2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
2018–19 season | ||||
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Owner | Bayer AG | |||
Managing director | Michael Schade | |||
Manager | Heiko Herrlich (until 23 December) Peter Bosz (from 4 January) | |||
Stadium | BayArena | |||
Bundesliga | 4th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Kai Havertz (17 goals) All: Kai Havertz (19 goals) | |||
Biggest win | Gladbach 0–5 Leverkusen Leverkusen 6–1 Frankfurt | |||
Biggest defeat | Leverkusen 1–4 Hoffenheim Leipzig 3–0 Leverkusen Hoffenheim 4–1 Leverkusen | |||
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The 2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was 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 participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This was 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 11 February 2019[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 | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee | Source |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free | [2] |
6 | DF | ![]() |
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Loan return | Summer | 2021 | Free | [3] |
7 | FW | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €18,500,000 | [4] |
23 | DF | ![]() |
Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €12,000,000 | [5] |
24 | GK | ![]() |
1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2021 | Free | |
32 | FW | ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
35 | FW | ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
40 | GK | ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
— | FW | ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free |
Out[]
No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee | Source |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | €25,000,000 | [6] |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Retired | Released | Summer | Free | [7] |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Released | Summer | Free | [8] | |
36 | GK | ![]() |
SV Sandhausen | Loan | Summer | Free | |
37 | MF | ![]() |
Released | Summer | Free | [8] |
Friendly matches[]
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Win Draw Loss
8 January 2019 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Leverkusen, Germany |
14:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena |
Competitions[]
Win Draw Loss
Overview[]
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Bundesliga | 25 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 52.94 | |
DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2018 | 5 February 2019 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 66.67 |
Europa League | 20 September 2018 | 21 February 2019 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 50.00 |
Total | 45 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 93 | 64 | +29 | 53.33 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions
Bundesliga[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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[a] |
6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 55 |
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:
- ^ 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[]
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 |
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[]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches[]
25 August 2018 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,087 Referee: Christian Dingert |
1 September 2018 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Bailey ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,247 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
15 September 2018 3 | Bayern Munich | 3–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Munich |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Wendell ![]() |
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Welz |
23 September 2018 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | Mainz 05 | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Havertz ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,473 Referee: Marco Fritz |
26 September 2018 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Düsseldorf |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Hennings ![]() |
Report | Volland ![]() |
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,046 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
29 September 2018 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–4 | Borussia Dortmund | Leverkusen |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych |
7 October 2018 7 | SC Freiburg | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Freiburg |
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
20 October 2018 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–2 | Hannover 96 | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,435 Referee: Patrick Ittrich |
28 October 2018 9 | Werder Bremen | 2–6 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bremen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,400 Referee: Marco Fritz |
3 November 2018 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Bellarabi ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,589 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
11 November 2018 11 | RB Leipzig | 3–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Leipzig |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 36,155 Referee: Martin Petersen |
23 November 2018 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Leverkusen |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Volland ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,632 Referee: |
3 December 2018 13 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Nuremberg |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Margreitter ![]() |
Report | Havertz ![]() |
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 32,238 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus |
8 December 2018 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | FC Augsburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Alario ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,558 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
16 December 2018 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Frankfurt |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Bellarabi ![]() |
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Felix Brych |
19 December 2018 16 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Gelsenkirchen |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Wright ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,548 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
22 December 2018 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Hertha BSC | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Torunarigha ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,647 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
19 January 2019 18 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Pléa ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,628 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
26 January 2019 19 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,736 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
2 February 2019 20 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Bayern Munich | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Goretzka ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
8 February 2019 21 | Mainz 05 | 1–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mainz |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Quaison ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 21,905 Referee: |
17 February 2019 22 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Leverkusen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,717 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
