2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2015–16 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)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
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]

Out[edit]

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
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[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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:

^ 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[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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[edit]

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	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[edit]

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wendell 11' Kießling 45' Brandt 71'	Report	Zuber 5'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,125 Referee: Robert Hartmann

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	Hannover 96	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Çalhanoğlu 18'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

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

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

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

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bender 51' Hernández 69' Donati 75' Ramalho 84'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,805 Referee: Marco Fritz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Alonso 78' 84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Knut Kircher

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	FC Ingolstadt	Leverkusen
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[edit]

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

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

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

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
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[edit]

Play-off round[edit]

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Roma	6	1	3	2	11	16	−5	6	Advance to knockout phase
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

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

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

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

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

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

9 December 2015 (2015-12-09) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Barcelona	Leverkusen, Germany
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[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

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

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

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

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Villarreal	Leverkusen, Germany
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[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

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	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[edit]

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Europa League	Total
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
4	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[edit]

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	MF	38	Karim Bellarabi	11	1	3	0	15
2	MF	10	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	5	0	2	0	7
2	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
5	FW	11	Stefan Kießling	2	2	0	0	4
7	MF	44	Kevin Kampl	0	0	2	0	2
7	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[edit]

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.67547053502662-16] 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.

[1] "Bayer 04 verpflichtet Ramalho ablösefrei von RB Salzburg" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[2] "Bayer 04 snap up Swiss striker Mehmedi". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[3] "Papadopoulos seals permanent Leverkusen switch". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[4] "Leverkusen sign Jonathan Tah". Bundesliga. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[5] "Leverkusen sign Jonathan Tah". Bundesliga. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[6] "Ciro Immobile to make loan move to FC Sevilla". bvb.de. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[7] > "Leverkusen sign Chicharito Hernández".

[8] > "Javier Hernandez: Man Utd striker joins Bayer Leverkusen for £7.3m". BBC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[9] "LEVERKUSEN'S CASTRO AGREES MOVE TO DORTMUND". Bundesliga.com. 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

[10] "Gladbach land Leverkusen forward Drmic". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[11] "Ajax contracteert Arek Milik" (in Dutch). Ajax. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[12] "FCA verpflichtet Dominik Kohr" (in German). Augsburg. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[13] "Philipp Wollscheid completes Stoke City transfer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

[14] "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Stefan Reinartz". Eintracht Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

[15] "Tottenham sign Heung-Min Son from Bayer Leverkusen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[17] "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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