BAYER LEVERKUSEN
2020-21
BAYER LEVERKUSEN BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN FUßBALL GMBH Founded: 1904 Location: Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia Team Nickname: Die Werkself (The Company's Eleven) Team Website: www.bayer04.de Rivals: FC Köln and Bayern München
TEAM KITS
SEASON REVIEW
HOME KIT
SEASON STATS
Chairman: Fernando Carro Manager: Peter Bosz (sacked) and Hannes Wolf (Interim) Team Captain: Charles Aránguiz Bundesliga: 6th place DFB-Pokal: Round of 16 UEFA Europa League: Round of 32
AGE
POS
GP
G
A
LW RW CB AM AM CM GK CF CB CF LB CB RW LB CM DM CB RB CM RB LW CB RB GK RB GK CF CM LW LW
43 40 39 39 38 37 37 36 35 33 30 29 29 27 25 24 20 20 13 13 12 8 7 5 5 4 4 2 1 1
10 15 2 5 8 5 — 13 1 15 — 2 3 — 1 3 — 2 — — 1 — — — 1 — — — — —
15 11 — 9 8 9 — 2 1 4 2 1 2 3 — 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 — — — — — — — —
* Player loaned out
Moussa Diaby 20 Leon Bailey 22 Edmond Tapsoba 21 Nadiem Amiri 23 Florian Wirtz 17 Kerem Demirbay 26 Lukas Hradecky 30 Patrik Schick 24 Jonathan Tah 24 Lucas Alario 27 Wendell 26 Aleksandar Dragovic 29 Karim Bellarabi 30 Daley Sinkgraven 24 Charles Aránguiz 31 Julian Baumgartlinger 32 Sven Bender 31 Lars Bender 31 Exequiel Palacios 21 Jeremie Frimpong 19 Demarai Gray 24 Tin Jedvaj 24 Timothy Fosu-Mensah 22 Nicklas Lomb 26 Mitchell Weiser 26 Lennart Grill 21 Emrehan Gedikli 17 Cem Türkmen 18 Samed Onur 17 Paulinho 19 * Left the team during the season
HIGHEST MARKET VALUES *
TEAM STADIUM
TRANSFERS IN
AWAY KIT
Patrik Schick
Roma/ITA
Jeremie Frimpong
Glasgow Celtic/SCO
Lennart Grill
Kaiserslautern
Demarai Gray
Leicester City/ENG
Timothy Fosu-Mensah
Manchester United/ENG
Santiago Arias *
Atlético Madrid/ESP
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* Player loaned in
ALTERNATE KIT
TRANSFERS OUT
KIT SUPPLIER
Kai Havertz
Chelsea
Kevin Volland
Monaco/FRA
Adrian Stanilewicz
SV Darmstadt
Panagiotis Retsos *
Saint-Étienne/FRA
Joel Pohjanpalo *
Union Berlin
Ayman Azhil *
RKC Waalwijk/NED
Ramazan Ozcan
Retired
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PLAYER
TEAM SPONSOR
BAYARENA FLORIAN WIRTZ
EDMOND TAPSOBA
$49.50M
$44.00M
* Provided by <https://www.transfermarkt.us>
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Address: BayArena, Bismarckstraße 122-124, 51373 Leverkusen, Germany Opened: 1956 Capacity: 30,210 Pitch Size: 105m x 68m
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
FIN
GER
COL
1
36
2
LUKÁŠ HRÁDECKY
NIKLAS LOMB
Goalkeeper
SANTIAGO ARIAS
Goalkeeper
Right-Back
Lukáš Hrádecký Birthdate: 24 November 1989 Birthplace: Bratislava Country: Slovakia Height: 192 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Niklas Lomb Birthdate: 28 July 1993 Birthplace: Cologne Country: Germany Height: 187 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Santiago Arias Naranjo Birthdate: 13 January 1992 Birthplace: Medellín Country: Colombia Height: 178 cm Preferred Foot: Right
CAREER: TPS Turku/FIN (2008), Abo IFK/FIN (2008), Esbjerg/DEN (2009-13), Brondby/DEN (2013-15), Eintracht Frankfurt (2015-18), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2018)
CAREER: Bayer Leverkusen (2012-14), Hallescher (2014-15), Preussen Munster (2015-16), Bayer Leverkusen (2016-18), SV Sandhausen (2018-19), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2019)
CAREER: La Equidad/COL (2009-11), Sporting/POR (2011-13), PSV Eindhoven/NED (2013-18), Atlético Madrid/ESP (2018-20), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2020)
GER
GER
AUT
4
5
6
JONATHAN TAH
SVEN BENDER
Centre-Back
ALEKSANDAR DRAGOVIĆ
Centre-Back
Centre-Back