24 February 2019 23 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Dortmund |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,029 Referee: Christian Dingert |
2 March 2019 24 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | SC Freiburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,607 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
10 March 2019 25 | Hannover 96 | 2–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Hanover |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 33,800 Referee: Sören Storks |
17 March 2019 26 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Bailey ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
29 March 2019 27 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 4–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Sinsheim |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Volland ![]() |
Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 28,350 Referee: Harm Osmers |
6 April 2019 28 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–4 | RB Leipzig | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Havertz ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,845 Referee: Tobias Welz |
13 April 2019 29 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Havertz ![]() |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,657 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
20 April 2019 30 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,405 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
26 April 2019 31 | FC Augsburg | 1–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Augsburg |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Danso ![]() |
Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,404 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
5 May 2019 32 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Leverkusen |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Kostić ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
11 May 2019 33 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Schalke 04 | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Havertz ![]() |
Report | Burgstaller ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
18 May 2019 34 | Hertha BSC | 1–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Berlin |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Lazaro ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 59,287 Referee: Marco Fritz |
DFB-Pokal[]
18 August 2018 First round | 1. CfR Pforzheim | 0–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Pforzheim |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Alario ![]() |
Stadium: Stadion Holzhof Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
31 October 2018 Second round | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,755 Referee: Tobias Welz |
5 February 2019 Round of 16 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Heidenheim |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Brandt ![]() |
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 |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
20 September 2018 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Razgrad, Bulgaria |
22:00 EEST (UTC+3) 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 8,240[11] Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy) |
4 October 2018 2 | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | Leverkusen, Germany |
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,354[12] Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine) |
25 October 2018 3 | Zürich ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Zürich, Switzerland |
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Bellarabi ![]() |
Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 12,427[13] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) |
8 November 2018 4 | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Leverkusen, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Jedvaj ![]() |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,179[14] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
29 November 2018 5 | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Leverkusen, Germany |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Weiser ![]() |
Report | Marcelinho ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,066[15] Referee: (Netherlands) |
13 December 2018 6 | AEK Larnaca ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | Nicosia, Cyprus |
22:00 EET (UTC+2) 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
Català ![]() |
Report | Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 1,584[16] Referee: François Letexier (France) |
Knockout phase[]
Round of 32[]
14 February 2019 First leg | Krasnodar ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Krasnodar, 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 Second leg | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 1–1 (1–1a agg.) | ![]() | Leverkusen, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Aránguiz ![]() |
Report | Suleymanov ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,084[18] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania) |
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 | ![]() |
Lukáš Hrádecký | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
24 | GK | ![]() |
Thorsten Kirschbaum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
28 | GK | ![]() |
Ramazan Özcan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
3 | DF | ![]() |
Panagiotis Retsos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | ![]() |
Jonathan Tah | 38 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | ![]() |
Aleksandar Dragović | 29 | 2 | 14+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | ||
16 | DF | ![]() |
Tin Jedvaj | 21 | 2 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | ||
18 | DF | ![]() |
Wendell | 39 | 2 | 25+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | ![]() |
Mitchell Weiser | 41 | 2 | 22+8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
5 | MF | ![]() |
Sven Bender | 32 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | ![]() |
Lars Bender | 27 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | ||
15 | MF | ![]() |
Julian Baumgartlinger | 27 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
20 | MF | ![]() |
Charles Aránguiz | 29 | 3 | 22+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
21 | MF | ![]() |
Dominik Kohr | 25 | 2 | 10+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
29 | MF | ![]() |
Kai Havertz | 42 | 20 | 33+1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | ||
30 | MF | ![]() |
Sam Schreck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
36 | MF | ![]() |
Adrian Stanilewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
38 | MF | ![]() |
Karim Bellarabi | 24 | 9 | 14+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | ![]() |
Paulinho | 21 | 1 | 0+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | ||
9 | FW | ![]() |
Leon Bailey | 39 | 5 | 21+8 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | ![]() |
Julian Brandt | 43 | 10 | 30+3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5+2 | 1 | ||
11 | FW | ![]() |
Isaac Kiese Thelin | 14 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | ||
13 | FW | ![]() |
Lucas Alario | 36 | 14 | 11+16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4+3 | 4 | ||
17 | FW | ![]() |
Joel Pohjanpalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | FW | ![]() |
Kevin Volland | 42 | 15 | 32+2 | 14 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | ||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
22 | MF | ![]() |
Vladlen Yurchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | MF | ![]() |
Jakub Bednarczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions
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