The 2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 115th season in the football club's history and 40th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979.
In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This was the 61st season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
The season was the first since 2005–06 without Stefan Kießling, who retired after the 2017–18 campaign.
Players
Squad information
Players out on loan
Transfers In Player From Source 1 GK Lukáš Hrádecký Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer 2023 Free 6 DF Aleksandar Dragović Leicester City Loan return Summer 2021 Free 7 FW Paulinho Vasco da Gama Transfer Summer 2020 €18,500,000 23 DF Mitchell Weiser Hertha BSC Transfer Summer 2023 €12,000,000 24 GK Thorsten Kirschbaum 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer 2019 Free 30 FW Sam Schreck Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2021 Free 32 FW Jakub Bednarczyk Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free 35 FW Chinedu Ekene Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free 40 GK Tomasz Kucz Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free — FW Dennis Mbay Bayer Leverkusen U19 Promoted to first team Summer 2019 Free
Out Player To Source 1 GK Bernd Leno Arsenal Transfer Summer €25,000,000 11 FW Stefan Kießling Retired Released Summer Free 22 MF Vladlen Yurchenko Released Summer Free 36 GK Niklas Lomb SV Sandhausen Loan Summer Free 37 MF Marlon Frey Released Summer Free
Friendly matches
Competitions
Overview
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
DFB-Pokal
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Statistics Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
References