2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer Leverkusen
2018–19 season
Owner	Bayer AG
Managing director	Michael Schade
Manager	Heiko Herrlich; (until 23 December); Peter Bosz; (from 4 January)
Stadium	BayArena
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kai Havertz; (17 goals); All: ; Kai Havertz; (19 goals)
Biggest win	Gladbach 0–5 Leverkusen; Leverkusen 6–1 Frankfurt
Biggest defeat	Leverkusen 1–4 Hoffenheim; Leipzig 3–0 Leverkusen; Hoffenheim 4–1 Leverkusen
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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 covers 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 season.

Players

Squad information

As of 11 February 2019^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FIN	Lukáš Hrádecký
3	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Retsos
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah
5	MF	GER	Sven Bender
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović
7	FW	BRA	Paulinho
8	MF	GER	Lars Bender (captain)
9	FW	JAM	Leon Bailey
10	FW	GER	Julian Brandt
11	FW	SWE	Isaac Kiese Thelin (on loan from Anderlecht)
13	FW	ARG	Lucas Alario
15	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger (3rd captain)
16	DF	CRO	Tin Jedvaj


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo
18	DF	BRA	Wendell
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz
21	MF	GER	Dominik Kohr
23	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser
24	GK	GER	Thorsten Kirschbaum
28	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan
29	MF	GER	Kai Havertz
30	MF	GER	Sam Schreck
31	FW	GER	Kevin Volland (vice-captain)
33	DF	GER	Jan Boller
35	MF	POL	Adrian Stanilewicz
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GER	Niklas Lomb (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2019)
—	GK	POL	Tomasz Kucz (at Dunajská Streda until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee	Source
1	GK	Lukáš Hrádecký	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	2023	Free	^[2]
6	DF	Aleksandar Dragović	Leicester City	Loan return	Summer	2021	Free	^[3]
7	FW	Paulinho	Vasco da Gama	Transfer	Summer	2020	€18,500,000	^[4]
23	DF	Mitchell Weiser	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	2023	€12,000,000	^[5]
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

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee	Source
1	GK	Bernd Leno	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	€25,000,000	^[6]
11	FW	Stefan Kießling	Retired	Released	Summer	Free	^[7]
22	MF	Vladlen Yurchenko		Released	Summer	Free	^[8]
36	GK	Niklas Lomb	SV Sandhausen	Loan	Summer	Free
37	MF	Marlon Frey		Released	Summer	Free	^[8]

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

8 January 2019 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Twente	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 32' Kohr 39' Volland 57' Bailey 77'	Report		Stadium: BayArena

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1		34	18	4	12	69	52	+17	052.94
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2018	5 February 2019	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	066.67
Europa League	20 September 2018	21 February 2019	Group stage	Round of 32	8	4	3	1	17	10	+7	050.00
Total					45	24	7	14	93	64	+29	053.33

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	23	7	4	81	44	+37	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	RB Leipzig	34	19	9	6	63	29	+34	66
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	18	4	12	69	52	+17	58
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	16	7	11	55	42	+13	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	VfL Wolfsburg	34	16	7	11	62	50	+12	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off^[9]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	4	12	69	52	+17	58	9	2	6	32	25	+7	9	2	6	37	27	+10

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	16	16	18	15	11	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	10	9	7	6	5	7	6	6	6	7	9	8	7	6	5	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 55' (pen.) Johnson 58'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,087 Referee: Christian Dingert

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bailey 24'	Report	Özcan 36' (o.g.) Weghorst 55' Steffen 60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,247 Referee: Sven Jablonski

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3	Bayern Munich	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tolisso 10' Robben 19' Rodríguez 89'	Report	Wendell 5' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 4	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Mainz 05	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Havertz 62'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,473 Referee: Marco Fritz

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Volland 50', 60'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,046 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weiser 9' Tah 39'	Report	Bruun Larsen 65' Reus 69' Alcácer 85', 90+4'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych

7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 7	SC Freiburg	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Freiburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Hannover 96	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Bender 34' Bellarabi 90+4'	Report	Muslija 25' Felipe 54'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,435 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 9	Werder Bremen	2–6	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pizarro 60' Osako 62'	Report	Volland 8' Brandt 38' Bellarabi 45' Havertz 67', 77'^[10] Dragović 72'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,400 Referee: Marco Fritz

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bellarabi 30'	Report	Nelson 19' Joelinton 34', 73' Grifo 49' (pen.)	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,589 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 11	RB Leipzig	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Poulsen 27', 85' Klostermann 68'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 36,155 Referee: Martin Petersen

23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 12	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 76', 83'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,632 Referee: Robert Schröder

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 13	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Nuremberg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Margreitter 57'	Report	Havertz 29'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 32,238 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	FC Augsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 75'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,558 Referee: Bastian Dankert

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 15	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Frankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Costa 28' Kostić 57'	Report	Bellarabi 65'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Felix Brych

19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 16	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wright 45+2'	Report	Dragović 26' Alario 35'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,548 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 5' Havertz 23', 49'	Report	Torunarigha 26'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,647 Referee: Tobias Stieler

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pléa 37'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,628 Referee: Daniel Siebert

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Havertz 45' (pen.) Volland 62' Brandt 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,736 Referee: Felix Zwayer

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Bayern Munich	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bailey 53' Volland 63' Alario 87'	Report	Goretzka 41'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler

8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 21	Mainz 05	1–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Quaison 9'	Report	Wendell 5' Havertz 19' Brandt 30', 64' Bellarabi 43'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 21,905 Referee: Robert Schröder

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Leverkusen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Havertz 18' Bailey 66'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,717 Referee: Markus Schmidt

