2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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Bayer Leverkusen
2011–12 season
Sporting DirectorRudi Völler
Head coachRobin Dutt
(until March 2012)
Sami Hyypiä
(actual coach since April, but missing coaching license)
Sascha Lewandowski (since April, possesses coaching license)
StadiumBayArena
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalRound 1
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stefan Kießling (16)
All:
Stefan Kießling (17)

The 2011–12 Bayer Leverkusen season is the club's 108th year of existence.

Review and events

For the winter break, Bayer Leverkusen return to practice on 3 January 2012 at 10:00

UTC+01) and will have a training camp in Lagos, Portugal, from 4 January to 13 January.[1]

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2011–12 Bundesliga
7 August 2011 1
UTC+01
)		 Svensson Yellow card 27'
Allagui 32'
Polanski Yellow card 66'
Bungert Yellow card 74'		 Summary Augusto Yellow card 43'
Bender Yellow card 84'
Toprak 86' (o.g.)		 Stadium:
Coface Arena

Attendance: 32,443
Referee: Michael Weiner
14 August 2011 2
UTC+01
)		 Kießling Yellow card 44'
Kadlec 85'		 Summary Papastathopoulos Yellow card 47'
Schmitz Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Brych
20 August 2011 3
UTC+01
)		 Boulahrouz Yellow card 48' Yellow-red card 90'
Rodríguez Yellow card 74'		 Summary Kießling 28' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
27 August 2011 4
UTC+01
)		 Kadlec Yellow card 42' Red card 64'
Augusto Yellow card 45+1'		 Summary Hummels Yellow card 58'
Götze Yellow card 72' Red card 77'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
9 September 2011 5
UTC+01
)		 Hosogai 5'
Sinkala Yellow card 51'		 Summary Sam 6', 72'
Kießling 23'
Schwaab Yellow card 25'
Ballack Yellow card 28'
Derdiyok 79'		 Stadium:
SGL arena

Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 September 2011 6
UTC+01
)		 Rolfes 70'
Schürrle Red card 90+1'		 Summary Peszko Yellow card 27'
Novaković 44'
Podolski 47', 54'
Clemens Yellow card 79'
Rensing Yellow card 82'
Riether Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Günter Perl
24 September 2011 7
UTC+01
)		 Müller 5'
Van Buyten 19', Yellow card 27'
Robben 90'		 Summary Kießling Yellow card 12'
Toprak Yellow card 18'
Reinartz Yellow card 70'
Sam Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
1 October 2011 8
UTC+01
)		 Castro 14'
Derdiyok 65', Yellow card 66'
Kießling 85'		 Summary
Josué Yellow card 42'
Mandžukić 59'
Russ
Yellow card 60'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,195
Referee: Felix Brych
15 October 2011 9
UTC+01
)		 Arango Yellow card 28'
Stranzl Yellow card 54'
Reus 65'
Herrmann 72'		 Summary Reinartz 20', Yellow card 28'
Ballack Yellow card 45+2'
Castro Red card 68'
Kießling Yellow card 86'
Schürrle 87'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,858
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
23 October 2011 10
UTC+01
)		 Ballack Yellow card 84' Summary Jones Yellow card 8'
Draxler Yellow card 63'
Farfán 83'
Huntelaar Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,120
Referee: Felix Zwayer
28 October 2011 11
UTC+01
)		 Summary Ballack 2' Stadium:
Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Marco Fritz
5 November 2011 12
UTC+01
)		 Schürrle 5'
Bender 20'
Derdiyok Yellow card 75'
Reinartz Yellow card 81'		 Summary Westermann 34'
Jansen 58'
Rincón Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Knut Kircher
18 November 2011 13
UTC+01
)		 Dick Yellow card 33' Summary Castro Yellow card 43'
Ballack 54'
Sam 70'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 42,245
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
26 November 2011 14
UTC+01
)		 Lasogga 7', 82'
Toprak 18' (o.g.)
Lell Yellow card 84'		 Summary Derdiyok 24', 64', 79'
Ballack Yellow card 45'
Castro Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 44,541
Referee: Robert Hartmann
2 December 2011 15
UTC+01
)		 Derdiyok 11', Yellow card 67'
Castro Yellow card 52'
Sam 79'		 Summary Babel Yellow card 23'
Salihović Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,948
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
10 December 2011 16
UTC+01
)		 Summary Schürrle Yellow card 45+1'
Leno Yellow card 55'		 Stadium:
AWD-Arena

Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
17 December 2011 17
UTC+01
)		 Summary Didavi 8'
Hegeler 22'
Feulner Yellow card 52'
Pekhart 73'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,239
Referee: Markus Schmidt
22 January 2012 18
UTC+01
)		 Pospěch 10' (o.g.)
Friedrich Yellow card 32', 35'
Bender 70'		 Summary Polanski 50'
Caligiuri 53'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 24,365
Referee: Michael Weiner
28 January 2012 19
UTC+01
)		 Pizarro 29'
Rosenberg Yellow card 52'
Ignjovski Yellow card 89'
Bargfrede Yellow card 90+1'		 Summary Castro Yellow card 15'
Kadlec Yellow card 44'
Reinartz 57'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,060
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
4 February 2012 20
UTC+01
)		 Kießling 11', Yellow card 89'
Rolfes 47' (pen.)
Kadlec Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card 63'		 Summary Schieber 24', Yellow card 81'
Boulahrouz Yellow card 47'
Kvist Yellow card 73'
Ibišević Yellow card 85'
Cacau Yellow card 88'
Harnik 89', Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,929
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
11 February 2012 21
UTC+01
)		 Kagawa 45' Summary Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,400
Referee: Günter Perl
18 February 2012 22
UTC+01
)		 Kießling 25', 64'
Castro 60'
Schürrle 70'		 Summary Ostrzolek Yellow card 21'
Koo 50'
Mölders Yellow card 56'
Callsen-Bracker Yellow card 58'
Langkamp Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 23,368
Referee: Guido Winkmann
25 February 2012 23
UTC+01
)		 Riether Yellow card 22' Summary Bender 16', 50' Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Felix Brych
3 March 2012 24
UTC+01
)		 Toprak Yellow card 66'
Kießling 79'
Reinartz Yellow card 81'
Bellarabi 90'		 Summary Boateng Yellow card 65'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 84'
Rafinha Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
10 March 2012 25
UTC+01
)
Lopes
Yellow card 90'		 Summary Kießling 3'

Bender Yellow card 75'
Derdiyok 90+1'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,112
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 March 2012 26
UTC+01
)		 Toprak Yellow card 59'
Schwaab Yellow card 69'
Kießling 75'		 Summary Reus 7'
Stranzl Yellow card 57'
Nordtveit Yellow card 85'
De Camargo 88'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Florian Meyer
24 March 2012 27
UTC+01
)		 Huntelaar 18', 86'
Jones Yellow card 75'		 Summary Kadlec Yellow card 12'
Toprak Yellow card 59'		 Stadium:
Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
31 March 2012 28
UTC+01
)		 Kadlec Yellow card 64' Summary Schuster 8'
Guédé Yellow card 28'
Caligiuri 60'
Freis Yellow card 77'
Reisinger Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,342
Referee: Robert Hartmann
8 April 2012 29
UTC+01
)		 Petrić 40' (pen.)
Aogo Yellow card 61'
Jarolím Yellow card 62'		 Summary Friedrich Yellow card 40'
Schürrle 55'
Rolfes Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 54,141
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
11 April 2012 30
UTC+01
)		 Kießling 1'
Rolfes 57'
Reinartz 69'		 Summary Derstroff 42'
Dick Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
14 April 2012 31
UTC+01
)		 Schürrle 44'
Kießling 51', 84'
Reinartz Yellow card 74'		 Summary
Perdedaj Yellow card 35'
Lasogga 63'
Torun
71', 77'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,704
Referee: Michael Weiner
21 April 2012 32
UTC+01
)		 Beck Yellow card 63' Summary Schürrle 79' Stadium:
Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 28,150
Referee: Felix Brych
28 April 2012 33
UTC+01
)		 Reinartz Yellow card 33'
Kießling 75'		 Summary Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Tobias Welz
5 May 2012 34
UTC+01
)		 Mak 58'
Balitsch Yellow card 66'
Pinola Yellow card 86'		 Summary Kießling 6', 32', 89'
Friedrich Yellow card 21'
Toprak Yellow card 24'
Schürrle 77'		 Stadium:
easyCredit-Stadion

