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Bayer Leverkusen
2019–20 season
Owner	Bayer AG
Managing director	Michael Schade
Manager	Peter Bosz
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kai Havertz (12); All: ; Kai Havertz (18)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 116th season in the football club's history and 41st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the top-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League, as well as the UEFA Europa League. This was the 61st season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 10 August 2020.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 July 2020^[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
1	GK	FIN	Lukas Hradecky
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah
5	MF	GER	Sven Bender
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović
7	FW	BRA	Paulinho
8	MF	GER	Lars Bender (captain)
9	FW	JAM	Leon Bailey
10	MF	GER	Kerem Demirbay
11	MF	GER	Nadiem Amiri
12	DF	BFA	Edmond Tapsoba
13	FW	ARG	Lucas Alario
15	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger
18	DF	BRA	Wendell
19	FW	FRA	Moussa Diaby
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	GER	Lennart Grill
22	DF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven
23	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser
25	MF	ARG	Exequiel Palacios
27	MF	GER	Florian Wirtz
28	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan
29	MF	GER	Kai Havertz (3rd captain)
31	FW	GER	Kevin Volland (vice-captain)
35	MF	POL	Adrian Stanilewicz
36	GK	GER	Niklas Lomb
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi
—	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Retsos
—	DF	CRO	Tin Jedvaj
—	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo

Transfers

Transfers in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Kerem Demirbay	1899 Hoffenheim	€32,000,000	9 May 2019	^[2]
19	FW	Moussa Diaby	Paris Saint-Germain	€15,000,000	14 June 2019	^[3]
22	DF	Daley Sinkgraven	Ajax	€5,000,000	17 June 2019	^[4]
11	MF	Nadiem Amiri	1899 Hoffenheim	€9,000,000	30 July 2019	^[5]
25	MF	Exequiel Palacios	River Plate	$21,500,000	20 December 2019	^[6]
12	DF	Edmond Tapsoba	Vitória de Guimarães	$18,000,000	31 January 2020	^[7]
21	GK	Lennart Grill	1. FC Kaiserslautern	€2,000,000	1 July 2020	^[8]

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Source

Transfers out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
10	FW	Julian Brandt	Borussia Dortmund	€25,000,000	22 May 2019	^[9]
24	GK	Thorsten Kirschbaum	VVV-Venlo	Free	27 May 2019	^[10]
30	MF	Sam Schreck	FC Groningen	Undisclosed	1 July 2019	^[11]
21	MF	Dominik Kohr	Eintracht Frankfurt	€8,500,000	3 July 2019	^[12]
33	MF	Jan Boller	LASK	Undisclosed	31 July 2019	^[13]
	GK	Tomasz Kucz	Vitória de Guimarães	Free	31 July 2019	^[14]

Loans out

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
16	DF	Tin Jedvaj	FC Augsburg	20 August 2019	30 June 2020	^[15]
17	FW	Joel Pohjanpalo	Hamburger SV	24 January 2020	30 June 2020	^[16]
3	DF	Panagiotis Retsos	Sheffield United	31 January 2020	30 June 2020	^[7]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

6 July 2019 Friendly	Wuppertaler SV	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Wuppertal, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bellarabi 26' Volland 40' Bender 44' Pohjanpalo 74'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 2,400

13 July 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Fortuna Sittard	Cologne, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Karjalainen 30'	Stadium: Jugendfussball-Zentrum Kurtekotten Platz 2 Attendance: 1,000

13 July 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	3–4	Eupen	Cologne, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Paulinho 7' Laurent 11' (o.g.) Azhil 33'	Report	Ciampichetti 42', 45' Laurent 65' Fünger 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jugendleistungszentrum Kurtekotten Attendance: 1,000

20 July 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Watford	Zell am See, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diaby 66'	Report	Hughes 35' Gray 56'	Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion

20 July 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Eibar	Zell am See, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alario 66', 85' (pen.)	Report	Bravo 33' Benito 65'	Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Wolfram Aufschnaiter (Austria)

28 July 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	3–4	Heracles	Cologne, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jugendleistungszentrum Kurtekotten

28 July 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Vitesse	Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Jugendfussball-Zentrum Kurtekotten Platz 2

