2021–22 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2021–22 season
Head coachGerardo Seoane
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Patrik Schick (16)

All:
Patrik Schick (16)
Biggest winBayer Leverkusen 7–1 Greuther Fürth
Biggest defeatBayer Leverkusen 1–5 Bayern Munich
Away colours
Third colours
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 19 December 2021.

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.

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Finland FIN Lukáš Hrádecký (captain)
3 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Retsos
4 DF Germany GER Jonathan Tah (3rd captain)
5 DF Netherlands NED Mitchel Bakker
6 DF Ivory Coast CIV Odilon Kossounou
7 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho
8 MF Germany GER Robert Andrich
10 MF Germany GER Kerem Demirbay
11 MF Germany GER Nadiem Amiri
12 DF Burkina Faso BFA Edmond Tapsoba
13 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Alario
14 FW Czech Republic CZE Patrik Schick
15 MF Austria AUT Julian Baumgartlinger (vice-captain)
19 FW France FRA Moussa Diaby
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Chile CHI Charles Aránguiz (4th captain)
22 DF Netherlands NED Daley Sinkgraven
24 DF Netherlands NED Timothy Fosu-Mensah
25 MF Argentina ARG Exequiel Palacios
27 MF Germany GER Florian Wirtz
29 MF Denmark DEN Zidan Sertdemir
30 DF Netherlands NED Jeremie Frimpong
31 FW France FRA Amine Adli
32 MF Morocco MAR Ayman Azhil
33 DF Ecuador ECU Piero Hincapié
36 GK Germany GER Niklas Lomb
37 FW Germany GER Emrehan Gedikli
38 MF Germany GER Karim Bellarabi
40 GK Russia RUS Andrey Lunyov

Players out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Germany GER (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022)
17 FW Finland FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (at Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2022)
21 GK Germany GER Lennart Grill (at Brann until 1 January 2022)
23 DF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser (at Werder Bremen until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

In[]

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
29 MF Denmark Zidan Sertdemir Denmark Nordsjælland U19 €2,500,000 1 July 2021
40 GK Russia Andrey Lunyov Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg Free 10 July 2021 [2]
5 DF Netherlands Mitchel Bakker France Paris Saint-Germain €7,000,000 12 July 2021 [3]
6 DF Ivory Coast Odilon Kossounou Belgium Club Brugge €23,000,000 22 July 2021 [4]
8 MF Germany Robert Andrich Germany Union Berlin €6,500,000 16 August 2021 [5]
33 DF Ecuador Piero Hincapié Argentina Talleres €6,350,000 [6]
31 FW France Amine Adli France Toulouse €15,000,000 26 August 2021 [7]

Out[]

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
5 MF Germany Sven Bender N/A Retired 1 July 2021 [8]
6 DF Austria Aleksandar Dragović Serbia Red Star Belgrade Free [9]
8 MF Germany Lars Bender N/A Retired [8]
FW Germany Germany 1. FC Nürnberg Loan 9 July 2021 [10]
32 FW Turkey Samed Onur Turkey Fatih Karagümrük Free 12 July 2021 [11]
39 MF Turkey Cem Türkmen France Clermont Free
28 MF England Demarai Gray England Everton €2,000,000 22 July 2021 [12]
16 DF Croatia Tin Jedvaj Russia Lokomotiv Moscow €4,000,000 24 July 2021 [13]
9 FW Jamaica Leon Bailey England Aston Villa €32,000,000 4 August 2021 [14]
18 DF Brazil Wendell Portugal FC Porto €4,000,000 19 August 2021 [15]
21 GK Germany Lennart Grill Norway Brann Loan 30 August 2021 [16]
23 DF Germany Mitchell Weiser Germany Werder Bremen Loan 31 August 2021 [17]
17 FW Finland Joel Pohjanpalo Turkey Çaykur Rizespor Loan 5 September 2021 [18]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

14 July 2021 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen Germany Cancelled Germany Wehen Wiesbaden Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Leistungszentrum Kurtekotten
18 July 2021 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen Germany Cancelled Russia Dynamo Moscow Zell am See, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion
23 July 2021 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen Germany 0–0 Germany SC Freiburg Wattens, Austria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Gernot Langes Stadion
Attendance: 500
28 July 2021 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–5 Netherlands Utrecht Leverkusen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Bakker Goal 50'
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 Germany 3–1 Germany Oberhausen Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Goal 47'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 400
Referee: Robert Kampka
31 July 2021 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen Germany Cancelled Spain Celta Vigo Leverkusen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: BayArena

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 14 August 2021 14 May 2022 Matchday 1 17 8 4 5 40 28 +12 047.06
DFB-Pokal 7 August 2021 27 October 2021 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
UEFA Europa League 16 September 2021 Group stage 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 066.67
Total 25 13 5 7 58 35 +23 052.00

Last updated: 19 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Borussia Dortmund 17 11 1 5 41 26 +15 34 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 SC Freiburg 17 8 5 4 28 16 +12 29
4 Bayer Leverkusen 17 8 4 5 40 28 +12 28
5 1899 Hoffenheim 17 8 4 5 35 26 +9 28 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 17 7 6 4 27 24 +3 27 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. 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 away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[19]

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
17 8 4 5 40 28  +12 28 4 1 3 19 14  +5 4 3 2 21 14  +7

Last updated: 19 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round[]

