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The 2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 115th season in the football club's history and 40th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This was the 61st season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
2018–19 season | ||||
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Owner | Bayer AG | |||
Managing director | Michael Schade | |||
Manager | Heiko Herrlich (until 23 December) Peter Bosz (from 4 January) | |||
Stadium | BayArena | |||
Bundesliga | 4th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Kai Havertz (17 goals) All: Kai Havertz (19 goals) | |||
Biggest win | Gladbach 0–5 Leverkusen Leverkusen 6–1 Frankfurt | |||
Biggest defeat | Leverkusen 1–4 Hoffenheim Leipzig 3–0 Leverkusen Hoffenheim 4–1 Leverkusen | |||
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The season was the first since 2005-06 without Stefan Kießling, who retired after the 2017-18 season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee | Source |
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1 | GK | Lukáš Hrádecký | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | Free | [2] |
6 | DF | Aleksandar Dragović | Leicester City | Loan return | Summer | 2021 | Free | [3] |
7 | FW | Paulinho | Vasco da Gama | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €18,500,000 | [4] |
23 | DF | Mitchell Weiser | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 2023 | €12,000,000 | [5] |
24 | GK | Thorsten Kirschbaum | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
30 | FW | Sam Schreck | Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2021 | Free | |
32 | FW | Jakub Bednarczyk | Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
35 | FW | Chinedu Ekene | Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
40 | GK | Tomasz Kucz | Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free | |
— | FW | Dennis Mbay | Bayer Leverkusen U19 | Promoted to first team | Summer | 2019 | Free |
No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee | Source |
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1 | GK | Bernd Leno | Arsenal | Transfer | Summer | €25,000,000 | [6] |
11 | FW | Stefan Kießling | Retired | Released | Summer | Free | [7] |
22 | MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | Released | Summer | Free | [8] | |
36 | GK | Niklas Lomb | SV Sandhausen | Loan | Summer | Free | |
37 | MF | Marlon Frey | Released | Summer | Free | [8] |
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Win Draw Loss
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Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Bundesliga | 25 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 52.94 | |
DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2018 | 5 February 2019 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 66.67 |
Europa League | 20 September 2018 | 21 February 2019 | Group stage | Round of 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 50.00 |
Total | 45 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 93 | 64 | +29 | 53.33 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 81 | 44 | +37 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 66 | |
4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 58 | |
5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 55 |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga
25 August 2018 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,087 Referee: Christian Dingert |
1 September 2018 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Bailey 24' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,247 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
15 September 2018 3 | Bayern Munich | 3–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Munich |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Wendell 5' (pen.) | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Welz |
23 September 2018 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | Mainz 05 | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Havertz 62' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,473 Referee: Marco Fritz |
26 September 2018 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Düsseldorf |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Hennings 90+4' (pen.) | Report | Volland 50', 60' | Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,046 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
29 September 2018 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–4 | Borussia Dortmund | Leverkusen |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych |
7 October 2018 7 | SC Freiburg | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Freiburg |
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
20 October 2018 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–2 | Hannover 96 | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,435 Referee: Patrick Ittrich |
28 October 2018 9 | Werder Bremen | 2–6 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bremen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,400 Referee: Marco Fritz |
3 November 2018 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Bellarabi 30' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,589 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
11 November 2018 11 | RB Leipzig | 3–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Leipzig |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 36,155 Referee: Martin Petersen |
23 November 2018 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Leverkusen |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Volland 76', 83' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,632 Referee: Robert Schröder |
3 December 2018 13 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Nuremberg |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Margreitter 57' | Report | Havertz 29' | Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 32,238 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus |
8 December 2018 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | FC Augsburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Alario 75' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,558 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
16 December 2018 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Frankfurt |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Bellarabi 65' | Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Felix Brych |
19 December 2018 16 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Gelsenkirchen |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Wright 45+2' | Report | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,548 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
22 December 2018 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Hertha BSC | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Torunarigha 26' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,647 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
19 January 2019 18 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Pléa 37' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,628 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
26 January 2019 19 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,736 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
2 February 2019 20 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1 | Bayern Munich | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Goretzka 41' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
8 February 2019 21 | Mainz 05 | 1–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mainz |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Quaison 9' | Report | Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 21,905 Referee: Robert Schröder |
17 February 2019 22 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Leverkusen |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,717 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
24 February 2019 23 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Dortmund |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,029 Referee: Christian Dingert |
2 March 2019 24 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | SC Freiburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,607 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
10 March 2019 25 | Hannover 96 | 2–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Hanover |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 33,800 Referee: Sören Storks |
17 March 2019 26 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Bailey 75' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
29 March 2019 27 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 4–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Sinsheim |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Volland 17' | Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 28,350 Referee: Harm Osmers |
6 April 2019 28 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–4 | RB Leipzig | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Havertz 11' (pen.), 23' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,845 Referee: Tobias Welz |
13 April 2019 29 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Havertz 64' (pen.) | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,657 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
20 April 2019 30 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,405 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
26 April 2019 31 | FC Augsburg | 1–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Augsburg |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Danso 12' | Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,404 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
5 May 2019 32 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Leverkusen |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Kostić 14' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
11 May 2019 33 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Schalke 04 | Leverkusen |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Havertz 31' | Report | Burgstaller 47' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
18 May 2019 34 | Hertha BSC | 1–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Berlin |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Lazaro 34' | Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 59,287 Referee: Marco Fritz |
18 August 2018 First round | 1. CfR Pforzheim | 0–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Pforzheim |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Alario 27' (pen.) | Stadium: Stadion Holzhof Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
31 October 2018 Second round | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,755 Referee: Tobias Welz |
5 February 2019 Round of 16 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Heidenheim |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Brandt 44' | Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Zürich | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | |
3 | AEK Larnaca | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | |
4 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
20 September 2018 1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Razgrad, Bulgaria |
22:00 EEST (UTC+3) 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 8,240[11] Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy) |
4 October 2018 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–2 | AEK Larnaca | Leverkusen, Germany |
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,354[12] Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine) |
25 October 2018 3 | Zürich | 3–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Zürich, Switzerland |
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Bellarabi 50', 54' | Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 12,427[13] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan) |
8 November 2018 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | Zürich | Leverkusen, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Jedvaj 60' | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,179[14] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
29 November 2018 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | Ludogorets Razgrad | Leverkusen, Germany |
18:55 CET (UTC+1) | Weiser 85' | Report | Marcelinho 69' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,066[15] Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands) |
13 December 2018 6 | AEK Larnaca | 1–5 | Bayer Leverkusen | Nicosia, Cyprus |
22:00 EET (UTC+2) 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
Català 26' | Report | Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 1,584[16] Referee: François Letexier (France) |
14 February 2019 First leg | Krasnodar | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Krasnodar, Russia |
20:55 MSK (UTC+3) 18:55 CET (UTC+1) |
Report | Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 34,827[17] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy) |
21 February 2019 Second leg | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 (1–1a agg.) | Krasnodar | Leverkusen, Germany |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Aránguiz 87' | Report | Suleymanov 84' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,084[18] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania) |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | FIN | Lukáš Hrádecký | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
24 | GK | GER | Thorsten Kirschbaum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
28 | GK | AUT | Ramazan Özcan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
3 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Retsos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah | 38 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | AUT | Aleksandar Dragović | 29 | 2 | 14+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | ||
16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj | 21 | 2 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | ||
18 | DF | BRA | Wendell | 39 | 2 | 25+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | GER | Mitchell Weiser | 41 | 2 | 22+8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
5 | MF | GER | Sven Bender | 32 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender | 27 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | ||
15 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger | 27 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||
20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz | 29 | 3 | 22+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
21 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr | 25 | 2 | 10+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
29 | MF | GER | Kai Havertz | 42 | 20 | 33+1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | ||
30 | MF | GER | Sam Schreck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
36 | MF | GER | Adrian Stanilewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi | 24 | 9 | 14+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | BRA | Paulinho | 21 | 1 | 0+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | ||
9 | FW | JAM | Leon Bailey | 39 | 5 | 21+8 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | GER | Julian Brandt | 43 | 10 | 30+3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5+2 | 1 | ||
11 | FW | SWE | Isaac Kiese Thelin | 14 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | ||
13 | FW | ARG | Lucas Alario | 36 | 14 | 11+16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4+3 | 4 | ||
17 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland | 42 | 15 | 32+2 | 14 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | ||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
22 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | MF | POL | Jakub Bednarczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions
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