2016–17_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_season

Bayer Leverkusen
2016–17 season
Sporting Director	Rudi Völler
Manager	Roger Schmidt; (until 5 March); Tayfun Korkut; (from 6 March)
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Javier Hernández; (11 goals); All: ; Javier Hernández; (13 goals)
Biggest win	Hertha 2–6 Leverkusen
Biggest defeat	Dortmund 6–2 Leverkusen
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

2016–17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen 2016–17 football season

The 2016–17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 113th season in the club's football history.

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No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
6	Defender	Aleksandar Dragović	25	Yes	Dynamo Kyiv	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€18 million	^[1]
15	Midfielder	Julian Baumgartlinger	28	Yes	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€4 million	^[2]
17	Forward	Joel Pohjanpalo	21	Yes	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[3]
22	Defender	Joël Abu Hanna	18	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2019	—	^[4]
23	Defender	Danny da Costa	22	Yes	FC Ingolstadt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€500,000	^[5]
28	Goalkeeper	Ramazan Özcan	33	Yes	FC Ingolstadt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€500,000	^[6]
30	Midfielder	Sam Schreck	17	Yes	FC St. Pauli U17	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[7]
31	Forward	Kevin Volland	23	Yes	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€20 million	^[8]
36	Goalkeeper	Niklas Lomb	22	Yes	Preußen Münster	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	^[9]
—	Midfielder	Levin Öztunalı	22	Yes	Werder Bremen	Return from loan	Summer	—	—	^[10]
—	Forward	Ryu Seung-woo	22	No	Arminia Bielefeld	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	—	^[11]
—	Forward	Patrik Džalto	19	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	—	^[12]
—	Forward	Andrejs Cigaņiks	19	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	—	^[12]
—	Midfielder	Jonas Meffert	21	Yes	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	—	€600,000	^[13]
—	Defender	Malcolm Cacutalua	22	Yes	VfL Bochum	Return from loan	Summer	—	—	^[14]
—	Forward	Marc Brašnić	19	Yes	SC Paderborn	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	—	^[15]
—	Midfielder	Maximilian Wagener	21	Yes	Mainz 05 II	Return from loan	Summer	—	—
9	Forward	Leon Bailey	19	No	Genk	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2022	€13.5 million	^[16]
—	Defender	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	24	Yes	RB Leipzig	Return from loan	Winter	30 June 2020	—	^[17]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
2	Defender	André Ramalho	24	No	Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	€500,000	^[18]
5	Defender	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	24	Yes	RB Leipzig	Loan	Summer	€1.5 million	^[19]
6	Midfielder	Levin Öztunalı	20	Yes	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	€5 million	^[10]
17	Defender	Sebastian Boenisch	29	Yes	—	Release	Summer	—	^[20]
22	Goalkeeper	David Yelldell	34	Yes	Sonnenhof Großaspach	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[21]
23	Midfielder	Christoph Kramer	25	Yes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	€15 million	^[22]
24	Forward	Ryu Seung-woo	22	No	Ferencváros	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[23]
25	Goalkeeper	Dario Krešić	32	Yes	Omonia	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[24]
32	Defender	Malcolm Cacutalua	21	Yes	Arminia Bielefeld	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[14]
34	Defender	Robin Becker	19	Yes	1. FC Heidenheim	Loan	Summer	—	^[25]
37	Midfielder	Marlon Frey	20	Yes	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Loan	Summer	—	^[4]
—	Midfielder	Jonas Meffert	21	Yes	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	€1.2 million	^[13]
—	Forward	Marc Brašnić	19	Yes	Fortuna Köln	Loan	Summer	—	^[15]
—	Midfielder	Maximilian Wagener	21	Yes	SG Wattenscheid 09	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[26]
—	Forward	Patrik Džalto	19	Yes	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Loan	Summer	—	^[12]
—	Forward	Andrejs Cigaņiks	20	Yes	Viktoria Köln	Loan	Summer	—	^[12]
—	Defender	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	24	Yes	Hamburger SV	Loan	Winter	—	^[17]
27	Forward	Robbie Kruse	28	No	Liaoning	Transfer	Winter	€500,000	^[27]
32	Defender	Lukas Boeder	19	Yes	SC Paderborn 07	Loan	Winter	—	^[28]

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) Friendly	SC Verl	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Verl, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Veselinović 86' (pen.)	Report	Brüseke 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: SPORTCLUB ARENA

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17) Friendly	Delbrücker SC	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Delbrück, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Volland 3', 6' Kampl 42' Öztunalı 53'	Stadium: Stadion Laumeskamp

22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) Friendly	TuS Koblenz	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Koblenz, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Antonaci 15' (o.g.) Volland 25', 35' Brandt 88'	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth

2016–17_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_season

2016–17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Players

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Friendly matches

Competitions

Overview

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

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27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Porto	Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hernández 58'	Report	Silva 8'	Stadium: BELKAW-Arena

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg	0–0 Abandoned	Bayer Leverkusen	Zell am See, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion Referee: Florian Jäger (Austria)
Note: The match ended in the 12th minute due to a thunderstorm.

