2019–20 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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Bayer Leverkusen 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 116th season in the football club’s history and 41st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also participated in this season’s editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the top-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League, as well as the UEFA Europa League. This was the 61st season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 10 August 2020.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

As of 1 July 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
10 MF Germany Kerem Demirbay Germany 1899 Hoffenheim €32,000,000 9 May 2019 [2]
19 FW France Moussa Diaby France Paris Saint-Germain €15,000,000 14 June 2019 [3]
22 DF Netherlands Daley Sinkgraven Netherlands Ajax €5,000,000 17 June 2019 [4]
11 MF Germany Nadiem Amiri Germany 1899 Hoffenheim €9,000,000 30 July 2019 [5]
25 MF Argentina Exequiel Palacios Argentina River Plate $21,500,000 20 December 2019 [6]
12 DF Burkina Faso Edmond Tapsoba Portugal Vitória de Guimarães $18,000,000 31 January 2020 [7]
21 GK Germany Lennart Grill Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern €2,000,000 1 July 2020 [8]

Loans in[edit]

# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source

Transfers out[edit]

Loans out[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

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28 July 2019 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen 3–4 Heracles Cologne, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Jugendleistungszentrum Kurtekotten

28 July 2019 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Vitesse Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Jugendfussball-Zentrum Kurtekotten Platz 2

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[edit]

Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[17]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2019–20 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, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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 19 6 9 61 44  +17 63 9 4 4 32 22  +10 10 2 5 29 22  +7

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 H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H
Result W W D L W W D L D L W D W W L L W W W L W W W D W W W L W L D W L W
Position 5 5 4 8 7 6 7 9 8 10 8 9 7 6 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.[18]

DFB-Pokal[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 32[edit]
Round of 16[edit]
Quarter-finals[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

References[edit]


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