# 2014–15 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2014–15 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 111th season in the club's football history.

## Season review

In the 2013–14 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished in fourth place in the Bundesliga. A very tight finish for the UEFA Champions League qualifier spot with both Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfL Wolfsburg all capable of getting fourth place. In the end, Leverkusen came back from 1–0 down to win the final game 2–1. This was a must win game for them because Wolfsburg had won their game and were in the running to finish fourth ahead of Leverkusen.
The transfer window started very early for Bayer Leverkusen as they have announced a five-year deal for Swiss international striker Josip Drmić who was previously with 1. FC Nürnberg, who were relegated on the final matchday. The transfer was announced on 12 May 2014.

## Players

As of 22 July 2014
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 |
| 3 | MF | GER | Stefan Reinartz |
| 4 | DF | GER | Philipp Wollscheid |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Emir Spahić |
| 6 | MF | GER | Simon Rolfes (captain) |
| 7 | FW | KOR | Son Heung-min |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Hakan Çalhanoğlu |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling |
| 13 | DF | GER | Roberto Hilbert |
| 14 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos |
| 15 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj (on loan from Roma) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | POL | Sebastian Boenisch |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Wendell |
| 19 | MF | GER | Julian Brandt |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak |
| 22 | GK | USA | David Yelldell |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Robbie Kruse |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Dario Krešić |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giulio Donati |
| 27 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro (3rd captain) |
| 35 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb |
| 37 | MF | GER | Maximilian Wagener |
| 38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi |

### 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 |
| — | DF | GER | Malcolm Cacutalua (at Greuther Fürth) |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Stafylidis (at Fulham) |
| — | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr (at FC Augsburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo (at Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| — | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik (at Ajax) |
| — | MF | KOR | Ryu Seung-woo (at Eintracht Braunschweig) |

## Transfers
### In

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 |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Dario Krešić (from Mainz 05) |
| 35 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko (from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj (from Roma) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | ZEN | BEN |
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | | Stefan Kießling | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | | Son Heung-min | 11 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | MF | 38 | | Karim Bellarabi | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | | Josip Drmić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | 14 | | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 16 | | Tin Jedvaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | | Julian Brandt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 27 | | Gonzalo Castro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | | Emir Spahić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | | Lars Bender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 26 | | Giulio Donati | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 6 | | Simon Rolfes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 3 | | Stefan Reinartz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 18 | | Wendell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 21 | | Ömer Toprak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 56 | 10 | 15 | 81 |
Last updated on 5 October 2014

### Assists

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | Champions League | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 27 | | Gonzalo Castro | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 38 | | Karim Bellarabi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | | Stefan Kießling | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 13 | | Roberto Hilbert | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | | Julian Brandt | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 7 | | Son Heung-min | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | | Lars Bender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 17 | | Sebastian Boenisch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | | Robbie Kruse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 16 | | Tin Jedvaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 21 | | Ömer Toprak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 18 | | Wendell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | | Josip Drmić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 21 | | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 10 | 6 | 41 |
Last updated on 5 October 2014

## Kits

| Home | Away | Away 2 | Third |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Red | Red | Red | |
| Away | Black | Black | Black | |
| Away 2 | Black | Red | Black | Friendly match against Southampton |
| Third | White | White | White | |