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2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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

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)

Review and events edit

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]

Competitions edit

Bundesliga edit

Main article: 2011–12 Bundesliga
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

|} 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 edit

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 edit

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E
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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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

Knockout phase edit

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16 edit
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)
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)

Player information edit

Roster and statistics edit

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   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

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
4 DF   Bastian Oczipka 35 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 42 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

Out edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
4 DF   Sami Hyypiä 50 EU Retirement Summer
17 DF   Domagoj Vida 35 Non-EU Dinamo Zagreb   Transfer Summer
22 GK   Benedikt Fernandez 39 EU Release Summer
23 MF   Arturo Vidal 36 Non-EU Juventus   Transfer Summer
26 DF   Kevin Kampl 33 EU VfL Osnabrück   Transfer Summer

Kits edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 edit

  1. ^ "Ab in den Süden". kicker (in German). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
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