List of Bayer 04 Leverkusen players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Bayer Leverkusen. Generally, this means players that have played a significant number of first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Bayer Leverkusen players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bayer Leverkusen players, and for the current squad see the main Bayer Leverkusen article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

Table

Player NationalityPositionBayer Leverkusen careerAppearancesGoalsNotesKarl-Heinz SpikofskiMidfielder1950-1952273Udo LattekForward1955-195762Heinz HöherMidfielder/Forward1957-196315560Zvonko BegoMidfielder1960-1969171Uwe KlimaschefskiForward1960-19632510Manfred ManglitzGoalkeeper1961-1963260Werner GörtsForward1962-1965418Werner BiskupDefender1962-1965303Franz-Josef WolfframmMidfielder1964-196600Dieter FernForward1965-196740Leo WildenDefender1966-196900Zvonko BegoMidfielder1968-1969171Dieter FernerGoalkeeper1968-197340Harald KloseForward1968-196900Pavle KišForward1969-197000Burkhard SeglerMidfielder1970-197200Herbert MühlenbergForward1972-197400Gerhard KentschkeForward/Midfielder1973-1977485Walter PosnerDefender1975-19842745Theodor RielanderMidfielder1975-1978442Dieter HerzogMidfielder1976-198319329Jürgen GelsdorfDefender1976-198629626Peter Hermann Forward1976-198421532Thomas HörsterDefender1977-199140426Kurt EiglMidfielder1979-1982392Dietmar DemuthDefender1979-19839214Jürgen GlowaczDefender1979-19825313Arne Larsen ØklandForward1980-198310143Mathias HönerbachDefender1980-198100Valentin HerrGoalkeeper1980-198220Christian SackewitzForward1981-1982202Forward1982–198610518Helmut WinklhoferDefender1982-1985905Rüdiger VollbornGoalkeeper1982-19994010Herbert WaasForward1982-198920972Rudolf WojtowiczDefender1982-1986762Frank SaborowskiDefender1982-1984410Cha Bum-kunForward1983-198918552Ulrich BittorfMidfielder1983-1984373Dieter BastDefender/Midfelder/Forward1983-1986712Thomas ZechelMidfilder/Defender1983-1988706Wolfgang PatzkeMidfielder/Forward1983-1986595Roman GeszlechtDefender1983-1985491Christian SchreierMidfielder1984-199120363Forward1984–198811526Florian HinterbergerMidfelder1984-19901052Anders GiskeDefender1984-1985291Defender1984–19911561Stefan KohnForward1984-1985 1986–1987182Minas HantzidisMidfielder1985-1988241Günter DrewsMidfielder1985-1987461Peter ZanterDefender1985-1988400Midfielder1986–19911185Midfielder1986–1989999Jean-Pierre de KeyserDefender1986-1990811Dirk RehbeinMidfielder1986-198820Bernd DreherGoalkeeper1986-199090Jürgen LugingerDefender1986-198710Christian HausmannMidfielder/Forward1986-1988562Defender1987–1992862Forward1987–19882110Ralf FalkenmayerMidfielder1987-1989487Klaus TäuberForward1987-1989318Andrzej BuncolMidfielder1987-199212314Marcus FeinbierForward1987-1992693Forward1988–199211920Terje Olsen Midfielder1988-199010Oliver PagéDefender1988-199161Claus-Dieter WollitzMidfielder1988-198970Manfred KastlForward1988-1989266Defender1989–199415113JorginhoDefender1989–1992879Defender1989–199415622Markus von AhlenMidfielder Defender1989-1993241Heiko HerrlichForward1989-1993756Holger AdenForward198920Goalkeeper1990–19991070Defender1990–199411310Forward1990–2003350182Forward1990–199516136Midfielder1990–19961844René