The 2013–14 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 110th season in the club's football history.
Background
Background information In the 2012–13 season, Bayer Leverkusen finished in third place in the Bundesliga. As the third place team, they qualified for the group stage of Champions League. During the off-season Kostas Stafylidis, Robbie Kruse, Andrés Palop, Son Heung-min and Emre Can were signed. Daniel Schwaab, Hajime Hosogai, Michael Rensing, Dani Carvajal, André Schürrle, and Michal Kadlec were sold. Junior Fernándes was loaned out to Dinamo Zagreb. Nicolai Jørgensen made his loan move permanent and Manuel Friedrich was released. Sami Hyypiä became the sole head coach after Sascha Lewandowski left his position as co–head coach. Lewandowski remained with the club in the youth set-up. Bayer Leverkusen announced a three–year partnership agreement with the tourism agency with Austrian state of Salzburg. The agreement includes an annual summer training camp in Kaprun, at least one friendly against an "attractive opponent" during the training camp, vents in and around Leverkusen, public relations and promotional activities at the club and in North Rhine Westphalia, targeted hospitality measures at the stadium, International press conferences at the training camps, advertising at the BayArena perimeter advertising at Bayer Leverkusen home games, online presence on all relevant channels at Bayer Leverkusen, Salzburg articles in all Bayer 04 Leverkusen print media. Bayer Leverkusen started pre–season training on 24 June with eight players. Reserve and youth teams players came to training to improve the number situation for training. Bayer Leverkusen announced on 12 December that they signed Julian Brandt for the winter transfer period. The following day, Bayer Leverkusen announced that they brought in Ryu Seung-Woo on loan for a year with the option to purchase. Players reported back on 4 January and traveled to Lagos, Portugal for mid–season training camp and had their first training session on 5 January. Bayer Leverkusen are interested in Kevin De Bruyne and met with him and his representative on 16 December. But De Bruyne ended up signing with VfL Wolfsburg.
Transfers
In
NameAgeMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee DF Kostas Stafylidis PAOK Transfer Summer 2018 €1.5 Million FW Robbie Kruse Fortuna Düsseldorf Transfer Summer 2016 €1.5 Million GK Andrés Palop Sevilla End of contract Summer 2014 Free FW Son Heung-min Hamburger SV Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed MF Emre Can Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed FW Julian Brandt VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Winter 2019 Undisclosed FW Ryu Seung-Woo Jeju United Loan Winter — Undisclosed
Out
NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee DF Daniel Schwaab VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer Free MF Hajime Hosogai Hertha BSC Transfer Summer Undisclosed DF Dani Carvajal Real Madrid Transfer Summer €6.5 Million GK Michael Rensing Fortuna Düsseldorf End of contract Summer Free FW Junior Fernándes Dinamo Zagreb Loan Summer Undisclosed MF Nicolai Jørgensen F.C. Copenhagen Transfer Summer Undisclosed DF Manuel Friedrich Borussia Dortmund Released Summer Free FW André Schürrle Chelsea Transfer Summer €23 Million DF Michal Kadlec Fenerbahçe Transfer Summer Undisclosed
Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen started their Bundesliga campaign against SC Freiburg on 10 August. Bayer Leverkusen 3–1. Stefan Kießling, Son Heung-min, and Sidney Sam scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Mike Hanke scored for Freiburg. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday tied for third place in the table with Bayern Munich. Bayer Leverkusen went on to face VfB Stuttgart on matchday two on 17 August. Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with an own goal from Daniel Schwaab. Bayer Leverkusen were tied with Bayern Munich for second place in the table. Then Bayer Leverkusen faced Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday three on 24 August. Bayer Leverkusen won 4–2. Bayer Leverkusen's goalscorers were Kießling, Sidney Sam (2 goals), and Gonzalo Castro. Martin Stranzl and Juan Arango scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday 3 in second place. Bayer Leverkusen finished August with matchday four against Schalke 04 on 31 August. Schalke 04 won 2–0 with goals from Marco Höger and Jefferson Farfán. Bayer Leverkusen finished August tied for third place with Hannover 96. Bayer Leverkusen started September with matchday five against VfL Wolfsburg on 14 September. Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1. Sidney Sam and Kießling (2 goals) scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Ivica Olić scored for Wolfsburg. Bayer Leverkusen remained in third place. Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 on matchday six on 21 September. Bayer Leverkusen won 4–1. Bayer Leverkusen's goalscorers were Robbie Kruse (2 goals), Lars Bender, and Kießling. Yunus Mallı scored for Mainz. Bayer Leverkusen remained in third place in the Bundesliga table. Bayer Leverkusen faced Hannover 96 on matchday seven on 28 September. Bayer Leverkusen won 2–0 with goals from Simon Rolfes and Sidney Sam. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday in fifth place. Bayern Munich on matchday eight on 5 October. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Sidney Sam scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Toni Kroos scored for Bayern Munich. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday in third place. Bayer Leverkusen then faced 1899 Hoffenheim on matchday nine on 18 October. Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1. Sidney Sam and Kießling scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Kießling's goal went through the side netting on the left side. kicker magazine called the goal "Phantomtor". Stefan Kießling later apologized for the goal and understood why it was an illegitimate goal. Sven Schipplock scored for 1899 Hoffenheim. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday in third place. On 28 October, the German Football Association decided not to replay the match against 1899 Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim decided not to appeal the decision. Bayer Leverkusen finished October against FC Augsburg on matchday 10 on 26 October. Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1. Simon Rolfes and Emre Can scored for Bayer Leverkusen. André Hahn scored for Augsburg. Bayer Leverkusen finished October in third place. Bayer Leverkusen started November with matchday 11 of the Bundesliga against Eintracht Braunschweig on 2 November. Eintracht Braunschweig won 1–0 with a goal from Dominick Kumbela. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday in third place. Bayer Leverkusen were against Hamburger SV on matchday 12 on 9 November. Bayer Leverkusen won 5–3. Son (3 goals), Kießling and Gonzalo Castro scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Maximilian Beister (2 goals) and Pierre-Michel Lasogga scored for Hamburg. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday in third place. Bayer Leverkusen's next opponents were Hertha BSC on matchday 13 on 23 November. Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Kießling. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday in third place. Bayer Leverkusen finished November with matchday 14 against 1. FC Nürnberg on 30 November. Bayer Leverkusen won 3–0 with goals from Son and Kießling. Bayer Leverkusen finished November in third place. Bayer Leverkusen started December against Borussia Dortmund on matchday 15 on 7 December. Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Son. Bayer Leverkusen moved up to second place in the table. Bayer Leverkusen faced Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday 16 on 15 December. Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 with a goal from Marco Russ. Bayer Leverkusen finished the matchday in second place. Bayer Leverkusen finished December against Werder Bremen on matchday 17 on 21 December. Werder Bremen won 1–0 with a goal from Santiago García. Bayer Leverkusen finished December in second place.
