Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-4 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 17 September 2011

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-4 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 17 September 2011, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-4 FC Köln: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen were beaten by FC Köln 1-4 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17 September 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Milivoje Novaković opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goal came from Simon Rolfes (70'). FC Köln scored through Milivoje Novaković (44'), Lukas Podolski (47'), Lukas Podolski (54') and Mato Jajalo (90+4').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; FC Köln received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 5th on 10 points from 5 and FC Köln 14th on 4 points from 5. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 5th with 54 points, and FC Köln 17th with 30.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 1 draw and 1 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Hanno BalitschBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 27'Yellow card · S. PeszkoFC Köln
  • 44'Goal · Milivoje NovakovićFC Köln · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · Lukas PodolskiFC Köln · 0-2
  • 54'Goal · Lukas PodolskiFC Köln · 0-3
  • 70'Goal · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-3
  • 79'Yellow card · Christian ClemensFC Köln
  • 82'Yellow card · Michael RensingFC Köln
  • 84'Yellow card · Sascha RietherFC Köln
  • 90+1'Red card · Andre SchürrleBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+4'Goal · Mato JajaloFC Köln · 1-4

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6, draws 1, FC Köln 1.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Daniel Schwaab, Ömer Toprak, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Renato Augusto, Michael Ballack, Hanno Balitsch, Eren Derdiyok

FC Köln line-up (4-4-2)

Michael Rensing, Ammar Jemal, Sascha Riether, Henrique Sereno, Pedro Geromel, Kevin McKenna, Mato Jajalo, Adil Chihi, Lukas Podolski, Milivoje Novakovič, Sławomir Peszko