# 2022–23 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2022–23 season was the 119th season in the history of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and their 44th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 April 2023
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 | FIN | Lukas Hradecky (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ECU | Piero Hincapié |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah (3rd captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Mitchel Bakker |
| 6 | DF | CIV | Odilon Kossounou |
| 8 | MF | GER | Robert Andrich |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun |
| 10 | MF | GER | Kerem Demirbay |
| 11 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri |
| 12 | DF | BFA | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 14 | FW | CZE | Patrik Schick |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Noah Mbamba |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Moussa Diaby |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Callum Hudson-Odoi (on loan from Chelsea) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Amine Adli |
| 22 | DF | NED | Daley Sinkgraven |
| 23 | FW | CZE | Adam Hložek |
| 24 | DF | NED | Timothy Fosu-Mensah |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Exequiel Palacios |
| 27 | MF | GER | Florian Wirtz |
| 28 | GK | AUT | Patrick Pentz |
| 30 | DF | NED | Jeremie Frimpong |
| 32 | MF | MAR | Ayman Azhil |
| 35 | MF | GER | Joshua Eze |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb |
| 38 | FW | GER | Karim Bellarabi |
| 40 | GK | RUS | Andrey Lunyov |

### Players out on loan

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 |
| — | FW | ESP | Iker Bravo (at Real Madrid until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | TOG | Sadik Fofana (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | GER | Lennart Grill (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | BRA | Paulinho (at Atlético Mineiro until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | COL | Gustavo Puerta (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 23 | FW | Adam Hložek | Sparta Prague | €13,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Callum Hudson-Odoi | Chelsea | Loan | 30 August 2022 |
| 18 | DF | Noah Mbamba | Club Brugge | €100,000 | 14 January 2023 |
| 28 | GK | Patrick Pentz | Reims | Undisclosed | 27 January 2023 |
| | MF | Gustavo Puerta | Bogotá | €2,000,000 | 31 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 13 | FW | Lucas Alario | Eintracht Frankfurt | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 15 | MF | Julian Baumgartlinger | FC Augsburg | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 21 | GK | Lennart Grill | Union Berlin | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| | DF | Sadik Fofana | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | 2 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Mitchell Weiser | Werder Bremen | Free | 15 July 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Joel Pohjanpalo | Venezia | €2,500,000 | 19 August 2022 |
| 28 | FW | Iker Bravo | Real Madrid | Loan | 29 August 2022 |
| 7 | FW | Paulinho | Atlético Mineiro | Loan | 1 January 2023 |
| | MF | Gustavo Puerta | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| 29 | MF | Zidan Sertdemir | Nordsjaelland | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |
| 20 | MF | Charles Aránguiz | Internacional | Free | 2 April 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 041.18 |
| DFB-Pokal | 30 July 2022 | 30 July 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 September 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 016.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 16 February 2023 | 18 May 2023 | Knockout round play-offs | Semi-finals | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 78 | 69 | +9 | 038.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 49 | |
* 1 2 Since the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, 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 Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 13 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | BRU | LEV | ATM |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 17 March 2023, after the draw for the quarter-finals.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FIN | Lukas Hradecky | 48 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | AUT | Patrick Pentz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | RUS | Andrey Lunyov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ECU | Piero Hincapié | 43 | 1 | 27+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah | 47 | 1 | 28+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Mitchel Bakker | 40 | 4 | 19+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | CIV | Odilon Kossounou | 35 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BFA | Edmond Tapsoba | 47 | 2 | 32+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Noah Mbamba | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Daley Sinkgraven | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NED | Timothy Fosu-Mensah | 15 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NED | Jeremie Frimpong | 48 | 9 | 32+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER | Robert Andrich | 41 | 3 | 28+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Kerem Demirbay | 36 | 5 | 17+8 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri | 36 | 4 | 9+16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Exequiel Palacios | 34 | 5 | 19+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Florian Wirtz | 25 | 4 | 11+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 32 | MF | MAR | Ayman Azhil | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Joshua Eze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IRN | Sardar Azmoun | 33 | 4 | 8+15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CZE | Patrik Schick | 23 | 4 | 10+4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Callum Hudson-Odoi | 21 | 1 | 7+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Moussa Diaby | 48 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7+1 | 3 |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Amine Adli | 38 | 7 | 16+10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2+6 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | CZE | Adam Hložek | 44 | 7 | 16+13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 4+4 | 1 |
| 38 | FW | GER | Karim Bellarabi | 10 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Paulinho | 7 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz | 15 | 2 | 4+6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Iker Bravo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Zidan Sertdemir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | | Moussa Diaby | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | DF | 30 | | Jeremie Frimpong | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 21 | | Amine Adli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 23 | | Adam Hložek | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | | Kerem Demirbay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 25 | | Exequiel Palacios | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | | Mitchel Bakker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | | Sardar Azmoun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | | Nadiem Amiri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 14 | | Patrik Schick | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 27 | | Florian Wirtz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | 8 | | Robert Andrich | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | DF | 12 | | Edmond Tapsoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 20 | | Charles Aránguiz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | 3 | | Piero Hincapié | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 4 | | Jonathan Tah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 7 | | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | 17 | | Callum Hudson-Odoi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 57 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 78 |