# 2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2015–16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 112th season in the club's football history.
The season was the first since 2004-05 without Simon Rolfes, who retired after the 2014-15 season.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 2 | DF | André Ramalho | 23 | Non-EU | Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 14 | FW | Admir Mehmedi | 24 | EU | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €8,000,000 |
| 5 | DF | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 23 | EU | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €6,500,000 |
| 4 | DF | Jonathan Tah | 19 | EU | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €7,500,000 |
| 20 | MF | Charles Aránguiz | 26 | Non-EU | Internacional | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €13,000,000 |
| 44 | MF | Kevin Kampl | 24 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | | €11,000,000 |
| 7 | FW | Javier Hernández | 27 | Non-EU | Manchester United | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €12,000,000 |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| MF | Gonzalo Castro | 28 | EU | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | €11,000,000 |
| FW | Josip Drmić | 22 | EU | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | €10,000,000 |
| FW | Arkadiusz Milik | 21 | EU | Ajax | Transfer | Summer | €2,800,000 |
| MF | Dominik Kohr | 21 | EU | FC Augsburg | Transfer | Summer | €1,400,000 |
| DF | Philipp Wollscheid | 26 | EU | Stoke City | Transfer | Summer | €3,800,000 |
| MF | Stefan Reinartz | 26 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | |
| FW | Son Heung-min | 23 | Non-EU | Tottenham Hotspur | Transfer | Summer | €30,000,000 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 17 | +63 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 82 | 34 | +48 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | ROM | LEV | BATE |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 4–4 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | BATE Borisov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### 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 | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Bernd Leno | 49 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | USA | David Yelldell | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Dario Krešić | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | André Ramalho | 25 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah | 45 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 20 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Roberto Hilbert | 20 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj | 18 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | POL | Sebastian Boenisch | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Wendell | 44 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak | 25 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Lukas Boeder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender | 17 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 46 | 8 | 27+4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Admir Mehmedi | 41 | 7 | 14+14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz | 7 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Christoph Kramer | 44 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko | 11 | 2 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Marlon Frey | 12 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi | 49 | 12 | 31+2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7+1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 44 | MF | SVK | Kevin Kampl | 31 | 4 | 19+3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MEX | Javier Hernández | 40 | 26 | 25+3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling | 43 | 8 | 19+11 | 5 | 3+1 | 3 | 3+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Julian Brandt | 44 | 10 | 18+11 | 9 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giulio Donati | 18 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KOR | Ryu Seung-woo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | KOR | Son Heung-min | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### 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 | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | | Javier Hernández | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| 2 | MF | 38 | | Karim Bellarabi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | | Julian Brandt | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | | Stefan Kießling | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | FW | 14 | | Admir Mehmedi | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | 44 | | Kevin Kampl | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | | Charles Aránguiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 35 | | Vladlen Yurchenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | | Lars Bender | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 17 | | Sebastian Boenisch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 21 | | Ömer Toprak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 51 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 84 |
Last updated on 14 May 2016

### Assists

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 38 | | Karim Bellarabi | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | | Julian Brandt | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 14 | | Admir Mehmedi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | | Javier Hernández | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | | Stefan Kießling | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 44 | | Kevin Kampl | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 18 | | Wendell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 23 | | Christoph Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | | Roberto Hilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 39 | | Benjamin Henrichs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | | Charles Aránguiz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 16 | | Tin Jedvaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | | Jonathan Tah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | | André Ramalho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 35 | | Vladlen Yurchenko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 37 | | Marlon Frey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 56 |
Last updated on 14 May 2016