This season is no exception. That sort of return should have been enough to warrant a chance at Bayer, but the Amsterdam giants made his temporary stint permanent at the end of the campaign, and he went on to even greater heights the ensuing season, scoring 21 Eredivisie goals and securing a lucrative move to Napoli. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/AFP/Getty Images. Drew 1 - 1 against 1. Won 2 - 0 against FC Augsburg on March 21st 2021. In 2019-20, the most expensive contract hold by Kai Havertz upto €6 million base salary. Players Out on Loan: Panagiotis Retsos, Joel Pohjanpalo, and Ayman Azhil. Won 1 - 0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on March 6th 2021. Drew 1 - 1 against Eintracht Frankfurt on March 14th 2021. Giovanni, but in actual fact, his father. Lost 1 - 2 against Werder Bremen on February 26th 2021. Bayer Leverkusen players salute an empty away end after winning 4-0 at local rivals Köln. Won 2 - 1 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on February 28th 2021. “It started 20 years ago these grey bottoms, it began in Hungary and it brought me luck and then I take to (Hertha) Berlin and it brings luck as well as we were in the Champions League. Won 3 - 0 against Hertha Berlin on February 21st 2021. Won 4 - 0 against FC Schalke 04 on February 20th 2021. The Brazilian legend has since bowed out of the game after an illustrious career, but, “It started 20 years ago these grey bottoms, it began in Hungary and it brought me luck and then I take to (Hertha) Berlin and it brings luck as well as we were in the Champions League. Spielergehälter der Bayer Leverkusen. Lost 2 - 5 against Eintracht Frankfurt on March 20th 2021. On 27 November 1903, Wilhelm Hauschild wrote a letter – signed by 170 of his fellow workers – to his employer, the Friedrich Bayer and Co., seeking the company's support in starting a sports club. The Brazilian did go on to win the World Cup later that summer with Brazil and was of course an integral part of Inter Milan’s famous treble-winning team, so not a bad career. Won 1 - 0 against Mainz 05 on February 28th 2021. Unless they’re 17 and have a prodigious YouTube highlight reel, then Real Madrid will likely give you £50m for their services. What Vida lacks in a decent barber, he more than makes up for in defensive qualities. Indeed it’s not just Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk who snap up all the best unheralded Brazilian talent. No, not Borussia Dortmund’s latest boy wonder, Giovanni, but in actual fact, his father. Read about our approach to external linking. Alongside Ballack, Ze Roberto transferred to Bayern Munich shortly after the Champions League final where he won trophies aplenty, but a falling out with then manager Felix Magath prompted his departure to Club Nacional de Football in Uruguay. Data, player profiles, and statistics for every player of Bayer 04 Leverkusen from the Bundesliga season 2020-2021 Lost 1 - 2 against Mainz 05 on March 21st 2021. Won 2 - 0 against 1899 Hoffenheim on March 14th 2021. Drew 1 - 1 against 1899 Hoffenheim on February 28th 2021. Jersey-configurator We can customise your new jersey with a print of your favourite Bayer 04 player's name or a name of your choice and a number. Bayer Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby on Real Madrid's radar The Bayer Leverkusen winger has impressed Madrid's scouting department. Lost 0 - 2 against VfL Wolfsburg on February 27th 2021. Another integral member of Bayer’s sensational run to the Champions League final in 2002, but unfortunately for the brilliant Brazilian he was suspended for the showpiece event and missed out on the chance to impact proceedings in Scotland. Our eSports players have the Barmenia logo on their shirts. VAT registration number: MT 2151 8128 | info@catenamedia.com. It also contains a table with average age, cumulative market value and average market value for each player position and overall. But, in typical Bayer fashion, Klaus Toppmoller’s side received the wooden spoon on all three counts — the 2001/02 campaign was Bayer in microcosm. Rumours Player To Club; No players rumoured out of Bayer Leverkusen in the last 2 weeks: Next transfer window 25/May/2021 : 57 days till next football transfer window : Rumour Accuracy For Bayer Leverkusen. Lost 2 - 3 against RB Leipzig on February 27th 2021. Well, it was Bayer in 2007. Bizarrely he never played for the Montevideo-based club and instead returned to Bayern on loan a year later before joining Hamburger SV permanently. Won 3 - 0 against Arminia Bielefeld on February 19th 2021. 