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.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2020–21 season
AdministrationFernando Carro (CEO)
Rudi Völler (Managing Director Sports)
Head coachPeter Bosz
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lucas Alario (8)

All:
Lucas Alario (12)
Highest home attendance6,042 vs RB Leipzig
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIN Lukáš Hrádecký
2 DF  COL Santiago Arias (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
4 DF  GER Jonathan Tah
5 MF  GER Sven Bender
6 DF  AUT Aleksandar Dragović
7 FW  BRA Paulinho
8 MF  GER Lars Bender
9 FW  JAM Leon Bailey
10 MF  GER Kerem Demirbay
11 MF  GER Nadiem Amiri
12 DF  BFA Edmond Tapsoba
13 FW  ARG Lucas Alario
14 FW  CZE Patrik Schick
15 MF  AUT Julian Baumgartlinger
16 DF  CRO Tin Jedvaj
18 DF  BRA Wendell
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  FRA Moussa Diaby
20 MF  CHI Charles Aránguiz (captain)
21 GK  GER Lennart Grill
22 DF  NED Daley Sinkgraven
23 DF  GER Mitchell Weiser
24 DF  NED Timothy Fosu-Mensah
25 MF  ARG Exequiel Palacios
27 MF  GER Florian Wirtz
28 FW  ENG Demarai Gray
30 MF  NED Jeremie Frimpong
32 FW  TUR Samed Onur
36 GK  GER Niklas Lomb
37 FW  GER Emrehan Gedikli
38 MF  GER Karim Bellarabi
39 MF  TUR Cem Türkmen

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
MF  MAR Ayman Azhil (at RKC Waalwijk until 30 June 2021)
FW  FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2021)
DF  GRE Panagiotis Retsos (at Saint-Étienne until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
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
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
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 20 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 20 10 5 5 37 21 +16 050.00
DFB-Pokal 13 September 2020 2 February 2021 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 12 3 +9 066.67
UEFA Europa League 22 October 2020 Group stage 6 5 0 1 21 8 +13 083.33
Total 29 17 5 7 70 32 +38 058.62

Last updated: 6 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 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.[13]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHA
ResultDDDWWWWWDWWWLLDLWLLW
Position10131494443321123333355
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: DFB
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)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sven Jablonski
26 September 2020 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 RB Leipzig Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
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)
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
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
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)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager
6 December 2020 10 Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Petersen
16 December 2020 12 1. FC Köln 0–4 Bayer Leverkusen Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
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
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
2 January 2021 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
  • Kefkir  108'
  • Engelmann  117',  120'
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
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
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
22 October 2020 1 Bayer Leverkusen 6–2 Nice Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
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
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)
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
  • Shviro  58',  61'
  • Taha  71'
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
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 TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Lukáš Hrádecký 2802003050
21 GK Lennart Grill 00000000
36 GK Niklas Lomb 10000010
Defenders
2 DF Santiago Arias 10100000
4 DF Jonathan Tah 21113+21104+10
6 DF Aleksandar Dragović 2227+611+205+11
12 DF Edmond Tapsoba 24116+20312+10
16 DF Tin Jedvaj 600+100+1040
18 DF Wendell 1604+401+1060
22 DF Daley Sinkgraven 21016+20100+20
23 DF Mitchell Weiser 512+310000
24 DF Timothy Fosu-Mensah 402+101000
30 DF Jeremie Frimpong 200+100+1000
Midfielders
5 MF Sven Bender 1108+101010
8 MF Lars Bender 19112+10212+20
10 MF Kerem Demirbay 2349+733041
11 MF Nadiem Amiri 25514+32225+11
15 MF Julian Baumgartlinger 23312+421+104+11
20 MF Charles Aránguiz 1218+102+1100
25 MF Exequiel Palacios 701+201+1020
27 MF Florian Wirtz 24716+141+113+22
38 MF Karim Bellarabi 2133+110204+13
39 MF Cem Türkmen 2000000+20
Forwards
7 FW Paulinho 00000000
9 FW Leon Bailey 271117+25214+25
13 FW Lucas Alario 23128+88323+12
14 FW Patrik Schick 20711+451+1131
19 FW Moussa Diaby 2982031+223+33
28 FW Demarai Gray 110+110000
32 FW Samed Onur 1000000+10
37 FW Emrehan Gedikli 3000000+30
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Panagiotis Retsos 00000000
17 FW Joel Pohjanpalo 100+100000

Last updated: 6 February 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA EL Total
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

  1. 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]
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

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  4. Marshall, Adam (13 January 2021). "Tim Fosu-Mensah Completes Permanent Transfer to Bayer Leverkusen". Manchester United Football Club. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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  12. Ρέτσος: Δανεικός στη Σεντ Ετιέν με οψιόν αγοράς 6,5 εκατ. ευρώ;Retrieved 6 October 2020
  13. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  14. "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  15. ""Enormer Organisationsaufwand": Amateurklubs verzichten auf Heim-Spielort" ["Enormous organisational effort": amateur clubs do without a home venue]. kicker (in German). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  16. 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]
  17. "Pokalspiel Leverkusen gegen Frankfurt verlegt" [Cup match Leverkusen versus Frankfurt rescheduled]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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  19. "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.
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