2023–24 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

2023–24 season
Administration	Fernando Carro (CEO) Simon Rolfes (Managing Director Sports)
Head coach	Xabi Alonso
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Final
DFL-Supercup	2024 DFL-Supercup
UEFA Europa League	Final
Top goalscorer	League: Victor Boniface (13) All: Victor Boniface (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23
All statistics correct as of 12 May 2024.

The 2023–24 season is Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 120th season in existence and 45th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They are also competing in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League.

Following a 5–0 victory over Werder Bremen on 14 April 2024, Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title for the first time in club history.^[1] It also marked the club's first major trophy since 1993.^[2] On 9 May 2024, after a 2–2 draw against Roma in the Europa League semi-final second leg, the club set a new European record for consecutive competitive matches without a loss (49), breaking Benfica's record of 48 games unbeaten set between 1963 and 1965.^[3][4][5] In the pursuit of achieving that record, the club succeeded in netting 17 goals during stoppage time and 34 goals from the 80th minute onwards,^[6][7] encompassing crucial last-minute match winners or equalizers.^[8]

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2024^[9]

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 Lukas Hradecky (captain) 2 DF  CRO Josip Stanišić (on loan from Bayern Munich) 3 DF  ECU Piero Hincapié 4 DF  GER Jonathan Tah (vice-captain) 6 DF  CIV Odilon Kossounou 7 MF  GER Jonas Hofmann 8 MF  GER Robert Andrich 9 FW  ESP Borja Iglesias (on loan from Real Betis) 10 MF  GER Florian Wirtz 12 DF  BFA Edmond Tapsoba 13 DF  BRA Arthur 14 FW  CZE Patrik Schick 17 GK  CZE Matěj Kovář 18 MF  BEL Noah Mbamba

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  NGA Nathan Tella 20 DF  ESP Álex Grimaldo 21 MF  MAR Amine Adli 22 FW  NGA Victor Boniface 23 FW  CZE Adam Hložek 24 DF  NED Timothy Fosu-Mensah 25 MF  ARG Exequiel Palacios 30 DF  NED Jeremie Frimpong 31 DF  BEL Madi Monamay 32 MF  COL Gustavo Puerta 34 MF  SUI Granit Xhaka 36 GK  GER Niklas Lomb 38 FW  GER Ken Izekor 47 MF  MAR Ayman Aourir

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 — GK  AUT Patrick Pentz (at Brøndby until 30 June 2024) — DF  TOG Sadik Fofana (at Fortuna Sittard until 30 June 2024) — MF  SWE Jardell Kanga (at De Graafschap until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ESP Iker Bravo (at Real Madrid Castilla until 30 June 2024) — FW  IRN Sardar Azmoun (at Roma until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Álex Grimaldo	Benfica	Free	1 July 2023	[10]
DF	Arthur	América Mineiro	€7,000,000		[11]
MF	Jonas Hofmann	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€10,000,000	5 July 2023	[12]
MF	Granit Xhaka	Arsenal	€25,000,000	6 July 2023	[13]
FW	Victor Boniface	Union Saint-Gilloise	€20,000,000	22 July 2023	[14]
GK	Matěj Kovář	Manchester United	€5,000,000	15 August 2023	[15]
DF	Josip Stanišić	Bayern Munich	Loan	20 August 2023	[16]
MF	Nathan Tella	Southampton	€23,300,000	27 August 2023	[17]
FW	Borja Iglesias	Real Betis	Loan	27 January 2024	[18]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ayman Azhil	Borussia Dortmund II	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Karim Bellarabi	Free agent	Free
GK	Lennart Grill	Union Berlin	Undisclosed		[19]
GK	Andrey Lunyov	Qarabağ	Free
FW	Paulinho	Atlético Mineiro	Free		[20]
DF	Daley Sinkgraven	Las Palmas	Free
DF	Mitchel Bakker	Atalanta	€10,000,000	7 July 2023	[21]
FW	Moussa Diaby	Aston Villa	€55,000,000	22 July 2023	[22]
MF	Sadik Fofana	Fortuna Sittard	Loan	25 July 2023	[23]
MF	Kerem Demirbay	Galatasaray	€3,700,000	3 August 2023	[24]
MF	Joshua Eze	Fortuna Köln	Free	4 August 2023	[25]
GK	Patrick Pentz	Brøndby	Loan	18 August 2023	[26]
FW	Sardar Azmoun	Roma	Loan	26 August 2023	[27]
MF	Nadiem Amiri	Mainz 05	€1,000,000	31 January 2024	[28]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Real Sociedad v Bayer Leverkusen