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ResultDWWLWWWLDLDWWWLDL
Position73264223446433334
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: DFB
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) Report
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) 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
  • Meunier Yellow card 20'
  • Haaland Goal 37', 77' (pen.), Yellow card 60'
  • Brandt Goal 49'
  • Guerreiro Goal 71'
  • Wolf Yellow card 90+2'
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)
Report
  • Lewandowski Goal 4', 30'
  • Müller Goal 34'
  • Gnabry Goal 35', 37'
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)
  • Uth Yellow card 36'
  • Modeste Goal 63', 82'
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)
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 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 13,272
Referee: Tobias Stieler
19 December 2021 17 SC Freiburg 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal[]

7 August 2021 First round Lokomotive Leipzig 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Demirbay Goal 5' (pen.), 87'
  • Bellarabi Goal 14'
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
1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13 Advance to round of 16 4–0 3–2 2–1
2 Spain Real Betis 6 3 1 2 12 12 0 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–1 4–3 2–0
3 Scotland Celtic 6 3 0 3 13 15 −2 9 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–4 3–2 2–0
4 Hungary Ferencváros 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 1–0 1–3 2–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
16 September 2021 1 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–1 Hungary Ferencváros Leverkusen, Germany
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Mmaee Goal 8'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 11,013
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
30 September 2021 2 Celtic Scotland 0–4 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 55,436
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
21 October 2021 3 Real Betis Spain 1–1 Germany 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 Germany 4–0 Spain Real Betis Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Fekir Red card 90+3'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 15,208
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
25 November 2021 5 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 3–2 Scotland Celtic Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 19,830
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
10 December 2020 6 Ferencváros Hungary 1–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Bellarabi Yellow card 25'
  • Retsos Yellow card 86'
  • Kossounou Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion
Attendance: 12,127
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Finland FIN Lukáš Hrádecký 24 0 17 0 2 0 5 0
36 GK Germany GER Niklas Lomb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Russia RUS Andrey Lunyov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
3 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Retsos 6 0 0+2 0 1 0 1+2 0
4 DF Germany GER Jonathan Tah 24 0 17 0 1 0 5+1 0
5 DF Netherlands NED Mitchel Bakker 13 0 8+2 0 1 0 1+1 0
6 DF Ivory Coast CIV Odilon Kossounou 20 0 11+4 0 1 0 3+1 0
12 DF Burkina Faso BFA Edmond Tapsoba 14 1 7+2 1 1 0 3+1 0
22 DF Netherlands NED Daley Sinkgraven 12 0 2+4 0 1+1 0 2+2 0
24 DF Netherlands NED Timothy Fosu-Mensah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Netherlands NED Jeremie Frimpong 24 2 16 1 2 1 5+1 0
33 DF Ecuador ECU Piero Hincapié 16 2 8+3 1 0 0 4+1 1
Midfielders
8 MF Germany GER Robert Andrich 18 5 9+4 2 1 0 3+1 3
10 MF Germany GER Kerem Demirbay 23 3 13+4 1 1+1 2 4 0
11 MF Germany GER Nadiem Amiri 19 2 3+9 1 2 0 2+3 1
15 MF Austria AUT Julian Baumgartlinger 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 MF Chile CHI Charles Aránguiz 15 1 8+3 1 1 0 2+1 0
25 MF Argentina ARG Exequiel Palacios 19 1 8+4 0 1+1 0 3+2 1
27 MF Germany GER Florian Wirtz 21 8 13+2 5 0+1 0 4+1 3
29 MF Denmark DEN Zidan Sertdemir 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Morocco MAR Ayman Azhil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Germany GER Karim Bellarabi 14 2 4+5 1 1 1 2+2 0
Forwards
7 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho 17 0 5+6 0 1 0 4+1 0
13 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Alario 15 1 1+10 0 0 0 4 1
14 FW Czech Republic CZE Patrik Schick 18 16 14 16 1 0 0+3 0
19 FW France FRA Moussa Diaby 23 8 15 5 2 0 5+1 3
28 FW Spain ESP Iker Bravo 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
31 FW France FRA Amine Adli 22 3 8+7 2 1 0 4+2 1
37 FW Germany GER Emrehan Gedikli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
17 FW Finland FIN Joel Pohjanpalo 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
18 DF Brazil BRA Wendell 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 GK Germany GER Lennart Grill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0

Last updated: 19 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA EL Total
1 FW 17 Czech Republic Patrik Schick 16 0 0 16
2 FW 19 France Moussa Diaby 5 0 3 8
MF 27 Germany Florian Wirtz 5 0 3 8
4 MF 8 Germany Robert Andrich 2 0 3 5
5 MF 10 Germany Kerem Demirbay 1 2 0 3
FW 31 France Amine Adli 2 0 1 3
7 MF 11 Germany Nadiem Amiri 1 0 1 2
DF 30 Netherlands Jeremie Frimpong 1 1 0 2
DF 33 Ecuador Piero Hincapié 1 0 1 2
MF 38 Germany Karim Bellarabi 1 1 0 2
11 DF 12 Burkina Faso Edmond Tapsoba 1 0 0 1
FW 13 Argentina Lucas Alario 0 0 1 1
MF 20 Chile Charles Aránguiz 1 0 0 1
MF 25 Argentina Exequiel Palacios 0 0 1 1
Own goals 3 0 0 3
Totals 40 4 14 58

Last updated: 19 December 2021

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