# 2012–13 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2012–13 Bayer Leverkusen season was the 109th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13, the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 34th season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1979.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal.
In Europe the club had qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the UEFA Europa League where it played Metalist Kharkiv, Rapid Wien and Rosenborg in Group K of the group stage.

## Review and events

In the 2011–12 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished fifth in the 2011–12 Bundesliga. Therefore the club qualified for the 2012–13 Bundesliga, 2012–13 DFB-Pokal and 2012–13 Europa League.
Bayer Leverkusen rejected a bid for André Schürrle worth €25 million from Chelsea. Bayer Leverkusen has decided not to sell Schürrle because they were "unable to sign a replacement" because suitable replacements are "too expensive" and would be forced to sign "a weaker player" who is "overpriced". Leverkusen CEO Wolfgang Holzhäuser accused Bayern Munich coach of Jupp Heynckes "tapping up" Lars Bender. The club had rejected an "official" offer from Bayern Munich the previous week.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League results and fixtures

| Match | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Source |
| Match | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Opponent | Pos. | Pts | Source |
| 1 | 25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) | 15:30 | Commerzbank-Arena | Frankfurt | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–2 | 27,900 | Kießling 30' | Aigner 57' Lanig 82' | T12 | 0 | [MR 1] [MR 2] |
| 2 | 1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | SC Freiburg | 2–0 | 23,635 | Castro 8' Wollscheid 54' | — | T9 | 3 | [MR 3] [MR 4] |
| 3 | 15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) | 15:30 | Signal Iduna Park | Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | 0–3 | 80,645 | — | Hummels 29' Błaszczykowski 39' Lewandowski 78' | 12 | 3 | [MR 5] [MR 6] |
| 4 | 23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 27,640 | Kadlec 12' | Herrmann 3' | 13 | 4 | [MR 7] [MR 8] |
| 5 | 26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) | 20:00 | SGL arena | Augsburg | FC Augsburg | 3–1 | 25,211 | Kießling 7' Wollscheid 39' Schürrle 44' | Werner 51' | 8 | 7 | [MR 9] [MR 10] |
| 6 | 29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Greuther Fürth | 2–0 | 25,700 | Sam 50', 62' | — | 7 | 10 | [MR 11] [MR 12] |
| 7 | 7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) | 17:30 | Mercedes-Benz Arena | Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | 47,400 | Kießling 13', 59' | Ibišević 19' (pen.), 45' | 6 | 11 | [MR 13] [MR 14] |
| 8 | 20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) | 15:30 | BayArena | Lueverkusen | Mainz 05 | 2–2 | 28,077 | Kießling 43' Castro 87' | Szalai 58' Risse 76' | 5 | 12 | [MR 15] [MR 16] |
| 9 | 28 October 2012 (2012-10-28) | 17:30 | Allianz Arena | Munich | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | 71,000 | Kießling 42' Sam 87' | Mandžukić 77' | 5 | 15 | [MR 17] [MR 18] |
| 10 | 4 November 2012 (2012-11-04) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–2 | 27,153 | Sam 16' Schürrle 41' Castro 66' | Rafael 40' Bodzek 86' | 4 | 18 | [MR 19] [MR 20] |
| 11 | 11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) | 15:30 | Volkswagen-Arena | Wolfsburg | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | 24,825 | Kießling 90+1' | Diego 4', 16' Dost 33' | 5 | 18 | [MR 21] [MR 22] |
| 12 | 17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) | 18:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 30,000 | Schürrle 45' Kießling 67' | — | 5 | 21 | [MR 23] [MR 24] |
| 13 | 25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) | 17:30 | Rhein-Neckar Arena | Sinsheim | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | 22,100 | Bender 15' Carvajal 38' | Johnson 59' | 5 | 24 | [MR 25] [MR 26] |