RydlewiczMidfielder1990-1994 1996–1997282Defender1991–199821113Defender1991–19991888Stephan HankeMidfielder1991-199410Defender1992–1995755Midfielder1992–19958613Midfielder1992–1996565Uwe StöverDefender1992-199391Mario TolkmittMidfielder 1992-1996550Paulo SérgioForward1993–199712147Bernard SchuitemanDefender1993-199560Midfielder1993–1996598Taifour DianéForward1993-199510Ralf BeckerMidfielder1993-1995231Guido HoffmannMidfielder1993182Midfielder1994–200013911Forward1994–19966226Mike RietpietschMidfielder1994-1997220Walter JunghansGoalkeeper199400Claudio ReynaMidfielder1994-1999260Markus AnfangMidfielder1994-199500Thomas DooleyDefender1994-1995213Markus Kurth Forward1994-199520Markus Münch Defender/Midfielder1994-1996573Forward1995–19987714Ramon MenezesMidfielder1995-1996151Sebastian BarnesMidfielder1995-199600Rodrigo ChagasMidfielder/Defender1995-1996271Sebastian HelbigForward1995-199820Daniel Addo Midfielder1995-199800Thomas VanaMidfielder199500Pete MarinoForward1995-199600Midfielder1996–1999778Defender1996–20011271Manuel CardoniMidfielder1996-199810Zé EliasMidfielder1996-1997230Jan HeintzeDefender1996-1999875Lars LeeseGoalkeeper1996-199700Daniel SchumannDefender1996-199700Erik Meijer Forward1996–19998416Midfielder1997–20008024EmersonMidfielder1997–20008811Forward1997–20018829Artyom BezrodnyMidfielder1997-199800Boris ŽivkovićDefender1997-20031449Thorsten NehrbauerMidfielder1997-199800Dirk LottnerMidfielder1997-1998172Jörg SchmadtkeGoalkeeper1997-199800Midfielder1998–200211317Goalkeeper1998–2001780Bent SkammelsrudMidfielder199880Mehdi PashazadehDefender1998-199900Zoran MamićMidfielder/Defender1998-2000150Jörg ReebMidfielder/Defender1998-2001541Dariush YazdaniMidfielder1998-199900Adam LedwońMidfielder1998-1999100Aaron MokoenaMidfielder/Defender1998-199900Forward1999–20038214Forward1999–200416542Bernd Schneider Midfielder1999-200923535Frankie HejdukDefender/Midfielder1999-2003191Vratislav GreškoDefender1999-2000150Michael BallackMidfielder1999-2002 2010–2012352Frank JuricGoalkeeper 1999-2004110Torben HoffmannDefender1999-2000190John ThorringtonMidfielder1999-200100Robson PonteMidfielder1999-2005796Mirosław SpiżakForward1999-200000Pascal ZuberbühlerGoalkeeper2000-2001140Midfielder2000–200714413Midfielder2000–2003460Pascal OjigweDefender/Midfider2000-2003300Landon DonovanMidfielder/Forward2000-200570Cha Du-riDefender/Midfielder2000-200200Ali MousaviForward200000Marquinhos Midfielder2000-2005316Tom StarkeGoalkeeper2000-200600Markus DaunForward2000-200130Anel DžakaMidfielder2000-200330Hans-Jörg ButtGoalkeeper2001-20071917Midfielder2001–2004738LúcioDefender2001-20049215Diego PlacenteDefender2001-20051233Dimitar BerbatovForward2001-200615469Joey DiGiamarinoDefender2001-200200Thorsten BurkhardtMidfielder2001-200200Zoltán SebescenDefender/Midfielder2001-2004323Hüzeyfe DoğanMidfielder2001-200300Ioannis Masmanidis/Midfielder2001-2004140Thomas KleineDefender2001-2003100Thorsten WittekMidfielder2001-200210Midfielder2002–20057812Forward2002–200510229JuanDefender2002–200713910Christoph PreußDefender/Midfielder2002-200340Jan ŠimákMidfielder2002-2003223Daniel BierofkaMidfielder2002-20057811Emanuel PogatetzDefender2002-200500Nasir El KasmiMidfielder2002-200300Jan-Ingwer