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Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Germany · Bundesliga · Manager: Carles Martínez (#342 in the world) since Aug 2026
#30 World rank · club rating
2,020 Club rating
4th in the Bundesliga

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have had 10 managers since 2015/16. Xabi Alonso (Oct 2022 – May 2025) had the best points per game of them (2.11 in 140 matches) and took the club rating from 1,974 to 2,120.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen managers

23 spells since 1997 · newest first
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Carles Martínez #342 now Aug 2026 – present · PPG 2.07 current Aug 2026 – present 15 10-1-4 2.07 2,112 → 2,050 −61 −5.5 −0.03
Kasper Hjulmand #384 now Sep 2025 – May 2026 · PPG 1.72 Sep 2025 – May 2026 47 23-12-12 1.72 2,126 → 2,100 −26 −5.5 −0.05
Rogier Meijer (stand-in) 10 Dec 2025 10 Dec 2025 1 0-1-0 −0.9
Erik ten Hag Aug 2025 · PPG 1.33 caretaker Aug 2025 3 1-1-1 1.33 2,197 → 2,150 −46 −10.5 −0.53
Xabi Alonso #97 now Oct 2022 – May 2025 · PPG 2.11 Oct 2022 – May 2025 140 87-34-19 2.11 1,974 → 2,120 +146 +45.9 +0.23
Gerardo Seoane #153 now Aug 2021 – Oct 2022 · PPG 1.57 Aug 2021 – Oct 2022 56 26-10-20 1.57 2,100 → 1,978 −122 −16.1 −0.06
Hannes Wolf Apr 2021 – May 2021 · PPG 1.50 caretaker Apr 2021 – May 2021 8 3-3-2 1.50 1,923 → 1,967 +43 +10.2 −0.05
Peter Bosz #78 now Jan 2019 – Mar 2021 · PPG 1.80 Jan 2019 – Mar 2021 108 59-17-32 1.80 2,002 → 1,907 −95 −12.7 +0.13
Heiko Herrlich Aug 2017 – Dec 2018 · PPG 1.66 Aug 2017 – Dec 2018 64 30-16-18 1.66 1,983 → 2,012 +29 +19.9 +0.04
Tayfun Korkut Feb 2017 – May 2017 · PPG 0.92 Feb 2017 – May 2017 12 2-5-5 0.92 2,014 → 1,973 −41 −4.2 −0.10
Roger Schmidt Aug 2014 – Mar 2017 · PPG 1.66 Aug 2014 – Mar 2017 130 61-33-36 1.66 1,951 → 1,989 +38 +9.0 −0.04
Before 2015/16 · 13 spells, Aug 1997 – May 2014
Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected
Sascha Lewandowski Apr 2014 – May 2014 · PPG 2.60 caretaker Apr 2014 – May 2014 5 4-1-0 2.60 1,975 → 2,028 +53 +15.4 +0.22
Sami Hyypia Aug 2013 – Mar 2014 · PPG 1.77 Aug 2013 – Mar 2014 26 14-4-8 1.77 2,003 → 1,896 −106 −12.2 +0.11
Sascha Lewandowski Apr 2012 – May 2013 · PPG 1.88 Apr 2012 – May 2013 51 28-12-11 1.88 1,836 → 2,089 +253 +39.1 +0.05
Robin Dutt Jul 2011 – Mar 2012 · PPG 1.38 Jul 2011 – Mar 2012 37 14-9-14 1.38 1,937 → 1,802 −135 −21.2 −0.03
Jupp Heynckes Jul 2009 – May 2011 · PPG 1.88 Jul 2009 – May 2011 84 44-26-14 1.88 1,703 → 1,942 +239 +25.8 +0.14
Bruno Labbadia Aug 2008 – May 2009 · PPG 1.50 Aug 2008 – May 2009 40 17-9-14 1.50 1,647 → 1,620 −27 −10.8 −0.09
Michael Skibbe Oct 2005 – May 2008 · PPG 1.52 Oct 2005 – May 2008 94 41-20-33 1.52 1,683 → 1,595 −88 −4.4 −0.09
Rudi Völler Sep 2005 – Oct 2005 · PPG 1.75 caretaker Sep 2005 – Oct 2005 4 2-1-1 1.75 1,668 → 1,660 −7 +0.7 −0.07
Klaus Augenthaler May 2003 – Sep 2005 · PPG 1.74 May 2003 – Sep 2005 84 42-20-22 1.74 1,602 → 1,696 +94 +32.3 +0.05
Thomas Hörster Feb 2003 – May 2003 · PPG 1.00 Feb 2003 – May 2003 14 4-2-8 1.00 1,567 → 1,567 0 −4.8 −0.21
Hans-Hubert Vogts Nov 2000 – May 2001 · PPG 1.59 Nov 2000 – May 2001 22 11-2-9 1.59 1,714 → 1,692 −22 −18.9 −0.13
Rudi Völler Oct 2000 – Nov 2000 · PPG 2.33 caretaker Oct 2000 – Nov 2000 6 4-2-0 2.33 1,649 → 1,728 +79 +10.8 +0.10
Christoph Daum Aug 1997 – Oct 2000 · PPG 1.78 Aug 1997 – Oct 2000 129 62-44-23 1.78 1,672 → 1,612 −60 +8.6 +0.19

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Xabi Alonso is the longest-serving: 140 matches over 2 years (Oct 2022 – May 2025), and the most coach rating added (+45.9).