29 July 2023 Friendly	Real Sociedad	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	San Sebastián, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Méndez 42'	Report	Puerta  37' Marsenic  90+1'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 17,143 Referee: Igor Galech Apezteguía (Spain)

Marseille v Bayer Leverkusen

2 August 2023 Friendly	Marseille	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Marseille, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré  71' Mughe 79'	Report	Tah 15' Amiri 40' Münz  64'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Gaël Angoula (France)

Bayer Leverkusen v West Ham United

5 August 2023 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	West Ham United	Leverkusen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 4' Kehrer 24' (o.g.) Boniface 38' Andrich 70' (pen.)	Report	Zouma  8' Paquetá  21' Coventry  83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,325 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

Bayer Leverkusen v Venezia

7 January 2024 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	Venezia	Leverkusen
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hložek 16', 20' Schick 33' Hofmann 54'	Report	Ellertsson  28' Olivieri 78'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 12,796 Referee: Nico Fuchs (Germany)

Competitions

Overall record

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[30]

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEV	QAR	MOL	HAC
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	6	0	0	19	3	+16	18	Advance to round of 16		—	5–1	5–1	4–0
2	Qarabağ	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Molde	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League		1–2	2–2	—	5–1
4	BK Häcken	6	0	0	6	3	17	−14	0			0–2	0–1	1–3	—

Bayer Leverkusen v BK Häcken

21 September 2023 1	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	BK Häcken	Leverkusen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Wirtz 10' Adli 16' Tapsoba  30' Boniface 66' Hofmann 70'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,402 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Molde v Bayer Leverkusen

5 October 2023 2	Molde	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Molde, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eriksen  42' Løvik  67' Breivik 87'	Report	Frimpong 14' Tella 18'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 8,190 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Bayer Leverkusen v Qarabağ

26 October 2023 3	Bayer Leverkusen	5–1	Qarabağ	Leverkusen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wirtz 6',  15' Grimaldo 29', 55' Boniface 36' Andrich  43' Tapsoba 57'	Report	Bayramov 16' (pen.) Andrade  19' Romão  45+1' Cafarguliyev  77'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,039 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

Qarabağ v Bayer Leverkusen

9 November 2023 4	Qarabağ	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Medina  25' Vešović  35' Romão  69' Gugeshashvili  90+3'	Report	Wirtz  68' Xhaka  69' Boniface 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 30,005 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

BK Häcken v Bayer Leverkusen

30 November 2023 5	BK Häcken	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Gothenburg, Sweden
21:0 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Boniface 14',  25' Schick 74'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 11,234 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
Note: The match was played at the Ullevi in Gothenburg, instead of BK Häcken's regular stadium, the Bravida Arena, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Bayer Leverkusen v Molde

14 December 2023 6	Bayer Leverkusen	5–1	Molde	Leverkusen
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Schick 6' Tapsoba 22' Ellingsen 25' (o.g.) Tah  42' Hložek 60', 70' Grimaldo  78'	Report	Kitolano 75'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,504 Referee: Robert Jones (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

Qarabağ v Bayer Leverkusen

7 March 2024 First leg	Qarabağ	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Baku, Azerbaijan
21:45 AZT (UTC+4)	Juninho  8', 45+2' Benzia 26'	Report	Wirtz 70' Schick 90+2'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 30,423 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Bayer Leverkusen v Qarabağ

14 March 2024 Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	3–2 (5–4 agg.)	Qarabağ	Leverkusen
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schick  70', 90+3', 90+8' Frimpong 72'	Report	Zoubir 58' Cafarguliyev  63' Juninho 67',  78' Lunyov  90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024.

Bayer Leverkusen v West Ham United

11 April 2024 First leg	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	West Ham United	Leverkusen
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 83' Boniface 90+1'	Report	Paquetá  21' Emerson  56'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

West Ham United v Bayer Leverkusen

18 April 2024 Second leg	West Ham United	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Bayer Leverkusen	London, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Antonio 13',  31' Bowen  72' Coufal  79' Zouma  79' Souček  85' Álvarez  90'	Report	Kossounou  5' Tah  31' Palacios  85' Kovář  87' Frimpong 89' Adli  90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 62,473 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, after the draw for the quarter-finals.

