2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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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)

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

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 1 Mainz 05 2 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Svensson Yellow card 27'
Allagui Goal 32'
Polanski Yellow card 66'
Bungert Yellow card 74'		 Summary Augusto Yellow card 43'
Bender Yellow card 84'
Toprak Goal 86' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 32,443
Referee: Michael Weiner
14 August 2011 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 0 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Kießling Yellow card 44'
Kadlec Goal 85'		 Summary Papastathopoulos Yellow card 47'
Schmitz Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Brych
20 August 2011 3 VfB Stuttgart 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Boulahrouz Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 90'
Rodríguez Yellow card 74'		 Summary Kießling Goal 28' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
27 August 2011 4 Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 0 Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Kadlec Yellow card 42' Red card 64'
Augusto Yellow card 45+1'		 Summary Hummels Yellow card 58'
Götze Yellow card 72' Red card 77'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
9 September 2011 5 FC Augsburg 1 – 4 Bayer Leverkusen Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Hosogai Goal 5'
Sinkala Yellow card 51'		 Summary Sam Goal 6', 72'
Kießling Goal 23'
Schwaab Yellow card 25'
Ballack Yellow card 28'
Derdiyok Goal 79'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 September 2011 6 Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 4 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Rolfes Goal 70'
Schürrle Red card 90+1'		 Summary Peszko Yellow card 27'
Novaković Goal 44'
Podolski Goal 47', 54'
Clemens Yellow card 79'
Rensing Yellow card 82'
Riether Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Günter Perl
24 September 2011 7 Bayern Munich 3 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Müller Goal 5'
Van Buyten Goal 19', Yellow card 27'
Robben Goal 90'		 Summary Kießling Yellow card 12'
Toprak Yellow card 18'
Reinartz Yellow card 70'
Sam Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
1 October 2011 8 Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 1 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Castro Goal 14'
Derdiyok Goal 65', Yellow card 66'
Kießling Goal 85'		 Summary Josué Yellow card 42'
Mandžukić Goal 59'
Russ Yellow card 60'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,195
Referee: Felix Brych
15 October 2011 9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Arango Yellow card 28'
Stranzl Yellow card 54'
Reus Goal 65'
Herrmann Goal 72'		 Summary Reinartz Goal 20', Yellow card 28'
Ballack Yellow card 45+2'
Castro Red card 68'
Kießling Yellow card 86'
Schürrle Goal 87'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,858
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
23 October 2011 10 Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 1 Schalke 04 Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ballack Yellow card 84' Summary Jones Yellow card 8'
Draxler Yellow card 63'
Farfán Goal 83'
Huntelaar Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,120
Referee: Felix Zwayer
28 October 2011 11 SC Freiburg 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Summary Ballack Goal 2' Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Marco Fritz
5 November 2011 12 Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 2 Hamburger SV Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Schürrle Goal 5'
Bender Goal 20'
Derdiyok Yellow card 75'
Reinartz Yellow card 81'		 Summary Westermann Goal 34'
Jansen Goal 58'
Rincón Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Knut Kircher
18 November 2011 13 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Dick Yellow card 33' Summary Castro Yellow card 43'
Ballack Goal 54'
Sam Goal 70'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 42,245
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
26 November 2011 14 Hertha BSC 3 – 3 Bayer Leverkusen Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Lasogga Goal 7', 82'
Toprak Goal 18' (o.g.)
Lell Yellow card 84'		 Summary Derdiyok Goal 24', 64', 79'
Ballack Yellow card 45'
Castro Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 44,541
Referee: Robert Hartmann
2 December 2011 15 Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 0 1899 Hoffenheim Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+01) Derdiyok Goal 11', Yellow card 67'
Castro Yellow card 52'
Sam Goal 79'		 Summary Babel Yellow card 23'
Salihović Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,948
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
10 December 2011 16 Hannover 96 0 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen Hannover
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Summary Schürrle Yellow card 45+1'
Leno Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
17 December 2011 17 Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 3 1. FC Nürnberg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Summary Didavi Goal 8'
Hegeler Goal 22'
Feulner Yellow card 52'
Pekhart Goal 73'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,239
Referee: Markus Schmidt
22 January 2012 18 Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 2 Mainz 05 Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Pospěch Goal 10' (o.g.)
Friedrich Yellow card 32', Goal 35'
Bender Goal 70'		 Summary Polanski Goal 50'
Caligiuri Goal 53'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 24,365
Referee: Michael Weiner
28 January 2012 19 Werder Bremen 1 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Pizarro Goal 29'
Rosenberg Yellow card 52'
Ignjovski Yellow card 89'
Bargfrede Yellow card 90+1'		 Summary Castro Yellow card 15'
Kadlec Yellow card 44'
Reinartz Goal 57'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,060
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
4 February 2012 20 Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 2 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kießling Goal 11', Yellow card 89'
Rolfes Goal 47' (pen.)
Kadlec Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card 63'		 Summary Schieber Goal 24', Yellow card 81'
Boulahrouz Yellow card 47'
Kvist Yellow card 73'
Ibišević Yellow card 85'
Cacau Yellow card 88'
Harnik Goal 89', Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,929
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
11 February 2012 21 Borussia Dortmund 1 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kagawa Goal 45' Summary Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,400
Referee: Günter Perl
18 February 2012 22 Bayer Leverkusen 4 – 1 FC Augsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kießling Goal 25', 64'
Castro Goal 60'
Schürrle Goal 70'		 Summary Ostrzolek Yellow card 21'
Koo Goal 50'
Mölders Yellow card 56'
Callsen-Bracker Yellow card 58'
Langkamp Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 23,368
Referee: Guido Winkmann
25 February 2012 23 1. FC Köln 0 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Riether Yellow card 22' Summary Bender Goal 16', 50' Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Felix Brych
3 March 2012 24 Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 0 Bayern Munich Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Toprak Yellow card 66'
Kießling Goal 79'
Reinartz Yellow card 81'
Bellarabi Goal 90'		 Summary Boateng Yellow card 65'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 84'
Rafinha Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
10 March 2012 25 VfL Wolfsburg 3 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Helmes Goal 33', Yellow card 50'
Dejagah Goal 45', Yellow card 87'
Schäfer Yellow card 45+2'
Hadlec Goal 61' (o.g.)Russ Yellow card 74'
Lopes Yellow card 90'		 Summary Kießling Goal 3'

