2016–17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen

2016–17 season
Sporting Director	Rudi Völler
Manager	Roger Schmidt (until 5 March) Tayfun Korkut (from 6 March)
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Javier Hernández (11 goals) All: Javier Hernández (13 goals)
Biggest win	Hertha 2–6 Leverkusen
Biggest defeat	Dortmund 6–2 Leverkusen
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 113th season in the club's football history.

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Bernd Leno 4 DF  GER Jonathan Tah 6 DF  AUT Aleksandar Dragović 7 FW  MEX Javier Hernández 8 MF  GER Lars Bender (Captain) 9 FW  JAM Leon Bailey 10 MF  TUR Hakan Çalhanoğlu 11 FW  GER Stefan Kießling 13 DF  GER Roberto Hilbert 14 FW  SUI Admir Mehmedi 15 MF  AUT Julian Baumgartlinger 16 DF  CRO Tin Jedvaj 17 FW  FIN Joel Pohjanpalo 18 DF  BRA Wendell 19 FW  GER Julian Brandt

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CHI Charles Aránguiz 21 DF  TUR Ömer Toprak (Vice-captain) 22 DF  GER Joel Abu Hanna 23 DF  GER Danny da Costa 28 GK  AUT Ramazan Özcan 29 MF  GER Kai Havertz 30 MF  GER Sam Schreck 31 FW  GER Kevin Volland 33 DF  GER Lukas Boeder 35 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko 36 GK  GER Niklas Lomb 38 MF  GER Karim Bellarabi 39 MF  GER Benjamin Henrichs 44 MF  SVN Kevin Kampl

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
6	Defender	Aleksandar Dragović	25	Yes	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€18 million	[1]
15	Midfielder	Julian Baumgartlinger	28	Yes	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€4 million	[2]
17	Forward	Joel Pohjanpalo	21	Yes	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	[3]
22	Defender	Joël Abu Hanna	18	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2019	—	[4]
23	Defender	Danny da Costa	22	Yes	FC Ingolstadt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€500,000	[5]
28	Goalkeeper	Ramazan Özcan	33	Yes	FC Ingolstadt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€500,000	[6]
30	Midfielder	Sam Schreck	17	Yes	FC St. Pauli U17	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	[7]
31	Forward	Kevin Volland	23	Yes	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€20 million	[8]
36	Goalkeeper	Niklas Lomb	22	Yes	Preußen Münster	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	[9]
—	Midfielder	Levin Öztunalı	22	Yes	Werder Bremen	Return from loan	Summer	—	—	[10]
—	Forward	Ryu Seung-woo	22	No	Arminia Bielefeld	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	—	[11]
—	Forward	Patrik Džalto	19	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	—	[12]
—	Forward	Andrejs Cigaņiks	19	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	—	[12]
—	Midfielder	Jonas Meffert	21	Yes	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	—	€600,000	[13]
—	Defender	Malcolm Cacutalua	22	Yes	VfL Bochum	Return from loan	Summer	—	—	[14]
—	Forward	Marc Brašnić	19	Yes	SC Paderborn	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	—	[15]
—	Midfielder	Maximilian Wagener	21	Yes	Mainz 05 II	Return from loan	Summer	—	—
9	Forward	Leon Bailey	19	No	Genk	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2022	€13.5 million	[16]
—	Defender	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	24	Yes	RB Leipzig	Return from loan	Winter	30 June 2020	—	[17]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
2	Defender	André Ramalho	24	No	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	€500,000	[18]
5	Defender	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	24	Yes	RB Leipzig	Loan	Summer	€1.5 million	[19]
6	Midfielder	Levin Öztunalı	20	Yes	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	€5 million	[10]
17	Defender	Sebastian Boenisch	29	Yes	—	Release	Summer	—	[20]
22	Goalkeeper	David Yelldell	34	Yes	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
23	Midfielder	Christoph Kramer	25	Yes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	€15 million	[22]
24	Forward	Ryu Seung-woo	22	No	Ferencváros	Transfer	Summer	Free	[23]
25	Goalkeeper	Dario Krešić	32	Yes	Omonia	Transfer	Summer	Free	[24]
32	Defender	Malcolm Cacutalua	21	Yes	Arminia Bielefeld	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[14]
34	Defender	Robin Becker	19	Yes	1. FC Heidenheim	Loan	Summer	—	[25]
37	Midfielder	Marlon Frey	20	Yes	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Loan	Summer	—	[4]
—	Midfielder	Jonas Meffert	21	Yes	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	€1.2 million	[13]
—	Forward	Marc Brašnić	19	Yes	Fortuna Köln	Loan	Summer	—	[15]
—	Midfielder	Maximilian Wagener	21	Yes	SG Wattenscheid 09	Transfer	Summer	Free	[26]
—	Forward	Patrik Džalto	19	Yes	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Loan	Summer	—	[12]
—	Forward	Andrejs Cigaņiks	20	Yes	Viktoria Köln	Loan	Summer	—	[12]
—	Defender	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	24	Yes	Hamburger SV	Loan	Winter	—	[17]
27	Forward	Robbie Kruse	28	No	Liaoning	Transfer	Winter	€500,000	[27]
32	Defender	Lukas Boeder	19	Yes	SC Paderborn 07	Loan	Winter	—	[28]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