Jonathan Glao Tah Birthdate: 11 February 1996 Birthplace: Hamburg Country: Germany Height: 195 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Sven Bender Birthdate: 27 April 1989 Birthplace: Rosenheim Country: Germany Height: 186 cm Preferred Foot: Left
Aleksandar Dragović Birthdate: 6 March 1991 Birthplace: Vienna Country: Austria Height: 186 cm Preferred Foot: Right
CAREER: Hamburger (2013-14), Fortuna Düsseldorf (2014-15), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2015)
CAREER: 1860 München (2006-09), Borussia Dortmund (2009-17), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2017)
CAREER: Austria Wien/AUT (2008-11), Basel/SUI (2011-13), Dynamo Kyiv/UKR (2013-16), Bayer Leverkusen (2016-17), Leicester City/ENG (2017-18), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2018)
GER
B FA
CRO
8
12
16
LARS BENDER Right-Back
EDMOND TAPSOBA Centre-Back
TIN JEDVAJ Centre-Back
Lars Bender Birthdate: 27 April 1989 Birthplace: Rosenheim Country: Germany Height: 185 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Edmond Fayçal Tapsoba Birthdate: 2 February 1999 Birthplace: Ouagadougou Country: Burkina Faso Height: 194 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Tin Jedvaj Birthdate: 28 November 1995 Birthplace: Zagreb Country: Croatia Height: 184 cm Preferred Foot: Right
CAREER: 1860 München (2006-09) and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2009)
CAREER: Vitória Guimarães/POR (2017-19) and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2019)
CAREER: Dinamo Zagreb/CRO (2012-13), Roma/ITA (2013-14), Bayer Leverkusen (2014-19), Augsburg (2019-20) and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2020)
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BRA
NED
NED
18
22
24
WENDELL
DALEY SINKGRAVEN
Left-Back
Daley Sinkgraven Birthdate: 4 July 1995 Birthplace: Assen Country: Netherlands Height: 179 cm Preferred Foot: Left
Evans Timothy Fosu Fosu-Mensah Birthdate: 2 January 1998 Birthplace: Amsterdam Country: Netherlands Height: 190 cm Preferred Foot: Right
CAREER: Iraty/BRA (2011), Londrina/BRA (2011-12), Paraná Clube/BRA (2012), Londrina/BRA (2013), Grêmio/BRA (2013-14), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2014)
CAREER: Heerenveen/NED (2013-15), Ajax/NED (2015-19), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2019)
CAREER: Manchester United/ENG (2015-17), Crystal Palace/ENG (2017-18), Fulham/ENG (2018-19), Manchester United/ENG (2019-20), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2020)
NED
GER
GER
30
10
11
KEREM DEMIRBAY
Right-Back
Kerem Demirbay Birthdate: 3 July 1993 Birthplace: Herten Country: Germany Height: 183 cm Preferred Foot: Left
Nadiem Amiri Birthdate: 27 October 1996 Birthplace: Ludwigshafen Country: Germany Height: 180 cm Preferred Foot: Right
CAREER: Celtic/SCO (2019-21) and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2021)
CAREER: Hamburger (2013-14), Kaiserslautern (2014-15), Fortuna Düsseldorf (2015-16), TSG Hoffenheim (2016-19), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2019)
CAREER: TSG Hoffenheim (2014-19), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2019)
AUT
CHI
ARG
15
20
25
Central Midfield
EXEQUIEL PALACIOS Central Midfield
Charles Mariano Aránguiz Sandoval Birthdate: 17 April 1989 Birthplace: Puente Alto, Santiago Country: Chile Height: 171 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Exequiel Alejandro Palacios Birthdate: 5 October 1998 Birthplace: Famaillá, Tucumán Country: Argentina Height: 177 cm Preferred Foot: Right
CAREER: 1860 München (2007-09), Austria Wien/AUT (2009-11), Mainz (2011-16), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2016)
