List of Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Bayer Leverkusen. Generally, this means players that have played a significant amount of first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.
For a list of all Bayer Leverkusen players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bayer Leverkusen players, and for the current squad see the main Bayer Leverkusen article.
Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.
Table
Player | Nationality | Position | Bayer Leverkusen career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
René Adler | Goalkeeper | 2006–2012 | 173 | 0 | ||
Renato Augusto | Midfielder | 2008–2012 | 97 | 8 | ||
Marko Babić | Midfielder | 2000–2007 | 144 | 13 | ||
Hanno Balitsch | Midfielder | 2002–2005 2010–2012 |
96 | 6 | ||
Michael Ballack | Midfielder | 1999–2002 2010–2012 |
114 | 29 | ||
Tranquillo Barnetta | Midfielder | 2004–2012 | 187 | 23 | ||
Dieter Bast | Defender | 1983–1986 | 71 | 2 | ||
Yıldıray Baştürk | Midfielder | 2001–2004 | 73 | 8 | ||
Stefan Beinlich | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 80 | 24 | ||
Lars Bender | Midfielder | 2009–2021 | 256 | 22 | ||
Javier Hernández | Forward | 2015–2017 | 54 | 28 | ||
Dimitar Berbatov | Forward | 2001–2006 | 154 | 69 | ||
Daniel Bierofka | Midfielder | 2002–2005 | 78 | 12 | ||
Thomas Brdarić | Forward | 1999–2003 | 82 | 14 | ||
Andrzej Buncol | Midfielder | 1987–1992 | 123 | 14 | ||
Hans-Jörg Butt | Goalkeeper | 2001–2007 | 191 | 7 | ||
Gonzalo Castro | Midfielder | 2005–2015 | 220 | 18 | ||
Cha Bum-Kun | Forward | 1983–1989 | 185 | 52 | ||
Jean-Pierre de Keyser | Defender | 1986–1990 | 81 | 1 | ||
Dietmar Demuth | Defender | 1979–1983 | 92 | 14 | ||
Eren Derdiyok | Forward | 2009–2012 | 90 | 25 | ||
Emerson | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 88 | 11 | ||
Markus Feldhoff | Forward | 1995–1998 | 77 | 14 | ||
Andreas Fischer | Defender | 1989–1994 | 151 | 13 | ||
Franco Foda | Defender | 1990–1994 | 113 | 10 | ||
França | Forward | 2002–2005 | 102 | 29 | ||
Paul Freier | Midfielder | 2004–2008 | 111 | 17 | ||
Manuel Friedrich | Defender | 2007–2013 | 147 | 11 | ||
Theofanis Gekas | Forward | 2007–2010 | 50 | 13 | ||
Jürgen Gelsdorf | Defender | 1976–1986 | 296 | 26 | ||
Jürgen Glowacz | Midfielder | 1979–1982 | 53 | 13 | ||
Falko Götz | Forward | 1984–1988 | 115 | 26 | ||
Karim Haggui | Defender | 2006–2009 | 59 | 3 | ||
Pavel Hapal | Midfielder | 1992–1995 | 86 | 13 | ||
Markus Happe | Defender | 1991–1999 | 188 | 8 | ||
Christian Hausmann | Midfielder | 1986–1988 | 56 | 2 | ||
Dirk Heinen | Goalkeeper | 1990–1999 | 107 | 0 | ||
Jan Heintze | Defender | 1996–1999 | 87 | 5 | ||
Frankie Hejduk | Defender | 1998–2003 | 19 | 1 | ||
Patrick Helmes | Forward | 2008–2011 | 57 | 28 | ||
Peter Hermann | Forward | 1976–1984 | 215 | 32 | ||
Heiko Herrlich | Forward | 1989–1993 | 75 | 6 | ||
Dieter Herzog | Forward | 1976–1983 | 193 | 29 | ||
Sami Hyypiä | Defender | 2009–2011 | 53 | 3 | ||
Thomas Hörster | Defender | 1977–1991 | 404 | 26 | ||
Jorginho | Defender | 1989–1992 | 87 | 9 | ||
Juan | Defender | 2002–2007 | 139 | 10 | ||
Michal Kadlec | Defender | 2007–2013 | 128 | 8 | ||
Radosław Kałużny | Defender | 2003–2004 | 12 | 0 | ||
Stefan Kießling | Forward | 2006–2018 | 344 | 131 | ||
Ulf Kirsten | Forward | 1990–2003 | 350 | 182 | ||
Niko Kovač | Midfielder | 1996–1999 | 77 | 8 | ||
Robert Kovač | Defender | 1996–2001 | 127 | 1 | ||
Martin Kree | Defender | 1989–1994 | 156 | 22 | ||
Toni Kroos | Midfielder | 2009–2010 | 43 | 10 | ||
Jacek Krzynówek | Midfielder | 2004–2006 | 52 | 9 | ||
Hans-Peter Lehnhoff | Midfielder | 1994–2000 | 139 | 11 | ||
Bernd Leno | Goalkeeper | 2011–2018 | 233 | 0 | ||
