# 2017–18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

The 2017–18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 114th season in the football club's history and 39th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 60th season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Kits

| Home | Away | Third | Fourth |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Bernd Leno (vice captain) |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Retsos |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah |
| 5 | DF | GER | Sven Bender |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender (captain) |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Leon Bailey |
| 10 | FW | GER | Julian Brandt |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Lucas Alario |
| 15 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Wendell |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz |
| 21 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr |
| 22 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko |
| 28 | GK | AUT | Ramazan Özcan |
| 29 | MF | GER | Kai Havertz |
| 30 | MF | GER | Sam Schreck |
| 31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb |
| 37 | MF | GER | Marlon Frey |
| 38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| 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 | 18 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 044.12 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 August 2017 | 17 April 2018 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 72 | 53 | +19 | 048.72 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 51 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Bernd Leno | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | AUT | Ramazan Özcan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Niklas Lomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | André Ramalho | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GRE | Panagiotis Retsos | 28 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah | 33 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Sven Bender | 34 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CRO | Tin Jedvaj | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Wendell | 30 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs | 28 | 0 | 11+12 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER | Lars Bender | 24 | 3 | 20+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AUT | Julian Baumgartlinger | 24 | 1 | 17+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Charles Aránguiz | 31 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Dominik Kohr | 32 | 2 | 18+10 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | UKR | Vladlen Yurchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Kai Havertz | 35 | 4 | 22+8 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Sam Schreck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Marlon Frey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Karim Bellarabi | 29 | 2 | 13+11 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | JAM | Leon Bailey | 34 | 12 | 25+5 | 9 | 2+2 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Julian Brandt | 39 | 12 | 26+8 | 9 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kießling | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Lucas Alario | 26 | 10 | 17+6 | 9 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo | 8 | 2 | 0+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland | 35 | 14 | 30+1 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | AUT | Aleksandar Dragović | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Admir Mehmedi | 15 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 12 May 2018 Source: Competitions