| 14 | 28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) | 20:00 | Weserstadion | Bremen | Werder Bremen | 4–1 | 37,231 | Castro 31', 52' Rolfes 74' Hegeler 79' | Petersen 54' | 2 | 27 | [MR 27] [MR 28] |
| 15 | 1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | 22,000 | Kießling 37' | — | 2 | 30 | [MR 29] [MR 30] |
| 16 | 9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) | 17:30 | AWD-Arena | Hanover | Hannover 96 | 2–3 | 45,800 | Castro 3' Kießling 58' | Huszti 20' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Diouf 56' | 2 | 30 | [MR 31] [MR 32] |
| 17 | 15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Hamburger SV | 3–0 | 29,489 | Kießling 26', 66' Schürrle 36' | — | 2 | 33 | [MR 33] [MR 34] |
| 18 | 19 January 2013 (2013-01-19) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 | 28,767 | Boenisch 31' Kießling 33' Schürrle 58' | Meier 78' | 2 | 36 | [MR 35] [MR 36] |
| 19 | 26 January 2013 (2013-01-26) | 18:30 | Mage Solar Stadion | Freiburg | SC Freiburg | 0–0 | 22,500 | — | — | 2 | 37 | [MR 37] [MR 38] |
| 20 | 3 February 2013 (2013-02-03) | 17:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Borussia Dortmund | 2–3 | 30,210 | Reinartz 58', 62' | Reus 3' Błaszczykowski 9' (pen.) Lewandowski 63' | 3 | 37 | [MR 39] [MR 40] |
| 21 | 9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) | 15:30 | Borussia-Park | Mönchengladbach | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–3 | 45,000 | Sam 52' Kießling 60' Schürrle 64' | Stranzl 44' De Jong 58' Herrmann 86' | 3 | 38 | [MR 41] [MR 42] |
| 22 | 16 February 2013 (2013-02-16) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | 22,784 | Kießling 26' Bender 75' | Mölders 89' | 3 | 41 | [MR 43] [MR 44] |
| 23 | 24 February 2013 (2013-02-24) | 17:30 | Trolli Arena | Fürth | Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | 14,635 | — | — | 3 | 42 | [MR 45] [MR 46] |
| 24 | 2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) | 18:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | 27,058 | Kießling 82' (pen.) Bender 86' | Ibišević 12' (pen.) | 3 | 45 | [MR 47] [MR 48] |
| 25 | 9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) | 15:30 | Coface Arena | Mainz | Mainz 05 | 0–1 | 30,124 | — | Ivanschitz 61' (pen.) | 3 | 45 | [MR 49] [MR 50] |
| 26 | 16 March 2013 (2013-03-16) | 18:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Bayern Munich | 1–2 | 30,210 | Rolfes 75' | Gómez 37' Wollscheid 87' (o.g.) | 3 | 45 | [MR 51] [MR 52] |
| 27 | 30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) | 15:30 | Esprit Arena | Düsseldorf | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4–1 | 53,265 | Kießling 22' (pen.), 88' Schürrle 62', 84' | Schwaab 41' (o.g.) | 3 | 48 | [MR 53] [MR 54] |
| 28 | 6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 29,288 | Schürrle 12' | Kjær 70' | 3 | 49 | [MR 55] [MR 56] |
| 29 | 13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) | 18:30 | Veltins-Arena | Gelsenkirchen | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | 61,619 | Rolfes 39' Kießling 58' | Pukki 71' Raffael 87' (pen.) | 3 | 50 | [MR 57] [MR 58] |
| 30 | 20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | 1899 Hoffenheim | 5–0 | 28,683 | Kießling 16', 65' Schürrle 31', 69' Reinartz 79' | — | 3 | 53 | [MR 59] [MR 60] |
| 31 | 27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Werder Bremen | 1–0 | 30,210 | Kießling 35' (pen.) | — | 3 | 56 | [MR 61] [MR 62] |
| 32 | 4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) | 15:30 | Stadion Nürnberg | Nuremberg | 1. FC Nuremberg | 2–0 | 40,581 | Toprak 26' Kießling 62' (pen.) | — | 3 | 59 | [MR 63] [MR 64] |
| 33 | 11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) | 15:30 | BayArena | Leverkusen | Hannover 96 | 3–1 | 29,904 | Hegeler 6', 60' Kießling 28' | Sobiech 71' | 3 | 62 | [MR 65] [MR 66] |
| 34 | 18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) | 15:30 | Imtech Arena | Hamburg | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 57,000 | Kießling 90' | — | 3 | 65 | [MR 67] [MR 68] |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 18 | +80 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 81 | 42 | +39 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |

#### League summary table

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 June 2013. Source: kicker

### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| Round | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Opponent | Source |
| 1 | 18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) | 15:30 | Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld | Jena | Carl Zeiss Jena | 4–0 | 8,043 | Rolfes 3' Bellarabi 15' Kießling 81' Fernandes 90' | — | |
| 2 | 31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) | 19:00 | Bielefelder Alm | Bielefeld | Arminia Bielefeld | 3–2 | 24,771 | Hegeler 23' Friedrich 56' Schürrle 94' | Hille 11' Schütz 82' | |
| R16 | 19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) | 19:00 | Volkswagen Arena | Wolfsburg | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | 10,781 | Fagner 31' (o.g.) | Träsch 78' Dost 90' | |

### Europa League
#### Group stage
##### Group results

| Match | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Source |
| Match | Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Opponent | Pos. | Pts | Source |
| 1 | 20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) | 21:05 | BayArena | Leverkusen, Germany | Metalist Kharkiv | 0–0 | 15,300 | — | — | T2 | 1 | [MR 71] [MR 72] |
| 2 | 4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) | 19:00 | Lerkendal Stadion | Trondheim, Norway | Rosenborg | 1–0 | 12,587 | Kießling 76' | — | 2 | 4 | [MR 73] [MR 74] |
| 3 | 25 October 2012 (2012-10-25) | 19:00 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion | Vienna, Austria | Rapid Wien | 4–0 | 42,600 | Wollscheid 37' Castro 56', 90+2' Bellarabi 58' | — | 1 | 7 | [MR 75] [MR 76] |
| 4 | 8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) | 21:05 | BayArena | Leverkusen, Germany | Rapid Wien | 3–0 | 19,842 | Hegeler 4' Schürrle 53' Friedrich 66' | — | 1 | 10 | [MR 77] [MR 78] |
| 5 | 22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) | 19:00 | Metalist Stadium | Kharkiv, Ukraine | Metalist Kharkiv | 0–2 | 39,218 | — | Cristaldo 46' Xavier 85' | 2 | 10 | [MR 79] [MR 80] |
| 6 | 6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) | 21:05 | BayArena | Leverkusen, Germany | Rosenborg | 1–0 | 10,513 | Riedel 65' | — | 2 | 13 | [MR 81] [MR 82] |

##### Group table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 |
| Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 |
| Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 |

##### Group summary table

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 February 2013. Source: Group results

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
### Overall record

As of 3 May 2013
| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 25 August 2012 | 18 May 2013 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 051.61 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2012 | 19 December 2012 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 20 September 2012 | 21 February 2013 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 77 | 47 | +30 | 052.38 |

## Squad information
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals

As of 16 April 2013
Sources:
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Bernd Leno | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | USA | David Yelldell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Michael Rensing | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Daniel Schwaab | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Philipp Wollscheid | 29 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Friedrich | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | POL | Sebastian Boenisch | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Dani Carvajal | 30 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Carlinhos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Michal Kadlec | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | GER | Stefan Reinartz | 31 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Simon Rolfes | 34 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender | 35 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Jens Hegeler | 29 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Hajime Hosogai | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Sidney Sam | 28 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro | 37 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Kolja Pusch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Jonas Meffert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | Julian Riedel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CHI | Junior Fernandes | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | André Schürrle | 37 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling | 42 | 27 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Okan Aydın | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Tobias Steffen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| No longer at the club ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | GER | Samed Yeşil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Renato Augusto | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