Marek Leśniak | Forward | 1988–1992 | 119 | 20 | ||
Lúcio | Defender | 2001–2004 | 92 | 15 | ||
Ioan Lupescu | Midfielder | 1990–1996 | 184 | 4 | ||
Adam Matysek | Goalkeeper | 1998–2001 | 78 | 0 | ||
Erik Meijer | Forward | 1996–1999 | 84 | 16 | ||
Markus Münch | Defender | 1994–1996 | 57 | 3 | ||
Josef Nehl | Midfielder | 1992–1996 | 56 | 5 | ||
Oliver Neuville | Forward | 1999–2004 | 165 | 42 | ||
Jens Nowotny | Defender | 1996–2006 | 231 | 4 | ||
Arne Larsen Økland | Forward | 1980–1983 | 101 | 43 | ||
Wolfgang Patzke | Midfielder | 1983–1986 | 59 | 5 | ||
Paulo Sérgio | Forward | 1993–1997 | 121 | 47 | ||
Diego Placente | Defender | 2001–2005 | 123 | 3 | ||
Robson Ponte | Midfielder | 1999–2005 | 79 | 6 | ||
Walter Posner | Defender | 1975–1984 | 274 | 5 | ||
Carsten Ramelow | Defender | 1996–2008 | 333 | 22 | ||
Jörg Reeb | Defender | 1998–2001 | 54 | 1 | ||
Stefan Reinartz | Midfielder | 2008–2015 | 96 | 7 | ||
Alois Reinhardt | Defender | 1984–1991 | 156 | 1 | ||
Knut Reinhardt | Midfielder | 1985–1991 | 118 | 5 | ||
Paulo Rink | Forward | 1997–2001 | 88 | 29 | ||
Jürgen Röber | Forward | 1982–1986 | 105 | 18 | ||
Simon Rolfes | Midfielder | 2005–2015 | 214 | 34 | ||
Wolfgang Rolff | Midfielder | 1986–1989 | 99 | 9 | ||
Sidney Sam | Forward | 2010–2014 | 92 | 24 | ||
Bernd Schneider | Midfielder | 1999–2009 | 263 | 35 | ||
Heiko Scholz | Defender | 1992–1995 | 75 | 5 | ||
Christian Schreier | Forward | 1984–1991 | 203 | 63 | ||
André Schürrle | Forward | 2011–2013 | 65 | 18 | ||
Bernd Schuster | Midfielder | 1993–1996 | 59 | 8 | ||
Daniel Schwaab | Defender | 2009–2013 | 96 | 0 | ||
Pirmin Schwegler | Midfielder | 2006–2009 | 46 | 0 | ||
Erich Seckler | Defender | 1987–1992 | 86 | 2 | ||
Andreas Thom | Forward | 1990–1995 | 161 | 36 | ||
Tita | Forward | 1987–1988 | 21 | 10 | ||
Arturo Vidal | Midfielder | 2007–2011 | 117 | 15 | ||
Rüdiger Vollborn | Goalkeeper | 1982–1999 | 401 | 0 | ||
Rudi Völler | Forward | 1994–1996 | 62 | 26 | ||
Andriy Voronin | Forward | 2004–2007 | 92 | 32 | ||
Jurica Vranješ | Midfielder | 2000–2003 | 46 | 0 | ||
Herbert Waas | Forward | 1982–1989 | 209 | 72 | ||
Helmut Winklhofer | Defender | 1982–1985 | 90 | 5 | ||
Rudolf Wojtowicz | Defender | 1982–1986 | 76 | 2 | ||
Christian Wörns | Defender | 1991–1998 | 211 | 13 | ||
Zé Roberto | Midfielder | 1998–2002 | 113 | 17 | ||
Thomas Zechel | Defender | 1983–1988 | 70 | 6 | ||
Boris Živković | Defender | 1997–2003 | 144 | 9 | ||
Son Heung-min | Forward | 2013–2015 | 62 | 21 | ||
Emir Spahić | Defender | 2013–2015 | 48 | 3 | ||
Sergej Barbarez | Forward | 2006–2008 | 61 | 11 | ||
Džemal Berberović | Defender | 2003–2004 | 1 | 0 |
World Cup players
The following players have been selected by their country for the FIFA World Cup finals, while playing for Bayer Leverkusen.
- Cha Bum-kun (1986)
- Jorginho (1990)
- Ioan Lupescu (1994)
- Paulo Sérgio (1994)
- Emerson (1998)
- Jan Heintze (1998)
- Christian Wörns (1998)
- Ulf Kirsten (1994, 1998)
- Lúcio (2002)
- Yıldıray Baştürk (2002)
- Frankie Hejduk (2002)
- Carsten Ramelow (2002)
- Oliver Neuville (2002)
- Michael Ballack (2002)
- Hans-Jörg Butt (2002)
- Diego Placente (2002)
- Boris Živković (2002)
- Jurica Vranješ (2002)
- Jens Nowotny (2006)
- Bernd Schneider (2002, 2006)
- Jacek Krzynówek (2006)
- Fredrik Stenman (2006)
- Juan (2006)
- Marko Babić (2006)
- Assimiou Touré (2006)
- Andriy Voronin (2006)
- Stefan Kießling (2010)
- Toni Kroos (2010)
- Hans Sarpei (2010)
- Arturo Vidal (2010)
- Tranquillo Barnetta (2006, 2010)
- Eren Derdiyok (2010)
- Andrés Guardado (2014)
- Emir Spahić (2014)
- Son Heung-min (2014)
- Tin Jedvaj (2018)
- Julian Brandt (2018)
- Piero Hincapié (2022)
- Jeremie Frimpong (2022)
- Sardar Azmoun (2022)
- Exequiel Palacios (2022)