2014–15 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

2014–15 season
Sporting Director	Rudi Völler
Manager	Roger Schmidt
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Son Heung-min Karim Bellarabi (11 each) All: Stefan Kießling (18)
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The 2014–15 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 111th season in the club's football history.

In the 2013–14 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished in fourth place in the Bundesliga. A very tight finish for the UEFA Champions League qualifier spot with both Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfL Wolfsburg all capable of getting fourth place. In the end, Leverkusen came back from 1–0 down to win the final game 2–1. This was a must win game for them because Wolfsburg had won their game and were in the running to finish fourth ahead of Leverkusen.

The transfer window started very early for Bayer Leverkusen as they have announced a five-year deal for Swiss international striker Josip Drmić who was previously with 1. FC Nürnberg, who were relegated on the final matchday. The transfer was announced on 12 May 2014.

As of 22 July 2014^[1] 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 3 MF  GER Stefan Reinartz 4 DF  GER Philipp Wollscheid 5 DF  BIH Emir Spahić 6 MF  GER Simon Rolfes (captain) 7 FW  KOR Son Heung-min 8 MF  GER Lars Bender (vice-captain) 9 FW  SUI Josip Drmić 10 MF  TUR Hakan Çalhanoğlu 11 FW  GER Stefan Kießling 13 DF  GER Roberto Hilbert 14 DF  GRE Kyriakos Papadopoulos 15 MF  GER Levin Öztunalı 16 DF  CRO Tin Jedvaj (on loan from Roma)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  POL Sebastian Boenisch 18 DF  BRA Wendell 19 MF  GER Julian Brandt 21 DF  TUR Ömer Toprak 22 GK  USA David Yelldell 23 MF  AUS Robbie Kruse 25 GK  CRO Dario Krešić 26 DF  ITA Giulio Donati 27 MF  GER Gonzalo Castro (3rd captain) 35 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko 36 GK  GER Niklas Lomb 37 MF  GER Maximilian Wagener 38 MF  GER Karim Bellarabi

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 — DF  GER Malcolm Cacutalua (at Greuther Fürth) — DF  GRE Kostas Stafylidis (at Fulham) — MF  GER Dominik Kohr (at FC Augsburg)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FIN Joel Pohjanpalo (at Fortuna Düsseldorf) — FW  POL Arkadiusz Milik (at Ajax) — MF  KOR Ryu Seung-woo (at Eintracht Braunschweig)

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 9 FW  SUI Josip Drmić (from 1. FC Nürnberg) 25 GK  CRO Dario Krešić (from Mainz 05) 35 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko (from Shakhtar Donetsk) 16 DF  CRO Tin Jedvaj (from Roma)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	VfL Wolfsburg	34	20	9	5	72	38	+34	69	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	19	9	6	53	26	+27	66
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	17	10	7	62	37	+25	61	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	FC Augsburg	34	15	4	15	43	43	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Schalke 04	34	13	9	12	42	40	+2	48

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	17	10	6	61	35	+26	61	10	6	1	39	15	+24	7	4	5	22	20	+2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MON	LEV	ZEN	BEN
1	Monaco	6	3	2	1	4	1	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	2–0	0–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10			0–1	—	2–0	3–1
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–0	1–2	—	1–0
4	Benfica	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	5			1–0	0–0	0–2	—

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	Total
1	FW	11		Stefan Kießling	8	6	4	18
2	FW	7		Son Heung-min	11	1	5	17
3	MF	38		Karim Bellarabi	11	0	1	12
4	MF	10		Hakan Çalhanoğlu	6	2	3	11
5	FW	9		Josip Drmić	6	0	0	6
6	DF	14		Kyriakos Papadopoulos	2	1	1	4
7	DF	16		Tin Jedvaj	2	0	0	2
	MF	19		Julian Brandt	2	0	0
	MF	27		Gonzalo Castro	2	0	0
10	DF	4		Emir Spahić	1	0	0	1
	MF	8		Lars Bender	1	0	0
	DF	26		Giulio Donati	0	0	1
	MF	6		Simon Rolfes	1	0	0
	MF	3		Stefan Reinartz	1	0	0
	DF	18		Wendell	1	0	0
	DF	21		Ömer Toprak	1	0	0
TOTALS					56	10	15	81

Last updated on 5 October 2014

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	Champions League	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	MF	10		Hakan Çalhanoğlu	5	4	0	9
2	MF	27		Gonzalo Castro	7	0	1	8
	MF	38		Karim Bellarabi	4	3	1
4	FW	11		Stefan Kießling	3	2	0	5
	DF	13		Roberto Hilbert	5	0	0
6	MF	19		Julian Brandt	1	0	3	4
7	FW	7		Son Heung-min	2	1	0	3
	MF	8		Lars Bender	3	0	0
9	DF	17		Sebastian Boenisch	1	0	1	2
10	MF	23		Robbie Kruse	1	0	0	1
	DF	16		Tin Jedvaj	1	0	0
	DF	21		Ömer Toprak	0	1	0
	DF	18		Wendell	1	0	0
	FW	9		Josip Drmić	1	0	0
	DF	21		Kyriakos Papadopoulos	1	0	0
Total					28	10	6	41

Last updated on 5 October 2014

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