Attendance: 48,548
Referee: Guido Winkmann

|} Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: http://www.kicker.de/
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.

DFB-Pokal

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
)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E
Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Chelsea 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10
Spain Valencia 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8
Belgium Genk 6 0 3 3 2 16 −14 3
13 September 2011 1 Chelsea England 2–0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen London, England
20:45 CEST David Luiz 67'
Mata 67'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 33,820
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
28 September 2011 2 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–0 Belgium Genk Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST Bender 30'
Ballack 90+2'		 Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,138
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland
19 October 2011 3 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–1 Spain Valencia Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST Schürrle 52'
Sam 56'		 Report
Jonas
24'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,384
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
1 November 2011 4 Valencia Spain 3–1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Valencia, Spain
20:45 CET
Jonas 1'
Soldado 65'
Rami
75'		 Report Kießling 31' Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 37,047
Referee: Eriksson
23 November 2011 5 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 2–1 England Chelsea Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET Derdiyok 73'
Friedrich 90+1'		 Report Drogba 48' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,285
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
6 December 2011 6 Genk Belgium 1–1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Genk, Belgium
20:45 CET Vossen 30' Report Derdiyok 79' Stadium:
Cristal Arena
Attendance: 21,187
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16
14 February 2012 First leg Bayer Leverkusen Germany 1–3 Spain Barcelona Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CET Kadlec 51' Sánchez 41', 55'
Messi 88'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
7 March 2012 Second leg Barcelona Spain 7–1
(10–2 agg.)		 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET Messi 25', 43', 49', 58', 85'
Tello 55', 62'		 Bellarabi 90+1' Stadium:
Norway
)

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 16 December 2011

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

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU

 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
4 DF Germany Bastian Oczipka 35 EU FC St. Pauli Germany loan return Summer
9 FW Germany André Schürrle 20 EU Mainz 05 Germany Transfer Summer
17 MF Colombia
Michael Javier Ortega
 33 Non-EU
Atlas Mexico
 loan Summer 2012
21 DF Turkey Ömer Toprak 21 EU SC Freiburg Germany Transfer Summer 2016
22 GK United States David Yelldell 42 EU MSV Duisburg Germany Transfer Summer
22 GK Germany Bernd Leno 32 EU Bayer Leverkusen Germany loan Summer 2012
38 FW Germany Karim Bellarabi 34 EU Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Transfer Summer

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU

 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
4 DF Finland Sami Hyypiä 50 EU Retirement Summer
17 DF Croatia Domagoj Vida 34 Non-EU Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Transfer Summer
22 GK Germany Benedikt Fernandez 39 EU Release Summer
23 MF Chile Arturo Vidal 36 Non-EU Juventus Italy Transfer Summer
26 DF Slovenia Kevin Kampl 33 EU VfL Osnabrück Germany Transfer Summer

Kits

Home
Home Alternate
Away
Third
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Home Black Black Black
Home Alt. Black Black Red Bundesliga, Match 29, April 8 against Hamburg
Away White White White
Third Blue Blue Blue

Sources

  1. kicker
    (in German). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
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