Callsen-BrackerDefender2002-2008362Defender2003–2004120Sebastian SchoofForward200372Teddy LučićDefender2003-2005110Džemal BerberovićDefender2003-200500Cris Defender200320Clemens FritzDefender/Midfielder2003-2006432Midfielder2004–200811117Midfielder2004–2006529Forward2004–20079232Jermaine JonesMidfielder2004-200550Paul FreierMidfielder2004-200811217Roque JúniorDefender2004-2007350Tranquillo BarnettaMidfielder2004-201218723Sezer ÖztürkMidfielder2004-200670Midfielder2005–201528625Ahmed Reda MadouniDefender2005-2007293Simon RolfesMidfielder2005-201528841Danko LazovićForward200590Josip TadićForward2005-200610AthirsonMidfielder/Defender2005-2007302Forward2006–2018344131Midfielder2006–2009460Assimiou TouréDefender2006-201020Sergej BarbarezForward2006-20086111Karim HagguiDefender2006-2009593Michal PapadopulosForward2006-2008190Fredrik StenmanDefender2006-2007280Benedikt FernandezGoalkeeper2006-201160Defender2007–201314711Forward2007–20105013Midfielder2007–201111715Defender2007–20131288Dmitri BulykinForward2007-2008152Hans SarpeiDefender2007-2010420Ricardo FatyMidfielder200720Marcel RisseMidfielder2007-201130Atanas KurdovForward2007-20104614Forward2008–20115728Renato AugustoMidfielder2008-20121019Henrique Defender2008-2009270Constant DjakpaDefender2008-201190Stefan ReinartzMidfielder/Defender2008-201514511Anderson BambaDefender2008-201000Richard Sukuta-PasuForward2008-201140Bastian OczipkaDefender2008-201290Midfielder2009–20104310Defender2009–2013960Sami HyypiäDefender2009-2011533Gábor KirályGoalkeeper200900Angelos CharisteasForward2009131Tomasz BobelGoalkeeper2009-201100Gonzalo Vásquez Midfielder/Forward2009-201100Burak Kaplan/Midfielder2009-201142Lars BenderDefender/Midfielder2009-202125622Fabian GieferGoalkeeper2009-201260Eren DerdiyokForward2009-2012 2013–20149025Forward2010–20149224Thanos PetsosMidifielder2010-201210Kevin KamplMidfielder2010-2011 2015–2017534Nicolai JørgensenForward2010-2012100Lucas RochaDefender2010-201200Goalkeeper2011–20182330David YelldellGoalkeeper2011-201610Hajime HosogaiMidfielder/Defender2011-2013170Michael OrtegaMidfielder2011-201370Karim BellarabiMidfielder2011-202321534Ömer ToprakDefender2011-20171545Danny da CostaDefender2011-201260Vedran ĆorlukaDefender201270Dani CarvajalDefender2012-2013321Niklas LombGoalkeeper2012-20Samed YeşilForward201210Junior FernandesForward2012-201460Sebastian BoenischDefender2012-2016603Okan AydınForward2012-201310Kolja PuschMidfielder2012-201300Philipp WollscheidDefender2012-2015512Julian RiedelDefender2012-201300Dominik KohrMidfielder/Defender2012-2015 2017–2019461Forward2013–20156221Kostas StafylidisMidfielder/Defender2013-201510Roberto HilbertDefender/Midifielder2013-2017581Andrés PalopGoalkeeper2013-201400Giulio DonatiDefender2013-2016430Emir SpahićDefender2013-2015493Robbie KruseForward/Midfielder2013-2017212Emre CanMidfielder/Defender2013-2014293Arkadiusz MilikForward2013-201560Levin ÖztunalıMidfielder2013-2016150Malcolm CacutaluaDefender2013-201600Jonas MeffertMidfielder2013-201400Midfielder2014–201916534Hakan ÇalhanoğluMidfielder2014-20177917Vladlen YurchenkoMidfielder2014-2018131Kyriakos PapadopoulosDefender2014-2015 2015–2017160Ryu Seung-wooForward2014 2014–201700WendellDefender2014-20211867Tin JedvajDefender2014-2015