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)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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 edit

Transfers edit

In edit

No.	Pos.	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 edit

Pos.	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 edit

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

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:

^ 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 edit


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 edit

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 edit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 edit

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

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

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

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 edit

Play-off round edit

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)

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 edit

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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 edit

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit

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)

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 edit

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)

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 edit

Appearances and goals edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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 edit

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

Rank	Pos	No.	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
4	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 edit

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

Rank	Pos	No.	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
2	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
5	FW	11	Stefan Kießling	2	2	0	0	4
7	MF	44	Kevin Kampl	0	0	2	0	2
7	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

References edit

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.092072160957415-16] 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.

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[3] "Papadopoulos seals permanent Leverkusen switch". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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[6] "Ciro Immobile to make loan move to FC Sevilla". bvb.de. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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[11] "Ajax contracteert Arek Milik" (in Dutch). Ajax. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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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

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

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