2020–21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2020–21 season
AdministrationFernando Carro (CEO)
Rudi Völler (Managing Director Sports)
Head coachPeter Bosz
(until 23 March)
Hannes Wolf
(caretaker, from 23 March)
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lucas Alario (11)
All:
Lucas Alario
Leon Bailey
(15 each)
Highest home attendance6,042 vs RB Leipzig

The 2020–21 season was 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 also participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal as well as the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 11 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 January 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIN Lukas Hradecky
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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 DF Santiago Arias Atlético Madrid Loan 24 September 2020
24 DF Timothy Fosu-Mensah Manchester United €1,700,000 13 January 2021
30 DF Jeremie Frimpong Celtic €11,000,000 27 January 2021
28 FW Demarai Gray Leicester City €2,000,000 31 January 2021

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
MF Ayman Azhil RKC Waalwijk Loan 31 August 2020
31 FW Kevin Volland Monaco €15,500,000 2 September 2020
29 MF Kai Havertz Chelsea €79,600,000 4 September 2020
17 FW Joel Pohjanpalo Union Berlin Loan 30 September 2020
3 DF Panagiotis Retsos Saint-Étienne Loan 5 October 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 September 2020 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Anderlecht Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Palacios 6'
 Report
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 6th 34 14 10 10 53 39 +14 041.18
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 25 February 2021 Group stage Round of 32 8 5 0 3 24 14 +10 062.50
Total 45 21 10 14 89 56 +33 046.67

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 VfL Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 +24 61 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 +16 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 +14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 +7 50 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 +8 49
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, 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 Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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
34 14 10 10 53 39  +14 52 8 5 4 34 22  +12 6 5 6 19 17  +2

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDDDWWWWWDWWWLLDLWLLWDDLWLLWDWLWDDL
Position1013149444332112333335555656666666666
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

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 2–2 Mainz 05 Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guido Winkmann
21 February 2021 22 FC Augsburg 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Augsburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 February 2021 23 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 SC Freiburg Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
6 March 2021 24 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Siebert
14 March 2021 25 Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 Arminia Bielefeld Leverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
21 March 2021 26 Hertha BSC 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
3 April 2021 27 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Schalke 04 Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
12 April 2021 28 1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
17 April 2021 29 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 1. FC Köln Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sören Storks
20 April 2021 30 Bayern Munich 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guido Winkmann
24 April 2021 31 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer
8 May 2021 32 Werder Bremen 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markus Schmidt
15 May 2021 33 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Union Berlin Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
22 May 2021 34 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal
13 September 2020 First round Eintracht Norderstedt 0–7 Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sören Storks
12 January 2021 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)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Essen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group C

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.

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
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
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
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
26 November 2020 4 Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
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
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
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.

18 February 2021 First leg Young Boys 4–3 Bayer Leverkusen Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
25 February 2021 Second leg Bayer Leverkusen 0–2
(3–6 agg.)		 Young Boys Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

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  FIN Lukas Hradecky 37 0 29 0 3 0 5 0
21 GK  GER Lennart Grill 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK  GER Niklas Lomb 5 0 1+1 0 0 0 3 0
Defenders
2 DF  COL Santiago Arias 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF  GER Jonathan Tah 35 1 24+3 1 1 0 6+1 0
6 DF  AUT Aleksandar Dragović 29 2 11+7 1 1+2 0 7+1 1
12 DF  BFA Edmond Tapsoba 39 2 29+2 1 3 1 3+2 0
16 DF  CRO Tin Jedvaj 8 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 4 0
18 DF  BRA Wendell 30 0 15+7 0 1+1 0 6 0
22 DF  NED Daley Sinkgraven 27 0 19+3 0 1 0 2+2 0
23 DF  GER Mitchell Weiser 5 1 2+3 1 0 0 0 0
24 DF  NED Timothy Fosu-Mensah 7 0 5+1 0 1 0 0 0
30 DF  NED Jeremie Frimpong 13 0 4+6 0 0+1 0 2 0
Midfielders
5 MF  GER Sven Bender 20 0 14+4 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF  GER Lars Bender 20 2 12+2 1 2 1 2+2 0
10 MF  GER Kerem Demirbay 37 5 20+9 4 3 0 5 1
11 MF  GER Nadiem Amiri 39 5 20+9 2 2 2 6+2 1
15 MF  AUT Julian Baumgartlinger 24 3 12+5 2 1+1 0 4+1 1
20 MF  CHI Charles Aránguiz 25 1 20+1 0 2+1 1 1 0
25 MF  ARG Exequiel Palacios 13 0 7+2 0 1+1 0 2 0
27 MF  GER Florian Wirtz 38 8 25+4 5 1+1 1 5+2 2
38 MF  GER Karim Bellarabi 29 3 7+15 0 2 0 4+1 3
39 MF  TUR Cem Türkmen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
Forwards
7 FW  BRA Paulinho 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW  JAM Leon Bailey 40 15 25+5 9 2 1 6+2 5
13 FW  ARG Lucas Alario 33 15 12+13 11 3 2 4+1 2
14 FW  CZE Patrik Schick 36 13 20+9 9 1+1 1 5 3
19 FW  FRA Moussa Diaby 43 10 28+4 4 1+2 2 4+4 4
28 FW  ENG Demarai Gray 12 1 5+5 1 0 0 1+1 0
32 FW  TUR Samed Onur 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
37 FW  GER Emrehan Gedikli 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+3 0
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF  GRE Panagiotis Retsos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW  FIN Joel Pohjanpalo 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA EL Total
1 FW 9 Leon Bailey 9 1 5 15
FW 13 Lucas Alario 11 2 2 15
3 FW 14 Patrik Schick 9 1 3 13
4 FW 19 Moussa Diaby 4 2 4 10
5 MF 27 Florian Wirtz 5 1 2 8
6 MF 10 Kerem Demirbay 4 0 1 5
MF 11 Nadiem Amiri 2 2 1 5
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
MF 8 Lars Bender 1 1 0 2
DF 12 Edmond Tapsoba 1 1 0 2
13 DF 4 Jonathan Tah 1 0 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 53 12 24 89

Last updated: 22 May 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

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