer Leverkusen0 – 1Schalke 04Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ballack  84' Summary Jones  8'
Draxler  63'
Farfán  83'
Huntelaar  87'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,120
Referee: Felix Zwayer
28 October 2011 11SC Freiburg0 – 1Bayer LeverkusenFreiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Summary Ballack  2' Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Marco Fritz
5 November 2011 12Bayer Leverkusen2 – 2Hamburger SVLeverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Schürrle  5'
Bender  20'
Derdiyok  75'
Reinartz  81'		 Summary Westermann  34'
Jansen  58'
Rincón  64'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Knut Kircher
18 November 2011 131. FC Kaiserslautern0 – 2Bayer LeverkusenKaiserslautern
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Dick  33' Summary Castro  43'
Ballack  54'
Sam  70'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 42,245
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
26 November 2011 14Hertha BSC3 – 3Bayer LeverkusenBerlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Lasogga  7', 82'
Toprak  18' (o.g.)
Lell  84'		 Summary Derdiyok  24', 64', 79'
Ballack  45'
Castro  87'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 44,541
Referee: Robert Hartmann
2 December 2011 15Bayer Leverkusen2 – 01899 HoffenheimLeverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Derdiyok  11',  67'
Castro  52'
Sam  79'		 Summary Babel  23'
Salihović  86'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,948
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
10 December 2011 16Hannover 960 – 0Bayer LeverkusenHannover
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Summary Schürrle  45+1'
Leno  55'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
17 December 2011 17Bayer Leverkusen0 – 31. FC NürnbergLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Summary Didavi  8'
Hegeler  22'
Feulner  52'
Pekhart  73'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,239
Referee: Markus Schmidt
22 January 2012 18Bayer Leverkusen3 – 2Mainz 05Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Pospěch  10' (o.g.)
Friedrich  32',  35'
Bender  70'		 Summary Polanski  50'
Caligiuri  53'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 24,365
Referee: Michael Weiner
28 January 2012 19Werder Bremen1 – 1Bayer LeverkusenBremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Pizarro  29'
Rosenberg  52'
Ignjovski  89'
Bargfrede  90+1'		 Summary Castro  15'
Kadlec  44'
Reinartz  57'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,060
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
4 February 2012 20Bayer Leverkusen2 – 2VfB StuttgartLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kießling  11',  89'
Rolfes  47' (pen.)
Kadlec  58'  63'		 Summary Schieber  24',  81'
Boulahrouz  47'
Kvist  73'
Ibišević  85'
Cacau  88'
Harnik  89',  90+3'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,929
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
11 February 2012 21Borussia Dortmund1 – 0Bayer LeverkusenDortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kagawa  45' Summary Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,400
Referee: Günter Perl
18 February 2012 22Bayer Leverkusen4 – 1FC AugsburgLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kießling  25', 64'
Castro  60'
Schürrle  70'		 Summary Ostrzolek  21'
Koo  50'
Mölders  56'
Callsen-Bracker  58'
Langkamp  68'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 23,368
Referee: Guido Winkmann
25 February 2012 231. FC Köln0 – 2Bayer LeverkusenCologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Riether  22' Summary Bender  16', 50' Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Felix Brych
3 March 2012 24Bayer Leverkusen2 – 0Bayern MunichLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Toprak  66'
Kießling  79'
Reinartz  81'
Bellarabi  90'		 Summary Boateng  65'
Luiz Gustavo  84'
Rafinha  90+4'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
10 March 2012 25VfL Wolfsburg3 – 2Bayer LeverkusenWolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Helmes  33',  50'
Dejagah  45',  87'
Schäfer  45+2'
Hadlec  61' (o.g.)Russ  74'
Lopes  90'		 Summary Kießling  3'

Bender  75'
Derdiyok  90+1'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,112
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 March 2012 26Bayer Leverkusen1 – 2Borussia MönchengladbachLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Toprak  59'
Schwaab  69'
Kießling  75'		 Summary Reus  7'
Stranzl  57'
Nordtveit  85'
De Camargo  88'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Florian Meyer
24 March 2012 27Schalke 042 – 0Bayer LeverkusenGelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Huntelaar  18', 86'
Jones  75'		 Summary Kadlec  12'
Toprak  59'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
31 March 2012 28Bayer Leverkusen0 – 2SC FreiburgLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kadlec  64' Summary Schuster  8'
Guédé  28'
Caligiuri  60'
Freis  77'
Reisinger  86'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,342
Referee: Robert Hartmann
8 April 2012 29Hamburger SV1 – 1Bayer LeverkusenHamburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Petrić  40' (pen.)
Aogo  61'
Jarolím  62'		 Summary Friedrich  40'
Schürrle  55'
Rolfes  80'		 Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 54,141
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
11 April 2012 30Bayer Leverkusen3 – 11. FC KaiserslauternLeverkusen
20:00 CET (UTC+01) Kießling  1'
Rolfes  57'
Reinartz  69'		 Summary Derstroff  42'
Dick  56'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
14 April 2012 31Bayer Leverkusen3 – 3Hertha BSCLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Schürrle  44'
Kießling  51', 84'
Reinartz  74'		 Summary Perdedaj  35'
Lasogga  63'
Torun  71', 77'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,704
Referee: Michael Weiner
21 April 2012 321899 Hoffenheim0 – 1Bayer LeverkusenSinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Beck  63' Summary Schürrle  79' Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 28,150
Referee: Felix Brych
28 April 2012 33Bayer Leverkusen1 – 0Hannover 96Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Reinartz  33'
Kießling  75'		 Summary Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Tobias Welz
5 May 2012 341. FC Nürnberg1 – 4Bayer LeverkusenNuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Mak  58'
Balitsch  66'
Pinola  86'		 Summary Kießling  6', 32', 89'
Friedrich  21'
Toprak  24'
Schürrle  77'		 Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion
Attendance: 48,548
Referee: Guido Winkmann

|} Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: http://www.kicker.de/
1Bayer Leverkusen goals come first.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Bayer Leverkusen.
Pos. = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

DFB-Pokal
30 July 2011 Round 1Dynamo Dresden4 – 3 (a.e.t.)Bayer LeverkusenDresden
15:30 CEST Schuppan  68'
Koch  70', 86'
Schnetzler  117'		 Match Report  6' Derdiyok
 12' Sam
 49' Schürrle		 Stadium: Glücksgas Stadium
Attendance: 25.959
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E
Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chelsea 6321134+911
Bayer Leverkusen 631288010
Valencia 6222127+58
Genk 6033216−143
13 September 2011 1Chelsea 2 – 0 Bayer LeverkusenLondon, England
20:45 CEST David Luiz  67'
Mata  67'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 33,820
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
28 September 2011 2Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 0 GenkLeverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST Bender  30'
Ballack  90+2'		 Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,138
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland
19 October 2011 3Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 1 ValenciaLeverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST Schürrle  52'
Sam  56'		 Report Jonas  24' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,384
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
1 November 2011 4Valencia 3 – 1 Bayer LeverkusenValencia, Spain
20:45 CET Jonas  1'
Soldado  65'
Rami  75'		 Report Kießling  31' Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 37,047
Referee: Eriksson
23 November 2011 5Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 1 ChelseaLeverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET Derdiyok  73'
Friedrich  90+1'		 Report Drogba  48' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,285
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
6 December 2011 6Genk 1 – 1 Bayer LeverkusenGenk, Belgium
20:45 CET Vossen  30' Report Derdiyok  79' Stadium: Cristal Arena
Attendance: 21,187
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy

Knockout phase
Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16
14 February 2012 First legBayer Leverkusen 1 – 3 BarcelonaLeverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET Kadlec  51' Sánchez  41', 55'
Messi  88'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
7 March 2012 Second legBarcelona 7 – 1
(10 – 2 agg.)		 Bayer LeverkusenBarcelona, Spain
20:45 CET Messi  25', 43', 49', 58', 85'
Tello  55', 62'		 Bellarabi  90+1' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 75,632
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 16 December 2011

Squad Season 2011-12
PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalChampions LeagueTotals
PlayerNat.Birthdayat Bayer sincePrevious clubMatchesGoalsMatchesGoalMatchesGoalsMatchesGoals
Goalkeepers
René Adler15 January 19852000VfB Leipzig00000000
Fabian Giefer17 May 19902003TuRa Lommersdorf10000010
Bernd Leno4 March 19922011VfB Stuttgart1400060200
David Yelldell1 October 19812011MSV Duisburg00100010
Defenders
Gonzalo Castro11 June 19871999Bayer Wuppertal1211060191
Danny da Costa13 July 19932001Winfriedia Mülheim10000010
Manuel Friedrich13 September 19792007Mainz 05800031111
Michal Kadlec13 December 19842008Sparta Prague1211061192
Bastian Oczipka12 January 19892011FC St. Pauli20002040
Stefan Reinartz1 January 198920091. FC Nürnberg1411050201
Daniel Schwaab1 January 19892009SC Freiburg1100030140
Ömer Toprak21 July 19892011SC Freiburg1301050190
Midfielders
Hanno Balitsch2 January 19812010Hannover 96801020110
Michael Ballack26 September 19762010Chelsea1121061183
Tranquillo Barnetta22 May 19852005Hannover 9600000000
Karim Bellarabi8 April 19902011Eintracht Braunschweig20100030
Lars Bender27 April 198920091860 Munich1511061222
Michael Ortega6 April 19912011Atlas00000000
Renato Augusto8 February 19882008Flamengo701020100
Simon Rolfes21 January 19822005Alemannia Aachen1511060221
Sidney Sam27 April 198920101. FC Kaiserslautern1541161226
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok12 June 19882009Basel1261162199
Nicolai Jørgensen15 January 19912010AB10002030
Stefan Kießling25 January 198420061. FC Nürnberg1531061224
André Schürrle6 November 19902011Mainz 051221161194

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