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
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.

The season was the first since 2004-05 without Simon Rolfes, who retired after the 2014-15 season.

Out on loan

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF		André Ramalho	23	Non-EU	Red Bull Salzburg	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	[1]
14	FW		Admir Mehmedi	24	EU	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2019	€8,000,000	[2]
5	DF		Kyriakos Papadopoulos	23	EU	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2020	€6,500,000	[3]
4	DF		Jonathan Tah	19	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	2020	€7,500,000	[4]
20	MF		Charles Aránguiz	26	Non-EU	Internacional	Transfer	Summer	2020	€13,000,000	[5]
44	MF		Kevin Kampl	24	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer		€11,000,000	[6]
7	FW		Javier Hernández	27	Non-EU	Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	2018	€12,000,000	[7][8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	MF		Gonzalo Castro	28	EU	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	€11,000,000	[9]
	FW		Josip Drmić	22	EU	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	€10,000,000	[10]
	FW		Arkadiusz Milik	21	EU	Ajax	Transfer	Summer	€2,800,000	[11]
	MF		Dominik Kohr	21	EU	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Summer	€1,400,000	[12]
	DF		Philipp Wollscheid	26	EU	Stoke City	Transfer	Summer	€3,800,000	[13]
	MF		Stefan Reinartz	26	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer		[14]
	FW		Son Heung-min	23	Non-EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer	€30,000,000	[15]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	28	4	2	80	17	+63	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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 for the Champions League play-off round
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]

Source: DFB
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) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

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	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

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
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

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Bayer Leverkusen v TSG Hoffenheim

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wendell  11' Kießling 45' Brandt 71'	Report	Zuber 5'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,125 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hannover 96 v Bayer Leverkusen

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	Hannover 96	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Çalhanoğlu 18'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3	Bayern Munich	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bernat  8' Thiago  19' Müller 26', 60' (pen.) Robben 71' (pen.)	Report	Wendell  6' Kramer  18' Kruse  72'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

Bayer Leverkusen v Darmstadt 98

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Darmstadt 98	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Papadopoulos  35' Wendell  41' Bellarabi  90+2'	Report	Sulu 8' Mathenia  68'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,396 Referee: Peter Sippel

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 5	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hofmann 19' Kagawa 58' Papastathopoulos  61' Aubameyang 74' (pen.)	Report	Kampl  41' Papadopoulos  71' Wendell  73'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bender  51' Hernández 69' Donati  75' Ramalho  84'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,805 Referee: Marco Fritz

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	Werder Bremen	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. García  39'	Report	Mehmedi 31' Bellarabi  43' Brandt 58' Kampl 65' Donati  83'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,005 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Augsburg

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 8	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellarabi 39' Wendell  69' Donati  72'	Report	Leno 12' (o.g.) Callsen-Bracker  53' Baier  68' Hitz  90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,475 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hamburger SV v Bayer Leverkusen

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	Hamburger SV	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hunt  26' Lasogga  31' Ekdal  38' Iličević  59' Díaz  88' Spahić  90+1'	Report	Hernández  74' Jedvaj  75'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,957 Referee: Tobias Welz

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Bayer Leverkusen	4–3	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellarabi 57' Boenisch 70',  86' Hernández 71' Mehmedi 89',  90'	Report	Šunjić  45' Harnik 50' Didavi 54' Rupp 60' Schwaab  81' Ristl  90+1' Insúa  90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bendtner 34' Draxler 77'	Report	Papadopoulos  17' Hernández 40' Wendell  78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,766 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Köln

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández 33' Papadopoulos  53' Ramalho  86'	Report	Maroh 17', 72' Bittencourt  40' Heintz  65'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Leverkusen

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Medojević 45' Oczipka  66' Gerezgiher  69'	Report	Hernández 23', 39' Çalhanoğlu 72' Mehmedi  77'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tah  8' Riether 85' (o.g.)	Report	Choupo-Moting  38', 50' Goretzka  75'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Marco Fritz

