2021–22 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The 2021–22 season is the 118th season in the existence of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the club's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer 04 Leverkusen are participating in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.
| 2021–22 season | ||||
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| Head coach | Gerardo Seoane | |||
| Stadium | BayArena | |||
| Bundesliga | 3rd | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Patrik Schick (14) All: Patrik Schick (14) | |||
| Biggest win | Bayer Leverkusen 7–1 Greuther Fürth | |||
| Biggest defeat | Bayer Leverkusen 1–5 Bayern Munich | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 12 December 2021. | ||||
Players
First-team squad
- As of 5 September 2021[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | MF |  Zidan Sertdemir |
Nordsjælland U19 |
€2,500,000 | 1 July 2021 | |
| 40 | GK |  Andrey Lunyov |
Zenit Saint Petersburg |
Free | 10 July 2021 | [2] |
| 5 | DF |  Mitchel Bakker |
 Paris Saint-Germain |
€7,000,000 | 12 July 2021 | [3] |
| 6 | DF |  Odilon Kossounou |
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€23,000,000 | 22 July 2021 | [4] |
| 8 | MF |  Robert Andrich |
Union Berlin |
€6,500,000 | 16 August 2021 | [5] |
| 33 | DF |  Piero Hincapié |
 Talleres |
€6,350,000 | [6] | |
| 31 | FW | Amine Adli |
Toulouse |
€15,000,000 | 26 August 2021 | [7] |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | MF | Sven Bender |
N/A | Retired | 1 July 2021 | [8] |
| 6 | DF |  Aleksandar Dragović |
 Red Star Belgrade |
Free | [9] | |
| 8 | MF | Lars Bender |
N/A | Retired | [8] | |
| FW | Yannik Schlößer |
1. FC Nürnberg |
Loan | 9 July 2021 | [10] | |
| 32 | FW |  Samed Onur |
Fatih Karagümrük |
Free | 12 July 2021 | [11] |
| 39 | MF | Cem Türkmen |
Clermont |
Free | ||
| 28 | MF |  Demarai Gray |
Everton |
€2,000,000 | 22 July 2021 | [12] |
| 16 | DF |  Tin Jedvaj |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
€4,000,000 | 24 July 2021 | [13] |
| 9 | FW |  Leon Bailey |
Aston Villa |
€32,000,000 | 4 August 2021 | [14] |
| 18 | DF |  Wendell |
 FC Porto |
€4,000,000 | 19 August 2021 | [15] |
| 21 | GK | Lennart Grill |
 Brann |
Loan | 30 August 2021 | [16] |
| 23 | DF | Mitchell Weiser |
Werder Bremen |
Loan | 31 August 2021 | [17] |
| 17 | FW |  Joel Pohjanpalo |
Çaykur Rizespor |
Loan | 5 September 2021 | [18] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 14 July 2021 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen | Cancelled | Wehen Wiesbaden | Cologne, Germany |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Leistungszentrum Kurtekotten |
| 18 July 2021 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen | Cancelled | Dynamo Moscow | Zell am See, Austria |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion |
| 23 July 2021 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0 | SC Freiburg | Wattens, Austria |
| 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Gernot Langes Stadion Attendance: 500 |
| 28 July 2021 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–5 | Utrecht | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 350 Referee: Niklas Dardenne | |
| Note: The match was played in three periods of 45 minutes each. | ||||
| 31 July 2021 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Oberhausen | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 400 Referee: Robert Kampka |
| 31 July 2021 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen | Cancelled |  Celta Vigo | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: BayArena |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 14 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 53.33 | |
| DFB-Pokal | 7 August 2021 | 27 October 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 September 2021 | Group stage | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 66.67 | ||
| Total | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 56.52 | ||||
Last updated: 12 December 2021
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 16 | +36 | 40 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 31 | |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 27 | |
| 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 26 | |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 25 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | +8 |
Last updated: 12 December 2021.
