2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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.

Bayer Leverkusen
2018–19 season
OwnerBayer AG
Managing directorMichael Schade
ManagerHeiko Herrlich
(until 23 December)
Peter Bosz
(from 4 January)
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kai Havertz
(17 goals)

All:
Kai Havertz
(19 goals)
Highest home attendance30,210
Lowest home attendance23,354
Average home league attendance27,990
Biggest winGladbach 0–5 Leverkusen
Leverkusen 6–1 Frankfurt
Biggest defeatLeverkusen 1–4 Hoffenheim
Leipzig 3–0 Leverkusen
Hoffenheim 4–1 Leverkusen
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 May 2020[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 GK Lukáš Hrádecký
4 DF Jonathan Tah
5 MF Sven Bender
6 DF Aleksandar Dragović
7 FW Paulinho
8 MF Lars Bender (captain)
9 FW Leon Bailey
10 MF Kerem Demirbay
11 MF Nadiem Amiri
12 DF Edmond Tapsoba
13 FW Lucas Alario
15 MF Julian Baumgartlinger
18 DF Wendell
No. Position Player
19 FW Moussa Diaby
20 MF Charles Aránguiz
22 DF Daley Sinkgraven
23 DF Mitchell Weiser
25 MF Exequiel Palacios
27 MF Florian Wirtz
28 GK Ramazan Özcan
29 MF Kai Havertz (3rd captain)
31 FW Kevin Volland (vice-captain)
35 MF Adrian Stanilewicz
36 GK Niklas Lomb
38 MF Karim Bellarabi

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 January 2019 FriendlyBayer Leverkusen 4–0 TwenteLeverkusen, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: BayArena

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 2018 18 May 2019 Matchday 1 34 18 4 12 69 52 +17 052.94
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2018 5 February 2019 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 066.67
Europa League 20 September 2018 21 February 2019 Group stage Round of 32 8 4 3 1 17 10 +7 050.00
Total 45 24 7 14 93 64 +29 053.33

Last updated: 25 May 2019

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 +37 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 +34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 +17 58
5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 +13 55 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55
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]
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, 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 League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 18 4 12 69 52  +17 58 9 2 6 32 25  +7 9 2 6 37 27  +10

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLLLWWLDDWLLWDWLWWLWWWWLWLLLLWWWWDW
Position161618151114141312131312111111109109765766679876554
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2Bayer Leverkusen1–3VfL WolfsburgLeverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bailey  24' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,247
Referee: Sven Jablonski
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3Bayern Munich3–1Bayer LeverkusenMunich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Wendell  5' (pen.) Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 4Bayer Leverkusen1–0Mainz 05Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Havertz  62' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,473
Referee: Marco Fritz
26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5Fortuna Düsseldorf1–2Bayer LeverkusenDüsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hennings  90+4' (pen.) Report Volland  50', 60' Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 40,046
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6Bayer Leverkusen2–4Borussia DortmundLeverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Brych
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 7SC Freiburg0–0Bayer LeverkusenFreiburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 23,800
Referee: Bastian Dankert
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8Bayer Leverkusen2–2Hannover 96Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,435
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 9Werder Bremen2–6Bayer LeverkusenBremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,400
Referee: Marco Fritz
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10Bayer Leverkusen1–41899 HoffenheimLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Bellarabi  30' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,589
Referee: Tobias Stieler
11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 11RB Leipzig3–0Bayer LeverkusenLeipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 36,155
Referee: Martin Petersen
23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 12Bayer Leverkusen2–0VfB StuttgartLeverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Volland  76', 83' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 24,632
Referee: Robert Schröder
3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 131. FC Nürnberg1–1Bayer LeverkusenNuremberg
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Margreitter  57' Report Havertz  29' Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 32,238
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14Bayer Leverkusen1–0FC AugsburgLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Alario  75' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,558
Referee: Bastian Dankert
16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 15Eintracht Frankfurt2–1Bayer LeverkusenFrankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Bellarabi  65' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Felix Brych
19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 16Schalke 041–2Bayer LeverkusenGelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Wright  45+2' Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,548
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17Bayer Leverkusen3–1Hertha BSCLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Torunarigha  26' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,647
Referee: Tobias Stieler
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18Bayer Leverkusen0–1Borussia MönchengladbachLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Pléa  37' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,628
Referee: Daniel Siebert
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19VfL Wolfsburg0–3Bayer LeverkusenWolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,736
Referee: Felix Zwayer
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20Bayer Leverkusen3–1Bayern MunichLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Goretzka  41' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Tobias Stieler
8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 21Mainz 051–5Bayer LeverkusenMainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Quaison  9' Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 21,905
Referee: Robert Schröder
17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 22Bayer Leverkusen2–0Fortuna DüsseldorfLeverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,717
Referee: Markus Schmidt
24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 23Borussia Dortmund3–2Bayer LeverkusenDortmund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,029
Referee: Christian Dingert
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24Bayer Leverkusen2–0SC FreiburgLeverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,607
Referee: Guido Winkmann
10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) 25Hannover 962–3Bayer LeverkusenHanover
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 33,800
Referee: Sören Storks
17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 26Bayer Leverkusen1–3Werder BremenLeverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Bailey  75' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 271899 Hoffenheim4–1Bayer LeverkusenSinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Volland  17' Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 28,350
Referee: Harm Osmers
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28Bayer Leverkusen2–4RB LeipzigLeverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Havertz  11' (pen.), 23' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,845
Referee: Tobias Welz
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29VfB Stuttgart0–1Bayer LeverkusenStuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Havertz  64' (pen.) Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 53,657
Referee: Tobias Stieler
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30Bayer Leverkusen2–01. FC NürnbergLeverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,405
Referee: Guido Winkmann
26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 31FC Augsburg1–4Bayer LeverkusenAugsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Danso  12' Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,404
Referee: Frank Willenborg
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32Bayer Leverkusen6–1Eintracht FrankfurtLeverkusen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Kostić  14' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Robert Hartmann
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33Bayer Leverkusen1–1Schalke 04Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Havertz  31' Report Burgstaller  47' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34Hertha BSC1–5Bayer LeverkusenBerlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Lazaro  34' Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 59,287
Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) First round1. CfR Pforzheim0–1Bayer LeverkusenPforzheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Alario  27' (pen.) Stadium: Stadion Holzhof
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Frank Willenborg
31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second roundBorussia Mönchengladbach0–5Bayer LeverkusenMönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,755
Referee: Tobias Welz
5 February 2019 (2019-02-05) Round of 161. FC Heidenheim2–1Bayer LeverkusenHeidenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Brandt  44' Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 11,400
Referee: Robert Hartmann