28 Gray. Almost unimaginable. Bayer 04 Fanshop. The 2020–21 season is the 117th season in the existence of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the club's 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of German football.In addition to the domestic league, Bayer 04 Leverkusen also participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal as well as the UEFA Europa League.The season covers the period from 11 August 2020 to 30 June 2021. It seems like the versatile Croatian defender has been around for ages, but he is still going strong in the Russian Premier League, and of course he clinched that famous runners-up medal for the Chequered Ones at the 2018 World Cup. The Brazilian legend has since bowed out of the game after an illustrious career, but still looks like he could do a job for the Bayern first team…, Guess which #FCBayern legend never skips his workout? Of course, Madrid included a buyback option when they broke bread with Bayer and offloaded their academy product to unknown territory, and they promptly brought the Spaniard back to the capital, where he has been a mainstay in the XI ever since. Lost 1 - 2 against 1. He was not one of the great goalkeepers of our generation, but he was a reliable pair of hands between the sticks, a Hungarian centurion and the oldest player to represent their country at a UEFA European Championship. Drew 1 - 1 against Werder Bremen on March 7th 2021. Bayer Leverkusen take on Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Friday, with the hosts looking to bounce back after three successive defeats in all competitions. Gabor Kiraly, we salute you! Bayer 04 Leverkusen Players Salaries Important information regarding Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Yes, almost definitely, as Bayer done what Bayer do best and lost to a Mesut Ozil-inspired Werder Bremen. Bosz has tried, perhaps wisely, to play it down. With that said, here are just some of the former stars that may have slipped your mind. Wait, we’ve already had Kiraly. The 31-year-old has forged his reputation in Turkish and Ukrainian football, but before travelling east, he was trying to hone his craft at Bayer in 2010/11. It took little time for Lucio to adapt to European football having moved from Internacional, with his first full season at the club culminating in Bayer reaching two finals and chasing the Bundesliga title. Rocking the ‘working from home’ look, Kiraly gained hipster status for refusing to conform to goalkeeping normality and opted to don a pair of tracksuit bottoms rather than the more traditional shorts-and-socks setup across his career. Tables are subject to change. Won 3 - 1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on March 12th 2021. A Madridista to the core but made in German football. The Spanish influx may have boomed in the Bundesliga during the last decade, but the American influence on German soil is even more prominent. Visit ESPN to view Bayer Leverkusen squad and player information from all competitions, along with a season-by-season archive. Age: 30 Appearances for Bayer Leverkusen: 48 Current side: Real Madrid Another Galactico who has donned the Bayer jersey, Kroos first rose to prominence at the … He proved a solid pro for Boro, and enjoyed a fruitful spell at Hannover 96 before joining Wolfsburg and the Hammers on loan. He was due to play … Having caught the attention of Europe’s big wigs during his formative years in his native Poland for Gornik Zabrze, Bayer promptly snapped up the teenage tyro, but having failed to make a significant impression, Milik was loaned out to Augsburg and then Ajax, for whom he netted 23 goals in 33 games in 2014/15. Bayer Leverkusen quick compare teams: Bayer Leverkusen vs -- Arminia Bielefeld Augsburg Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Moenchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Norderstedt FC Koeln Freiburg Hapoel Beer Sheva Hertha Berlin Hoffenheim Mainz 05 Nice RB Leipzig RW Essen Schalke 04 Slavia Prague Union Berlin VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen Wolfsburg Young Boys The metronomic midfielder was just a teenager when he relocated to Bayer, but his maturity far transcended his cherubic features, as the World Cup winner registered nine goals and nine assists in the 2009/10 season. READ MORE: 10 footballers who never skipped leg day. Having earned his stripes in the Premier League with Manchester City — before the endless wealth — and Spurs, for whom he helped reach the League Cup final with in 2009, Corluka joined Bayer in the 2012 January window with the option of a permanent deal at the end of the season. Won 2 - 0 against Hertha Berlin on February 27th 2021. And in the early years of this century a fresh-faced Landon Donovan was strutting his stuff at the BayArena, though his time in Europe would ultimately prove fleeting. Leverkusen, by contrast, was so much quieter.”