4 August 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Valencia	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Demirbay 9' Dragović 21' Havertz 27' (pen.)	Report	Gameiro 10' (pen.), 57' Kondogbia 37' Parejo 67'	Stadium: BayArena Referee: Sven Weschitzki (Germany)

10 January 2020 Friendly	Utrecht	4–3	Bayer Leverkusen	La Manga, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dalmau 17' Klaiber 35' Kerk 51' Maddy 86'	Report	Havertz 54', 90' Volland 80'	Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium Attendance: 300

10 January 2020 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	St. Gallen	La Manga, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bailey 29' Pohjanpalo 59' Alario 69'	Report	Demirović 12', 32'	Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	17 August 2019	27 June 2020	Matchday 1	5th	34	19	6	9	61	44	+17	055.88
DFB-Pokal	10 August 2019	4 July 2020	First round	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	15	7	+8	083.33
Champions League	18 September 2019	11 December 2019	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	033.33
Europa League	20 February 2020	10 August 2020	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	080.00
Total					51	30	6	15	91	65	+26	058.82

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	RB Leipzig	34	18	12	4	81	37	+44	66	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	20	5	9	66	40	+26	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	6	9	61	44	+17	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	1899 Hoffenheim	34	15	7	12	53	53	0	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	VfL Wolfsburg	34	13	10	11	48	46	+2	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[17]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2019–20 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, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	6	9	61	44	+17	63	9	4	4	32	22	+10	10	2	5	29	22	+7

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	W
Position	5	5	4	8	7	6	7	9	8	10	8	9	7	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.^[18]

17 August 2019 1	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	SC Paderborn	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bailey 10' Havertz 19' Wendell 25' Dragović 62' Volland 69'	Report	Michel 15' Mamba 25'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,208 Referee: Tobias Stieler

24 August 2019 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baker 49' Morales 61', 82' Zimmermann 77'	Report	Baker 6' (o.g.) Aránguiz 14', 33' Bellarabi 39' Tah 80'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 44,538 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

31 August 2019 3	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tah 90' Alario 90+5'	Report	Posch 54' Vogt 90+5'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,506 Referee: Felix Zwayer

14 September 2019 4	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alcácer 28' Reus 50', 90' Guerreiro 83'	Report	Amiri 35' Wendell 52' Havertz 85'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Daniel Siebert

21 September 2019 5	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Union Berlin	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland 20' Alario 25'	Report	Polter 66' Schlotterbeck 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,430 Referee: Robert Hartmann

28 September 2019 6	FC Augsburg	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Max 19' Lichtsteiner 45+1' Vargas 63' Schieber 75'	Report	Niederlechner 34' (o.g.) Volland 76' Havertz 84'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,113 Referee: Robert Kampka

5 October 2019 7	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sinkgraven 45' Volland 66' Weiser 74'	Report	Demme 60' Poulsen 73' Nkunku 78'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,355 Referee: Marco Fritz

18 October 2019 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Paciência 4', 17' (pen.) Fernandes 44' Dost 80'	Report	Dragović 16'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,800 Referee: Christian Dingert

26 October 2019 9	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Toprak 4' (o.g.) L. Bender 51' Alario 58', 88'	Report	Rashica 40' Klaassen 48', 76'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Martin Petersen

2 November 2019 10	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 25' Tah 36' Baumgartlinger 44' Bailey 90+6'	Report	Wendt 18' Thuram 42' Hofmann 80'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Daniel Siebert

10 November 2019 11	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	João Victor 45+1' Tisserand 83'	Report	Bellarabi 25' Volland 27' Hradecky 90+2' Paulinho 90+6'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,112 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

23 November 2019 12	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diaby 36'	Report	Höler 5' Lienhart 46' Schmid 59' Höfler 65'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,032 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

30 November 2019 13	Bayern Munich	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Müller 34' Goretzka 90+6'	Report	Bailey 10', 35' Baumgartlinger 42' Tah 81' Bellarabi 90+3' S. Bender 90+4'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

7 December 2019 14	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 15', 81', 83' Wendell 43'	Report	Caligiuri 29' Raman 53', 82'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Harm Osmers

14 December 2019 15	1. FC Köln	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thielmann 39' Córdoba 73' Ehizibue 79' Bornauw 84'	Report	Havertz 41' Dragović 42' 62' Bailey 78'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

