In the first European match of the season, coach Dennis te Braak's team woke up a little too late. In the last half hour, they had the most chances and Ayoub Ouarghi also scored a brilliant goal, but by then the Germans had already struck twice.

The next match in the international youth tournament is on Wednesday 2 October against Girona FC O19.

Feyenoord O19 - Bayer Leverkusen O19 1-2 (0-1)
Score sequence:
22' 0-1 Hawighorst
63' 0-2 Onyeka
79' 1-2 Ouarghi

Line-up Feyenoord O19
Ka; Read (60‘ Mparaganda), Giersthove, Plug, Arnaud, El Harmouz (74’ Hoepel), Van den Elshout, Ouarghi, Sliti (84‘ Otte), Neijenhuis (46’ Sebbar), Redmond.