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 23	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zagadou 30' Sancho 38' Götze 60'	Report	Volland 37' Tah 75'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,029 Referee: Christian Dingert

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	SC Freiburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aránguiz 4' Bailey 73'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,607 Referee: Guido Winkmann

10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) 25	Hannover 96	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jonathas 51' Weiser 73' (o.g.)	Report	Volland 13', 28' Havertz 87'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 33,800 Referee: Sören Storks

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bailey 75'	Report	Kruse 13', 90+5' Rashica 37'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 27	1899 Hoffenheim	4–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Belfodil 10', 61' S. Bender 51' (o.g.) Kramarić 79'	Report	Volland 17'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 28,350 Referee: Harm Osmers

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	RB Leipzig	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Havertz 11' (pen.), 23'	Report	Sabitzer 17' Werner 64' Forsberg 71' (pen.) Cunha 83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,845 Referee: Tobias Welz

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Havertz 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,657 Referee: Tobias Stieler

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alario 61' Volland 86'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,405 Referee: Guido Winkmann

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 31	FC Augsburg	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Danso 12'	Report	Volland 15' Havertz 48' Tah 60' Brandt 88'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,404 Referee: Frank Willenborg

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 32	Bayer Leverkusen	6–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Leverkusen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Havertz 2' Brandt 13' Alario 23', 34' Aránguiz 28' Hinteregger 36' (o.g.)	Report	Kostić 14'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Robert Hartmann

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Schalke 04	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Havertz 31'	Report	Burgstaller 47'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	Hertha BSC	1–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lazaro 34'	Report	Havertz 28' Alario 38', 72', 88' Brandt 54'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 59,287 Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) First round	1. CfR Pforzheim	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Pforzheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Alario 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Holzhof Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Frank Willenborg

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Brandt 5' Jedvaj 45+1' Bellarabi 67', 74' Volland 80'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,755 Referee: Tobias Welz

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05) Round of 16	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Heidenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dovedan 47' Multhaup 72'	Report	Brandt 44'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Robert Hartmann

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	1	1	16	9	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Zürich	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5
4	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) 1	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Razgrad, Bulgaria
22:00 EEST (UTC+3) 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Keșerü 8' Marcelinho 31'	Report	Havertz 38', 69' Kiese Thelin 63'	Stadium: Ludogorets Arena Attendance: 8,240^[11] Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

4 October 2018 (2018-10-04) 2	Bayer Leverkusen	4–2	AEK Larnaca	Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Havertz 44' Alario 49', 88' Brandt 90+2'	Report	Trichkovski 25' Raspas 90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 23,354^[12] Referee: Ievgenii Aranovskyi (Ukraine)

25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 3	Zürich	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Zürich, Switzerland
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Marchesano 44' Domgjoni 59' Odey 78'	Report	Bellarabi 50', 54'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 12,427^[13] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

8 November 2018 (2018-11-08) 4	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Zürich	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jedvaj 60'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,179^[14] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

29 November 2018 (2018-11-29) 5	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Ludogorets Razgrad	Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Weiser 85'	Report	Marcelinho 69'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,066^[15] Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

13 December 2018 (2018-12-13) 6	AEK Larnaca	1–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Nicosia, Cyprus
22:00 EET (UTC+2) 21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Català 26'	Report	Kohr 28', 68' Alario 41' (pen.), 86' Paulinho 78'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 1,584^[16] Referee: François Letexier (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) First leg	Krasnodar	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Krasnodar, Russia
20:55 MSK (UTC+3) 18:55 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Krasnodar Stadium Attendance: 34,827^[17] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) Second leg	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Krasnodar	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aránguiz 87'	Report	Suleymanov 84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 16,084^[18] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FIN	Lukáš Hrádecký	40	0	32	0	2	0	6	0
24	GK	GER	Thorsten Kirschbaum	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	GRE	Panagiotis Retsos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah	38	3	33	3	2	0	3	0
6	DF	AUT	Aleksandar Dragović	29	2	14+5	2	2	0	7+1	0
16	DF	CRO	Tin Jedvaj	21	2	13+3	0	1+1	1	2+1	1
18	DF	BRA	Wendell	39	2	25+3	2	3	0	8	0
23	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser	41	2	22+8	1	3	0	7+1	1
Midfielders
5	MF	GER	Sven Bender	32	0	25+2	0	2	0	3	0
8	MF	GER	Lars Bender	27	1	18+2	1	2	0	3+2	0
15	MF	AUT	Julian Baumgartlinger	27	0	16+5	0	2	0	2+2	0
20	MF	CHI	Charles Aránguiz	29	3	22+2	2	1	0	4	1
21	MF	GER	Dominik Kohr	25	2	10+8	0	0+2	0	5	2
29	MF	GER	Kai Havertz	42	20	33+1	17	2	0	5+1	3
30	MF	GER	Sam Schreck	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	MF	GER	Adrian Stanilewicz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
38	MF	GER	Karim Bellarabi	24	9	14+5	5	1+1	2	3	2
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Paulinho	21	1	0+15	0	1+1	0	3+1	1
9	FW	JAM	Leon Bailey	39	5	21+8	5	1+1	0	6+2	0
10	FW	GER	Julian Brandt	43	10	30+3	7	3	2	5+2	1
11	FW	SWE	Isaac Kiese Thelin	14	1	1+5	0	0+2	0	4+2	1
13	FW	ARG	Lucas Alario	36	14	11+16	9	2	1	4+3	4
17	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	GER	Kevin Volland	42	15	32+2	14	2+1	1	3+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
22	MF	UKR	Vladlen Yurchenko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	POL	Jakub Bednarczyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.89528537210789-9] Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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