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	Hertha BSC	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darida 7',  35' Brooks 60'	Report	Boenisch  17' Hernández 29',  90+3' Kampl  61' Hilbert  84'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 41,819 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	Bayer Leverkusen	5–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kießling 30', 66' Hernández 63', 75', 76'	Report	Jantschke  40' Korb  81'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler

FC Ingolstadt v Bayer Leverkusen

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	FC Ingolstadt	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Ingolstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matip  73' da Costa  76'	Report	Kramer  45' Hernández 73',  74' Kampl  90+3'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

TSG Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 18	TSG Hoffenheim	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kim  17' Hamad 40',  73'	Report	Jedvaj  58' Toprak 75' Donati  86'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,140 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayer Leverkusen v Hannover 96

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Hannover 96	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kießling 44' Hernández 63' (pen.), 87'	Report	Gülselam  25' Sakai  62' Hoffmann  65'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,790 Referee: Tobias Welz

Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Alonso  78'  84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Knut Kircher

Darmstadt 98 v Bayer Leverkusen

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	Darmstadt 98	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Wagner 28' Gondorf  37' Rosenthal  69' Sulu  84' Heller  85' Niemeyer  88' Rausch  90+2'	Report	Wendell  23' Sulu 62' (o.g.) Brandt 77' Ramalho  90' Çalhanoğlu  90+2'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Jochen Drees

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kampl  25' Hernández  53' Papadopoulos  56' Bellarabi  58' Wendell  89'	Report	Aubameyang 64' Durm  87'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23	Mainz 05	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mallı 14', 58' (pen.) Bussmann  25' Córdoba 32'	Report	Jedvaj  57' Hernández 65'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 26,557 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández  43' Djilobodji 69' (o.g.)	Report	Bartels 5' Pizarro 55', 65' (pen.), 83' Djilobodji  62'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,506 Referee: Marco Fritz

FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25	FC Augsburg	3–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Koo 5', 44', 57' Hong  25' Kohr  79' Gouweleeuw  90+2'	Report	Bellarabi 60' Verhaegh 80' (o.g.) Kramer  88' Çalhanoğlu 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 27,610 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Hamburger SV	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ekdal 18' (o.g.) Frey  27' Toprak  34' Wendell  49' Jedvaj  90+5'  90+6' Kruse  90+7'	Report	Iličević  23' N. Müller  31'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Christian Dingert

VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 27	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Niedermeier  32' Dié  61' Kostić  88'	Report	Brandt 11' Ramalho  31' Kießling  44' Bellarabi 49' Yurchenko  82'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,522 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 28	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brandt 27' Hernández 73' Yurchenko 87'	Report	Dante  58' Draxler  76' Arnold  82' Schürrle  84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,239 Referee: Felix Brych

1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 29	1. FC Köln	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Heintz  90+3' Bittencourt  90+6'	Report	Wendell  9'  90+6' Brandt 39' Hernández 44' Ramalho  70' Aránguiz  76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yurchenko  34' Bellarabi  61', 90' Kampl 70' Tah  73' Brandt 76' Jedvaj  78'	Report	Seferovic  60' Aigner  73' Chandler  85'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31	Schalke 04	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Choupo-Moting 14' Júnior Caiçara  27' Sané 29',  38' Højbjerg  52'	Report	Toprak  5' Bender  33' Brandt 54' Bellarabi 56' Hernández 60',  90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brandt 2' Bender 16' Bellarabi  90+3'	Report	Ibišević 21',  53' Langkamp  45+1' Stark  70' Plattenhardt  78' Lustenberger  88' Weiser  90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hahn 43', 79' Wendt  60' Traoré  76'	Report	Aránguiz 20' Bender  30' Jedvaj  88'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Ingolstadt

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	FC Ingolstadt	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aránguiz 31' Kampl 37' Kießling 61' Henrichs  72'	Report	Leckie 16' Hartmann 69' (pen.) Christiansen  81'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,220 Referee: Guido Winkmann

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Sportfreunde Lotte v Bayer Leverkusen