League table
Match results
+Bundesliga match detailsMatchDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition 1 10 August 201315:30 SC Freiburg H 3–1 Kießling 22', Son 47', Sam 53' 27,1363rd 2 17 August 201314:30 VfB Stuttgart A 1–0 Schwaab 42' (o.g.) 40,8002nd 3 24 August 201314:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach H 4–2 Kießling 23' (pen.), Sam 28', 60', Castro 72' 29,2433rd 4 31 August 201317:30 Schalke 04 A 0–2 61,9733rd 5 14 September 201315:30 VfL Wolfsburg H 3–1 Sam 24', Kießling 65', 90+2' 27,1493rd 6 21 September 201315:30 Mainz 05 A 4–1 Kruse 19', 45+1', L. Bender 38', Kießling 59' 30,0003rd 7 28 September 201315:30 Hannover 96 H 2–0 Rolfes 23', Sam 37' 25,1983rd 8 5 October 201318:30 Bayern Munich H 1–1 Sam 31' 30,2103rd 9 18 October 201320:30 1899 Hoffenheim A 2–1 Sam 26', Kießling 70' 25,2133rd 10 26 October 201315:30 FC Augsburg H 2–1 Rolfes 34', Can 83' 27,8113rd 11 2 November 201315:30 Eintracht Braunschweig A 0–1 22,7203rd 12 9 November 201315:30 Hamburger SV H 5–3 Son 9', 16', 55', Kießling 72', Castro 89' 30,0773rd 13 23 November 201315:30 Hertha BSC A 1–0 Kießling 29' 47,4192nd 14 30 November 201315:30 1. FC Nürnberg H 3–0 Son 36', 76', Kießling 47' 27,3952nd 15 7 December 201318:30 Borussia Dortmund A 1–0 Son 18' 80,6452nd 16 15 December 201322:00 Eintracht Frankfurt H 0–1 26,2422nd 17 21 December 201315:30 Werder Bremen A 0–1 39,1452nd 18 25 January 201415:30 SC Freiburg A 2–3 Bender 4', Rolfes 35' 22,1002nd 19 1 February 201415:30 VfB Stuttgart H 2–1 Kießling 26', 84' 28,7142nd 20 7 February 201420:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach A 1–0 Son 62' 53,3792nd 21 15 February 201418:30 Schalke 04 H 1–2 Santana 66' (o.g.) 30,2102nd 22 22 February 201415:30 VfL Wolfsburg A 1–3 Sam 45' 27,7212nd 23 1 March 201415:30 Mainz 05 H0–125,5033rd 24 8 March 201415:30 Hannover 96 A1–1Castro 28'46,6003rd 25 15 March 201418:30 Bayern Munich A1–2Kießling 90+1'71,0004th 26 23 March 201417:30 1899 Hoffenheim H2–3Kießling 39', Rolfes 54'28,7944th 27 26 March 201420:00 FC Augsburg A3–1Kießling 11', Can 80', Son 83'27,1144th 28 29 March 201415:30 Eintracht Braunschweig H1–1Kießling 53' (pen.)30,2104th 294 April 201420:30 Hamburger SV A1–2Brandt 58'49,5755th 3013 April 201415:30 Hertha BSC H2–1Kießling 1', Brandt 24'29,3774th 3120 April 201415:30 1. FC Nürnberg A4–1Spahić 16', 80', Boenisch 48', Hilbert 87'40,5144th 3226 April 201418:30 Borussia Dortmund H2–2Bender 7', Castro 35'30,2104th 33 3 May 201415:30 Eintracht Frankfurt A2–0Castro 27', Can 36'51,0004th 34 10 May 201415:30 Werder Bremen H2–1Toprak 34', Son 53'30,2104th
DFB–Pokal
The first round of the DFB-Pokal on 15 June. Bayer Leverkusen was drawn against Lippstadt 08. The match took place on 3 August. Bayer Leverkusen won 6–1. Lars Bender, Sidney Sam, Stefan Kießling (2 goals), and Son Heung-min (2 goals) scored for Bayer Leverkusen. Benjamin Kolodzig scored for Lippstadt 08. On 10 August, Bayer Leverkusen was drawn against Arminia Bielefeld for the second round. The match took place on 24 September. Bayer Leverkusen won 2–0 with goals from Son and Sam. On 29 September, Bayer Leverkusen were drawn against SC Freiburg in the draw for the round of 16. The match took place on 4 December. Bayer Leverkusen won 2–1. Robbie Kruse and Emre Can scored for Bayer Leverkusen and Matthias Ginter scored for Freiburg. The draw for the Quarter–finals happened on 8 December. The result was that Bayer Leverkusen would face 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The match was played on 12 February. Kaiserslautern won 1–0 with an extra time goal from Srđan Lakić. Andrés Guardado made his first appearance for Bayer Leverkusen in the match.
DFB-Pokal results
+DFB-Pokal match detailsRoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendance 3 August 201315:30 A Lippstadt 08 6–1 3,500 Bender 5', Sam 24', 81', Kießling 41', 86', Son 63' 24 September 201320:30 A Arminia Bielefeld 2–0 23,709 Son 62', Sam 89' 4 December 201319:00 A SC Freiburg 2–1 16,400 Kruse 1', Can 77' 12 February 201419:00 H 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 25,244
Champions League