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

← 2010–11

2012–13 →

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.^[1]

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 July 2011 Round 1	Dynamo Dresden	4 – 3 (aet)	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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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		000000001985-01-15-000015 January 1985	2000	VfB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Giefer		000000001990-05-17-000017 May 1990	2003	TuRa Lommersdorf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bernd Leno		000000001992-03-04-00004 March 1992	2011	VfB Stuttgart	14	0	0	0	6	0	20	0
David Yelldell		000000001981-10-01-00001 October 1981	2011	MSV Duisburg	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
Gonzalo Castro		000000001987-06-11-000011 June 1987	1999	Bayer Wuppertal	12	1	1	0	6	0	19	1
Danny da Costa		000000001993-07-13-000013 July 1993	2001	Winfriedia Mülheim	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manuel Friedrich		000000001979-09-13-000013 September 1979	2007	1. FSV Mainz 05	8	0	0	0	3	1	11	1
Michal Kadlec		000000001984-12-13-000013 December 1984	2008	Sparta Prague	12	1	1	0	6	1	19	2
Bastian Oczipka		000000001989-01-12-000012 January 1989	2011	FC St. Pauli	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Stefan Reinartz		000000001989-01-01-00001 January 1989	2009	1. FC Nuremberg	14	1	1	0	5	0	20	1
Daniel Schwaab		000000001989-01-01-00001 January 1989	2009	SC Freiburg	11	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
Ömer Toprak		000000001989-07-21-000021 July 1989	2011	SC Freiburg	13	0	1	0	5	0	19	0
Midfielders
Hanno Balitsch		000000001981-01-02-00002 January 1981	2010	Hannover 96	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
Michael Ballack		000000001976-09-26-000026 September 1976	2010	Chelsea F.C.	11	2	1	0	6	1	18	3
Tranquillo Barnetta		000000001985-05-22-000022 May 1985	2005	Hannover 96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karim Bellarabi		000000001990-04-08-00008 April 1990	2011	Eintracht Braunschweig	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Lars Bender		000000001989-04-27-000027 April 1989	2009	TSV 1860 München	15	1	1	0	6	1	22	2
Michael Ortega		000000001991-04-06-00006 April 1991	2011	Club Atlas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renato Augusto		000000001988-02-08-00008 February 1988	2008	Flamengo	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
Simon Rolfes		000000001982-01-21-000021 January 1982	2005	Alemannia Aachen	15	1	1	0	6	0	22	1
Sidney Sam		000000001989-04-27-000027 April 1989	2010	1. FC Kaiserslautern	15	4	1	1	6	1	22	6
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok		000000001988-06-12-000012 June 1988	2009	FC Basel	12	6	1	1	6	2	19	9
Nicolai Jørgensen		000000001991-01-15-000015 January 1991	2010	Akademisk Boldklub	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
Stefan Kießling		000000001984-01-25-000025 January 1984	2006	1. FC Nuremberg	15	3	1	0	6	1	22	4
André Schürrle		000000001990-11-06-00006 November 1990	2011	1. FSV Mainz 05	12	2	1	1	6	1	19	4

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends
4	DF	Bastian Oczipka	27	EU	FC St. Pauli !FC St. Pauli	loan return	Summer
9	FW	André Schürrle	20	EU	Mainz 05 !Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer
17	MF	Michael Javier Ortega	24	Non-EU	Atlas !Atlas	loan	Summer	2012
21	DF	Ömer Toprak	21	EU	SC Freiburg !SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2016
22	GK	David Yelldell	34	EU	MSV Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	Transfer	Summer
22	GK	Bernd Leno	23	EU	Bayer Leverkusen !Bayer Leverkusen	loan	Summer	2012
38	FW	Karim Bellarabi	25	EU	Eintracht Braunschweig !Eintracht Braunschweig	Transfer	Summer

Out

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window
4	DF	Sami Hyypiä	42	EU		Retirement	Summer
17	DF	Domagoj Vida	26	Non-EU	Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer
22	GK	Benedikt Fernandez	31	EU		Release	Summer
23	MF	Arturo Vidal	28	Non-EU	Juventus !Juventus	Transfer	Summer
26	DF	Kevin Kampl	25	EU	VfL Osnabrück !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

↑ "Ab in den Süden". kicker (in German). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.

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League competitions

Men	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga Regionalliga Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Northeast, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schleswig-Holstein, Southwest)

Women	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga

Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFL Supercup

Women	DFB-Pokal

European competitions

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Women	Champions League

Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2012 (UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A) Joachim Löw

Women	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 2012 Algarve Cup Silvia Neid

Transfers

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