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Lotte
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hettich  21' Freiberger  27' Langlitz  35' Latkowski  38' Gorschlüter  76'	Report	Kießling 15' Hilbert  23' Çalhanoğlu 55' (pen.) Kramer  68' Bender 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz Attendance: 5,466 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Viktoria Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2	Viktoria Köln	0–6	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Brzenska  70'  75'	Report	Brandt 15' Bellarabi 35' Hernández 38', 54' Kießling 80' Yurchenko 83'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 6,166 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

SpVgg Unterhaching v Bayer Leverkusen

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) Round of 16	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Unterhaching
19:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bauer 27' Taffertshofer  71'  79'	Report	Tah  23' Hernández 31' Kießling 55' Bellarabi 83'	Stadium: Alpenbauer Sportpark Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Jochen Drees

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández 22' (pen.) Wendell  41' Çalhanoğlu  52'	Report	Gálvez  21' S. García 31',  34' Pizarro 42' (pen.) Grillitsch 82'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,104 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Lazio v Bayer Leverkusen

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) First leg	Lazio	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maurício  49' Keita 77' Milinković-Savić  82'	Report	Kießling  20' Leno  31' Wendell  36' Papadopoulos  82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,917 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Bayer Leverkusen v Lazio

26 August 2015 (2015-08-26) Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Lazio	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellarabi  37', 88' Çalhanoğlu 40' Mehmedi 48' Wendell  67' Hilbert  86'	Report	Maurício  60'  68' Parolo  71' Lulić  74'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,222 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	ROM	LEV	BATE
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	6–1	2–1	3–0
2	Roma	6	1	3	2	11	16	−5	6			1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	4–4	—	4–1
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5			0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Bayer Leverkusen v BATE Borisov

16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) 1	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	BATE Borisov	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mehmedi 4' Papadopoulos  41' Çalhanoğlu 47', 76' (pen.) Hernández 59'	Report	Milunović 13' Baha  45' Mladenović  75' Signevich  87'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,280 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 2	Barcelona	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST UTC+02:00)	Mascherano  29' Neymar  37' Alba  75' Roberto 80' Suárez 82'	Report	Papadopoulos 22',  68' Bender  40' Çalhanoğlu  63' Kampl  89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 68,694 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Bayer Leverkusen v Roma

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 3	Bayer Leverkusen	4–4	Roma	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 4' (pen.), 19' Kramer  36' Kampl 84' Mehmedi 86' Wendell  90'	Report	Nainggolan  24' De Rossi 29', 38',  34' Pjanić 54' Falque 73'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,412 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Roma v Bayer Leverkusen

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) 4	Roma	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Salah 2' Džeko 29' Pjanić 80' (pen.) Torosidis  90+1' Szczęsny  90+4'	Report	Mehmedi 46' Hernández 51' Papadopoulos  61' Toprak  79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,361 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

BATE Borisov v Bayer Leverkusen

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 5	BATE Borisov	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Barysaw, Belarus
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gordeichuk 2',  9' Hleb  32' Palyakow  63' M. Valadzko  84'	Report	Kampl  34' Mehmedi 68' Wendell  79' Donati  90+2'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 12,601 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona

9 December 2015 (2015-12-09) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Barcelona	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández 23' Kampl  29'	Report	Messi 20' Bartra  51' Gumbau  85' Rakitić  86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,412 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

UEFA Europa League

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Knockout phase

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Round of 32

Sporting CP v Bayer Leverkusen

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg	Sporting CP	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Semedo  58'  74'	Report	Jedvaj  21' Bellarabi 26' Mehmedi  30' Çalhanoğlu  46'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 26,201 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Bayer Leverkusen v Sporting CP

25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Sporting CP	Leverkusen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bellarabi 29', 65' Mehmedi  80' Çalhanoğlu 87' Ramalho  90+4'	Report	William Carvalho  33' João Mário 38'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,585 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Round of 16

Villarreal v Bayer Leverkusen

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg	Villarreal	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Villarreal, Spain
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bakambu 4', 56' Trigueros  71'	Report	Tah  14' Hernández  48' Jedvaj  76'  90+5'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 16,211 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Bayer Leverkusen v Villarreal

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Leverkusen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mehmedi  42' Papadopoulos  73' Bellarabi  78'	Report	Rukavina  60' Bakambu  80'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,409 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Bernd Leno	49	0	33	0	4	0	8	0	4	0
22	GK	USA	David Yelldell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	CRO	Dario Krešić	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	André Ramalho	25	0	11+8	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah	45	0	29	0	4	0	8	0	4	0
5	DF	GRE	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	20	0	10+6	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	GER	Roberto Hilbert	20	0	9+3	0	2	0	4+1	0	0+1	0
16	DF	CRO	Tin Jedvaj	18	0	11+4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	DF	POL	Sebastian Boenisch	8	1	7+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	BRA	Wendell	44	0	26+2	0	4	0	8	0	4	0
21	DF	TUR	Ömer Toprak	25	1	17+2	1	2	0	3	0	1	0
33	DF	GER	Lukas Boeder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Benjamin Henrichs	10	0	5+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	GER	Lars Bender	17	2	11	1	1+1	1	4	0	0	0
10	MF	TUR	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	46	8	27+4	3	3	1	8	3	4	1
14	MF	SUI	Admir Mehmedi	41	7	14+14	2	2	0	5+2	5	2+2	0
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz	7	2	5+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	GER	Christoph Kramer	44	0	28	0	4	0	6+2	0	4	0
35	MF	UKR	Vladlen Yurchenko	11	2	3+4	1	0+1	1	0+2	0	0+1	0
37	MF	GER	Marlon Frey	12	0	2+7	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi	49	12	31+2	6	4	2	7+1	1	4	3
44	MF	SVK	Kevin Kampl	31	4	19+3	3	3	0	6	1	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	MEX	Javier Hernández	40	26	25+3	17	3	4	6	5	3	0
11	FW	GER	Stefan Kießling	43	8	19+11	5	3+1	3	3+3	0	3	0
19	FW	GER	Julian Brandt	44	10	18+11	9	1+2	1	0+8	0	4	0
Players transferred out during the season
26	DF	ITA	Giulio Donati	18	0	10+2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0
24	MF	KOR	Ryu Seung-woo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	KOR	Son Heung-min	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW	AUS	Robbie Kruse	5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

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		Javier Hernández	17	4	5	0	26
2	MF	38		Karim Bellarabi	6	2	1	3	12
3	MF	19		Julian Brandt	9	1	0	0	10
4	FW	11		Stefan Kießling	5	3	0	0	8
	MF	10		Hakan Çalhanoğlu	3	1	3	1	8
6	FW	14		Admir Mehmedi	2	0	5	0	7
7	MF	44		Kevin Kampl	3	0	1	0	4
8	MF	20		Charles Aránguiz	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	35		Vladlen Yurchenko	1	1	0	0	2
	MF	8		Lars Bender	1	1	0	0	2
11	DF	17		Sebastian Boenisch	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	21		Ömer Toprak	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5		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		Karim Bellarabi	11	1	3	0	15
2	MF	10		Hakan Çalhanoğlu	5	0	2	0	7
	MF	19		Julian Brandt	3	3	1	0	7
4	FW	14		Admir Mehmedi	5	0	1	0	6
5	FW	7		Javier Hernández	2	1	0	1	4
	FW	11		Stefan Kießling	2	2	0	0	4
7	MF	44		Kevin Kampl	0	0	2	0	2
	DF	18		Wendell	0	1	1	0	2
9	MF	23		Christoph Kramer	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	13		Roberto Hilbert	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	39		Benjamin Henrichs	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	20		Charles Aránguiz	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	16		Tin Jedvaj	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	4		Jonathan Tah	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	2		André Ramalho	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	35		Vladlen Yurchenko	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	37		Marlon Frey	0	1	0	0	1
Total					32	10	10	4	56

Last updated on 14 May 2016

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