2020–21 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2020–21 season
Administration	Fernando Carro (CEO); Rudi Völler (Managing Director Sports)
Head coach	Peter Bosz; (until 23 March); Hannes Wolf; (caretaker, from 23 March)
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lucas Alario (11); All: ; Lucas Alario; Leon Bailey; (15 each)
Highest home attendance	6,042 vs RB Leipzig
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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^[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	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. 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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	10	10	53	39	+14	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Union Berlin	34	12	14	8	50	43	+7	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
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.^[13]
Notes:

^ ^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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L
Position	10	13	14	9	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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)	Schlager 43'	Report	Aránguiz 33' Baumgartlinger 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Sven Jablonski

26 September 2020 2	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Demirbay 19', 20'	Report	Forsberg 14' Klostermann 45' Haidara 65' Adams 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Harm Osmers

3 October 2020 3	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kempf 69' Massimo 75' Kalajdžić 76' Endo 89'	Report	Schick 7' Bellarabi 75' Aránguiz 89'	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)	Latza 75' Fernandes 85' Ji Dong-won 86'	Report	Alario 30' L. Bender 57'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 250 Referee: Bastian Dankert

26 October 2020 5	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 16' (pen.), 74', 78' Diaby 90+4'	Report	Framberger 15' Caligiuri 51' Vargas 77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

1 November 2020 6	SC Freiburg	2–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höler 3' Kübler 45+1' Heintz 50' Petersen 72'	Report	S. Bender 24' Alario 29', 42' Diaby 60' Amiri 64' Tah 76'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

8 November 2020 7	Bayer Leverkusen	4–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hradecky 18' Alario 27', 41' L. Bender 51' Bailey 68' Baumgartlinger 82' Wirtz 84' Diaby 86'	Report	Stindl 18' (pen.), 30' Bensebaini 45+4' Embolo 46' Lazaro 90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

21 November 2020 8	Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hradecky 47' (o.g.)	Report	Bailey 27' Dragović 65', 88'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

29 November 2020 9	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sinkgraven 80' Bailey 90+4'	Report	Cunha 30'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

6 December 2020 10	Schalke 04	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Uth 11' Skrzybski 71' Hoppe 72'	Report	Thiaw 10' (o.g.) Dragović 58' Tah 59' Baumgartlinger 67' Sinkgraven 71' Schick 78'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

13 December 2020 11	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bailey 4', 27' Diaby 31' Sinkgraven 35' Wirtz 55' Amiri 74' Alario 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Grillitsch 38' 64' Baumgartner 50' Posch 58' 79' Vogt 74' Nordtveit 90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

16 December 2020 12	1. FC Köln	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Horn 34'	Report	Weiser 8' Diaby 10' Dragović 54' Schick 54' Wirtz 59'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

19 December 2020 13	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schick 14' Bailey 72'	Report	Gnabry 24' Lewandowski 43', 90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

2 January 2021 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Younes 22' Tapsoba 54' (o.g.)	Report	Amiri 10'	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)	Schick 67', 70' Demirbay 89'	Report	Toprak 52' Augustinsson 55' Mbom 88'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

15 January 2021 16	Union Berlin	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Friedrich 52' Teuchert 88'	Report	Tah 43' Amiri 90+1'	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)	Diaby 14', 78' Bailey 73' Wirtz 80'	Report	Brandt 67' Hummels 90+1' Delaney 90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

23 January 2021 18	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 90+2'	Report	Baku 35' Lacroix 90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

30 January 2021 19	RB Leipzig	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nkunku 51' Kluivert 90' Haidara 90+2'	Report	Bellarabi 60' Bailey 75'	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)	Demirbay 18', 31' Bailey 56' Wirtz 68' Gray 84'	Report	Kalajdžić 50', 77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

13 February 2021 21	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tah 3' Wendell 13' Alario 14' Tapsoba 67' Schick 68', 84' Fosu-Mensah 82'	Report	Glatzel 89' Stöger 90+2', 90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

21 February 2021 22	FC Augsburg	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Niederlechner 5', 59' Bénes 49'	Report	Tapsoba 32', 90+5' Aránguiz 39' Diaby 88' Fosu-Mensah 89'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

28 February 2021 23	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aránguiz 68' Bailey 70', 71'	Report	Demirović 21', 50' Höler 61' Höfler 73' Sallai 77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

6 March 2021 24	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Amiri 38' Schick 76', 90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

14 March 2021 25	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Leverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frimpong 49' Schick 85' Wendell 90+6'	Report	Pieper 16' Dōan 18' Okugawa 57'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

21 March 2021 26	Hertha BSC	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zeefuik 4' Cunha 26' Córdoba 33'	Report	Bailey 35' Amiri 79'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

3 April 2021 27	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alario 26' Schick 72' Tapsoba 73'	Report	Huntelaar 81'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

12 April 2021 28	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baumgartner 89'	Report	Wendell 81'	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)	Bailey 5', 76' Tapsoba 40' Diaby 51'	Report	Czichos 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

20 April 2021 30	Bayern Munich	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Choupo-Moting 7' Kimmich 13'	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)	Bailey 70' Palacios 76' Alario 80' Demirbay 90+1'	Report	Ndicka 87' Silva 90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

8 May 2021 32	Werder Bremen	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sargent 4' Groß 42' Gebre Selassie 87' Dinkçi 90+4'	Report	Sinkgraven 27' Schick 90+1'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

15 May 2021 33	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Union Berlin	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Amiri 6' Tapsoba 17' Wirtz 27'	Report	Ingvartsen 40' Andrich 55' Pohjanpalo 72'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

22 May 2021 34	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haaland 5', 84' Reus 51'	Report	Bender 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

13 September 2020 First round	Eintracht Norderstedt	0–7	Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen^[16]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brown 79'	Report	L. Bender 4' Amiri 10', 31' Alario 12' Wirtz 21' Aránguiz 30' Schick 77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 300 Referee: Sören Storks

12 January 2021^[a] Second round	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 27' (pen.) Tapsoba 49', 61' Diaby 67', 87' Tah 73' L. Bender 83'	Report	Younes 6' Hinteregger 42'	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	Palacios 13' Bailey 81', 105'	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	SLP	HBS	NCE
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	5	1	21	8	+13	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	4–1	6–2
2	Slavia Prague	6	4	2	11	10	+1	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	3–0	3–2
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	4	7	13	−6	6		2–4	3–1	—	1–0
4	Nice	6	1	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)	Amiri 11' Alario 16' Baumgartlinger 40' L. Bender 45' Wendell 57' Diaby 61' Bellarabi 79', 83' Wirtz 87'	Report	Gouiri 31', 32' Nsoki 50' Claude-Maurice 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

29 October 2020 2	Slavia Prague	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Provod 59' Olayinka 68', 80' Musa 71' Ševčík 76' Kolář 90'	Report	Bellarabi 22'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

5 November 2020 3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Petah Tikva, Israel
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Acolatse 11', 25' Sallallich 13'	Report	Bailey 5', 75' Alario 21' Dadia 39' (o.g.) Demirbay 57' Wirtz 88'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

26 November 2020 4	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schick 29' Bailey 48' Demirbay 76' Alario 80'	Report	Shviro 58', 61' Taha 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

3 December 2020 5	Nice	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Nice, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kamara 26' Ndoye 39', 47' Daniliuc 90+3'	Report	Demirbay 12' Diaby 22' Dragović 32' Baumgartlinger 51'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

10 December 2020 6	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Slavia Prague	Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Bailey 8', 32' Schick 39' Diaby 59' Onur 85' Bellarabi 90+1'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[b] 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	4–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bern, Switzerland
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Fassnacht 3' Siebatcheu 19', 89' Elia 44' Lefort 56'	Report	Schick 49', 52' Diaby 68' Sinkgraven 86'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 0^[b] 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)	Sinkgraven 53'	Report	Siebatcheu 48' Fassnacht 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	UEFA EL	Total
1	FW	9	Leon Bailey	9	1	5	15
1	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
6	MF	11	Nadiem Amiri	2	2	1	5
8	MF	15	Julian Baumgartlinger	2	0	1	3
8	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

^ 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]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

^ "Werkself". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ "Official: Roma sell Schick to Leverkusen". Football Italia. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ "BAYER 04 SIGN SANTIAGO ARIAS FROM ATLÉTICO MADRID". Bayer 04. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ Marshall, Adam (13 January 2021). "Tim Fosu-Mensah Completes Permanent Transfer to Bayer Leverkusen". Manchester United Football Club. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "TRANSFER FOR THE FUTURE: FRIMPONG SIGNS FOR BAYER 04". Bayer 04. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "BAYER 04 SIGN GRAY FROM LEICESTER CITY". 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Stanilewicz schließt sich den Lilien an" (in German). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ "AFTER CONTRACT EXTENSION: BAYER 04 LOAN AZHIL TO RKC WAALWIJK". 31 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Bayer 04 agree Volland transfer to Monaco". Bayer Leverkusen. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ "Transfer perfekt: Havertz wechselt zum FC Chelsea" (in German). Bayer Leverkusen. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ "JOEL POHJANPALO SIGNS ON LOAN FROM LEVERKUSEN". 1. FC Union Berlin. 30 September 2020.
^ Ρέτσος: Δανεικός στη Σεντ Ετιέν με οψιόν αγοράς 6,5 εκατ. ευρώ;Retrieved 6 October 2020
^ "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.
^ "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ ""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.
^ 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]
^ "Pokalspiel Leverkusen gegen Frankfurt verlegt" [Cup match Leverkusen versus Frankfurt rescheduled]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.84761685032752-13] 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.

[19] 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]

[Behind_closed_doors-21] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[1] "Werkself". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[2] "Official: Roma sell Schick to Leverkusen". Football Italia. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[3] "BAYER 04 SIGN SANTIAGO ARIAS FROM ATLÉTICO MADRID". Bayer 04. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[4] Marshall, Adam (13 January 2021). "Tim Fosu-Mensah Completes Permanent Transfer to Bayer Leverkusen". Manchester United Football Club. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[5] "TRANSFER FOR THE FUTURE: FRIMPONG SIGNS FOR BAYER 04". Bayer 04. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[6] "BAYER 04 SIGN GRAY FROM LEICESTER CITY". 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[7] "Stanilewicz schließt sich den Lilien an" (in German). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[8] "AFTER CONTRACT EXTENSION: BAYER 04 LOAN AZHIL TO RKC WAALWIJK". 31 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[9] "Bayer 04 agree Volland transfer to Monaco". Bayer Leverkusen. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[10] "Transfer perfekt: Havertz wechselt zum FC Chelsea" (in German). Bayer Leverkusen. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[11] "JOEL POHJANPALO SIGNS ON LOAN FROM LEVERKUSEN". 1. FC Union Berlin. 30 September 2020.

[12] Ρέτσος: Δανεικός στη Σεντ Ετιέν με οψιόν αγοράς 6,5 εκατ. ευρώ;Retrieved 6 October 2020

[14] "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.

[15] "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[16] ""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.

[17] 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]

[18] "Pokalspiel Leverkusen gegen Frankfurt verlegt" [Cup match Leverkusen versus Frankfurt rescheduled]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[20] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[22] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.

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