2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen

2011–12 season
Team leader	Sami Hyypiä (actual manager since April, but missing coaching license)
Manager	Sascha Lewandowski (since April, possesses coaching license) Robin Dutt (fired in march)
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Stefan Kießling (16) All: Stefan Kießling (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is their 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.

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

7 August 2011 1	Mainz 05	2 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Svensson  27' Allagui  32' Polanski  66' Bungert  74'	Summary	Renato Augusto  43' Bender  84' Toprak  86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,443 Referee: Michael Weiner

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

14 August 2011 2	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 0	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kießling  44' Kadlec  85'	Summary	Papastathopoulos  47' Schmitz  83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych

Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen

20 August 2011 3	Stuttgart	0 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Boulahrouz  48', 90' Rodríguez  74'	Summary	Kießling  28'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund

27 August 2011 4	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 0	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kadlec  42',  64' Renato Augusto  45+1'	Summary	Hummels  58' Götze  72',  77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

9 September 2011 5	FC Augsburg	1 – 4	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Hosogai  5' Sinkala  51'	Summary	Sam  6', 72' Kießling  23' Schwaab  25' Ballack  28' Derdiyok  79'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Bayer Leverkusen v Köln

17 September 2011 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 4	Köln	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Rolfes  70' Schürrle  90+1'	Summary	Peszko  27' Novakovič  44' Podolski  47', 54' Clemens  79' Rensing  82' Riether  84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen

24 September 2011 7	Bayern Munich	3 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Müller  5' Van Buyten  19',  27' Robben  90'	Summary	Kießling  12' Toprak  18' Reinartz  70' Sam  89'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayer Leverkusen v Wolfsburg

1 October 2011 8	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 1	Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Castro  14' Derdiyok  65',  66' Kießling  85'	Summary	Josué  42' Mandžukić  59' Russ  60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,195 Referee: Felix Brych

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

15 October 2011 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Arango  28' Stranzl  54' Reus  65' Herrmann  72'	Summary	Reinartz  20',  28' Ballack  45+2' Castro  68' Kießling  86' Schürrle  87'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,858 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04

23 October 2011 10	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ballack  84'	Summary	Jones  8' Draxler  63' Farfán  83' Huntelaar  87'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,120 Referee: Felix Zwayer

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

28 October 2011 11	SC Freiburg	0 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01)		Summary	Ballack  2'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburg

5 November 2011 12	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 2	Hamburg	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Schürrle  5' Bender  20' Derdiyok  75' Reinartz  81'	Summary	Westermann  34' Jansen  58' Rincón  64'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Knut Kircher

Kaiserslautern v Bayer Leverkusen

18 November 2011 13	Kaiserslautern	0 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Dick  33'	Summary	Castro  43' Ballack  54' Sam  70'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 42,245 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

26 November 2011 14	Hertha BSC	3 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Lasogga  7', 82' Toprak  18' (o.g.) Lell  84'	Summary	Derdiyok  24', 64', 79' Ballack  45' Castro  87'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 44,541 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Hoffenheim

2 December 2011 15	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Derdiyok  11',  67' Castro  52' Sam  79'	Summary	Babel  23' Salihović  86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,948 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hannover 96 v Bayer Leverkusen

10 December 2011 16	Hannover 96	0 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hannover
18:30 CET (UTC+01)		Summary	Schürrle  45+1' Leno  55'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 44,800 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Nuremberg

17 December 2011 17	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 3	Nuremberg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)		Summary	Didavi  8' Hegeler  22' Feulner  52' Pekhart  73'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,239 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

22 January 2012 18	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 2	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Pospěch  10' (o.g.) Friedrich  32',  35' Bender  70'	Summary	Polanski  50' Caligiuri  53'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,365 Referee: Michael Weiner

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

28 January 2012 19	Werder Bremen	1 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Pizarro  29' Rosenberg  52' Ignjovski  89' Bargfrede  90+1'	Summary	Castro  15' Kadlec  44' Reinartz  57'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,060 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Bayer Leverkusen v Stuttgart

