2020–21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The 2020–21 season is the 117th season in the existence of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the club's 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer 04 Leverkusen participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and are participating in the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 11 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.
2020–21 season | |||
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Administration | Fernando Carro (CEO) Rudi Völler (Managing Director Sports) | ||
Head coach | Peter Bosz | ||
Stadium | BayArena | ||
Bundesliga | 5th | ||
DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | ||
UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Lucas Alario (8) All: Lucas Alario (12) | ||
Highest home attendance | 6,042 vs RB Leipzig | ||
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All statistics correct as of 6 February 2021. |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 13 January 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 |
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14 | FW | Patrik Schick | Roma | €26,500,000 | 8 September 2020 | [2] |
2 | DF | Santiago Arias | Atlético Madrid | Loan | 24 September 2020 | [3] |
24 | DF | Timothy Fosu-Mensah | Manchester United | €1,700,000 | 13 January 2021 | [4] |
30 | DF | Jeremie Frimpong | Celtic | €11,000,000 | 27 January 2021 | [5] |
28 | FW | Demarai Gray | Leicester City | €2,000,000 | 31 January 2021 | [6] |
Out
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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28 | GK | Ramazan Özcan | Retired | 11 August 2020 | ||
30 | MF | Adrian Stanilewicz | SV Darmstadt 98 | Free | 22 August 2020 | [7] |
MF | Ayman Azhil | RKC Waalwijk | Loan | 31 August 2020 | [8] | |
31 | FW | Kevin Volland | Monaco | €15,500,000 | 2 September 2020 | [9] |
29 | MF | Kai Havertz | Chelsea | €79,600,000 | 4 September 2020 | [10] |
17 | FW | Joel Pohjanpalo | Union Berlin | Loan | 30 September 2020 | [11] |
3 | DF | Panagiotis Retsos | Saint-Étienne | Loan | 5 October 2020 | [12] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
4 September 2020 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Anderlecht | Leverkusen, Germany |
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Palacios 6' | Report | Dauda 21' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Bundesliga | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 50.00 | |
DFB-Pokal | 13 September 2020 | 2 February 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 66.67 |
UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | Group stage | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 83.33 | ||
Total | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 58.62 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Bundesliga
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 38 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 36 | |
5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 35 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
6 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 32 | Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round |
7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 |
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 |
20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: DFB
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[14]
20 September 2020 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
26 September 2020 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | RB Leipzig | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Harm Osmers |
3 October 2020 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
17 October 2020 4 | Mainz 05 | 0–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mainz |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 250 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
26 October 2020 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | FC Augsburg | Leverkusen |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks |
1 November 2020 6 | SC Freiburg | 2–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Freiburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
8 November 2020 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
21 November 2020 8 | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bielefeld |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych |
29 November 2020 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0 | Hertha BSC | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
6 December 2020 10 | Schalke 04 | 0–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Gelsenkirchen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
13 December 2020 11 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Leverkusen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen |
16 December 2020 12 | 1. FC Köln | 0–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Cologne |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
19 December 2020 13 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Leverkusen |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
2 January 2021 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Frankfurt |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych |
9 January 2021 15 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
15 January 2021 16 | Union Berlin | 1–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Berlin |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
19 January 2021 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Leverkusen |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
23 January 2021 18 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz |
30 January 2021 19 | RB Leipzig | 1–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Leipzig |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
6 February 2021 20 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
13 February 2021 21 | Bayer Leverkusen | v | Mainz 05 | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: BayArena |
21 February 2021 22 | FC Augsburg | v | Bayer Leverkusen | Augsburg |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: WWK Arena |
DFB-Pokal
13 September 2020 First round | Eintracht Norderstedt | 0–7 | Bayer Leverkusen | Leverkusen[16] |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 300 Referee: Sören Storks |
12 January 2021[lower-alpha 1] Second round | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Leverkusen |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert |
2 February 2021 Round of 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Bayer Leverkusen | Essen |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Essen Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[18]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | SLP | HBS | NCE | |
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1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | |
2 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | ||
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | 2–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Nice | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — |
22 October 2020 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6–2 | Nice | Leverkusen, Germany |
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 2] Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia) |
29 October 2020 2 | Slavia Prague | 1–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Prague, Czech Republic |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 2] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
5 November 2020 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Petah Tikva, Israel |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 2] Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania) |
26 November 2020 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–1 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Leverkusen, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 2] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
3 December 2020 5 | Nice | 2–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Nice, France |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 2] Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy) |
10 December 2020 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–0 | Slavia Prague | Leverkusen, Germany |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 2] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
Knockout phase
Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.[19]
18 February 2021 First leg | Young Boys | v | Bayer Leverkusen | Bern, Switzerland |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf |
25 February 2021 Second leg | Bayer Leverkusen | v | Young Boys | Leverkusen, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: BayArena |
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 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
21 | GK | Lennart Grill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
36 | GK | Niklas Lomb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | Santiago Arias | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Jonathan Tah | 21 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |||
6 | DF | Aleksandar Dragović | 22 | 2 | 7+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | |||
12 | DF | Edmond Tapsoba | 24 | 1 | 16+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | |||
16 | DF | Tin Jedvaj | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
18 | DF | Wendell | 16 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
22 | DF | Daley Sinkgraven | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
23 | DF | Mitchell Weiser | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
24 | DF | Timothy Fosu-Mensah | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
30 | DF | Jeremie Frimpong | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
5 | MF | Sven Bender | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Lars Bender | 19 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | |||
10 | MF | Kerem Demirbay | 23 | 4 | 9+7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
11 | MF | Nadiem Amiri | 25 | 5 | 14+3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | |||
15 | MF | Julian Baumgartlinger | 23 | 3 | 12+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | |||
20 | MF | Charles Aránguiz | 12 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
25 | MF | Exequiel Palacios | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
27 | MF | Florian Wirtz | 24 | 7 | 16+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 2 | |||
38 | MF | Karim Bellarabi | 21 | 3 | 3+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 3 | |||
39 | MF | Cem Türkmen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | Paulinho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | FW | Leon Bailey | 27 | 11 | 17+2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4+2 | 5 | |||
13 | FW | Lucas Alario | 23 | 12 | 8+8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 | |||
14 | FW | Patrik Schick | 20 | 7 | 11+4 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
19 | FW | Moussa Diaby | 29 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 | 3+3 | 3 | |||
28 | FW | Demarai Gray | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
32 | FW | Samed Onur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
37 | FW | Emrehan Gedikli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | |||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
3 | DF | Panagiotis Retsos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
17 | FW | Joel Pohjanpalo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA EL | Total |
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1 | FW | 13 | Lucas Alario | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
2 | FW | 9 | Leon Bailey | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
3 | FW | 19 | Moussa Diaby | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
4 | FW | 14 | Patrik Schick | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
MF | 27 | Florian Wirtz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
6 | MF | 11 | Nadiem Amiri | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
7 | MF | 10 | Kerem Demirbay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | MF | 15 | Julian Baumgartlinger | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
MF | 38 | Karim Bellarabi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
10 | DF | 6 | Aleksandar Dragović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | DF | 4 | Jonathan Tah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 8 | Lars Bender | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 12 | Edmond Tapsoba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 20 | Charles Aránguiz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 23 | Mitchell Weiser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 28 | Demarai Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Totals | 37 | 12 | 21 | 70 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Notes
- The Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt match was rescheduled to 12 January 2021 following a request by Bayer Leverkusen, as they had a heavy schedule in December.[17]
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
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- Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.[15]
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