Bayer Leverkusen
2018–19 season
OwnerBayer AG
Managing directorMichael Schade
ManagerHeiko Herrlich
(until 23 December)
Peter Bosz
(from 4 January)
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kai Havertz
(17 goals)

All:
Kai Havertz
(19 goals)
Biggest winGladbach 0–5 Leverkusen
Leverkusen 6–1 Frankfurt
Biggest defeatLeverkusen 1–4 Hoffenheim
Leipzig 3–0 Leverkusen
Hoffenheim 4–1 Leverkusen

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.

The season was the first since 2005-06 without Stefan Kießling, who retired after the 2017-18 season.

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Finland FIN Lukáš Hrádecký
3 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Retsos
4 DF Germany GER Jonathan Tah
5 MF Germany GER Sven Bender
6 DF Austria AUT Aleksandar Dragović
7 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho
8 MF Germany GER Lars Bender (captain)
9 FW Jamaica JAM Leon Bailey
10 FW Germany GER Julian Brandt
11 FW Sweden SWE Isaac Kiese Thelin (on loan from Anderlecht)
13 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Alario
15 MF Austria AUT Julian Baumgartlinger (3rd captain)
16 DF Croatia CRO Tin Jedvaj
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Finland FIN Joel Pohjanpalo
18 DF Brazil BRA Wendell
20 MF Chile CHI Charles Aránguiz
21 MF Germany GER Dominik Kohr
23 DF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser
24 GK Germany GER Thorsten Kirschbaum
28 GK Austria AUT Ramazan Özcan
29 MF Germany GER Kai Havertz
30 MF Germany GER Sam Schreck
31 FW Germany GER Kevin Volland (vice-captain)
33 DF Germany GER Jan Boller
35 MF Poland POL Adrian Stanilewicz
38 MF Germany GER Karim Bellarabi

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
GK Germany GER Niklas Lomb (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2019)
GK Poland POL Tomasz Kucz (at Dunajská Streda until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player From Type Window Ends Fee Source
1 GK Finland Lukáš Hrádecký Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer 2023 Free [2]
6 DF Austria Aleksandar Dragović England Leicester City Loan return Summer 2021 Free [3]
7 FW Brazil Paulinho Brazil Vasco da Gama Transfer Summer 2020 €18,500,000 [4]
23 DF Germany Mitchell Weiser Hertha BSC Transfer Summer 2023 €12,000,000 [5]
24 GK Germany Thorsten Kirschbaum 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer 2019 Free
30 FW Germany Sam Schreck Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2021 Free
32 FW Poland Jakub Bednarczyk Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free
35 FW Germany Chinedu Ekene Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free
40 GK Poland Tomasz Kucz Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free
FW Germany Dennis Mbay Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free

Out

No. Pos Player To Type Window Fee Source
1 GK Germany Bernd Leno England Arsenal Transfer Summer €25,000,000 [6]
11 FW Germany Stefan Kießling Retired Released Summer Free [7]
22 MF Ukraine Vladlen Yurchenko Released Summer Free [8]
36 GK Germany Niklas Lomb SV Sandhausen Loan Summer Free
37 MF Germany Marlon Frey Released Summer Free [8]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 January 2019 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4–0 Netherlands Twente 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
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 2018 18 May 2019 Matchday 1 34 18 4 12 69 52 +17 052.94
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2018 5 February 2019 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 066.67
Europa League 20 September 2018 21 February 2019 Group stage Round of 32 8 4 3 1 17 10 +7 050.00
Total 45 24 7 14 93 64 +29 053.33

