2021–22 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2021–22 season
Administration	Fernando Carro (CEO); Rudi Völler (Managing Director Sports)
Head coach	Gerardo Seoane
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Second round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Patrik Schick (22); All: ; Patrik Schick (22)
Biggest win	Bayer Leverkusen 7–1 Greuther Fürth
Biggest defeat	Bayer Leverkusen 1–5 Bayern Munich
	All statistics correct as of 2 May 2022.

The 2021–22 season is the 118th season in the existence of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the club's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Leverkusen participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 January 2022[1]

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	FIN	Lukáš Hrádecký (captain)
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah (3rd captain)
5	DF	NED	Mitchel Bakker
6	DF	CIV	Odilon Kossounou
7	FW	BRA	Paulinho
8	MF	GER	Robert Andrich
9	FW	IRN	Sardar Azmoun
10	MF	GER	Kerem Demirbay
12	DF	BFA	Edmond Tapsoba
13	FW	ARG	Lucas Alario
14	FW	CZE	Patrik Schick
15	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger (vice-captain)
19	FW	FRA	Moussa Diaby
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz (4th captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	GER	Lennart Grill
22	DF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven
24	DF	NED	Timothy Fosu-Mensah
25	MF	ARG	Exequiel Palacios
27	MF	GER	Florian Wirtz
29	MF	DEN	Zidan Sertdemir
30	DF	NED	Jeremie Frimpong
31	FW	FRA	Amine Adli
32	MF	MAR	Ayman Azhil
33	DF	ECU	Piero Hincapié
36	GK	GER	Niklas Lomb
37	FW	GER	Emrehan Gedikli
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi
40	GK	RUS	Andrey Lunyov

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Yannik Schlößer (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022)
11	MF	GER	Nadiem Amiri (at Genoa until 30 June 2022)
17	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo (at Çaykur Rizespor until 30 June 2022)
23	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser (at Werder Bremen until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
29	MF	Zidan Sertdemir	Nordsjælland U19	€2,500,000	1 July 2021
40	GK	Andrey Lunyov	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Free	10 July 2021	[2]
5	DF	Mitchel Bakker	Paris Saint-Germain	€7,000,000	12 July 2021	[3]
6	DF	Odilon Kossounou	Club Brugge	€23,000,000	22 July 2021	[4]
8	MF	Robert Andrich	Union Berlin	€6,500,000	16 August 2021	[5]
33	DF	Piero Hincapié	Talleres	€6,350,000	16 August 2021	[6]
31	FW	Amine Adli	Toulouse	€15,000,000	26 August 2021	[7]
9	FW	Sardar Azmoun	Zenit Saint Petersburg	€4,000,000	30 January 2022	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	MF	Sven Bender	N/A	Retired	1 July 2021	[9]
6	DF	Aleksandar Dragović	Red Star Belgrade	Free		[10]
8	MF	Lars Bender	N/A	Retired		[9]
	FW	Yannik Schlößer	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	9 July 2021	[11]
32	FW	Samed Onur	Fatih Karagümrük	Free	12 July 2021	[12]
39	MF	Cem Türkmen	Clermont	Free	12 July 2021	[12]
28	MF	Demarai Gray	Everton	€2,000,000	22 July 2021	[13]
16	DF	Tin Jedvaj	Lokomotiv Moscow	€4,000,000	24 July 2021	[14]
9	FW	Leon Bailey	Aston Villa	€32,000,000	4 August 2021	[15]
18	DF	Wendell	Porto	€4,000,000	19 August 2021	[16]
21	GK	Lennart Grill	Brann	Loan	30 August 2021	[17]
23	DF	Mitchell Weiser	Werder Bremen	Loan	31 August 2021	[18]
17	FW	Joel Pohjanpalo	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan	5 September 2021	[19]
3	DF	Panagiotis Retsos	Hellas Verona	Free	25 January 2022	[20]
11	MF	Nadiem Amiri	Genoa	Loan	29 January 2022	[21]
37	FW	Emrehan Gedikli	Trabzonspor	€800,000	7 February 2022	[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

14 July 2021 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	Cancelled	Wehen Wiesbaden	Cologne, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Leistungszentrum Kurtekotten

18 July 2021 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	Cancelled	Dynamo Moscow	Zell am See, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion

23 July 2021 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	SC Freiburg	Wattens, Austria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Gernot Langes Stadion Attendance: 500

28 July 2021 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–5	Utrecht	Leverkusen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakker 50'	Report	Kerk 55', 71' Balk 102' Dalmau 128' (pen.), 133' (pen.)	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 350 Referee: Niklas Dardenne
Note: The match was played in three periods of 45 minutes each.