18 December 2019 16	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 71' Paulinho 76'	Report	Grujić 29' Rekik 64' Skjelbred 75' Dilrosun 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,472 Referee: Bastian Dankert

21 December 2019 17	Mainz 05	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Wendell 58' 71' Alario 90+3'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 24,345 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

19 January 2020 18	SC Paderborn	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Paderborn
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vasiliadis 22' Gjasula 35' Srbeny 51' Sabiri 73'	Report	Volland 11', 14' Baumgartlinger 36' Havertz 75', 90'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 14,889 Referee: Daniel Siebert

26 January 2020 19	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Havertz 40' L. Bender 79' Alario 89' (pen.)	Report	Hoffmann 19' Kownacki 86' Hennings 87'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,250 Referee: Daniel Schlager

1 February 2020 20	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Baumgartner 15' Kramarić 23' Rudy 48' Skov 65' Pentke 86'	Report	Diaby 11' Demirbay 27' 90+2' L. Bender 44'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 24,489 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

8 February 2020 21	Bayer Leverkusen	4–3	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 20', 43', 67' L. Bender 35', 82' Bailey 81'	Report	Hummels 22' Can 33' Guerreiro 39', 65'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Markus Schmidt

15 February 2020 22	Union Berlin	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gentner 7', 56' Trimmel 14' Bülter 87'	Report	Weiser 20' Havertz 22' S. Bender 38' Diaby 84' Bellarabi 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Harm Osmers

23 February 2020 23	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tapsoba 20' Diaby 25' Amiri 59' Wendell 62'	Report	Khedira 15' Gouweleeuw 20' Jedvaj 32' Baier 72'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,703 Referee: Sven Jablonski

1 March 2020 24	RB Leipzig	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schick 32'	Report	Demirbay 24' Bailey 29' Tah 39' Diaby 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,216 Referee: Felix Zwayer

7 March 2020 25	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Havertz 4' Bellarabi 14' Paulinho 49', 55' Weiser 54'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych

18 May 2020 26	Werder Bremen	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gebre Selassie 30' Moisander 54' Friedl 75'	Report	Havertz 28', 33' S. Bender 44' Weiser 61' Demirbay 78'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Tobias Stieler
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[20] and rescheduled to 18 May.^[21]

23 May 2020 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thuram 52' Bensebaini 71'	Report	Havertz 7', 58' (pen.) Diaby 62' S. Bender 81'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Sören Storks
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[20] and rescheduled to 23 May.^[21]

26 May 2020 28	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Demirbay 29' Baumgartlinger 63', 86' Diaby 67'	Report	João Victor 32' Pongračić 43', 75' Arnold 64' Ginczek 67' Steffen 68' Casteels 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Daniel Schlager
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[22] and rescheduled to 26 May.^[21]

29 May 2020 29	SC Freiburg	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Havertz 54' Alario 81' Amiri 90+2'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Marco Fritz
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[22] and rescheduled to 29 May.^[21]

6 June 2020 30	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alario 10' Amiri 30' Bellarabi 35' Dragović 74' Wirtz 89'	Report	Coman 8', 27' Lewandowski 32', 66' Müller 40' Goretzka 42' Gnabry 45'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[22] and rescheduled to 6 June.^[21]

14 June 2020 31	Schalke 04	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kabak 9' Miranda 35' Caligiuri 51' (pen.), 60' McKennie 61'	Report	Alario 59' Miranda 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Daniel Siebert
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[22] and rescheduled to 14 June.^[21]

17 June 2020 32	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	S. Bender 7' Aránguiz 29' Havertz 40' Dragović 45' Diaby 83'	Report	Czichos 21' Bornauw 59' Leistner 65'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Sven Jablonski
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[22] and rescheduled to 17 June.^[21]

20 June 2020 33	Hertha BSC	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cunha 22' Lukebakio 45', 54' Grujić 70' Klünter 86' Stark 90+2'	Report	Tapsoba 52' Dragović 80' Alario 83'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Felix Brych
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[22] and rescheduled to 20 June.^[21]

27 June 2020 34	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland 2' Baumgartlinger 90+1'	Report	Niakhaté 68'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[19] Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Note: The match was postponed on 7 May due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[22] and rescheduled to 27 June.^[21]