CAREER: Cobreloa/CHI (2006-07), Cobresal/CHI (2008), Cobreloa/CHI (2009), Colo-Colo/CHI (2009-10), Quilmes/ARG (2011), Universidad de Chile/CHI (2011-14), Internacional/BRA (2014-15), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2015)
CAREER: River Plate/ARG (2015-19), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2020)
CHARLES ARÁNGUIZ
Julian Jakob Baumgartlinger Birthdate: 2 January 1988 Birthplace: Salzburg Country: Austria Height: 184 cm Preferred Foot: Right
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Attacking Midfield
Jeremie Agyekum Frimpong Birthdate: 10 December 2000 Birthplace: Amsterdam Country: Netherlands Height: 175 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Defensive Midfield
NADIEM AMIRI
Central Midfield
JULIAN BAUMGARTLINGER
Centre-Back
Wendell Nascimento Borges Birthdate: 20 July 1993 Birthplace: Fortaleza, CE Country: Brazil Height: 176 cm Preferred Foot: Left
JEREMIE FRIMPONG
TIMOTHY FOSU-MENSAH
Left-Back
BAYER LEVERKUSEN
GER
BRA
JAM
27
7
9
FLORIAN WIRTZ
PAULINHO
Attacking Midfield
LEON BAILEY
Left Winger
Right Winger
Florian Richard Wirtz Birthdate: 3 May 2003 Birthplace: Pulheim Country: Germany Height: 175 cm Preferred Foot: Left
Paulo Henrique Sampaio Filho Birthdate: 15 July 2000 Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, RJ Country: Brazil Height: 177 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Leon Patrick Bailey Butler Birthdate: 9 August 1997 Birthplace: Kingston Country: Jamaica Height: 178 cm Preferred Foot: Left
CAREER: Bayer Leverkusen (since 2019)
CAREER: Vasco da Gama/BRA (2017-18), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2018)
CAREER: Genk/BEL (2015-17), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2017
ARG
CZE
FRA
13
14
19
LUCAS ALARIO
PATRIK SCHICK
Centre-Forward
MOUSSA DIABY
Centre-Forward
Left Winger
Lucas Nicolás Alario Birthdate: 8 October 1992 Birthplace: Tostado, Santa Fé Country: Argentina Height: 184 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Patrik Schick Birthdate: 24 January 1996 Birthplace: Prague Country: Czech Republic Height: 187 cm Preferred Foot: Left
Moussa Diaby Birthdate: 7 July 1999 Birthplace: Paris Country: France Height: 170 cm Preferred Foot: Left
CAREER: Colón/ARG (2010-15), River Plate/ARG (2015-17), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2017)
CAREER: Sparta Praha/CZE (2013-15), Bohemians/CZE (2015-16), Sampdoria/ITA (2016-17), Roma/ITA (2017-19), RB Leipzig (2019-20), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2020)
CAREER: Paris St-Germain/FRA (2016-17), Crotone/ITA (2018), Paris St-Germain/FRA (2018-19), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2019)
ENG
GER
GER
27
28
HC
DEMARAI GRAY Left Winger
KARIM BELLARABI Right Winger
Demarai Remelle Gray Birthdate: 28 June 1996 Birthplace: Birmingham Country: England Height: 180 cm Preferred Foot: Right
Karim Bellarabi Birthdate: 8 April 1990 Birthplace: West Berlin Country: Germany Height: 184 cm Preferred Foot: Right
CAREER: Birmingham City/ENG (2013-16), Leicester City/ENG (2016-20), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2021)
CAREER: Eintracht Braunschweig (2009-11), Bayer Leverkusen (2011-13), Eintracht Braunschweig (2013-14), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2014)
HANNES WOLF
Interim Head Coach Hannes Wolf Birthdate: 15 April 1981 Birthplace: Bochum Country: Germany CAREER: Stuttgart (2016-2018), Hamburger (2018-19), Genk/BEL (2019-21), and Bayer Leverkusen (since 2021)
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