31 July 2021 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Oberhausen	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alario 10', 14' Schick 40'	Report	Oubeyapwa 47'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 400 Referee: Robert Kampka

31 July 2021 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	Cancelled	Celta Vigo	Leverkusen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: BayArena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	14 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1		32	17	7	8	74	44	+30	053.13
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021	27 October 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021	17 March 2022	Group stage	Round of 16	8	4	1	3	16	9	+7	050.00
Total					42	22	8	12	94	55	+39	052.38

Last updated: 2 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C, Q)	32	24	3	5	93	33	+60	75	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund (Q)	32	20	3	9	80	50	+30	63
3	Bayer Leverkusen (X)	32	17	7	8	74	44	+30	58
4	SC Freiburg (Y)	32	15	10	7	56	40	+16	55
5	RB Leipzig (Y)	32	16	6	10	67	36	+31	54	Qualification to Europa League group stage

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[23]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League; (Y) Assured of at least Europa Conference League, but may still qualify for Champions League or Europa League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	17	7	8	74	44	+30	58	9	2	5	38	23	+15	8	5	3	36	21	+15

Last updated: 2 May 2022.
Source: DFB

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	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W
Position	7	3	2	6	4	2	2	3	4	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2022. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[24]

14 August 2021 1	Union Berlin	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Awoniyi 7'	Report	Diaby 12', 28'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel

21 August 2021 2	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sommer 3' (o.g.) Schick 8' Demirbay 34' Bakker 41' Paulinho 48' Diaby 55', 90+1' Amiri 87'	Report	Stindl 43' Kramer 75' Wolf 76'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 15,105 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

28 August 2021 3	FC Augsburg	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niederlechner 30'	Report	Iago 3' (o.g.) Niederlechner 14' (o.g.) Demirbay 66' Schick 75' Wirtz 81'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 10,582 Referee: Benjamin Brand

11 September 2021 4	Bayer Leverkusen	3–4	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wirtz 9', 60' Schick 45+1' Diaby 55', 86' Frimpong 70' Kossounou 75'	Report	Meunier 20' Haaland 37', 77' (pen.), 60' Brandt 49' Guerreiro 71' Wolf 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Daniel Siebert

19 September 2021 5	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mangala 38' Karazor 63' Coulibaly 76'	Report	Andrich 2', 32' Schick 19' Frimpong 36' Bakker 37' Aránguiz 58' Wirtz 70'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 23,450 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

25 September 2021 6	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tah 11' Diaby 44' Wirtz 62' Bakker 83' Alario 90+3'	Report	Lucoqui 44' Stach 69' Lee 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,624 Referee: Bastian Dankert

3 October 2021 7	Arminia Bielefeld	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Bielefeld
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brunner 10' Wimmer 55' Czyborra 66' Ortega 90+2'	Report	Hincapié 7' Diaby 18' Schick 24', 57' Demirbay 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 16,250 Referee: Felix Zwayer

17 October 2021 8	Bayer Leverkusen	1–5	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schick 55'	Report	Lewandowski 4', 30' Müller 34' Gnabry 35', 37'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,542 Referee: Sven Jablonski

24 October 2021 9	1. FC Köln	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Uth 36' Modeste 63', 82'	Report	Schick 15' Bellarabi 17' Demirbay 43' Diaby 65' Andrich 89'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Felix Zwayer

30 October 2021 10	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tah 28' Alario 30', 90+6' Wirtz 54'	Report	Steffen 28' Brooks 28' Nmecha 48' Arnold 51' Lacroix 90+5'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 20,132 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

7 November 2021 11	Hertha BSC	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jovetić 42' Darida 64'	Report	Palacios 30' Demirbay 58' Diaby 79' Andrich 90'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 22,187 Referee: Robert Hartmann

20 November 2021 12	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Adli 4', 87' Frimpong 30' Diaby 49'	Report	Mašović 63' Soares 90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,538 Referee: Daniel Schlager

28 November 2021 13	RB Leipzig	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Forsberg 38' Silva 62' Szoboszlai 88'	Report	Andrich 14' Wirtz 21' Diaby 34' Frimpong 64', 90+3' Hrádecký 82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

4 December 2021 14	Bayer Leverkusen	7–1	Greuther Fürth	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Adli 12' Tapsoba 17' Hincapié 45' Schick 49', 69', 74', 76'	Report	Dudziak 33' Leweling 38'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 10,455 Referee: Tobias Reichel

12 December 2021 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tuta 23' Lindstrøm 30' Ndicka 50' Jakić 66' Sow 76'	Report	Schick 5', 22' (pen.) Frimpong 48' Aránguiz 55' Hincapié 61'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

