2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2015–16 season
Sporting Director Rudi Völler
Manager Roger Schmidt
Stadium BayArena
Bundesliga 3rd
DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League Group stage
Europa League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Javier Hernández (17)
All: Javier Hernández (26)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 112th season in the club's football history.

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
2 DF Brazil Ramalho, AndréAndré Ramalho 23Non-EU Red Bull SalzburgAustria Transfer Summer 2019 Free [1]
14 FW Switzerland Mehmedi, AdmirAdmir Mehmedi 24EU SC FreiburgGermany Transfer Summer 2019 €8,000,000 [2]
5 DF Greece Papadopoulos, KyriakosKyriakos Papadopoulos 23EU Schalke 04Germany Transfer Summer 2020 €6,500,000 [3]
4 DF Germany Tah, JonathanJonathan Tah 19EU Hamburger SV Transfer Summer 2020 €7,500,000 [4]
20 MF Chile Aránguiz, CharlesCharles Aránguiz 26Non-EU InternacionalBrazil Transfer Summer 2020 €13,000,000 [5]
44 MF Slovenia Kampl, KevinKevin Kampl 24EU Borussia Dortmund Transfer Summer €11,000,000 [6]
7 FW Mexico Hernández, JavierJavier Hernández 27Non-EU Manchester UnitedEngland Transfer Summer 2018 €12,000,000 [7][8]

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
MF Germany Castro, GonzaloGonzalo Castro 28EU Borussia Dortmund Transfer Summer €11,000,000 [9]
FW Switzerland Drmić, JosipJosip Drmić 22EU Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer €10,000,000 [10]
FW Poland Milik, ArkadiuszArkadiusz Milik 21EU Ajax Transfer Summer €2,800,000 [11]
MF Germany Kohr, DominikDominik Kohr 21EU FC Augsburg Transfer Summer €1,400,000 [12]
DF Germany Wollscheid, PhilippPhilipp Wollscheid 26EU Stoke City Transfer Summer €3,800,000 [13]
MF Germany Reinartz, StefanStefan Reinartz 26EU Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer [14]
FW South Korea Heung-min, SonSon Heung-min 23Non-EU Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Summer €30,000,000 [15]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 28 4 2 80 17 +63 88 Qualification to Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 24 6 4 82 34 +48 78
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 6 10 56 40 +16 60
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 4 13 67 50 +17 55 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Schalke 04 34 15 7 12 51 49 +2 52 Qualification to Europa League group stage
Source: kicker.de, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[16]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Bayern Munich, qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 18 6 10 56 40  +16 60 10 3 4 31 17  +14 8 3 6 25 23  +2

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Result W W L L L W W D D W L L W D L W W D W D W L L L D W W W W W W W L W
Position 5 3 6 13 13 11 5 7 7 6 7 8 6 6 8 6 5 5 4 5 3 4 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Barcelona 6 4 2 0 15 4 +11 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Italy Roma 6 1 3 2 11 16 5 6
3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 3 2 13 12 +1 6 Transfer to Europa League
4 Belarus BATE Borisov 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 5
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16

Statistics

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League Europa League Total
1 FW 7 Mexico Javier Hernández 17 4 5 0 26
2 MF 38 Germany Karim Bellarabi 6 2 1 3 12
3 MF 19 Germany Julian Brandt 9 1 0 0 10
4 FW 11 Germany Stefan Kießling 5 3 0 0 8
MF 10 Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu 3 1 3 1 8
6 FW 14 Switzerland Admir Mehmedi 2 0 5 0 7
7 MF 44 Slovenia Kevin Kampl 3 0 1 0 4
8 MF 20 Chile Charles Aránguiz 2 0 0 0 2
MF 35 Ukraine Vladlen Yurchenko 1 1 0 0 2
MF 8 Germany Lars Bender 1 1 0 0 2
11 DF 17 Poland Sebastian Boenisch 1 0 0 0 1
DF 21 Turkey Ömer Toprak 1 0 0 0 1
DF 5 Greece Kyriakos Papadopoulos 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 51 13 16 4 84

Last updated on 14 May 2016

Assists

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League Europa League Total
1 MF 38 Germany Karim Bellarabi 11 1 3 0 15
2 MF 10 Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu 5 0 2 0 7
MF 19 Germany Julian Brandt 3 3 1 0 7
4 FW 14 Switzerland Admir Mehmedi 5 0 1 0 6
5 FW 7 Mexico Javier Hernández 2 1 0 1 4
FW 11 Germany Stefan Kießling 2 2 0 0 4
7 MF 44 Slovenia Kevin Kampl 0 0 2 0 2
DF 18 Brazil Wendell 0 1 1 0 2
9 MF 23 Germany Christoph Kramer 1 0 0 0 1
DF 13 Germany Roberto Hilbert 1 0 0 0 1
MF 39 Germany Benjamin Henrichs 1 0 0 0 1
MF 20 Chile Charles Aránguiz 1 0 0 0 1
DF 16 Croatia Tin Jedvaj 0 0 0 1 1
DF 4 Germany Jonathan Tah 0 0 0 1 1
DF 2 Brazil André Ramalho 0 0 0 1 1
MF 35 Ukraine Vladlen Yurchenko 0 1 0 0 1
MF 37 Germany Marlon Frey 0 1 0 0 1
Total 32 10 10 4 56

Last updated on 14 May 2016

References

  1. "Bayer 04 verpflichtet Ramalho ablösefrei von RB Salzburg" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. "Bayer 04 snap up Swiss striker Mehmedi". Bundesliga. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. "Papadopoulos seals permanent Leverkusen switch". Bundesliga. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. "Leverkusen sign Jonathan Tah". Bundesliga. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. "Leverkusen sign Jonathan Tah". Bundesliga. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. "Ciro Immobile to make loan move to FC Sevilla". bvb.de. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. [https://twitter.com/bayer04fussball/status/638396037049241600> "Leverkusen sign Chicharito Hernández"].
  8. [http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34108233> "Javier Hernandez: Man Utd striker joins Bayer Leverkusen for £7.3m"]. BBC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  9. "LEVERKUSEN'S CASTRO AGREES MOVE TO DORTMUND". Bundesliga.com. 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. "Gladbach land Leverkusen forward Drmic". Bundesliga. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  11. "Ajax contracteert Arek Milik" (in Dutch). Ajax. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  12. "FCA verpflichtet Dominik Kohr" (in German). Augsburg. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  13. "Philipp Wollscheid completes Stoke City transfer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  14. "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Stefan Reinartz". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  15. "Tottenham sign Heung-Min Son from Bayer Leverkusen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  16. "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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