#### Minutes played, goal scorers and scoring rate

| No. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Player | MP | G | SR | MP | G | SR | MP | G | SR | MP | G | SR |
| 40 | Julian Riedel | 90 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 90 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 18 | Sidney Sam | 694 | 5 | 0.65 | 494 | 5 | 0.94 | 40 | 0 | 0.00 | 160 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 11 | Stefan Kießling | 2,802 | 18 | 0.58 | 2,223 | 16 | 0.65 | 136 | 1 | 0.66 | 353 | 1 | 0.26 |
| 9 | André Schürrle | 2,775 | 9 | 0.29 | 2,147 | 6 | 0.25 | 278 | 1 | 0.32 | 350 | 2 | 0.51 |
| 38 | Karim Bellarabi | 659 | 2 | 0.27 | 411 | 0 | 0.00 | 68 | 1 | 1.32 | 180 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 13 | Jens Hegeler | 1,040 | 3 | 0.26 | 477 | 1 | 0.19 | 141 | 1 | 0.64 | 422 | 1 | 0.21 |
| 27 | Gonzalo Castro | 2,808 | 7 | 0.22 | 2,188 | 5 | 0.21 | 209 | 0 | 0.00 | 411 | 2 | 0.44 |
| 5 | Manuel Friedrich | 942 | 2 | 0.19 | 356 | 0 | 0.00 | 180 | 1 | 0.50 | 406 | 1 | 0.22 |
| 17 | Sebastian Boenisch | 963 | 1 | 0.09 | 775 | 1 | 0.12 | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 98 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 8 | Lars Bender | 2,860 | 3 | 0.09 | 2,180 | 3 | 0.12 | 300 | 0 | 0.00 | 380 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Philipp Wollscheid | 2,970 | 3 | 0.09 | 2,160 | 2 | 0.08 | 180 | 0 | 0.00 | 630 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 24 | Michal Kadlec | 1,123 | 1 | 0.08 | 843 | 1 | 0.11 | 90 | 0 | 0.00 | 190 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Stefan Reinartz | 2,404 | 2 | 0.07 | 1,861 | 2 | 0.10 | 178 | 0 | 0.00 | 365 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 6 | Simon Rolfes | 2,457 | 3 | 0.11 | 1,737 | 2 | 0.10 | 136 | 1 | 0.66 | 584 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 20 | Daniel Carvajal | 2,443 | 1 | 0.04 | 2,069 | 1 | 0.04 | 210 | 0 | 0.00 | 164 | 0 | 0.00 |

#### Bookings
### Transfers
#### Out

15 GK René Adler 27 EU Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2017 Free [8]

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Home Alt. 2 | Away | Third |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Red | Black | Red | |
| Home Alt. | Red | Red | Red | UEFA EL, Group stage, October 4 against Trondheim |
| Home Alt. 2 | Red | Black | Black | Bundesliga, Match 34, May 18 against Hamburg |
| Away | White | White | White | |
| Third | Navy | Navy | Navy | |

## Sources
### Match reports

* ↑ "Werkself lose opener 2-1 at Frankfurt". Bayer Leverkusen. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 open account with 2-0 home win". Bayer Leverkusen. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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* ↑ "Kießling nets brace in 2-2 draw at Stuttgart". Bayer Leverkusen. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
* ↑ "Castro rescues point against Mainz". Bayer Leverkusen. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1. FSV Mainz 05" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
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* ↑ "Bayern Munich - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "10-man Werkself win derby thriller". Bayer Leverkusen. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Fortuna Dusseldorf" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Werkself run ends at Wolfsburg". Bayer Leverkusen. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Impressive Werkself beat Schalke 04 2-0". Bayer Leverkusen. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Schalke 04" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
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* ↑ "4-1 away win puts Bayer 04 second". Bayer Leverkusen. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Kießling winner seals victory for Bayer 04". Bayer Leverkusen. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1. FC Nürnberg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ Harding, Jonathan (9 December 2012). "Huszti weaves his magic again". Hannover 96. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "1899 Hoffenheim - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Christmas cheer for Werkself in title race". Bayer Leverkusen. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Hamburger SV" (in German). MR. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Werkself off to winning start". Bayer Leverkusen. 19 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Eintracht Frankfurt" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 share points in 0-0 draw". Bayer Leverkusen. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "SC Freiburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Werkself suffer 3-2 defeat against Borussia Dortmund". Bayer Leverkusen. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Borussia Dortmund" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
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