2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2015–16 football season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen2015–16 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)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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

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## Transfers

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### In

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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]

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| 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

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Win Draw Loss

### Bundesliga

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Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

#### League table

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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:

1. ^ 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

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Overall | Home | Away

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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

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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

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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

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Bayer Leverkusen v TSG Hoffenheim 15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1|  Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1|  TSG Hoffenheim | Leverkusen

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15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Wendell 11'
Kießling 45'
Brandt 71' | Report | Zuber 5' | Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 27,125
Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hannover 96 v Bayer Leverkusen 22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2|  Hannover 96 | 0–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Hanover

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15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  | Report | Çalhanoğlu 18' | Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 39,100
Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen 29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3|  Bayern Munich | 3–0|  Bayer Leverkusen | Munich

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Darmstadt 98 12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4|  Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1|  Darmstadt 98 | Leverkusen

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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

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen 20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 5|  Borussia Dortmund | 3–0|  Bayer Leverkusen | Dortmund

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05 23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 6|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0|  Mainz 05 | Leverkusen

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20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Bender 51'
Hernández 69'
Donati 75'
Ramalho 84' | Report |  | Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 24,805
Referee: Marco Fritz

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen 26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7|  Werder Bremen | 0–3|  Bayer Leverkusen | Bremen

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Augsburg 4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 8|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1|  FC Augsburg | Leverkusen

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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

Hamburger SV v Bayer Leverkusen 17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9|  Hamburger SV | 0–0|  Bayer Leverkusen | Hamburg

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart 24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10|  Bayer Leverkusen | 4–3|  VfB Stuttgart | Leverkusen

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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

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen 31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11|  VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v 1\. FC Köln 7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–2|  1\. FC Köln | Leverkusen

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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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Leverkusen 21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13|  Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–3|  Bayer Leverkusen | Frankfurt

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke 04 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1|  Schalke 04 | Leverkusen

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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

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15|  Hertha BSC | 2–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Berlin

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach 12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16|  Bayer Leverkusen | 5–0|  Borussia Mönchengladbach | Leverkusen

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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

FC Ingolstadt v Bayer Leverkusen 19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17|  FC Ingolstadt | 0–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Ingolstadt

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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

TSG Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen 23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 18|  TSG Hoffenheim | 1–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Sinsheim

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Hannover 96 30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19|  Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0|  Hannover 96 | Leverkusen

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich 6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20|  Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0|  Bayern Munich | Leverkusen

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18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  | Report | Alonso 78' 84' | Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Knut Kircher

Darmstadt 98 v Bayer Leverkusen 13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21|  Darmstadt 98 | 1–2|  Bayer Leverkusen | Darmstadt

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund 21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 22|  Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1|  Borussia Dortmund | Leverkusen

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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

Mainz 05 v Bayer Leverkusen 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 23|  Mainz 05 | 3–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Mainz

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–4|  Werder Bremen | Leverkusen

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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

FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen 5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25|  FC Augsburg | 3–3|  Bayer Leverkusen | Augsburg

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV 13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 26|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0|  Hamburger SV | Leverkusen

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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

VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen 20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 27|  VfB Stuttgart | 0–2|  Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg 1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 28|  Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0|  VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen

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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

1\. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen 10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 29|  1\. FC Köln | 0–2|  Bayer Leverkusen | Cologne

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt 16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30|  Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0|  Eintracht Frankfurt | Leverkusen

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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

Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen 23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31|  Schalke 04 | 2–3|  Bayer Leverkusen | Gelsenkirchen

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC 30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32|  Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1|  Hertha BSC | Leverkusen

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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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen 7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33|  Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Mönchengladbach

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v FC Ingolstadt 14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34|  Bayer Leverkusen | 3–2|  FC Ingolstadt | Leverkusen

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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

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Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Sportfreunde Lotte v Bayer Leverkusen 8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1|  Sportfreunde Lotte | 0–3|  Bayer Leverkusen | Lotte

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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

Viktoria Köln v Bayer Leverkusen 28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2|  Viktoria Köln | 0–6|  Bayer Leverkusen | Cologne

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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

SpVgg Unterhaching v Bayer Leverkusen 15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) Round of 16|  SpVgg Unterhaching | 1–3|  Bayer Leverkusen | Unterhaching

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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

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen 9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Quarter-finals|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3|  Werder Bremen | Leverkusen

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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

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

#### Play-off round

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

Lazio v  Bayer Leverkusen 18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) First leg|  Lazio | 1–0|  Bayer Leverkusen | Rome, Italy

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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)

Bayer Leverkusen v  Lazio 26 August 2015 (2015-08-26) Second leg|  Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0
(3–1 agg.)|  Lazio | Leverkusen, Germany

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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

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

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2  |  Roma | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 11  | 16  | −5  | 6
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

Bayer Leverkusen v  BATE Borisov 16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) 1|  Bayer Leverkusen | 4–1|  BATE Borisov | Leverkusen, Germany

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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)

Barcelona v  Bayer Leverkusen 29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 2|  Barcelona | 2–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Barcelona, Spain

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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)

Bayer Leverkusen v  Roma 20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 3|  Bayer Leverkusen | 4–4|  Roma | Leverkusen, Germany

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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)

Roma v  Bayer Leverkusen 4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) 4|  Roma | 3–2|  Bayer Leverkusen | Rome, Italy

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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)

BATE Borisov v  Bayer Leverkusen 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 5|  BATE Borisov | 1–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Barysaw, Belarus

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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)

Bayer Leverkusen v  Barcelona 9 December 2015 (2015-12-09) 6|  Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1|  Barcelona | Leverkusen, Germany

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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

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

#### Knockout phase

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

##### Round of 32

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Sporting CP v  Bayer Leverkusen 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg|  Sporting CP | 0–1|  Bayer Leverkusen | Lisbon, Portugal

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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)

Bayer Leverkusen v  Sporting CP 25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) Second leg|  Bayer Leverkusen | 3–1
(4–1 agg.)|  Sporting CP | Leverkusen, Germany

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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

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Villarreal v  Bayer Leverkusen 10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg|  Villarreal | 2–0|  Bayer Leverkusen | Villarreal, Spain

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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)

Bayer Leverkusen v  Villarreal 17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg|  Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0
(0–2 agg.)|  Villarreal | Leverkusen, Germany

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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

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### Appearances and goals

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

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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

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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  | Europa League  | Total

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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
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

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1 | MF | 38  |  | Karim Bellarabi | 11  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 15
2 | MF | 10  |  | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 5  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 7
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
FW | 11  |  | Stefan Kießling | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 4
7 | MF | 44  |  | Kevin Kampl | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2
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

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