DFB-Pokal

10 August 2019 First round	Alemannia Aachen	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Aachen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wallenborn 21' Batarilo 56'	Report	Hackenberg 19' (o.g.) Volland 39' Bailey 72' Havertz 88'	Stadium: New Tivoli Attendance: 30,861 Referee: Martin Petersen

29 October 2019 Second round	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	SC Paderborn	Leverkusen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 26' Weiser 70'	Report	Gjasula 40'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

5 February 2020 Round of 16	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weiser 30' Bredlow 72' (o.g.) Alario 83' Hradecky 85'	Report	Silas 85' Castro 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

4 March 2020 Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Union Berlin	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tah 44' Aránguiz 55', 86' Diaby 69', 90+1' Bellarabi 70', 72' Alario 90+2'	Report	Ingvartsen 39' Parensen 48' Lenz 61' 71' Gikiewicz 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 18,453 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

9 June 2020 Semi-finals	1. FC Saarbrücken	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Völklingen^[23]
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tapsoba 7' Diaby 11' Alario 19' Bellarabi 58'	Stadium: Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion Attendance: 0^[24] Referee: Guido Winkmann
Note: The match was postponed on 27 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[25] and rescheduled to 9 June.^[26]

4 July 2020 Final	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	Bayern Munich	Berlin
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wendell 28' S. Bender 63' Havertz 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Alaba 16' Gnabry 24' Lewandowski 59', 89', 67'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0^[24] Referee: Tobias Welz
Note: The match originally scheduled for 23 May, was postponed on 24 April due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,^[27] and rescheduled to 4 July.^[26]

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	ATM	LEV	LMO
1	Juventus	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	2–1	—	1–2
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	1	0	5	4	11	−7	3		1–2	0–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 September 2019 1	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Höwedes 25' (o.g.) Aránguiz 76'	Report	Krychowiak 16' Barinov 37', 55'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,592 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

1 October 2019 2	Juventus	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Turin, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Higuaín 17' Cuadrado 55' Bernardeschi 62' Ronaldo 89'	Report	Aránguiz 19'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 34,525 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

22 October 2019 3	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Madrid, Spain
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Koke 54' Morata 78'	Report	Bellarabi 38'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 56,776 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

6 November 2019 4	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Partey 41' (o.g.) Weiser 50' Volland 55' Bellarabi 79' Tah 79' Amiri 84'	Report	Oblak 79' Morata 79', 90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,160 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

26 November 2019 5	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Moscow, Russia
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Höwedes 43' Ignatyev 67' Ćorluka 68' Barinov 83'	Report	Zhemaletdinov 11' (o.g.) S. Bender 54' Wendell 77'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 25,757 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

11 December 2019 6	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Juventus	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ronaldo 75' Higuaín 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,542 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

20 February 2020 First leg	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Porto	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 29' Havertz 57' (pen.) Demirbay 66'	Report	Corona 26' Manafá 54' Uribe 58' Díaz 73' Marcano 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,839 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

27 February 2020 Second leg	Porto	1–3 (2–5 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Porto, Portugal
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Zé Luís 33' Oliveira 36' Uribe 42' Marcano 54' Marega 65' Nakajima 76' Pepe 82' Soares 85'	Report	Alario 10' L. Bender 43' Demirbay 50', 67' Havertz 58' Weiser 69' Amiri 82'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,292 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Round of 16

12 March 2020 First leg	Rangers	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kamara 20' Arfield 73' Edmundson 75' Kent 90'	Report	Demirbay 29' Havertz 37' (pen.) Aránguiz 67' Wendell 77' Weiser 81' Diaby 86' Bailey 88'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 47,494 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

6 August 2020 Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Rangers	Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Aránguiz 14' Sinkgraven 45+2' Diaby 51' Tah 90'	Report	Barker 53' Hagi 67'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0^[28] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Note: The match between Bayer Leverkusen and Rangers in Leverkusen was meant to be played behind closed doors due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Germany.^[29] However, on 13 March, all of the round of 16 second leg matches, originally scheduled to be played on 19 March, were indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.^[30] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 6 August.^[31]