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Fiorentina	Zell am See, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Öztunalı 8' Mehmedi 61' Kampl 78'	Report	Kalinić 73'	Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Friendly	Kickers Offenbach	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Offenbach am Main, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Firat 33'	Report	Hernández 8' Mehmedi 81'	Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Attendance: 3,000

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Real Sociedad	Leverkusen, Germany
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland 35' Hernández 38'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,216

8 January 2017 Florida Cup	Estudiantes	1–1 (2–4 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
14:00 EST (UTC-5)	Umeres 33'	Report	Schreck 70'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella
	Penalties
	Aguirregaray González Pírez Marchioni Diarte		Kießling Aránguiz Mehmedi Brandt Dragović

11 January 2017 Florida Cup	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	Bay Lake, Florida, USA
19:00 EST (UTC-5)	Chicharito 52'	Report		Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Referee: Matthew Miscannon

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	27 August 2016	20 May 2017	Matchday 1	12th	34	11	8	15	53	55	−2	032.35
DFB-Pokal	21 August 2016	25 October 2016	First round	Second round	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Champions League	14 September 2016	15 March 2017	Group stage	Round of 16	8	2	5	1	10	8	+2	025.00
Total					44	14	14	16	67	66	+1	031.82

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Schalke 04	34	11	10	13	45	40	+5	43
11	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	11	9	14	36	43	−7	42
12	Bayer Leverkusen	34	11	8	15	53	55	−2	41
13	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	35	51	−16	38
14	Hamburger SV	34	10	8	16	33	61	−28	38

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	11	8	15	53	55	−2	41	5	6	6	27	28	−1	6	2	9	26	27	−1

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W
Position	12	6	11	12	10	6	10	11	10	8	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramer 40' Hahn 45+1' Stindl 74', 85' Strobl 90+4'	Report	Toprak 64' Bellarabi 74' Wendell 75' Pohjanpalo 79'	Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 52,183 Referee: Felix Brych

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 2	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Hamburger SV	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tah 71' Pohjanpalo 79', 90+1', 90+4' Kampl 90'	Report	Wood 58' Hunt 83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Welz

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Meier 53', 68' Fabián 73', 79' Chandler 87'	Report	Hernández 60'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) 4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Verhaegh 46' Gouweleeuw 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,097 Referee: Jochen Drees

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 5	Mainz 05	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brosinski 11' Mallı 31' Bell 35', 42' Córdoba 45'	Report	Dragović 21' Hernández 32', 66', 90+2' Aránguiz 45+1'	Stadium: OPEL ARENA Attendance: 25,274 Referee: Günter Perl

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mehmedi 10' Aránguiz 14' Kampl 37' Hernández 40', 79' Toprak 62' Çalhanoğlu 88'	Report	Ginter 74'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 7	Werder Bremen	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junuzović 13' Hajrović 52' Manneh 59', 90+1'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 27' Aránguiz 55' Wendell 69'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 8	Bayer Leverkusen	0–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland 6'	Report	Demirbay 15' Rudy 45+1' Wagner 49' Zuber 60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,716 Referee: Bastian Dankert

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 9	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnold 37' Brekalo 80'	Report	Mehmedi 59', 79' Bender 65' Wendell 71' Jedvaj 83'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,398 Referee: Tobias Stieler

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 10	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Darmstadt 98	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 32' Brandt 56' Aránguiz 69'	Report	Čolak 47' Vrančić 85' Guwara 90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,941 Referee: Harm Osmers

18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) 11	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kampl 1' Brandt 45+2' Toprak 73'	Report	Baumgartlinger 4' (o.g.) Orban 51', 81' Ilsanker 53' Keïta 56' Forsberg 67'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,752 Referee: Felix Brych

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 12	Bayern Munich	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thiago 30' Hummels 56'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 35'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 13	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 60'	Report	Haberer 30' Schuster 41'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,111 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

11 December 2016 (2016-12-11) 14	Schalke 04	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Naldo 4' Meyer 13' Baba 81' Kehrer 88'	Report	Toprak 13' Baumgartlinger 38' Kießling 89' Havertz 90+3'	Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 60,821 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 15	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	FC Ingolstadt	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aránguiz 35' 49' Jedvaj 58' Mehmedi 63'	Report	Morales 26' Cohen 73' Tisserand 76' Matip 85'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,075 Referee: Frank Willenborg

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21) 16	1. FC Köln	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Modeste 21'	Report	Wendell 44'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 17	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Toprak 12' Çalhanoğlu 36' (pen.), 88'	Report	Stocker 44', 55' Ibišević 53'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,904 Referee: Tobias Stieler

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 18	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tah 31' Hernández 34'	Report	Stindl 52', 58' Raffael 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,869 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

3 February 2017 (2017-02-03) 19	Hamburger SV	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Papadopoulos 76'	Report	Bellarabi 38' Kampl 69' Wendell 79'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 45,653 Referee: Jochen Drees

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 20	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hernández 5', 63' Boeder 21' Toprak 37' Volland 78'	Report	Gaćinović 36'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,882 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

17 February 2017 (2017-02-17) 21	FC Augsburg	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Max 45' Kohr 60', 87' Verhaegh 61'	Report	Bellarabi 23' Hernández 40', 65' Wendell 76'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 25,010 Referee: Harm Osmers

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bender 10'	Report	Bell 3' Öztunalı 11' Muto 74' Latza 83' Gbamin 90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,086 Referee: Benjamin Brand

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23	Borussia Dortmund	6–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 6' Aubameyang 26', 69' Pulisic 77' Schürrle 85' (pen.) Guerreiro 90+2'	Report	Aránguiz 16' Havertz 37' Bellarabi 45+3' Volland 48', 63' Bender 69' Wendell 74', 84'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 79,100 Referee: Christian Dingert