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager
2,020Club ratingWeek 46, 2026
#30World rankof 943 active clubs
#4Bundesligaof 18 clubs
2,275Peak since 2015/16Apr 2024 · low 1,819, Sep 2017
1,8002,0002,2002,400201620182020202220242026Nov 2026 · Carles Martínez2,003 club rating1,8002,0002,2002,400201620202024Nov 2026 · Carles Martínez2,003 club rating
Colour changes with each manager (10 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Bayer 04 Leverkusen's club rating peaked at 2,275 in April 2024, under Xabi Alonso, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,819 in September 2017, under Heiko Herrlich.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time
Sat 21 Nov · 14:30 Bundesliga H v SC Paderborn 07
Preview Bayer 04 Leverkusen v SC Paderborn 07 ›
Thu 26 Nov · 17:45 UEFA Europa League A at GNK Dinamo Zagreb
No chances for European games · why
Preview GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Bayer 04 Leverkusen ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2026/27 9 so far 9 2.33 3.11 1.94 76% 7.22 3.33 5.21
2025/26 34 2.12 2.74 2.00 81% 5.59 4.12 4.89
2024/25 34 1.85 2.03 2.02 68% 6.35 3.41 4.81
2023/24 34 1.74 2.12 2.16 56% 6.94 3.29 4.98
2022/23 34 2.44 2.82 2.15 73% 4.09 3.85 4.85
7 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2021/22
Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg
2021/22 34 2.00 1.50 1.80 59% 5.71 4.26 4.83
2020/21 34 1.71 1.56 1.88 71% 5.41 3.56 4.60
2019/20 34 1.94 1.91 2.09 64% 6.32 3.79 5.05
2018/19 34 1.50 2.15 1.80 59% 5.56 4.82 5.03
2017/18 34 1.79 2.38 1.79 56% 5.06 3.88 4.72
2016/17 34 1.76 1.56 2.05 63% 4.38 4.47 4.56
2015/16 34 2.15 2.24 2.06 6.38 4.12 4.77

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won 6.94 corners a game in 2023/24, their most in any season since 2015/16 and 40% above the Bundesliga's average side (4.98).

League matches only (Bundesliga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. The current season shows from its first match with a "N so far" tag; sentences use it from 10 matches. Bundesliga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

383 league matches since 2015/16
FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L
HT winHT W 13435% 215% 82%
HT drawHT D 4813% 5214% 349%
HT lossHT L 154% 133% 5815%
58
Points won from behindPts from behind
losing at half-time in 86 matches
66
Points dropped from aheadPts dropped
winning at half-time in 163 matches
1st half · W 163 · D 134 · L 86 GD +119
2nd half · W 161 · D 120 · L 102 GD +116

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Bayer 04 Leverkusen

26 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Daniel Siebert 27 7-11-9 1.19 2.22 1.92 +16%
Deniz Aytekin 27 13-5-9 1.63 1.89 1.93 −2%
Tobias Stieler 27 19-5-3 2.30 1.37 1.91 −28%
Felix Zwayer 23 10-7-6 1.61 2.30 1.92 +20%
Felix Brych 20 10-1-9 1.55 2.00 1.89 +6%
Harm Osmers 20 12-4-4 2.00 1.85 1.87 −1%
Christian Dingert 18 9-4-5 1.72 2.56 1.90 +35%
Marco Fritz 16 6-4-6 1.38 1.88 1.89 −1%
Sven Jablonski 16 10-1-5 1.94 1.56 1.90 −18%
Robert Hartmann 15 7-6-2 1.80 1.67 1.96 −15%
16 more referees with 5+ matches
Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−
Tobias Welz 13 4-2-7 1.08 2.31 1.95 +19%
Bastian Dankert 12 6-3-3 1.75 1.33 1.87 −29%
Benjamin Cortus 12 7-2-3 1.92 1.92 1.97 −3%
Daniel Schlager 11 7-2-2 2.09 1.73 1.97 −12%
Manuel Gräfe 11 5-1-5 1.45 2.45 1.81 +36%
Benjamin Brand 10 6-2-2 2.00 1.60 2.01 −20%
Frank Willenborg 8 4-2-2 1.75 2.00 1.87 +7%
Guido Winkmann 8 5-2-1 2.13 1.88 1.82 +3%
Patrick Ittrich 8 4-3-1 1.88 2.00 1.88 +7%
Robert Schröder 8 6-0-2 2.25 1.88 2.00 −6%
Tobias Reichel 8 5-2-1 2.13 1.63 2.03 −20%
Martin Petersen 7 5-1-1 2.29 1.86 1.83 +1%
Matthias Jollenbeck 7 4-2-1 2.00 1.29 1.82 −29%
Sascha Stegemann 7 2-2-3 1.14 3.00 2.00 +50%
Sören Storks 7 5-2-0 2.43 1.57 1.82 −14%
Markus Schmidt 6 2-2-2 1.33 1.33 1.82 −27%

Under Manuel Gräfe, Bayer 04 Leverkusen picked up 2.45 cards a game, 36% above their own average in the same seasons (11 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (381). Cards = Bayer 04 Leverkusen's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Bayer 04 Leverkusen's manager?

Carles Martínez, #342 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2026 - 15 matches, 10 won (2.07 points per game).

How many managers has Bayer 04 Leverkusen had since 2015?

10, counting 2 caretakers. Plus 1 stand-in: a caretaker for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Bayer 04 Leverkusen's longest-serving manager?

Xabi Alonso: 140 matches from October 2022 to May 2025.

How many cards a game do Bayer 04 Leverkusen get?

2.12 a game in the Bundesliga in 2025/26, against 2.00 for the league's average side; 2.33 so far in 2026/27 (9 matches).

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.