Roma v Bayer Leverkusen

2 May 2024 First leg	Roma	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pellegrini  30' Spinazzola  75' Cristante  78'	Report	Tah  16' Wirtz 28' Andrich 73',  76' Xhaka  75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 64,073 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Bayer Leverkusen v Roma

9 May 2024 Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2 (4–2 agg.)	Roma	Leverkusen
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Tapsoba  20' Tah  42' Mancini 82' (o.g.) Wirtz  89' Stanišić 90+7'	Report	Mancini  20' Pellegrini  21' Paredes  27', 43' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Zalewski  29'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Final

Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen

22 May 2024 Final	Atalanta	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Dublin, Ireland
20:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FIN	Lukas Hradecky	32	0	31	0	1	0	0	0
17	GK	CZE	Matěj Kovář	16	0	1	0	4	0	11	0
36	GK	GER	Niklas Lomb	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	CRO	Josip Stanišić	34	3	12+6	2	3+1	0	8+4	1
3	DF	ECU	Piero Hincapié	40	1	16+9	1	3+1	0	9+2	0
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah	44	6	28+1	4	3+2	2	10	0
6	DF	CIV	Odilon Kossounou	31	1	19+1	1	1+2	0	4+4	0
12	DF	BFA	Edmond Tapsoba	42	3	21+5	0	4+1	1	10+1	2
13	DF	BRA	Arthur	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	DF	ESP	Álex Grimaldo	47	11	30+1	9	4+1	0	8+3	2
24	DF	NED	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	NED	Jeremie Frimpong	44	14	26+4	9	4+1	2	5+4	3
31	DF	BEL	Madi Monamay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	GER	Jonas Hofmann	43	8	25+5	5	2+2	1	3+6	2
8	MF	GER	Robert Andrich	41	5	16+10	3	4+1	1	8+2	1
10	MF	GER	Florian Wirtz	46	18	26+5	11	4+1	3	7+3	4
18	MF	BEL	Noah Mbamba	6	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
19	MF	NGA	Nathan Tella	36	6	7+16	5	1+2	0	8+2	1
21	MF	MAR	Amine Adli	38	8	7+14	2	4+1	5	10+2	1
25	MF	ARG	Exequiel Palacios	34	6	20+3	4	3	2	5+3	0
32	MF	COL	Gustavo Puerta	9	0	0+6	0	0	0	2+1	0
34	MF	SUI	Granit Xhaka	46	3	31	3	4+1	0	9+1	0
47	MF	MAR	Ayman Aourir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Borja Iglesias	9	0	2+4	0	0+1	0	2	0
14	FW	CZE	Patrik Schick	29	12	11+7	6	2+1	1	3+5	5
22	FW	NGA	Victor Boniface	31	19	16+5	12	2+1	2	4+3	5
23	FW	CZE	Adam Hložek	34	7	5+18	2	1+2	3	5+3	2
38	FW	GER	Ken Izekor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	IRN	Sardar Azmoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Nadiem Amiri	9	0	1+7	0	1	0	0	0
28	GK	AUT	Patrick Pentz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 12 May 2024

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Europa League	Total
1	FW	22		Victor Boniface	13	2	5	20
2	MF	10		Florian Wirtz	11	3	4	18
3	DF	30		Jeremie Frimpong	9	2	3	14
4	FW	14		Patrik Schick	7	1	5	13
5	DF	20		Álex Grimaldo	10	0	2	12
6	MF	21		Amine Adli	4	5	1	10
7	MF	7		Jonas Hofmann	5	1	2	8
8	FW	23		Adam Hložek	2	3	2	7
9	DF	4		Jonathan Tah	4	2	0	6
	MF	19		Nathan Tella	5	0	1	6
	MF	25		Exequiel Palacios	4	2	0	6
12	MF	8		Robert Andrich	3	1	1	5
13	DF	2		Josip Stanišić	3	0	1	4
14	DF	12		Edmond Tapsoba	0	1	2	3
	MF	34		Granit Xhaka	3	0	0	3
16	DF	3		Piero Hincapié	1	0	0	1
	DF	6		Odilon Kossounou	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	0	2	4
Totals					87	23	31	141

References

External links

• Official website