15 December 2021 16	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diaby 21' 90+2' Schick 37', 63' Kossounou 60' Tapsoba 85' Hincapié 86'	Report	Rudy 21' Raum 28' Stiller 80' Dabbur 83', 88'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 13,272 Referee: Tobias Stieler

19 December 2021 17	SC Freiburg	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	N. Schlotterbeck 30' Grifo 33' (pen.) Schade 84' Höler 86'	Report	Frimpong 32' Andrich 39' Aránguiz 45+1' Kossounou 82'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 750 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

8 January 2022 18	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Union Berlin	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schick 38' Tah 59', 84'	Report	Trimmel 31' Prömel 45', 50' Friedrich 85'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

15 January 2022 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 45+1' Elvedi 81' Beyer 84'	Report	Tah 28' Bakker 36' Schick 50', 74' Andrich 51' Demirbay 88', 90+4'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 750 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

22 January 2022 20	Bayer Leverkusen	5–1	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bellarabi 6', 9' Diaby 24', 65', 69' Alario 81'	Report	Valentin 43' Uduokhai 52' Maier 62'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 750 Referee: Daniel Schlager

6 February 2022 21	Borussia Dortmund	2–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frimpong 16' (o.g.) Dahoud 26' Tigges 89'	Report	Akanji 11' (o.g.) Wirtz 20' Andrich 28' Bellarabi 46' Tah 53' Diaby 87'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

12 February 2022 22	Bayer Leverkusen	4–2	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diaby 41' Demirbay 45' Adli 52' Andrich 63' Bakker 83' Wirtz 86' Schick 90'	Report	Tomás 49', 88' Endo 51' Mavropanos 90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Felix Brych

18 February 2022 23	Mainz 05	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Martín 57', 66' Boëtius 84' Ingvartsen 88', 90+5'	Report	Adli 31' Schick 35' Demirbay 56' Alario 74'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

26 February 2022 24	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 30' Diaby 57', 81'	Report	Kunze 60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

5 March 2022 25	Bayern Munich	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Süle 18' Coman 72'	Report	Bakker 32' Müller 36' (o.g.) Demirbay 54'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

13 March 2022 26	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Palacios 45+1' Demirbay 90+2'	Report	Skhiri 52' Schmitz 65' Schindler 67'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,658 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

20 March 2022 27	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lacroix 83' Vranckx 83'	Report	Adli 9' Demirbay 83' Hincapié 83' Paulinho 86', 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 16,554 Referee: Felix Brych

2 April 2022 28	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alario 35' Bellarabi 40'	Report	Boateng 41' Darida 42'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,557 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

10 April 2022 29	VfL Bochum	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Diaby 65'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

17 April 2022 30	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hincapié 48' Andrich 72'	Report	Gvardiol 36' Szoboszlai 69'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,119 Referee: Daniel Siebert

23 April 2022 31	Greuther Fürth	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Willems 5'	Report	Schick 8' Azmoun 18' Paulinho 58' Palacios 84'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 11,579 Referee: Tobias Reichel

2 May 2022 32	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Paulinho 18' Schick 51'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,492 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

7 May 2022 33	1899 Hoffenheim	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena

14 May 2022 34	Bayer Leverkusen	v	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: BayArena

DFB-Pokal

7 August 2021 First round	Lokomotive Leipzig	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pfeffer 9' Rangelov 56'	Report	Demirbay 5' (pen.), 87' Bellarabi 14'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 6,185 Referee: Florian Lechner

27 October 2021 Second round	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Frimpong 42', 54' Tah 89'	Report	Cueto 5' Choi 63' Gordon 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 13,060 Referee: Tobias Welz

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[25]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	BET	CEL	FER
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13	Advance to round of 16	—	4–0	3–2	2–1
2	Real Betis	6	3	1	2	12	12	0	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	1–1	—	4–3	2–0
3	Celtic	6	3	0	3	13	15	−2	9	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–4	3–2	—	2–0
4	Ferencváros	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3		1–0	1–3	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Ferencváros	Leverkusen, Germany
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Demirbay 10' Palacios 37' Wirtz 69'	Report	Mmaee 8'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

30 September 2021 2	Celtic	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 BST (UTC+1)	Rogic 50' Carter-Vickers 57'	Report	Hincapié 25' Wirtz 35' Bakker 41' Alario 58' (pen.) Adli 90+4'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 55,436 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

21 October 2021 3	Real Betis	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Seville, Spain
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Miranda 10' Pezzella 71' Iglesias 75' (pen.)	Report	Alario 50' Tapsoba 62' Hincapié 71' Andrich 82' Diaby 86'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 39,230 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

