# 2016–17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

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

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Bernd Leno |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Aleksandar Dragović |
| 7 | FW | MEX | Javier Hernández |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Leon Bailey |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Hakan Çalhanoğlu |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling |
| 13 | DF | GER | Roberto Hilbert |
| 14 | FW | SUI | Admir Mehmedi |
| 15 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Wendell |
| 19 | FW | GER | Julian Brandt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak (Vice-captain) |
| 22 | DF | GER | Joel Abu Hanna |
| 23 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa |
| 28 | GK | AUT | Ramazan Özcan |
| 29 | MF | GER | Kai Havertz |
| 30 | MF | GER | Sam Schreck |
| 31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland |
| 33 | DF | GER | Lukas Boeder |
| 35 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb |
| 38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi |
| 39 | MF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl |

### Transfers
#### In

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

#### Out

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

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 031.82 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| 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 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | TOT | CSKA |
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Bernd Leno | 41 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | AUT | Ramazan Özcan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah | 26 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Aleksandar Dragović | 22 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Roberto Hilbert | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj | 22 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Wendell | 37 | 2 | 27+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak | 32 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Joel Abu Hanna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 22 | 7 | 14+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger | 29 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Julian Brandt | 40 | 4 | 26+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz | 35 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Kai Havertz | 28 | 4 | 15+9 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Sam Schreck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi | 18 | 4 | 14+2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs | 37 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 38 | 2 | 28+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MEX | Javier Hernández | 35 | 13 | 20+6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Leon Bailey | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling | 24 | 4 | 6+14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SUI | Admir Mehmedi | 30 | 4 | 17+6 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo | 13 | 6 | 1+10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland | 30 | 9 | 16+7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 27 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Lukas Boeder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Javier Hernández | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 31 | FW | | Kevin Volland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 17 | FW | | Joel Pohjanpalo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Stefan Kießling | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | FW | | Admir Mehmedi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Julian Brandt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 29 | MF | | Kai Havertz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 38 | MF | | Karim Bellarabi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 18 | DF | | Wendell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | | Charles Aránguiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 44 | MF | | Kevin Kampl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | | Jonathan Tah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 16 | DF | | Tin Jedvaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 21 | DF | | Ömer Toprak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 35 | MF | | Vladlen Yurchenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 4 | 10 | 67 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Bernd Leno | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 28 | GK | | Ramazan Özcan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Last updated: 15 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | | Jonathan Tah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Aleksandar Dragović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Javier Hernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Lars Bender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Leon Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Roberto Hilbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Admir Mehmedi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Julian Baumgartlinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Tin Jedvaj | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Wendell | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Charles Aránguiz | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Ömer Toprak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Kai Havertz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Kevin Volland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | | Karim Bellarabi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Benjamin Henrichs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Kevin Kampl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 50 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017