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 +37 76 Qualification for 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 for Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off[9]
Notes:
  1. 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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultLLLWWLDDWLLWDWLWWLWWWWLWLLLLWWWWDW
Position161618151114141312131312111111109109765766679876554
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bailey 24' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,247
Referee: Sven Jablonski
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3 Bayern Munich 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Wendell 5' (pen.) Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 4 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 Mainz 05 Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Havertz 62' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,473
Referee: Marco Fritz
26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Hennings 90+4' (pen.) Report Volland 50', 60' Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 40,046
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6 Bayer Leverkusen 2–4 Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Brych
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 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 (2018-10-20) 8 Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 Hannover 96 Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,435
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 9 Werder Bremen 2–6 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,400
Referee: Marco Fritz
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10 Bayer Leverkusen 1–4 1899 Hoffenheim Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Bellarabi 30' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,589
Referee: Tobias Stieler
11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 11 RB Leipzig 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 36,155
Referee: Martin Petersen
23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 12 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Volland 76', 83' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 24,632
Referee: Robert Schröder
3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 13 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Nuremberg
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Margreitter 57' Report Havertz 29' Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 32,238
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 FC Augsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Alario 75' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,558
Referee: Bastian Dankert
16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Frankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Bellarabi 65' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Felix Brych
19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 16 Schalke 04 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Wright 45+2' Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,548
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Hertha BSC Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Torunarigha 26' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,647
Referee: Tobias Stieler
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18 Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Pléa 37' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,628
Referee: Daniel Siebert
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 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 (2019-02-02) 20 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Bayern Munich Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Goretzka 41' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Tobias Stieler
8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 21 Mainz 05 1–5 Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Quaison 9' Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 21,905
Referee: Robert Schröder
17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 22 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,717
Referee: Markus Schmidt
24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 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 (2019-03-02) 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 (2019-03-10) 25 Hannover 96 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 33,800
Referee: Sören Storks
17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 26 Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Bailey 75' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 27 1899 Hoffenheim 4–1 Bayer Leverkusen Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Volland 17' Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 28,350
Referee: Harm Osmers
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28 Bayer Leverkusen 2–4 RB Leipzig Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Havertz 11' (pen.), 23' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,845
Referee: Tobias Welz
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Havertz 64' (pen.) Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 53,657
Referee: Tobias Stieler
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 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 (2019-04-26) 31 FC Augsburg 1–4 Bayer Leverkusen Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Danso 12' Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,404
Referee: Frank Willenborg
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32 Bayer Leverkusen 6–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Leverkusen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Kostić 14' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Robert Hartmann
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Schalke 04 Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Havertz 31' Report Burgstaller 47' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34 Hertha BSC 1–5 Bayer Leverkusen Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Lazaro 34' Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 59,287
Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) First round 1. CfR Pforzheim 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen Pforzheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Alario 27' (pen.) Stadium: Stadion Holzhof
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Frank Willenborg
31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) 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 (2019-02-05) Round of 16 1. FC Heidenheim 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Heidenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Brandt 44' 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
1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 16 9 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland Zürich 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
3 Cyprus AEK Larnaca 6 1 2 3 6 12 6 5
4 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 6 0 4 2 5 7 2 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) 1 Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria 2–3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
Attendance: 8,240[11]
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)
4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) 2 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4–2 Cyprus AEK Larnaca Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 23,354[12]
Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 3 Zürich Switzerland 3–2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Zürich, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Bellarabi 50', 54' Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 12,427[13]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
8 November 2018 (2018-11-08) 4 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–0 Switzerland Zürich Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Jedvaj 60' Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 16,179[14]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 5 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1) Weiser 85' Report Marcelinho 69' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 16,066[15]
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)
13 December 2018 (2018-12-13) 6 AEK Larnaca Cyprus 1–5 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Nicosia, Cyprus
22:00 EET (UTC+2)
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Català 26' Report
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 1,584[16]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32
14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) First leg Krasnodar Russia 0–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 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 (2019-02-21) Second leg Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–1
(1–1a agg.)
Russia Krasnodar Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Aránguiz 87' Report Suleymanov 84' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 16,084[18]
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Finland FIN Lukáš Hrádecký 4003202060
24 GK Germany GER Thorsten Kirschbaum 10000010
28 GK Austria AUT Ramazan Özcan 40201010
Defenders
3 DF Greece GRE Panagiotis Retsos 10000010
4 DF Germany GER Jonathan Tah 3833332030
6 DF Austria AUT Aleksandar Dragović 29214+52207+10
16 DF Croatia CRO Tin Jedvaj 21213+301+112+11
18 DF Brazil BRA Wendell 39225+323080
23 DF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser 41222+81307+11
Midfielders
5 MF Germany GER Sven Bender 32025+202030
8 MF Germany GER Lars Bender 27118+21203+20
15 MF Austria AUT Julian Baumgartlinger 27016+50202+20
20 MF Chile CHI Charles Aránguiz 29322+221041
21 MF Germany GER Dominik Kohr 25210+800+2052
29 MF Germany GER Kai Havertz 422033+117205+13
30 MF Germany GER Sam Schreck 20000020
36 MF Germany GER Adrian Stanilewicz 1000000+10
38 MF Germany GER Karim Bellarabi 24914+551+1232
Forwards
7 FW Brazil BRA Paulinho 2110+1501+103+11
9 FW Jamaica JAM Leon Bailey 39521+851+106+20
10 FW Germany GER Julian Brandt 431030+37325+21
11 FW Sweden SWE Isaac Kiese Thelin 1411+500+204+21
13 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Alario 361411+169214+34
17 FW Finland FIN Joel Pohjanpalo 00000000
31 FW Germany GER Kevin Volland 421532+2142+113+20
Players transferred out during the season
22 MF Ukraine UKR Vladlen Yurchenko 00000000
32 MF Poland POL Jakub Bednarczyk 1000000+10

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

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