4 February 2012 20	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 2	Stuttgart	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kießling  11',  89' Rolfes  47' (pen.) Kadlec  58', 63'	Summary	Schieber  24',  81' Boulahrouz  47' Kvist  73' Ibišević  85' Cacau  88' Harnik  89'  90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,929 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen

11 February 2012 21	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kagawa  45'	Summary		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,400 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Augsburg

18 February 2012 22	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 1	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kießling  25', 64' Castro  60' Schürrle  70'	Summary	Ostrzolek  21' Koo Ja-Cheol  50' Mölders  56' Callsen-Bracker  58' Langkamp  68'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,368 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

25 February 2012 23	Köln	0 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Riether  22'	Summary	Bender  16', 50'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich

3 March 2012 24	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Toprak  66' Kießling  79' Reinartz  81' Bellarabi  90'	Summary	Boateng  65' Luiz Gustavo  84' Rafinha  90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

10 March 2012 25	Wolfsburg	3 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Helmes  33',  50' Dejagah  45',  87' Schäfer  45+2' Russ  74' Felipe Lopes  90'	Summary	Kießling  3' Hadlec  61' (o.g.) Bender  75' Derdiyok  90+1'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,112 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

17 March 2012 26	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Toprak  59' Schwaab  69' Kießling  75'	Summary	Reus  7' Stranzl  57' Nordtveit  85' de Camargo  88'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Florian Meyer

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen

24 March 2012 27	Schalke 04	2 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Huntelaar  18', 86' Jones  75'	Summary	Kadlec  12' Toprak  59'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg

31 March 2012 28	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 2	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kadlec  64'	Summary	Schuster  8' Guédé  28' Caligiuri  60' Freis  77' Reisinger  86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,342 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hamburg v Bayer Leverkusen

8 April 2012 29	Hamburg	1 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01)	Petrić  40' (pen.) Aogo  61' Jarolím  62'	Summary	Friedrich  40' Schürrle  55' Rolfes  80'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 54,141 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Bayer Leverkusen v Kaiserslautern

11 April 2012 30	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 1	Kaiserslautern	Leverkusen
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Kießling  1' Rolfes  57' Reinartz  69'	Summary	Derstroff  42' Dick  56'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

14 April 2012 31	Bayer Leverkusen	3 – 3	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Schürrle  44' Kießling  51', 84' Reinartz  74'	Summary	Perdedaj  35' Lasogga  63' Torun  71', 77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,704 Referee: Michael Weiner

Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

21 April 2012 32	Hoffenheim	0 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Beck  63'	Summary	Schürrle  79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,150 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v Hannover 96

28 April 2012 33	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 0	Hannover 96	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Reinartz  33' Kießling  75'	Summary		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Welz

Nuremberg v Bayer Leverkusen

5 May 2012 34	Nuremberg	1 – 4	Bayer Leverkusen	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Mak  58' Balitsch  66' Pinola  86'	Summary	Kießling  6', 32', 89' Friedrich  21' Toprak  24' Schürrle  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.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Bayer Leverkusen.
Pos. = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

DFB-Pokal

Dynamo Dresden v Bayer Leverkusen

30 July 2011 Round 1	Dynamo Dresden	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Dresden
15:30 CEST	Schuppan  68' Koch  70', 86' Schnetzler  117'	Match Report	6' Derdiyok  12' Sam  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
Chelsea	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11
Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
Valencia	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	8
Genk	6	0	3	3	2	16	−14	3

Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen

13 September 2011 1	Chelsea	2 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	London, England
20:45 CEST	David Luiz  67' Mata  67'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 33,820 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Bayer Leverkusen v Genk

28 September 2011 2	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	Genk	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST	Bender  30' Ballack  90+2'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,138 Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland

Bayer Leverkusen v Valencia

19 October 2011 3	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	Valencia	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST	Schürrle  52' Sam  56'	Report	Jonas  24'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,384 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Valencia v Bayer Leverkusen

1 November 2011 4	Valencia	3 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET	Jonas  1' Soldado  65' Rami  75'	Report	Kießling  31'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 37,047 Referee: Eriksson

