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
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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

1 7 August 2011	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

2 14 August 2011	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

3 20 August 2011	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

4 27 August 2011	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

5 9 September 2011	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

6 17 September 2011	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

7 24 September 2011	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

8 1 October 2011	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

9 15 October 2011	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

10 23 October 2011	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

11 28 October 2011	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

12 5 November 2011	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

13 18 November 2011	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

14 26 November 2011	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

15 2 December 2011	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

16 10 December 2011	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 17 December 2011	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

18 22 January 2012	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

19 28 January 2012	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

20 4 February 2012	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

21 11 February 2012	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

22 18 February 2012	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

23 25 February 2012	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

24 3 March 2012	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

25 10 March 2012	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

26 17 March 2012	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

27 24 March 2012	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

28 31 March 2012	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

29 8 April 2012	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

30 11 April 2012	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

31 14 April 2012	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

32 21 April 2012	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

33 28 April 2012	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

34 5 May 2012	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

Round 1 30 July 2011	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

Group stage

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

1 13 September 2011	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)

2 28 September 2011	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

3 19 October 2011	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)

4 1 November 2011	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

5 23 November 2011	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 6 December 2011	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

Round of 16

First leg 14 February 2012	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)

Second leg 7 March 2012	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		01985-01-15-000015 January 1985	2000	VfB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Giefer		01990-05-17-000017 May 1990	2003	TuRa Lommersdorf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bernd Leno		01992-03-04-00004 March 1992	2011	VfB Stuttgart	14	0	0	0	6	0	20	0
David Yelldell		01981-10-01-00001 October 1981	2011	MSV Duisburg	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
Gonzalo Castro		01987-06-11-000011 June 1987	1999	Bayer Wuppertal	12	1	1	0	6	0	19	1
Danny da Costa		01993-07-13-000013 July 1993	2001	Winfriedia Mülheim	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manuel Friedrich		01979-09-13-000013 September 1979	2007	1. FSV Mainz 05	8	0	0	0	3	1	11	1
Michal Kadlec		01984-12-13-000013 December 1984	2008	Sparta Prague	12	1	1	0	6	1	19	2
Bastian Oczipka		01989-01-12-000012 January 1989	2011	FC St. Pauli	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Stefan Reinartz		01989-01-01-00001 January 1989	2009	1. FC Nuremberg	14	1	1	0	5	0	20	1
Daniel Schwaab		01989-01-01-00001 January 1989	2009	SC Freiburg	11	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
Ömer Toprak		01989-07-21-000021 July 1989	2011	SC Freiburg	13	0	1	0	5	0	19	0
Midfielders
Hanno Balitsch		01981-01-02-00002 January 1981	2010	Hannover 96	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
Michael Ballack		01976-09-26-000026 September 1976	2010	Chelsea F.C.	11	2	1	0	6	1	18	3
Tranquillo Barnetta		01985-05-22-000022 May 1985	2005	Hannover 96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karim Bellarabi		01990-04-08-00008 April 1990	2011	Eintracht Braunschweig	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Lars Bender		01989-04-27-000027 April 1989	2009	TSV 1860 München	15	1	1	0	6	1	22	2
Michael Ortega		01991-04-06-00006 April 1991	2011	Club Atlas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renato Augusto		01988-02-08-00008 February 1988	2008	Flamengo	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
Simon Rolfes		01982-01-21-000021 January 1982	2005	Alemannia Aachen	15	1	1	0	6	0	22	1
Sidney Sam		01989-04-27-000027 April 1989	2010	1. FC Kaiserslautern	15	4	1	1	6	1	22	6
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok		01988-06-12-000012 June 1988	2009	FC Basel	12	6	1	1	6	2	19	9
Nicolai Jørgensen		01991-01-15-000015 January 1991	2010	Akademisk Boldklub	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
Stefan Kießling		01984-01-25-000025 January 1984	2006	1. FC Nuremberg	15	3	1	0	6	1	22	4
André Schürrle		01990-11-06-00006 November 1990	2011	1. FSV Mainz 05	12	2	1	1	6	1	19	4

Transfers

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N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Source 4 DF Bastian Oczipka 26 EU FC St. Pauli loan return Summer 9 FW André Schürrle 20 EU 1. FSV Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 17 MF Michael Javier Ortega 24 Non-EU Atlas loan Summer 2012 21 DF Ömer Toprak 21 EU SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 2016 22 GK David Yelldell 33 EU MSV Duisburg Transfer Summer 22 GK Bernd Leno 23 EU Bayer Leverkusen loan Summer 2012 38 FW Karim Bellarabi 25 EU Eintracht Braunschweig Transfer Summer Out N P Nat. Name Age EU Moving to Type Transfer window Transfer fee Source 4 DF Sami Hyypiä 41 EU Retirement Summer 17 DF Domagoj Vida 25 Non-EU Dinamo Zagreb Transfer Summer 22 GK Benedikt Fernandez 30 EU Release Summer 23 MF Arturo Vidal 27 Non-EU Juventus Transfer Summer 26 DF Kevin Kampl 24 EU 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.  2011–12 in German football  « 2010–11 2012–13 »  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 Men Champions League Europa League 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 Summer 2011 Winter 2011–12 Team seasons Men's Bundesliga 1899 Hoffenheim FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach SC Freiburg Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 1. FC Nürnberg Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg Men's 2. Bundesliga Alemannia Aachen VfL Bochum MSV Duisburg Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf Greuther Fürth Men's 3. Liga Preußen Münster 1. FC Saarbrücken Wehen Wiesbaden Bayer 04 Leverkusen Football Club Players Ladies Managers Matches Stadium Miscellaneous Bayer Giants Bayer AG Bayer 04 Leverkusen seasons 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15