Bender Yellow card 75'
Derdiyok Goal 90+1'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,112
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 March 2012 26 Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Toprak Yellow card 59'
Schwaab Yellow card 69'
Kießling Goal 75'		 Summary Reus Goal 7'
Stranzl Yellow card 57'
Nordtveit Yellow card 85'
De Camargo Goal 88'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Florian Meyer
24 March 2012 27 Schalke 04 2 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Huntelaar Goal 18', 86'
Jones Yellow card 75'		 Summary Kadlec Yellow card 12'
Toprak Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
31 March 2012 28 Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 2 SC Freiburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Kadlec Yellow card 64' Summary Schuster Goal 8'
Guédé Yellow card 28'
Caligiuri Goal 60'
Freis Yellow card 77'
Reisinger Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,342
Referee: Robert Hartmann
8 April 2012 29 Hamburger SV 1 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01) Petrić Goal 40' (pen.)
Aogo Yellow card 61'
Jarolím Yellow card 62'		 Summary Friedrich Yellow card 40'
Schürrle Goal 55'
Rolfes Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 54,141
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
11 April 2012 30 Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Leverkusen
20:00 CET (UTC+01) Kießling Goal 1'
Rolfes Goal 57'
Reinartz Goal 69'		 Summary Derstroff Goal 42'
Dick Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
14 April 2012 31 Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 3 Hertha BSC Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Schürrle Goal 44'
Kießling Goal 51', 84'
Reinartz Yellow card 74'		 Summary Perdedaj Yellow card 35'
Lasogga Goal 63'
Torun Goal 71', 77'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,704
Referee: Michael Weiner
21 April 2012 32 1899 Hoffenheim 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Beck Yellow card 63' Summary Schürrle Goal 79' Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 28,150
Referee: Felix Brych
28 April 2012 33 Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 0 Hannover 96 Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Reinartz Yellow card 33'
Kießling Goal 75'		 Summary Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Tobias Welz
5 May 2012 34 1. FC Nürnberg 1 – 4 Bayer Leverkusen Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Mak Goal 58'
Balitsch Yellow card 66'
Pinola Yellow card 86'		 Summary Kießling Goal 6', 32', 89'
Friedrich Yellow card 21'
Toprak Yellow card 24'
Schürrle Goal 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.
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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 1 Dynamo Dresden 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Bayer Leverkusen Dresden
15:30 CEST Schuppan Goal 68'
Koch Goal 70', 86'
Schnetzler Goal 117'		 Match Report Goal 6' Derdiyok
Goal 12' Sam
Goal 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
England Chelsea 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10
Spain Valencia 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8
Belgium Genk 6 0 3 3 2 16 −14 3
13 September 2011 1 Chelsea England 2 – 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen London, England
20:45 CEST David Luiz Goal 67'
Mata Goal 67'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 33,820
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
28 September 2011 2 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2 – 0 Belgium Genk Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST Bender Goal 30'
Ballack Goal 90+2'		 Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,138
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland
19 October 2011 3 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2 – 1 Spain Valencia Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST Schürrle Goal 52'
Sam Goal 56'		 Report Jonas Goal 24' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,384
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
1 November 2011 4 Valencia Spain 3 – 1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET Jonas Goal 1'
Soldado Goal 65'
Rami Goal 75'		 Report Kießling Goal 31' Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 37,047
Referee: Eriksson
23 November 2011 5 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2 – 1 England Chelsea Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET Derdiyok Goal 73'
Friedrich Goal 90+1'		 Report Drogba Goal 48' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,285
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
6 December 2011 6 Genk Belgium 1 – 1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Genk, Belgium
20:45 CET Vossen Goal 30' Report Derdiyok Goal 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 leg Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1 – 3 Spain Barcelona Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET Kadlec Goal 51' Sánchez Goal 41', 55'
Messi Goal 88'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
7 March 2012 Second leg Barcelona Spain 7 – 1
(10 – 2 agg.)		 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET Messi Goal 25', 43', 49', 58', 85'
Tello Goal 55', 62'		 Bellarabi Goal 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
Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League Totals
Player Nat. Birthday at Bayer since Previous club Matches Goals Matches Goal Matches Goals Matches Goals
Goalkeepers
René Adler German 15 January 1985 2000 VfB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fabian Giefer German 17 May 1990 2003 TuRa Lommersdorf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bernd Leno German 4 March 1992 2011 VfB Stuttgart 14 0 0 0 6 0 20 0
David Yelldell American 1 October 1981 2011 MSV Duisburg 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
Gonzalo Castro German 11 June 1987 1999 Bayer Wuppertal 12 1 1 0 6 0 19 1
Danny da Costa German 13 July 1993 2001 Winfriedia Mülheim 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Manuel Friedrich German 13 September 1979 2007 Mainz 05 8 0 0 0 3 1 11 1
Michal Kadlec Czech 13 December 1984 2008 Sparta Prague 12 1 1 0 6 1 19 2
Bastian Oczipka German 12 January 1989 2011 FC St. Pauli 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
Stefan Reinartz German 1 January 1989 2009 1. FC Nürnberg 14 1 1 0 5 0 20 1
Daniel Schwaab German 1 January 1989 2009 SC Freiburg 11 0 0 0 3 0 14 0
Ömer Toprak Turkish 21 July 1989 2011 SC Freiburg 13 0 1 0 5 0 19 0
Midfielders
Hanno Balitsch German 2 January 1981 2010 Hannover 96 8 0 1 0 2 0 11 0
Michael Ballack German 26 September 1976 2010 Chelsea 11 2 1 0 6 1 18 3
Tranquillo Barnetta Swiss 22 May 1985 2005 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karim Bellarabi German 8 April 1990 2011 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Lars Bender German 27 April 1989 2009 1860 Munich 15 1 1 0 6 1 22 2
Michael Ortega Colombian 6 April 1991 2011 Atlas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renato Augusto Brazilian 8 February 1988 2008 Flamengo 7 0 1 0 2 0 10 0
Simon Rolfes German 21 January 1982 2005 Alemannia Aachen 15 1 1 0 6 0 22 1
Sidney Sam German 27 April 1989 2010 1. FC Kaiserslautern 15 4 1 1 6 1 22 6
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok Swiss 12 June 1988 2009 Basel 12 6 1 1 6 2 19 9
Nicolai Jørgensen Danish 15 January 1991 2010 AB 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Stefan Kießling German 25 January 1984 2006 1. FC Nürnberg 15 3 1 0 6 1 22 4
André Schürrle German 6 November 1990 2011 Mainz 05 12 2 1 1 6 1 19 4

Transfers[]

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