Source: DFB
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[20]
| 14 August 2021 1 | Union Berlin | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Berlin |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
| 21 August 2021 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 15,105 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 28 August 2021 3 | FC Augsburg | 1–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 10,582 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 11 September 2021 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–4 | Borussia Dortmund | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 19 September 2021 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 23,450 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
| 25 September 2021 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | Mainz 05 | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,624 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 3 October 2021 7 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bielefeld |
| 19:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 16,250 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 17 October 2021 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–5 | Bayern Munich | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,542 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 24 October 2021 9 | 1. FC Köln | 2–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Cologne |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 30 October 2021 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 20,132 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 7 November 2021 11 | Hertha BSC | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Berlin |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 22,187 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 20 November 2021 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | VfL Bochum | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,538 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 28 November 2021 13 | RB Leipzig | 1–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Leipzig |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
| 4 December 2021 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 7–1 | Greuther Fürth | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 10,455 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
| 12 December 2021 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Frankfurt |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 15 December 2021 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | v | 1899 Hoffenheim | Leverkusen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: BayArena |
DFB-Pokal
| 7 August 2021 First round | Lokomotive Leipzig | 0–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 6,185 Referee: Florian Lechner |
| 27 October 2021 Second round | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2 | Karlsruher SC | Leverkusen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 13,060 Referee: Tobias Welz |
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[21]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | BET | CEL | FER | |
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| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Real Betis |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–1 | — | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
| 3 |  Celtic |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–4 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 |  Ferencváros |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |
| 16 September 2021 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | Ferencváros | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 18:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) |
| 30 September 2021 2 | Celtic | 0–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 21:00 BST (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 55,436 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy) |
| 21 October 2021 3 | Real Betis | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Seville, Spain |
| 18:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 39,230 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland) |
| 4 November 2021 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–0 | Real Betis | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 15,208 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) |
| 25 November 2021 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–2 | Celtic | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 19,830 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
| 10 December 2020 6 | Ferencváros | 1–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Budapest, Hungary |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia) |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FIN |
Lukáš Hrádecký | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 36 | GK | GER |
Niklas Lomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | GK | RUS |
Andrey Lunyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF |  GRE |
Panagiotis Retsos | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | GER |
Jonathan Tah | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | NED |
Mitchel Bakker | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | CIV |
Odilon Kossounou | 18 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||
| 12 | DF |  BFA |
Edmond Tapsoba | 13 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF | NED |
Daley Sinkgraven | 11 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF | NED |
Timothy Fosu-Mensah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | DF | NED |
Jeremie Frimpong | 23 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | ||
| 33 | DF | ECU |
Piero Hincapié | 15 | 2 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER |
Robert Andrich | 16 | 5 | 8+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | MF | GER |
Kerem Demirbay | 21 | 3 | 11+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | GER |
Nadiem Amiri | 19 | 2 | 3+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | ||
| 15 | MF | AUT |
Julian Baumgartlinger | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF |  CHI |
Charles Aránguiz | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | MF | ARG |
Exequiel Palacios | 17 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | ||
| 27 | MF | GER |
Florian Wirtz | 19 | 8 | 11+2 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 | ||
| 29 | MF | DEN |
Zidan Sertdemir | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | MF |  MAR |
Ayman Azhil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 38 | MF | GER |
Karim Bellarabi | 13 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA |
Paulinho | 16 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | FW | ARG |
Lucas Alario | 13 | 1 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 14 | FW |  CZE |
Patrik Schick | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | ||
| 19 | FW | FRA |
Moussa Diaby | 22 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | ||
| 28 | FW | ESP |
Iker Bravo | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | FW | FRA |
Amine Adli | 20 | 3 | 7+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | ||
| 37 | FW | GER |
Emrehan Gedikli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | FIN |
Joel Pohjanpalo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | DF | BRA |
Wendell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | GK | GER |
Lennart Grill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF | GER |
Mitchell Weiser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Last updated: 12 December 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA EL | Total |
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| 1 | FW | 17 | |
Patrik Schick | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | |
Moussa Diaby | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| MF | 27 | |
Florian Wirtz | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | MF | 8 | |
Robert Andrich | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | |
Kerem Demirbay | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | 31 | |
Amine Adli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | MF | 11 | |
Nadiem Amiri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DF | 30 | |
Jeremie Frimpong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| DF | 33 | |
Piero Hincapié | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| MF | 38 | |
Karim Bellarabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | DF | 12 | |
Edmond Tapsoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | 13 | |
Lucas Alario | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| MF | 25 | |
Exequiel Palacios | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 14 | 55 | ||||
Last updated: 12 December 2021
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