Position9of 18
Points49in 34
Won, drawn, lost14-7-13
Goals59for, 46 against
FormWDLWL
Results
2008-09Sat 23 May
FT
Sat 16 May
FT
Tue 12 May
FT
Fri 8 May
FT
Sat 2 May
FT
Sat 25 Apr
FT
Sat 18 Apr
FT
Sun 12 Apr
FT
Sun 5 Apr
FT
Sat 21 Mar
FT
Sat 14 Mar
FT
Sun 8 Mar
FT
Sat 28 Feb
FT
Sun 22 Feb
FT
Fri 13 Feb
FT
Sat 7 Feb
FT
Sat 31 Jan
FT
Sat 13 Dec
FT
Sat 6 Dec
FT
Sat 29 Nov
FT
Sat 22 Nov
FT
Sat 15 Nov
FT
Sat 8 Nov
FT
Fri 31 Oct
FT
Tue 28 Oct
FT
Fri 24 Oct
FT
Sat 18 Oct
FT
Sat 4 Oct
FT
Sat 27 Sep
FT
Fri 19 Sep
FT
Sat 13 Sep
FT
Sat 30 Aug
FT
Sat 23 Aug
FT
Sat 16 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 15thof 84 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 4wins in a row, the longest run of 2008-09
- 4clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2008-09
- 36%of the team's league goals scored by Patrick Helmes
- 50%of matches won since 2001-02
- 7–1Biggest win since 2001-02: Bayer Leverkusen 7–1 Greuther Fuerth
- 2–6Heaviest defeat: Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Bayer Leverkusen
In Europe
115 matches in the European cups since 2014-15Won, drawn, lost55-27-33
Goals199– 136
Finals1none won
Vesta and Bayer Leverkusen
310 league matches since 2017-18- 53%of Bayer Leverkusen's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 141wins in 249 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 14%won with 14%: Bayern Munich 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen
- 18%won with 18%: Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Bayern Munich
- 20%won with 20%: RasenBallsport Leipzig 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen
- 80%lost at 80%: Bayer Leverkusen 0–2 Werder Bremen
- 73%lost at 73%: Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 Augsburg
- 72%lost at 72%: Elversberg 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2008-09, 34 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 13 |
| Against | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
- 0points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 3points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 4points won after going behind
- 11points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2008-09Strength
Rating 1,595Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2008-09| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan KiesslingForward | 34 | 3,017 | 12 | 6 |
| Simon RolfesDefensive midfielder | 33 | 2,970 | 3 | 3 |
| Patrick HelmesForward | 34 | 2,853 | 21 | 4 |
| René AdlerGoalkeeper | 31 | 2,790 | 0 | 0 |
| Renato AugustoMidfielder | 33 | 2,744 | 2 | 8 |
| Manuel FriedrichCentre-back | 30 | 2,688 | 3 | 1 |
| Michal KadlecCentre-back | 30 | 2,630 | 3 | 1 |
| HenriqueCentre-back | 27 | 2,364 | 0 | 1 |
| Tranquillo BarnettaMidfielder | 31 | 2,337 | 4 | 6 |
| Chory CastroCentre-back | 27 | 2,201 | 2 | 0 |
| Arturo VidalMidfielder | 29 | 2,164 | 3 | 3 |
| Lukas SinkiewiczCentre-back | 13 | 982 | 0 | 0 |
| Karim HagguiCentre-back | 11 | 744 | 1 | 0 |
| Pirmin SchweglerMidfielder | 14 | 630 | 0 | 0 |
| Toni KroosMidfielder | 10 | 586 | 1 | 1 |
| Constant DjakpaLeft-back | 9 | 466 | 0 | 1 |
| Sascha DumCentre-back | 20 | 358 | 0 | 1 |
| Tomas ZdebelMidfielder | 4 | 324 | 0 | 0 |
| Benedikt FernandezGoalkeeper | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Theofanis GekasForward | 15 | 177 | 2 | 1 |
| Hans SarpeiMidfielder | 3 | 173 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelos CharisteasForward | 13 | 161 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Sukuta-PasuForward | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernd SchneiderMidfielder | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Jens HegelerCentre-back | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri BulykinForward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