4 November 2021 4	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Real Betis	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Adli 10' Diaby 42', 52' Andrich 44' Wirtz 86' Amiri 90' Demirbay 90+3'	Report	Fekir 90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 15,208 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

25 November 2021 5	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2	Celtic	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Andrich 16', 82' Palacios 33' Hrádecký 39' Diaby 87'	Report	Juranović 40' (pen.) Jota 56' Carter-Vickers 69'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 19,830 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

10 December 2021 6	Ferencváros	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laïdouni 82', 84' Blažič 90' Čabraja 90+2'	Report	Bellarabi 25' Retsos 86' Kossounou 87'	Stadium: Ferencváros Stadion Attendance: 12,127 Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 25 February 2022.[26]

10 March 2022 First leg	Atalanta	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Malinovskyi 23' Muriel 25', 49' Tolói 64'	Report	Aránguiz 11' Diaby 63' Bakker 73' Wirtz 78'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 13,134 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

17 March 2022 Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1 (2–4 agg.)	Atalanta	Leverkusen, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Fosu-Mensah 56' Diaby 90' Andrich 90'	Report	Boga 90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 19,871 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FIN	Lukáš Hrádecký	40	0	31	0	2	0	7	0
21	GK	GER	Lennart Grill	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	GER	Niklas Lomb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	RUS	Andrey Lunyov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah	40	2	31	2	1	0	7+1	0
5	DF	NED	Mitchel Bakker	28	0	19+4	0	1	0	3+1	0
6	DF	CIV	Odilon Kossounou	31	0	17+8	0	1	0	3+2	0
12	DF	BFA	Edmond Tapsoba	27	1	17+3	1	1	0	5+1	0
22	DF	NED	Daley Sinkgraven	16	0	2+8	0	1+1	0	2+2	0
24	DF	NED	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	8	0	0+6	0	0	0	1+1	0
30	DF	NED	Jeremie Frimpong	34	2	25	1	2	1	6+1	0
33	DF	ECU	Piero Hincapié	31	2	19+6	1	0	0	5+1	1
Midfielders
8	MF	GER	Robert Andrich	30	7	20+4	4	1	0	3+2	3
10	MF	GER	Kerem Demirbay	36	3	23+6	1	1+1	2	5	0
15	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz	30	2	15+9	1	1	0	4+1	1
25	MF	ARG	Exequiel Palacios	30	2	11+10	1	1+1	0	5+2	1
27	MF	GER	Florian Wirtz	31	10	22+2	7	0+1	0	5+1	3
29	MF	DEN	Zidan Sertdemir	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	MAR	Ayman Azhil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi	22	4	9+7	3	1	1	2+3	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Paulinho	29	4	12+10	4	1	0	4+2	0
9	FW	IRN	Sardar Azmoun	9	1	3+4	1	0	0	0+2	0
13	FW	ARG	Lucas Alario	31	5	4+21	4	0	0	5+1	1
14	FW	CZE	Patrik Schick	29	22	24+1	22	1	0	0+3	0
19	FW	FRA	Moussa Diaby	40	16	30	12	2	0	7+1	4
28	FW	ESP	Iker Bravo	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	FW	FRA	Amine Adli	34	4	13+12	3	1	0	6+2	1
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Retsos	8	0	0+4	0	1	0	1+2	0
11	MF	GER	Nadiem Amiri	20	2	3+10	1	2	0	2+3	1
17	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	BRA	Wendell	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Emrehan Gedikli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 2 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	UEFA EL	Total
1	FW	17	Patrik Schick	22	0	0	22
2	FW	19	Moussa Diaby	12	0	4	16
3	MF	27	Florian Wirtz	7	0	3	10
4	MF	8	Robert Andrich	4	0	3	7
6	FW	13	Lucas Alario	4	0	1	5
7	FW	7	Paulinho	4	0	0	4
	FW	31	Amine Adli	3	0	1	4
	MF	38	Karim Bellarabi	3	1	0	4
10	MF	10	Kerem Demirbay	1	2	0	3
11	DF	4	Jonathan Tah	2	0	0	2
	MF	11	Nadiem Amiri	1	0	1	2
	MF	20	Charles Aránguiz	1	0	1	2
	MF	25	Exequiel Palacios	1	0	1	2
	DF	30	Jeremie Frimpong	1	1	0	2
	DF	33	Piero Hincapié	1	0	1	2
16	FW	9	Sardar Azmoun	1	0	0	1
16	DF	12	Edmond Tapsoba	1	0	0	1
Own goals				5	0	0	5
Totals				74	4	16	94

Last updated: 2 May 2022

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[2] "Bayer 04 sign Russian goalkeeper Andrey Lunev". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

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