. The Austrian joined Bayer as a youngster but failed to cut the mustard and relocated to Middlesbrough under Steve McClaren in 2005. — Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) May 23, 2020. Lost 0 - 3 against Hertha Berlin on March 21st 2021. Drew 1 - 1 against VfB Stuttgart on March 6th 2021. Fans will be hoping Palacios’ affection for the German maestro translates to on-pitch parallels, though early signs are not particularly promising. “Compared with Germany, England is far behind in terms of comfort and culture,” Voronin said at the time. Won 4 - 0 against VfB Stuttgart on March 20th 2021. Liverpool fans will now be wondering whether that was the role given to him during his Anfield days, such was his inactivity in the final third. I know, we can’t believe it either, Vedran Corluka is still only 35. Lost 0 - 1 against Mainz 05 on March 13th 2021. Squad Bayer 04 Leverkusen This page displays a detailed overview of the club's current squad. Liverpool’s much-maligned forward was hardly a rip-roaring success at Anfield, but he was in Germany. #MiaSanMia #FCBayern #Legend #football #Quesday, A post shared by FC Bayern München (@fcbayern) on Apr 14, 2020 at 9:00am PDT. He’s one of my favourite players,” the 22-year-old said upon signing from River Plate last January. FC Köln on February 27th 2021. Won 2 - 1 against Eintracht Frankfurt on February 26th 2021. They have won 14 games, lost seven and drawn seven. Unless they’re 17 and have a prodigious YouTube highlight reel, then Real Madrid will likely give you £50m for their services. Your team, Your jersey Save now. Bayer Leverkusen Squad 2021/2022 This is the current Bayer Leverkusen squad - click on any of the Bayer Leverkusen squad players to see videos, numbers, stats and pictures of that Bayer Leverkusen player. “Five out of the seven houses near us are occupied by footballers. Lost 0 - 1 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on March 6th 2021. Having signed from Flamengo in 1998 Ze Roberto burst onto the Bundesliga scene and quickly became indispensable to Die Werkself‘s front-foot approach. Kai Havertz look set to become the latest talent to leave Bayer Leverkusen in recent years. Lost 0 - 1 against RB Leipzig on March 19th 2021. Drew 1 - 1 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on February 21st 2021. Lost 1 - 5 against Bayern Munich on February 27th 2021. Won 5 - 0 against FC Schalke 04 on March 13th 2021. A cult hero if ever there was one. The ultra-aggressive, possession-heavy ‘Boszball’ was a joy to watch, but so too was the attacking fluidity of Mauricio Pochettino‘s Spurs, and yet, tangible success has eluded both these clubs for years, and ultimately cost both managers their jobs. A move to Real Madrid followed where Zinedine Zidane’s all-conquering Los Blancos dominated the continent for years. Won 3 - 0 against SC Freiburg on March 6th 2021. Lost 1 - 2 against SC Freiburg on February 28th 2021. The footpath from South America to Bayer is well-trodden. Lost 0 - 1 against VfB Stuttgart on February 20th 2021. Lost 0 - 3 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on March 20th 2021. He didn’t make an appearance but Bayer did reach the DFB-Pokal final that year. 27. Won 2 - 1 against 1899 Hoffenheim on March 21st 2021. Bayer Leverkusen made their second signing from the Premier League in the current transfer window when winger Demarai Gray joined the Bundesliga outfit from Leicester City on Sunday.... more » 29.01.2021 03:03 Shakhtar Donetsk who snap up all the best unheralded Brazilian talent. FC Union Berlin on February 28th 2021. Lost 0 - 1 against FC Augsburg on February 28th 2021. Won 2 - 1 against FC Augsburg on March 6th 2021. Ever wondered where Rafael Benitez plucked the Ukrainian from? Lost 0 - 2 against Werder Bremen on March 10th 2021. Emerson always carried an aura of importunity about his game in the middle of the park, such was his combative and dynamic nature, but he could also pick a pass and dictate the play, hence why he shone in the upper reaches of European football for as long as he did. All rights reserved. This page has been optimized for landscape mode on mobile devices. When we think of German powerhouses, Bayer Leverkusen regularly appear in the conversation, but paradoxically, they a club that love to win but seem almost allergic to silverware. FC Union Berlin on March 20th 2021. Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential; Lennart Grill Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 21 GK £14k : £144k : £2m : 30-06-2024 : Niklas Lomb Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen … FC Union Berlin on February 20th 2021. Japanese duo Ritsu Doan and Masaya Okugawa teamed up to fire Bundesliga strugglers … Lost 1 - 2 against Hertha Berlin on March 6th 2021. 20 Aránguiz. Won 3 - 2 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on February 27th 2021. “We hear police sirens all the time. After that I take it to London, to Crystal Palace.” Kiraly told. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen, Leverkusen or simply Bayer, is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. 43. Bayer Leverkusen's current top scorers for the 2020/2021 Bundesliga season are Lucas Alario (9 goals), Schick (8 goals), Bailey Butler (6 goals), Wirtz (4 goals), Demirbay (3 goals), Diaby (3 goals), and Amiri (2 goal). The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Name # Nat Age Height Pos Ovr Pas Sht Str Def Spd Dri; L. Hrádecký: 1: 31: 192: GK: 83: 55: 40: 81: 52 Moussa Diaby and Patrik Schick become the best paid footballers in the current squad of Bayer Leverkusen. * Stats from 2020/21 season of Bundesliga. Lost 0 - 4 against Borussia Dortmund on February 20th 2021. In 28 head-to-head encounters between the two sides, Bayer Leverkusen hold the clear advantage. At this point the Spanish contingent was growing in German football, with Raul’s move to Schalke in 2010 almost opening the floodgates for his compatriots to cut their teeth in the Bundesliga. And that is exactly what transpired in his only season at Bayer, with the buccaneering full-back registering seven Bundesliga assists as the club finished third and being named the league’s third best right-back for 2012/13. FC Köln on February 20th 2021. Lost 1 - 3 against Bayern Munich on March 13th 2021. Milik has continued to impress, netting 17 Serie A goals two seasons as Carlo Ancelotti‘s side finished runners-up, but further injury issues have curtailed his progress and he has since switched the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium for Marseille, where he will be hoping to recapture his form ahead of Euro 2020. Lost 0 - 4 against Bayern Munich on March 20th 2021. Lost 1 - 2 against VfL Wolfsburg on March 20th 2021. Drew 0 - 0 against Mainz 05 on March 5th 2021. Bayern simply couldn’t ignore those metrics and Kross returned to Bavaria where he went on to establish himself as one of football’s most dynamic and sophisticated passers. Drew 2 - 2 against Borussia Dortmund on March 20th 2021. Check out FIFA 19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Ultimate Team - Player Stats, Rankings and Squads In the culture of sports in Germany at the time, there was significant animosity between gymnasts and other types of … Lost 1 - 3 against FC Augsburg on March 12th 2021. Vida moved to Bayer in… no, wait, wrong pony tail. Steve Gerrard was burgled recently so a police patrol car comes into our compound fairly often. Won 2 - 0 against Arminia Bielefeld on March 10th 2021. Having moved from Virginia Cavaliers in America to Bayer, who were impressed with his performances at the 1994 World Cup at just 20 and without much senior experience at all. Won 2 - 1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on February 20th 2021. “I always liked watching the Bundesliga in Argentina and really liked Toni Kroos at Bayern. Won 4 - 2 against Borussia Dortmund on March 6th 2021. Eredivisie goals and securing a lucrative move to Napoli. Drew 0 - 0 against Arminia Bielefeld on March 7th 2021. Won 4 - 0 against Werder Bremen on February 21st 2021. Lost 1 - 2 against Arminia Bielefeld on March 14th 2021. The Croatian defender famously helped marshal the backline as his nation reached the 2018 World Cup final, and he has been consistently linked with a move to one of Europe’s top five leagues since. 10 Demirbay. Okay, we’ll give you two for good measure. It shows all personal information about the players, including age, nationality, contract duration and current market value. FC Köln on March 7th 2021. Perhaps Donovan should have used Reyna’s trip to Bayer as a cautionary tale, as the latter struggled to cement a first team berth at the German club and soon left for Rangers, where he won a domestic double under Dick Advocaat in 2000. Reyna Sr. will be remembered on these shores for his spells with Rangers, Sunderland and Man City, but before his tour of Great Britain, he was receiving a competent footballing education at Bayer. Reyna Sr. will be remembered on these shores for his spells with Rangers, Sunderland and Man City, but before his tour of Great Britain, he was receiving a competent footballing education at Bayer. “But in 21 years working with young players, I have rarely seen such strong potential.”