SC Verl v Bayer Leverkusen

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) Friendly	SC Verl	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Verl, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Veselinović 86' (pen.)	Report	Brüseke 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: SPORTCLUB ARENA

Delbrücker SC v Bayer Leverkusen

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17) Friendly	Delbrücker SC	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Delbrück, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Volland 3', 6' Kampl 42' Öztunalı 53'	Stadium: Stadion Laumeskamp

TuS Koblenz v Bayer Leverkusen

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) Friendly	TuS Koblenz	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Koblenz, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Antonaci 15' (o.g.) Volland 25', 35' Brandt 88'	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth

Bayer Leverkusen v Porto

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Porto	Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hernández 58'	Report	Silva 8'	Stadium: BELKAW-Arena

Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg v Bayer Leverkusen

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg	0–0 Abandoned	Bayer Leverkusen	Zell am See, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion Referee: Florian Jäger (Austria)
Note: The match ended in the 12th minute due to a thunderstorm.

Bayer Leverkusen v Fiorentina

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Fiorentina	Zell am See, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Öztunalı 8' Mehmedi 61' Kampl 78'	Report	Kalinić 73'	Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion

Kickers Offenbach v Bayer Leverkusen

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Friendly	Kickers Offenbach	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Offenbach am Main, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Firat 33'	Report	Hernández 8' Mehmedi 81'	Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Attendance: 3,000

Bayer Leverkusen v Real Sociedad

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Real Sociedad	Leverkusen, Germany
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland 35' Hernández 38'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,216

Estudiantes v Bayer Leverkusen

8 January 2017 Florida Cup	Estudiantes	1–1 (2–4 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
14:00 EST (UTC-5)	Umeres 33'	Report	Schreck 70'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella
	Penalties
	Aguirregaray González Pírez Marchioni Diarte		Kießling Aránguiz Mehmedi Brandt Dragović

Bayer Leverkusen v Atlético Mineiro

11 January 2017 Florida Cup	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	Bay Lake, Florida, USA
19:00 EST (UTC-5)	Chicharito 52'	Report		Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Referee: Matthew Miscannon

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	27 August 2016	20 May 2017	Matchday 1	12th	34	11	8	15	53	55	−2	032.35
DFB-Pokal	21 August 2016	25 October 2016	First round	Second round	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Champions League	14 September 2016	15 March 2017	Group stage	Round of 16	8	2	5	1	10	8	+2	025.00
Total					44	14	14	16	67	66	+1	031.82

Last updated: 27 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Schalke 04	34	11	10	13	45	40	+5	43
11	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	11	9	14	36	43	−7	42
12	Bayer Leverkusen	34	11	8	15	53	55	−2	41
13	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	35	51	−16	38
14	Hamburger SV	34	10	8	16	33	61	−28	38

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-off.^[29]

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	11	8	15	53	55	−2	41	5	6	6	27	28	−1	6	2	9	26	27	−1

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W
Position	12	6	11	12	10	6	10	11	10	8	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramer  40' Hahn 45+1' Stindl  74', 85' Strobl  90+4'	Report	Toprak  64' Bellarabi  74' Wendell  75' Pohjanpalo 79'	Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 52,183 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 2	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Hamburger SV	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tah  71' Pohjanpalo 79', 90+1', 90+4' Kampl  90'	Report	Wood 58' Hunt  83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Welz

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Leverkusen

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Meier 53',  68' Fabián  73', 79' Chandler  87'	Report	Hernández 60'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Augsburg

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) 4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Verhaegh  46' Gouweleeuw  71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,097 Referee: Jochen Drees

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 5	Mainz 05	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brosinski  11' Mallı 31' Bell 35',  42' Córdoba  45'	Report	Dragović  21' Hernández 32', 66', 90+2' Aránguiz  45+1'	Stadium: OPEL ARENA Attendance: 25,274 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mehmedi 10' Aránguiz  14' Kampl  37' Hernández  40', 79' Toprak  62' Çalhanoğlu  88'	Report	Ginter  74'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 7	Werder Bremen	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junuzović 13' Hajrović  52' Manneh 59',  90+1'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 27' Aránguiz  55' Wendell  69'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayer Leverkusen v 1899 Hoffenheim

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 8	Bayer Leverkusen	0–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland  6'	Report	Demirbay 15' Rudy  45+1' Wagner 49' Zuber 60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,716 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 9	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnold 37' Brekalo  80'	Report	Mehmedi  59', 79' Bender  65' Wendell  71' Jedvaj 83'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,398 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Bayer Leverkusen v Darmstadt 98

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 10	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Darmstadt 98	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 32' Brandt 56' Aránguiz 69'	Report	Čolak 47' Vrančić 85' Guwara  90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,941 Referee: Harm Osmers

Bayer Leverkusen v RB Leipzig

18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) 11	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kampl 1' Brandt 45+2' Toprak  73'	Report	Baumgartlinger 4' (o.g.) Orban  51', 81' Ilsanker  53' Keïta  56' Forsberg 67'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,752 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 12	Bayern Munich	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thiago 30' Hummels 56'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 35'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 13	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 60'	Report	Haberer 30' Schuster  41'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,111 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen

11 December 2016 (2016-12-11) 14	Schalke 04	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Naldo  4' Meyer  13' Baba  81' Kehrer  88'	Report	Toprak  13' Baumgartlinger  38' Kießling 89' Havertz  90+3'	Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 60,821 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Ingolstadt

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 15	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	FC Ingolstadt	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aránguiz  35'  49' Jedvaj  58' Mehmedi 63'	Report	Morales 26' Cohen 73' Tisserand  76' Matip  85'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,075 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21) 16	1. FC Köln	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Modeste 21'	Report	Wendell 44'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 17	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Toprak 12' Çalhanoğlu 36' (pen.), 88'	Report	Stocker 44',  55' Ibišević  53'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,904 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 18	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tah 31' Hernández 34'	Report	Stindl 52', 58' Raffael 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,869 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Hamburger SV v Bayer Leverkusen

3 February 2017 (2017-02-03) 19	Hamburger SV	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Papadopoulos 76'	Report	Bellarabi  38' Kampl  69' Wendell  79'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 45,653 Referee: Jochen Drees

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 20	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hernández 5', 63' Boeder  21' Toprak  37' Volland 78'	Report	Gaćinović  36'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,882 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

17 February 2017 (2017-02-17) 21	FC Augsburg	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Max  45' Kohr 60',  87' Verhaegh  61'	Report	Bellarabi 23' Hernández 40', 65' Wendell  76'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Harm Osmers

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bender  10'	Report	Bell 3' Öztunalı 11' Muto  74' Latza  83' Gbamin  90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,086 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23	Borussia Dortmund	6–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 6' Aubameyang 26', 69' Pulisic 77' Schürrle 85' (pen.) Guerreiro 90+2'	Report	Aránguiz  16' Havertz  37' Bellarabi  45+3' Volland 48',  63' Bender  69' Wendell 74',  84'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 79,100 Referee: Christian Dingert

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 7' Wendell  20'  90'	Report	Gebre Selassie  66' Pizarro 79',  80'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 25	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Szalai  26' Wagner 62'	Report	Volland  23'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,117 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bellarabi 40' Volland 65' Aránguiz  81' Havertz 89'	Report	Bazoer  39' Gómez 80', 83', 87' (pen.) Luiz Gustavo  90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,675 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Darmstadt 98 v Bayer Leverkusen

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 27	Darmstadt 98	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Darmstadt
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Brandt 15' Jedvaj  36' Toprak  39' Volland 56'	Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Benjamin Brand

RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) 28	RB Leipzig	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Orban  4'  88' Poulsen 90+3'	Report	Wendell  58'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 42,558 Referee: Robert Kampka

Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 29	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aránguiz  37' Jedvaj  50'  59'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Daniel Siebert

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) 30	SC Freiburg	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Petersen 11' Kempf  39' Stenzel 88' Ignjovski  90'	Report	Hilbert  55' Volland 60' (pen.) Bailey  90'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) 31	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hilbert  25' Kampl  49' Kießling 69' Bellarabi  70'	Report	Burgstaller 6', 50' Höwedes 10' Schöpf 18'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Marco Fritz

FC Ingolstadt v Bayer Leverkusen

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 32	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leckie  23' Kittel 73'	Report	Aránguiz  35' Volland  60' Henrichs  68' Havertz 78'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 14,351 Referee: Harm Osmers

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Köln

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 33	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kießling 60' Pohjanpalo 71'	Report	Jojić 14' Klünter 49' Lehmann  62' Rausch  90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Günter Perl

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 34	Hertha BSC	2–6	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Allan  12' Ibišević  36' Darida  63' Weiser 71' Allagui 86' (pen.)	Report	Hernández 5' Havertz 31', 45+1' Wendell  60' Kießling 64' (pen.) Aránguiz 81' (pen.) Pohjanpalo 90'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 55,617 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2016–17 DFB-Pokal

SC Hauenstein v Bayer Leverkusen

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) First round	SC Hauenstein	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Pirmasens
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ando  41' Brechtel  55' Klück  56' Srzentić 81' Haag  90+3'	Report	Hernández 39',  77' Bellarabi 67' Jedvaj  90+3'	Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Sportfreunde Lotte v Bayer Leverkusen

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) Second round	Sportfreunde Lotte	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	Lotte
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pires-Rodrigues  28' Langlitz  32' Hilbert 47' (o.g.) Wendel  63'  78' Rosinger  83' Freiberger 105+1'	Report	Volland 25', 95',  71' Dragović  28' Hernández  32' Aránguiz  96' Wendell  116'	Stadium: FRIMO Stadion Attendance: 8,763 Referee: Tobias Welz
	Penalties
	Nauber Freiberger Steinhart Dej Langlitz Tankulić		Aránguiz Havertz Volland Hilbert Wendell Baumgartlinger

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	LEV	TOT	CSKA
1	Monaco	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	2–1	3–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10			3–0	—	0–0	2–2
3	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	0–1	—	3–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3			1–1	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Bayer Leverkusen v CSKA Moscow

14 September 2016 (2016-09-14) 1	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	CSKA Moscow	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mehmedi 9' Çalhanoğlu 15' Wendell  83' Henrichs  86'	Report	Dzagoev 36' Eremenko 38'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,459[30] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Monaco v Bayer Leverkusen

27 September 2016 (2016-09-27) 2	Monaco	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Fontvieille, Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Jemerson  50' Glik 90+4'	Report	Tah  19' Toprak  50' Hernández 74'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,100[31] Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Bayer Leverkusen v Tottenham Hotspur

18 October 2016 (2016-10-18) 3	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Çalhanoğlu  21' Bender  40'	Report	Lamela  25'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,887[32] Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Tottenham Hotspur v Bayer Leverkusen

2 November 2016 (2016-11-02) 4	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	London, England
19:45 GMT (UTC) 20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kampl 65'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,512[33] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

CSKA Moscow v Bayer Leverkusen

22 November 2016 (2016-11-22) 5	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Moscow, Russia
20:00 MSK (UTC+3) 18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Akinfeev  37' Wernbloom  62' Natcho 76' (pen.)	Report	Volland 16' Hernández  72' Henrichs  75' Kampl  77'	Stadium: Arena CSKA Attendance: 19,164[34] Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Bayer Leverkusen v Monaco

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Monaco	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Yurchenko 30' Brandt 48' De Sanctis 82' (o.g.) Dragović  88'	Report	Jemerson  24' Boschilia  41' Germain  88'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 21,928[35] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Bayer Leverkusen v Atlético Madrid

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) First leg	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	Atlético Madrid	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Henrichs  15' Bellarabi 48' Dragović  58' Wendell  64' Savić 68' (o.g.) Aránguiz  74'	Report	Saúl 17' Griezmann 25' Gameiro 59' (pen.) Torres 86',  88' Gabi  89' Filipe Luís  90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,300[36] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Atlético Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen

15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) Second leg	Atlético Madrid	0–0 (4–2 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Giménez  66' Gaitán  89'	Report	Jedvaj  64' Baumgartlinger  71'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 49,133[37] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Bernd Leno	41	0	34	0	1	0	6	0
28	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
36	GK	GER	Niklas Lomb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah	26	1	16+3	1	2	0	5	0
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović	22	0	15+4	0	1	0	2	0
13	DF	GER	Roberto Hilbert	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	CRO	Tin Jedvaj	22	1	16+2	1	1	0	2+1	0
18	DF	BRA	Wendell	37	2	27+5	2	1	0	4	0
21	DF	TUR	Ömer Toprak	32	1	25	1	1	0	6	0
22	DF	GER	Joel Abu Hanna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	GER	Danny da Costa	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	GER	Lars Bender	12	0	9	0	0	0	3	0
10	MF	TUR	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	22	7	14+1	6	0+1	0	5+1	1
15	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger	29	0	19+3	0	1+1	0	2+3	0
19	MF	GER	Julian Brandt	40	4	26+7	3	0	0	6+1	1
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz	35	2	22+4	2	1+1	0	5+2	0
29	MF	GER	Kai Havertz	28	4	15+9	4	0+1	0	1+2	0
30	MF	GER	Sam Schreck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	UKR	Vladlen Yurchenko	4	1	1+2	0	0	0	1	1
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi	18	4	14+2	2	1	1	1	1
39	MF	GER	Benjamin Henrichs	37	0	27+2	0	1	0	6+1	0
44	MF	SVN	Kevin Kampl	38	2	28+2	1	2	0	6	1
Forwards
7	FW	MEX	Javier Hernández	35	13	20+6	11	2	1	7	1
9	FW	JAM	Leon Bailey	9	0	0+8	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	GER	Stefan Kießling	24	4	6+14	4	1	0	2+1	0
14	FW	SUI	Admir Mehmedi	30	4	17+6	3	1+1	0	3+2	1
17	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo	13	6	1+10	6	0	0	0+2	0
31	FW	GER	Kevin Volland	30	9	16+7	6	2	2	2+3	1
Players transferred out during the season
27	FW	AUS	Robbie Kruse	3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
32	DF	GER	Lukas Boeder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 20 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	UEFA CL	Total
1	7	FW		Javier Hernández	11	1	1	13
2	31	FW		Kevin Volland	6	2	1	9
3	10	MF		Hakan Çalhanoğlu	6	0	1	7
4	17	FW		Joel Pohjanpalo	6	0	0	6
5	11	FW		Stefan Kießling	4	0	0	4
	14	FW		Admir Mehmedi	3	0	1	4
	19	MF		Julian Brandt	3	0	1	4
	29	MF		Kai Havertz	4	0	0	4
	38	MF		Karim Bellarabi	2	1	1	4
10	18	DF		Wendell	2	0	0	2
	20	MF		Charles Aránguiz	2	0	0	2
	44	MF		Kevin Kampl	1	0	1	2
13	4	DF		Jonathan Tah	1	0	0	1
	16	DF		Tin Jedvaj	1	0	0	1
	21	DF		Ömer Toprak	1	0	0	1
	35	MF		Vladlen Yurchenko	0	0	1	1
Own goal					0	0	2	2
Totals					53	4	10	67

Last updated: 20 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	UEFA CL	Total
1	1	GK		Bernd Leno	6	0	2	8
2	28	GK		Ramazan Özcan	0	0	1	1
Totals					6	0	3	9

Last updated: 15 April 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			UEFA CL			Total
4	DF		Jonathan Tah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Aleksandar Dragović	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
7	FW		Javier Hernández	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
8	MF		Lars Bender	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
9	FW		Leon Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Hakan Çalhanoğlu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
13	DF		Roberto Hilbert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	FW		Admir Mehmedi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF		Julian Baumgartlinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	DF		Tin Jedvaj	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
18	DF		Wendell	8	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	1	0
20	MF		Charles Aránguiz	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0
21	DF		Ömer Toprak	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
29	MF		Kai Havertz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
31	FW		Kevin Volland	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
38	MF		Karim Bellarabi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
39	MF		Benjamin Henrichs	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0
44	MF		Kevin Kampl	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
Totals				50	2	1	7	0	0	14	0	0	71	2	1

Last updated: 20 May 2017

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