# 2011–12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2011–12 Bayer Leverkusen season is the club's 108th year of existence.

## Review and events

For the winter break, Bayer Leverkusen return to practice on 3 January 2012 at 10:00 CET (UTC+01) and will have a training camp in Lagos, Portugal, from 4 January to 13 January.

## Competitions
### Bundesliga

Last updated: 5 May 2012 Source: https://www.kicker.de/ $^1$Bayer Leverkusen goals come first. Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Bayer Leverkusen. Pos. = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Player information
### Roster and statistics

As of 16 December 2011
Squad Season 2011–12 :
| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | Totals | Totals |
| Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Bayer since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| René Adler | | 15 January 1985 | 2000 | VfB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Giefer | | 17 May 1990 | 2003 | TuRa Lommersdorf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernd Leno | | 4 March 1992 | 2011 | VfB Stuttgart | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| David Yelldell | | 1 October 1981 | 2011 | MSV Duisburg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| Gonzalo Castro | | 11 June 1987 | 1999 | Bayer Wuppertal | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Danny da Costa | | 13 July 1993 | 2001 | Winfriedia Mülheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Manuel Friedrich | | 13 September 1979 | 2007 | Mainz 05 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Michal Kadlec | | 13 December 1984 | 2008 | Sparta Prague | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| Bastian Oczipka | | 12 January 1989 | 2011 | FC St. Pauli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stefan Reinartz | | 1 January 1989 | 2009 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Daniel Schwaab | | 1 January 1989 | 2009 | SC Freiburg | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ömer Toprak | | 21 July 1989 | 2011 | SC Freiburg | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| Hanno Balitsch | | 2 January 1981 | 2010 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Michael Ballack | | 26 September 1976 | 2010 | Chelsea | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
| Tranquillo Barnetta | | 22 May 1985 | 2005 | Hannover 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karim Bellarabi | | 8 April 1990 | 2011 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lars Bender | | 27 April 1989 | 2009 | 1860 Munich | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| Michael Ortega | | 6 April 1991 | 2011 | Atlas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renato Augusto | | 8 February 1988 | 2008 | Flamengo | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Simon Rolfes | | 21 January 1982 | 2005 | Alemannia Aachen | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Sidney Sam | | 27 April 1989 | 2010 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 6 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| Eren Derdiyok | | 12 June 1988 | 2009 | Basel | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 |
| Nicolai Jørgensen | | 15 January 1991 | 2010 | AB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Stefan Kießling | | 25 January 1984 | 2006 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 4 |
| André Schürrle | | 6 November 1990 | 2011 | Mainz 05 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 4 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends |
| 4 | DF | Bastian Oczipka | 36 | EU | FC St. Pauli | loan return | Summer | |
| 9 | FW | André Schürrle | 20 | EU | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | |
| 17 | MF | Michael Javier Ortega | 33 | Non-EU | Atlas | loan | Summer | 2012 |
| 21 | DF | Ömer Toprak | 21 | EU | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2016 |
| 22 | GK | David Yelldell | 43 | EU | MSV Duisburg | Transfer | Summer | |
| 22 | GK | Bernd Leno | 32 | EU | Bayer Leverkusen | loan | Summer | 2012 |
| 38 | FW | Karim Bellarabi | 34 | EU | Eintracht Braunschweig | Transfer | Summer | |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 4 | DF | Sami Hyypiä | 51 | EU | | Retirement | Summer |
| 17 | DF | Domagoj Vida | 35 | Non-EU | Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 | GK | Benedikt Fernandez | 40 | EU | | Release | Summer |
| 23 | MF | Arturo Vidal | 37 | Non-EU | Juventus | Transfer | Summer |
| 26 | DF | Kevin Kampl | 34 | EU | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer |

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Away | Third |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Black | Black | Black | |
| Home Alt. | Black | Black | Red | Bundesliga, Match 29, April 8 against Hamburg |
| Away | White | White | White | |
| Third | Blue | Blue | Blue | |

## Sources

* ↑ "Ab in den Süden". kicker (in German). 23 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
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