Bayer Leverkusen v Chelsea

23 November 2011 5	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	Chelsea	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET	Derdiyok  73' Friedrich  90+1'	Report	Drogba  48'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,285 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Genk v Bayer Leverkusen

6 December 2011 6	Genk	1 – 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Genk, Belgium
20:45 CET	Vossen  30'	Report	Derdiyok  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

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona

14 February 2012 First leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 3	Barcelona	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET	Kadlec  51'		Sánchez  41', 55' Messi  88'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,400 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen

7 March 2012 Second leg	Barcelona	7 – 1 (10 – 2 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET	Messi  25', 43', 49', 58', 85' Tello  55', 62'		Bellarabi  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		15 January 1985	2000	VfB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Giefer		17 May 1990	2003	TuRa Lommersdorf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bernd Leno		4 March 1992	2011	VfB Stuttgart	14	0	0	0	6	0	20	0
David Yelldell		1 October 1981	2011	MSV Duisburg	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
Gonzalo Castro		11 June 1987	1999	Bayer Wuppertal	12	1	1	0	6	0	19	1
Danny da Costa		13 July 1993	2001	Winfriedia Mülheim	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manuel Friedrich		13 September 1979	2007	1. FSV Mainz 05	8	0	0	0	3	1	11	1
Michal Kadlec		13 December 1984	2008	Sparta Prague	12	1	1	0	6	1	19	2
Bastian Oczipka		12 January 1989	2011	FC St. Pauli	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Stefan Reinartz		1 January 1989	2009	1. FC Nuremberg	14	1	1	0	5	0	20	1
Daniel Schwaab		1 January 1989	2009	SC Freiburg	11	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
Ömer Toprak		21 July 1989	2011	SC Freiburg	13	0	1	0	5	0	19	0
Midfielders
Hanno Balitsch		2 January 1981	2010	Hannover 96	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
Michael Ballack		26 September 1976	2010	Chelsea F.C.	11	2	1	0	6	1	18	3
Tranquillo Barnetta		22 May 1985	2005	Hannover 96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karim Bellarabi		8 April 1990	2011	Eintracht Braunschweig	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Lars Bender		27 April 1989	2009	TSV 1860 München	15	1	1	0	6	1	22	2
Michael Ortega		6 April 1991	2011	Club Atlas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renato Augusto		8 February 1988	2008	Flamengo	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
Simon Rolfes		21 January 1982	2005	Alemannia Aachen	15	1	1	0	6	0	22	1
Sidney Sam		27 April 1989	2010	1. FC Kaiserslautern	15	4	1	1	6	1	22	6
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok		12 June 1988	2009	FC Basel	12	6	1	1	6	2	19	9
Nicolai Jørgensen		15 January 1991	2010	Akademisk Boldklub	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
Stefan Kießling		25 January 1984	2006	1. FC Nuremberg	15	3	1	0	6	1	22	4
André Schürrle		6 November 1990	2011	1. FSV Mainz 05	12	2	1	1	6	1	19	4

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
4	DF		Bastian Oczipka	35	EU	FC St. Pauli	loan return	Summer
9	FW		André Schürrle	20	EU	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer
17	MF		Michael Javier Ortega	33	Non-EU	Atlas	loan	Summer	2012
21	DF		Ömer Toprak	21	EU	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2016
22	GK		David Yelldell	42	EU	MSV Duisburg	Transfer	Summer
22	GK		Bernd Leno	32	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	loan	Summer	2012
38	FW		Karim Bellarabi	34	EU	Eintracht Braunschweig	Transfer	Summer

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
4	DF		Sami Hyypiä	50	EU		Retirement	Summer
17	DF		Domagoj Vida	35	Non-EU	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer
22	GK		Benedikt Fernandez	39	EU		Release	Summer
23	MF		Arturo Vidal	37	Non-EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer
26	DF		Kevin Kampl	33	EU	VfL Osnabrück	Transfer	Summer

Kits

Home

Home Alternate

Away

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Black	Black	Black
Home Alt.	Black	Black	Red	Bundesliga, Match 29, April 8 against Hamburg
Away	White	White	White
Third	Blue	Blue	Blue

Sources