Quarter-finals

10 August 2020 Quarter-finals	Inter Milan	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Düsseldorf, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barella 15', 90+7' Lukaku 21' D'Ambrosio 32' Eriksen 85'	Report	Havertz 24' Sinkgraven 43' L. Bender 48' Tapsoba 87'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 0^[28] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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	FIN	Lukas Hradecky	50	0	34	0	5	0	6	0	5	0
28	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	GER	Niklas Lomb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah	39	0	22+3	0	3+2	0	5	0	3+1	0
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović	25	0	10+5	0	3+1	0	1+2	0	1+2	0
12	DF	BFA	Edmond Tapsoba	22	0	12+2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
18	DF	BRA	Wendell	34	0	21+3	0	3+1	0	4	0	1+1	0
22	DF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven	21	0	11+2	0	2	0	1+1	0	4	0
23	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser	28	1	14+4	1	3+2	0	3	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	GER	Sven Bender	46	4	32	2	5	1	6	1	3	0
8	MF	GER	Lars Bender	29	2	17+2	2	2	0	3+1	0	4	0
10	MF	GER	Kerem Demirbay	40	2	18+7	1	4+2	0	5	0	4	1
11	MF	GER	Nadiem Amiri	43	1	22+9	1	4+1	0	2+2	0	2+1	0
15	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger	40	2	20+7	2	2+1	0	3+3	0	1+3	0
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz	39	3	23+4	1	4	1	5	0	3	1
25	MF	ARG	Exequiel Palacios	7	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	GER	Florian Wirtz	9	1	3+4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF	GER	Kai Havertz	45	18	29+1	12	5	2	5	0	5	4
35	MF	POL	Adrian Stanilewicz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi	39	6	17+9	4	3+3	2	5	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Paulinho	19	3	1+12	3	1+1	0	0+2	0	0+2	0
9	FW	JAM	Leon Bailey	33	7	12+10	5	2+1	1	2+1	0	0+5	1
13	FW	ARG	Lucas Alario	36	12	11+13	7	4	3	2+3	0	2+1	2
19	FW	FRA	Moussa Diaby	39	8	18+10	5	3+2	2	2	0	4	1
31	FW	GER	Kevin Volland	40	12	24+3	10	2+2	1	5+1	1	3	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Retsos	6	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
16	DF	CRO	Tin Jedvaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 August 2020
Source: Competitions

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.68239186875634-17] Since the winners of the 2019–20 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, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[1] "Werkself". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[2] "Rekordtransfer perfekt: Demirbay wechselt zu Leverkusen". kicker Online (in German). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[3] "Bayer 04 sign French striker Moussa Diaby". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[4] "Leverkusen sign Ajax ace Sinkgraven". France24. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[5] "Amiri joins the Werkself". Bayer04.de. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[6] "Bayer 04 sign Exequiel Palacios". Bayer Leverkusen. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

[TapsobaRetsos-7] "BAYER 04 SIGN CENTRAL DEFENDER TAPSOBA – RETSOS ON LOAN AT SHEFFIELD UNITED". Bayer Leverkusen. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[8] "Bayer 04 sign keeper from Kaiserslautern".

[9] Borussia Dortmund (22 May 2019). "Borussia Dortmund sign Julian Brandt". Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[10] "VVV vindt in Duitse doelman Kirschbaum opvolger voor Unnerstall". nu.nl (in Dutch). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[11] "Bayer 04 transfer Schreck to Groningen". bayer04.de. Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[12] "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Kohr" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[13] "Boller joins Linz ASK". bayer04.de. Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[14] "All Bundesliga transfers of the summer transfer window". Bulinews. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[15] "Tin Jedvaj kommt auf Leihbasis zum FCA" (in German). FC Augsburg. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

[16] "HSV leiht Joel Pohjanpalo aus" (in German). Hamburger SV. 24 January 2020.

[18] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[19] "Bundesliga-Spielplan: Alle Spieltage im Überblick". Sportbuzzer (in German). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

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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	19	6	9	61	44	+17	63	9	4	4	32	22	+10	10	2	5	29	22	+7

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH
Football	Club Players Managers Matches Stadium Seasons Europe Women's team
Seasons	1991–92 1997–98 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Miscellaneous	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer AG Neverkusen

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	6	9	61	44	+17	63	9	4	4	32	22	+10	10	2	5	29	22	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	6	9	61	44	+17	63	9	4	4	32	22	+10	10	2	5	29	22	+7