. Lost 0 - 2 against SC Freiburg on March 21st 2021. Lucio and Co pushed Borussia Dortmund all the way for the Bundesliga’s coveted Meisterschale, but fell short by one point, while they would also lose the DFB-Pokal to Schalke and of course, they succumbed to the God-given talents of Zinedine Zidane who scored that famous goal to secure the 2002 Champions League title for Real Madrid. Lost 1 - 2 against 1899 Hoffenheim on March 6th 2021. 9 Bailey. Kroos is certainly a generational talent, but Bayer fans will be hoping they’ve unearthed the next pass master in prodigious Argentine talent Exequiel Palacios. Despite boasting the crown prince of German youth football in Florian Wirtz and a surfeit of elite-level quality, including Jonathan Tah and Leon Bailey, Die Werkself have failed to tussle for Bundesliga supremacy once again. Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke Head-to-Head. Bayer Leverkusen PES 2020 Players. Unfortunately for Vida he only mustered the single Bundesliga appearance, coming in a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg after an injury sustained by Manuel Friedrich forced Jupp Heynckes’ hand. Drew 2 - 2 against 1. Lost 2 - 4 against Bayern Munich on March 6th 2021. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH - Founded in 1904 by employees of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, whose headquarters are in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its name. Donovan returned briefly to the Bundesliga with a loan move to Bayern Munich in 2009, while Everton fans will remember his brief stint on Merseyside, but he would ultimately hang up his boots across the Atlantic, with many feeling he could and perhaps should have enjoyed a long and fruitful career in Europe. No players rumoured into Bayer Leverkusen in the last 2 weeks: Players rumoured out of Bayer Leverkusen FC in the last 2 weeks. Lost 0 - 2 against VfB Stuttgart on March 14th 2021. By Ben Green. *Registered name: Catena Operations Limited| Registered address: Quantum Place, Triq ix-Xatt Ta’ Xbiex, Gzira, GZR 1052, Malta Below is the table containing wages of all the Bayer Leverkusen Players for … Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky, Sinkgraven, Dragovic, Tapsoba, Weiser, Aranguiz, Bender, Bellarabi, Demirbay, Diaby, Havertz For those left in the dark Kiraly did go on to explain exactly why he chose tracksuits over shorts. Won 2 - 1 against VfL Wolfsburg on March 6th 2021. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Players. FC Union Berlin on March 13th 2021. Lost 1 - 5 against VfB Stuttgart on February 27th 2021. The German club has a knack of developing players only for them to be stolen away by a bigger club. FC Köln on March 13th 2021. Another Galactico who has donned the Bayer jersey, Kroos first rose to prominence at the BayArena, flourishing during an 18-month loan deal from Bayern in 2009. Won 5 - 2 against 1. Coincidence? Ever wonder what the key to longevity is? On 31 May 1907, a separate football department was formed within the club. Lost 1 - 2 against Mainz 05 on February 20th 2021. Most of us wince at the sight of a goalkeeper with short sleeves, but trousers over shorts? Hoodies & Anoraks Shop now. Lost 0 - 3 against RB Leipzig on March 6th 2021. Drew 0 - 0 against FC Schalke 04 on March 5th 2021. And yet Kiraly blazed a trail for the clean-knee approach, making it his own and revelling in his cult status. That includes presenting a live game from the Barmenia box, the right to organise a Bayer 04 offline tournament and four meet-and-greet events with the Bayer 04 eSports players. Montevideo-based club and instead returned to Bayern on loan a year later before joining Hamburger SV permanently. Quality has populated the BayArena for years, and they’ve enjoyed their moments, a Champions League final in 2001/02, plenty of runners-up finishes in the German top-flight and a UEFA Cup win in the 1980s — the parallels with Spurs are quite uncanny. “We seldom offer a young foreign player such a contract [like the one Donovan received],” Reschke recalled. It was formerly the best-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports including the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen …