2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen

2011–12 season

Manager

Robin Dutt

Bundesliga

6th

DFB-Pokal

1st Round

Champions League

Round of 16

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is their 108th year of existence.

1 Review and events
2 Match results
3 Player information
- 3.1 Roster and statistics
- 3.2 Transfers
  - 3.2.1 In
  - 3.2.2 Out
4 Sources

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]

Match results

Bundesliga

Match

Date

Ground

Opponent

Score¹

Pos.

Pts.

Report

7 August

FSV Mainz 05

0 – 2

−2

14 August

Werder Bremen

1 – 0

−1

20 August

VfB Stuttgart

1 – 0

27 August

Borussia Dortmund

0 – 0

9 September

FC Augsburg

4 – 1

17 September

1. FC Köln

1 – 4

24 September

Bayern Munich

0 – 3

−3

1 October

VfL Wolfsburg

3 – 1

−1

15 October

Borussia Mönchengladbach

2 – 2

−1

23 October

Schalke 04

0 – 1

−2

28 October

SC Freiburg

1 – 0

−1

5 November

Hamburger SV

2 – 2

−1

18 November

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2 – 0

26 November

Hertha BSC

3 – 3

2 December

1899 Hoffenheim

2 – 0

10 December

Hannover 96

0 – 0

17 December

1. FC Nuremberg

0 – 3

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

First Round 30 July	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

Group Stage

1 13 September	Chelsea F.C.	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	London, England
20:45 CEST	Luiz 67' Mata 67'	Match Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 33.820 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

2 28 September	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	K.R.C. Genk	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST	Bender 30' Ballack 90'+2'	Match Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25.138 Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland

3 19 October	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Valencia CF	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST	Schürrle 52' Sam 56'	Match Report	24' Jonas	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26.384 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

4 1 November	Valencia CF	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Valencia, Spain
20:45 CEST	Jonas 1' Soldado 65' Rami 75'	Match Report	31' Kießling	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Attendance: 37.047 Referee: Eriksson

5 23 November	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Chelsea F.C.	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET	Derdiyok 73' Friedrich 90'+1'	Match Report	48' Drogba	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29.285 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

6 6 December	K.R.C. Genk	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Genk, Belgium
20:45 CET	Vossen 30'	Match Report	79' Derdiyok	Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 21.187 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy

Knockout Stage

RO16 (1st Leg) 14 February	Bayer Leverkusen	v	FC Barcelona	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET				Stadium: BayArena

RO16 (2nd Leg) 7 March	FC Barcelona	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET				Stadium: Camp Nou

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 16 December 2011 (2011 -12-16)^[update]

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		01985-01-15 15 January 1985	2000	VfB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Giefer		01990-05-17 17 May 1990	2003	TuRa Lommersdorf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bernd Leno		01992-03-04 4 March 1992	2011	VfB Stuttgart	14	0	0	0	6	0	20	0
David Yelldell		01981-10-01 1 October 1981	2011	MSV Duisburg	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
Gonzalo Castro		01987-06-11 11 June 1987	1999	Bayer Wuppertal	12	1	1	0	6	0	19	1
Danny Da Costa		01993-07-13 13 July 1993	2001	Winfriedia Mülheim	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manuel Friedrich		01979-09-13 13 September 1979	2007	1. FSV Mainz 05	8	0	0	0	3	1	11	1
Michal Kadlec		01984-12-13 13 December 1984	2008	Sparta Prague	12	1	1	0	6	1	19	2
Bastian Oczipka		01989-01-12 12 January 1989	2011	FC St. Pauli	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Stefan Reinartz		01989-01-01 1 January 1989	2009	1. FC Nuremberg	14	1	1	0	5	0	20	1
Daniel Schwaab		01989-01-01 1 January 1989	2009	SC Freiburg	11	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
Ömer Toprak		01989-07-21 21 July 1989	2011	SC Freiburg	13	0	1	0	5	0	19	0
Midfielders
Hanno Balitsch		01981-01-02 2 January 1981	2010	Hannover 96	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
Michael Ballack		01976-09-26 26 September 1976	2010	Chelsea F.C.	11	2	1	0	6	1	18	3
Tranquillo Barnetta		01985-05-22 22 May 1985	2005	Hannover 96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karim Bellarabi		01990-04-08 8 April 1990	2011	Eintracht Braunschweig	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Lars Bender		01989-04-27 27 April 1989	2009	TSV 1860 München	15	1	1	0	6	1	22	2
Michael Ortega		01991-04-06 6 April 1991	2011	Club Atlas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renato Augusto		01988-02-08 8 February 1988	2008	Flamengo	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
Simon Rolfes		01982-01-21 21 January 1982	2005	Alemannia Aachen	15	1	1	0	6	0	22	1
Sidney Sam		01989-04-27 27 April 1989	2010	1. FC Kaiserslautern	15	4	1	1	6	1	22	6
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok		01988-06-12 12 June 1988	2009	FC Basel	12	6	1	1	6	2	19	9
Nicolai Jørgensen		01991-01-15 15 January 1991	2010	Akademisk Boldklub	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
Stefan Kießling		01984-01-25 25 January 1984	2006	1. FC Nuremberg	15	3	1	0	6	1	22	4
André Schürrle		01990-11-06 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
4	DF	GER	Bastian Oczipka	23	EU	FC St. Pauli	loan return	Summer
9	FW	GER	André Schürrle	20	EU	FSV Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer
17	MF	COL	Michael Javier Ortega	20	Non-EU	Atlas	loan	Summer	2012
21	DF	TUR	Ömer Toprak	21	EU	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2016
22	GK	USA	David Yelldell	30	EU	MSV Duisburg	Transfer	Summer
22	GK	GER	Bernd Leno	20	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	loan	Summer	2012
38	FW	GER	Karim Bellarabi	21	EU	Eintracht Braunschweig	Transfer	Summer

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window
4	DF	FIN	Sami Hyypiä	38	EU		Retirement	Summer
17	DF	CRO	Domagoj Vida	22	Non-EU	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer
22	GK	GER	Benedikt Fernandez	27	EU		Release	Summer
23	MF	CHI	Arturo Vidal	24	Non-EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer
26	DF	SVN	Kevin Kampl	21	EU	VfL Osnabrück	Transfer	Summer

Sources

^ "Ab in den Süden" (in German). kicker. 23 December 2011. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/562442/artikel_ab-in-den-sueden.html. Retrieved 26 December 2011.

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