Champions League Opponents; Bayer Leverkusen
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TALK
Who have our opponents been buying during the transfer window to strengthen their squad, are there any names there that should concern us?
We have recently been linked with a possible move for 22-year-old (23 next February) Turkish international attacking midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu. We have previously been linked with moves for German international Christoph Kramer, who joined Borussia Mönchengladbach this summer and young Croatian starlet Tin Jedvaj.
They finished third in the German League and have been coached by Roger Schmidt since July 2014. If we look at our games against Borussia Dortmund, admittedly with a weaker team than usual, we have to accept that they will not be easy opponents, although neither are they to be feared. There looks to be two tight games against them coming up.
FIXTURES
18 Oct Week 3 Bayer Leverkusen vs Tottenham Hotspur
02 Nov Week 4 Tottenham Hotspur vs Bayer Leverkusen
| Official club name: | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
|---|---|
| Address: | Bismarckstraße 122-124 |
| 51373 Leverkusen | |
| Germany | |
| Tel: | +49 (214) 8660-0 |
| Fax: | +49 (214) 8660-521 |
| Homepage: | www.bayer04.de |
| Foundation: | Jul 1, 1904 |
| Members: | 27.462 |
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
• UEFA coefficient ranking: 18
• How they qualified: third in German Bundesliga
• Previous group stage campaigns: 10 (last appearance: 2015/16)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League group stage, UEFA Europa League round of 16
• Best European Cup performance: runners-up (2001/02)
BAYER LEVERKUSEN SQUAD
Squad Value: 223.38-million (€261.3m - AUS$265.99m - US$295.14m)
• UEFA coefficient ranking: 18
• How they qualified: third in German Bundesliga
• Previous group stage campaigns: 10 (last appearance: 2015/16)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League group stage, UEFA Europa League round of 16
• Best European Cup performance: runners-up (2001/02)
BAYER LEVERKUSEN SQUAD
Squad Value: 223.38-million (€261.3m - AUS$265.99m - US$295.14m)
| Goalkeeper | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Bernd Leno |  | Germany | 04/03/1992 | |
 | 36 | Niklas Lomb | | Germany | 28/07/1993 | |
 | 28 | Ramazan Özcan |  | Austria | 28/06/1984 | |
| Defender | ||||||
 | 22 | Joel Abu Hanna | | Germany | 22/01/1998 | |
 | 33 | Lukas Boeder | | Germany | 18/04/1997 | |
 | 23 | Danny da Costa | | Germany | 13/07/1993 | |
 | 3 | Aleksandar Dragović | | Austria | 06/03/1991 | |
 | 13 | Roberto Hilbert | | Germany | 16/10/1984 | |
 | 16 | Tin Jedvaj |  | Croatia | 28/11/1995 | |
 | 5 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos |  | Greece | 23/02/1992 | |
 | 4 | Jonathan Tah | | Germany | 11/02/1996 | |
 | 21 | Ömer Toprak |  | Turkey | 21/07/1989 | |
 | 18 | Wendell |  | Brazil | 20/07/1993 | |
| Midfielder | ||||||
 | 2 | André Ramalho | | Brazil | 16/02/1992 | |
 | 20 | Charles Aránguiz |  | Chile | 17/04/1989 | |
 | 15 | Julian Baumgartlinger | | Austria | 02/01/1988 | |
 | 38 | Karim Bellarabi | | Germany | 08/04/1990 | |
 | 8 | Lars Bender | | Germany | 27/04/1989 | |
 | 19 | Julian Brandt | | Germany | 02/05/1996 | |
 | 10 | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | | Turkey | 08/02/1994 | |
 | 29 | Kai Havertz | | Germany | 11/06/1999 | |
 | 39 | Benjamin Henrichs | | Germany | 23/02/1997 | |
 | 44 | Kevin Kampl |  | Slovenia | 09/10/1990 | |
 | 27 | Robbie Kruse |  | Australia | 05/10/1988 | |
 | 24 | Seung-Woo Ryu |  | South Korea | 17/12/1993 | |
 | 30 | Sam Schreck | | Germany | 29/01/1999 | |
 | 35 | Vladlen Yurchenko |  | Ukraine | 22/01/1994 | |
| Forward | ||||||
 | 7 | Javier Hernández |  | Mexico | 01/06/1988 | |
 | 11 | Stefan Kießling | | Germany | 25/01/1984 | |
 | 14 | Admir Mehmedi |  | Switzerland | 16/03/1991 | |
 | 17 | Joel Pohjanpalo |  | Finland | 13/09/1994 | |
 | 31 | Kevin Volland | | Germany | 30/07/1992 | |
| Manager | ||||||
 | Roger Schmidt | | Germany | 13/03/1967 | ||
| Ass. Manager | ||||||
 | Markus Krösche | | Germany | 17/09/1980 | ||
| Goalkeeper-Coach | ||||||
 | David Thiel | | Germany | 28/07/1984 | ||
TRANSFERS
Summer Transfer Window 2016/17 Season
- In: Ramazan Özcan (Ingolstadt), Danny da Costa (Ingolstadt), Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim), Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz), Aleksandar Dragović (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Out: Christoph Kramer (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Sebastian Boenisch (released), David Yelldell (released), Dario Krešić (released), Marlon Frey (Kaiserslautern, loan), Robin Becker (Heidenheim, loan), Marc Brašnić (Fortuna Köln, loan)
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