Bayer Leverkusen

2011–12 season
Sporting Director	Rudi Völler
Head coach	Robin Dutt (until March 2012) Sami Hyypiä (actual coach since April, but missing coaching license) Sascha Lewandowski (since April, possesses coaching license)
Stadium	BayArena
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 Leverkusen season is the club's 108th year of existence.

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]

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen

7 August 2011 1	Mainz 05	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Svensson  27' Allagui 32' Polanski  66' Bungert  74'	Summary	Augusto  43' Bender  84' Toprak 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,443 Referee: Michael Weiner

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

14 August 2011 2	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

VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen

20 August 2011 3	VfB 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

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund

27 August 2011 4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kadlec  42'  64' Augusto  45+1'	Summary	Hummels  58' Götze  72'  77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

9 September 2011 5	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

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Köln

17 September 2011 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Rolfes 70' Schürrle  90+1'	Summary	Peszko  27' Novaković 44' Podolski 47', 54' Clemens  79' Rensing  82' Riether  84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen

24 September 2011 7	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

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

1 October 2011 8	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	VfL 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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen

15 October 2011 9	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

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04

23 October 2011 10	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

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

28 October 2011 11	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

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV

5 November 2011 12	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Hamburger SV	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

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Bayer Leverkusen

18 November 2011 13	1. FC 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

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

26 November 2011 14	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

Bayer Leverkusen v 1899 Hoffenheim

2 December 2011 15	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	1899 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

Hannover 96 v Bayer Leverkusen

10 December 2011 16	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

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Nürnberg

17 December 2011 17	Bayer Leverkusen	0–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)		Summary	Didavi 8' Hegeler 22' Feulner  52' Pekhart 73'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,239 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

22 January 2012 18	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

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

28 January 2012 19	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

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart

4 February 2012 20	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	VfB 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

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen

11 February 2012 21	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

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Augsburg

18 February 2012 22	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kießling 25', 64' Castro 60' Schürrle 70'	Summary	Ostrzolek  21' Koo 50' Mölders  56' Callsen-Bracker  58' Langkamp  68'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,368 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

25 February 2012 23	1. FC 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

Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich

3 March 2012 24	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

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

10 March 2012 25	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Helmes 33',  50' Dejagah 45',  87' Schäfer  45+2' Hadlec 61' (o.g.)Russ  74' Lopes  90'	Summary	Kießling 3' Bender  75' Derdiyok 90+1'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,112 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

17 March 2012 26	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

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen

24 March 2012 27	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

Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg

31 March 2012 28	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

Hamburger SV v Bayer Leverkusen

8 April 2012 29	Hamburger SV	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

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

11 April 2012 30	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	1. FC 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

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

14 April 2012 31	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

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

21 April 2012 32	1899 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

Bayer Leverkusen v Hannover 96

28 April 2012 33	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

1. FC Nürnberg v Bayer Leverkusen

5 May 2012 34	1. FC Nürnberg	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

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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.

Dynamo Dresden v Bayer Leverkusen

30 July 2011 Round 1	Dynamo Dresden	4–3 (a.e.t.)	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)

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

Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen

13 September 2011 1	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)

Bayer Leverkusen v Genk

28 September 2011 2	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

Bayer Leverkusen v Valencia

19 October 2011 3	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)

Valencia v Bayer Leverkusen

1 November 2011 4	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

Bayer Leverkusen v Chelsea

23 November 2011 5	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)

Genk v Bayer Leverkusen

6 December 2011 6	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

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona

14 February 2012 First leg	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)

Barcelona v Bayer Leverkusen

7 March 2012 Second leg	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)

As of 16 December 2011^[update]

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		15 January 1985	2000	VfB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Giefer		17 May 1990	2003	TuRa Lommersdorf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bernd Leno		4 March 1992	2011	VfB Stuttgart	14	0	0	0	6	0	20	0
David Yelldell		1 October 1981	2011	MSV Duisburg	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
Gonzalo Castro		11 June 1987	1999	Bayer Wuppertal	12	1	1	0	6	0	19	1
Danny da Costa		13 July 1993	2001	Winfriedia Mülheim	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manuel Friedrich		13 September 1979	2007	Mainz 05	8	0	0	0	3	1	11	1
Michal Kadlec		13 December 1984	2008	Sparta Prague	12	1	1	0	6	1	19	2
Bastian Oczipka		12 January 1989	2011	FC St. Pauli	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Stefan Reinartz		1 January 1989	2009	1. FC Nürnberg	14	1	1	0	5	0	20	1
Daniel Schwaab		1 January 1989	2009	SC Freiburg	11	0	0	0	3	0	14	0
Ömer Toprak		21 July 1989	2011	SC Freiburg	13	0	1	0	5	0	19	0
Midfielders
Hanno Balitsch		2 January 1981	2010	Hannover 96	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
Michael Ballack		26 September 1976	2010	Chelsea	11	2	1	0	6	1	18	3
Tranquillo Barnetta		22 May 1985	2005	Hannover 96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karim Bellarabi		8 April 1990	2011	Eintracht Braunschweig	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Lars Bender		27 April 1989	2009	1860 Munich	15	1	1	0	6	1	22	2
Michael Ortega		6 April 1991	2011	Atlas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Renato Augusto		8 February 1988	2008	Flamengo	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
Simon Rolfes		21 January 1982	2005	Alemannia Aachen	15	1	1	0	6	0	22	1
Sidney Sam		27 April 1989	2010	1. FC Kaiserslautern	15	4	1	1	6	1	22	6
Forwards
Eren Derdiyok		12 June 1988	2009	Basel	12	6	1	1	6	2	19	9
Nicolai Jørgensen		15 January 1991	2010	AB	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
Stefan Kießling		25 January 1984	2006	1. FC Nürnberg	15	3	1	0	6	1	22	4
André Schürrle		6 November 1990	2011	Mainz 05	12	2	1	1	6	1	19	4

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
4	DF		Bastian Oczipka	36	EU	FC St. Pauli	loan return	Summer
9	FW		André Schürrle	20	EU	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer
17	MF		Michael Javier Ortega	33	Non-EU	Atlas	loan	Summer	2012
21	DF		Ömer Toprak	21	EU	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2016
22	GK		David Yelldell	43	EU	MSV Duisburg	Transfer	Summer
22	GK		Bernd Leno	32	EU	Bayer Leverkusen	loan	Summer	2012
38	FW		Karim Bellarabi	34	EU	Eintracht Braunschweig	Transfer	Summer

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
4	DF		Sami Hyypiä	51	EU		Retirement	Summer
17	DF		Domagoj Vida	35	Non-EU	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer
22	GK		Benedikt Fernandez	40	EU		Release	Summer
23	MF		Arturo Vidal	37	Non-EU	Juventus	Transfer	Summer
26	DF		Kevin Kampl	34	EU	VfL Osnabrück	Transfer	Summer

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