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 16 9 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Zürich 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
3 AEK Larnaca 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 5
4 Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 4 2 5 7 2 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) 1Ludogorets Razgrad 2–3 Bayer LeverkusenRazgrad, Bulgaria
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 8,240[11]
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)
4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) 2Bayer Leverkusen 4–2 AEK LarnacaLeverkusen, Germany
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 23,354[12]
Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 3Zürich 3–2 Bayer LeverkusenZürich, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Bellarabi  50', 54' Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 12,427[13]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
8 November 2018 (2018-11-08) 4Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 ZürichLeverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Jedvaj  60' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 16,179[14]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 5Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Ludogorets RazgradLeverkusen, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1) Weiser  85' Report Marcelinho  69' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 16,066[15]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
13 December 2018 (2018-12-13) 6AEK Larnaca 1–5 Bayer LeverkusenNicosia, Cyprus
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Català  26' Report
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 1,584[16]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32
14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) First legKrasnodar 0–0 Bayer LeverkusenKrasnodar, Russia
20:55 MSK (UTC+3)
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium
Attendance: 34,827[17]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) Second legBayer Leverkusen 1–1
(1–1a agg.)
KrasnodarLeverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Aránguiz  87' Report Suleymanov  84' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 16,084[18]
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Lukáš Hrádecký 4003202060
24 GK Thorsten Kirschbaum 10000010
28 GK Ramazan Özcan 40201010
Defenders
3 DF Panagiotis Retsos 10000010
4 DF Jonathan Tah 3833332030
6 DF Aleksandar Dragović 29214+52207+10
16 DF Tin Jedvaj 21213+301+112+11
18 DF Wendell 39225+323080
23 DF Mitchell Weiser 41222+81307+11
Midfielders
5 MF Sven Bender 32025+202030
8 MF Lars Bender 27118+21203+20
15 MF Julian Baumgartlinger 27016+50202+20
20 MF Charles Aránguiz 29322+221041
21 MF Dominik Kohr 25210+800+2052
29 MF Kai Havertz 422033+117205+13
30 MF Sam Schreck 20000020
36 MF Adrian Stanilewicz 1000000+10
38 MF Karim Bellarabi 24914+551+1232
Forwards
7 FW Paulinho 2110+1501+103+11
9 FW Leon Bailey 39521+851+106+20
10 FW Julian Brandt 431030+37325+21
11 FW Isaac Kiese Thelin 1411+500+204+21
13 FW Lucas Alario 361411+169214+34
17 FW Joel Pohjanpalo 00000000
31 FW Kevin Volland 421532+2142+113+20
Players transferred out during the season
22 MF Vladlen Yurchenko 00000000
32 MF Jakub Bednarczyk 1000000+10

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

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