Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Bayer Leverkusen was founded in 1904 by employees of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, whose headquarters are in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its name. The club has won one UEFA Cup, two DFB-Pokals, one DFL-Supercup, and won their first Bundesliga title in the 2023–24 season. They have also finished runners-up five times in the Bundesliga and once each in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Bayer Leverkusen has competed in European competition for 30 seasons, first qualifying for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup through a sixth placed finish in the 1985–86 Bundesliga, being Germany's fourth representative at the tournament. The club has played in three European finals: they won the two-legged 1988 UEFA Cup final against Espanyol on penalties, lost 2–1 in the 2002 Champions League final against Real Madrid fourteen years later, and lost 3–0 to Atalanta in the 2024 Europa League final twenty-two years after.

Overall record

By competition CompetitionWin %UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Cup/Europa LeagueUEFA Cup Winners' CupTotal

By country Country Win %

Results SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAggregateReference1986–87UEFA CupFirst round Kalmar FF4–13–07–1Second round Dukla Prague1–10–01–1 (a)1987–88UEFA CupFirst round Austria Wien5–10–05–1Second round Toulouse1–01–12–1Third round Feyenoord1–02–23–2Quarter-finals Barcelona0–01–01–0Semi-finals Werder Bremen1–00–01–0Final Espanyol3–0 0–33–3 1988–89 UEFA Cup First round Belenenses0–10–10–21990–91UEFA Cup First round Twente1–01–1 2–1Second round GKS Katowice4–02–16–1Third round Brøndby0–00–30–31993–94Cup Winners' CupFirst round Zbrojovka Brno2–03–05–0Second round Panathinaikos1–24–15–3Quarter-finals Benfica4–41–15–5 (a)1994–95UEFA CupFirst round PSV Eindhoven5–40–05–4Second round Kispesti Honvéd5–02–07–0Third round GKS Katowice4–04–18–1Quarter-finals Nantes5–10–05–1Semi-finals Parma1–20–31–51997–98UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round Dinamo Tbilisi6–10–16–2Group F Lierse1–02–02nd Monaco2–20–4 Sporting CP4–12–0Quarter-finals Real Madrid1–10–31–41998–99UEFA CupFirst round Udinese1–01–12–1Second round Rangers1–21–12–31999–2000UEFA Champions LeagueGroup A Lazio1–11–13rd Maribor0–02–0 Dynamo Kyiv1–12–4UEFA CupThird round Udinese1–21–02–2 (a)2000–01UEFA Champions LeagueGroup A Spartak Moscow1–00–23rd Sporting CP3–20–0 Real Madrid2–33–5UEFA CupThird round AEK Athens4–40–24–62001–02UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round Red Star Belgrade3–00–03–0Group F Lyon2–41–02nd Barcelona2–11–2 Fenerbahçe2–12–1Group D Juventus3–10–41st Deportivo La Coruña3–03–1 Arsenal1–11–4Quarter-finals Liverpool4–20–14–3Semi-finals Manchester United1–12–23–3 (a)Final Real Madrid1–2 (N)2002–03UEFA Champions LeagueGroup F Olympiacos2–02–62nd Manchester United1–20–2 Maccabi Haifa2–12–0Group A Barcelona1–20–24th Internazionale0–22–3 Newcastle United1–31–32004–05UEFA Champions LeagueGroup B Real Madrid3–01–11st Dynamo Kyiv3–02–4 Roma3–11–1Round of 16 Liverpool1–31–32–62005–06 UEFA Cup First round CSKA Sofia0–10–10–22006–07UEFA CupFirst round Sion3–10–03–1Group B Club Brugge 1–13rd Tottenham Hotspur0–1 Dinamo București 1–2 Beşiktaş2–1 Round of 32 Blackburn Rovers3–20–03–2Round of 16 Lens3–01–24–2Quarter-finals Osasuna0–30–10–42007–08UEFA CupFirst round União de Leiria3–12–35–4Group E Toulouse1–0 1st Spartak Moscow 1–2 Sparta Prague1–0 Zürich 5–0Round of 32 Galatasaray5–10–05–1Round of 16 Hamburger SV1–02–33–3 (a)Quarter-finals Zenit Saint Petersburg1–41–02–42010–11UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round Tavriya Simferopol3–03–16–1Group B Rosenborg4–01–01st Atlético Madrid1–11–1 Aris1–00–0Round of 32 Metalist Kharkiv2–04–06–0Round of 16 Villarreal2–31–23–52011–12UEFA Champions LeagueGroup E Chelsea2–10–22nd Genk2–01–1 Valencia2–11–3Round of 16 Barcelona1–31–72–102012–13UEFA Europa LeagueGroup K Metalist Kharkiv0–00–22nd Rosenborg1–01–0 Rapid Wien3–04–0Round of 32 Benfica0–11–21–32013–14UEFA Champions LeagueGroup A Manchester United0–52–42nd Real Sociedad2–11–0 Shakhtar Donetsk4–00–0Round of 16 Paris Saint-Germain0–41–21–62014–15UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round Copenhagen4–03–27–2Group C Monaco0–10–12nd Benfica3–10–0 Zenit Saint Petersburg2–02–1Round of 16 Atlético Madrid1–00–1 1–1 2015–16UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round Lazio3–00–13–1Group E BATE Borisov4–11–13rd Barcelona1–11–2 Roma4–42–3UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32 Sporting CP1–03–14–1Round of 16 Villarreal0–00–20–22016–17UEFA Champions LeagueGroup E CSKA Moscow2–21–12nd Monaco3–01–1 Tottenham Hotspur0–01–0Round of 16 Atlético Madrid2–40–02–42018–19UEFA Europa LeagueGroup A Ludogorets Razgrad1–12–31st AEK Larnaca4–25–1 Zürich1–02–3Round of 32 Krasnodar1–10–01–1 (a)2019–20UEFA Champions LeagueGroup D Lokomotiv Moscow1–22–03rd Juventus0–20–3 Atlético Madrid2–10–1UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32 Porto2–13–15–2Round of 16 Rangers1–03–14–1Quarter-finals Internazionale1–2 (N)2020–21UEFA Europa LeagueGroup C Nice6–23–21st Slavia Prague4–00–1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva4–14–2Round of 32 Young Boys0–23–43–62021–22UEFA Europa LeagueGroup G Ferencváros2–10–11st Celtic3–24–0 Real Betis4–01–1Round of 16 Atalanta0–12–32–42022–23UEFA Champions LeagueGroup B Club Brugge0–00–13rd Atlético Madrid2–02–2 Porto0–30–2UEFA Europa LeagueKnockout round play-offs Monaco2–33–2 5–5 Round of 16 Ferencváros2–02–04–0Quarter-finals Union Saint-Gilloise1–14–15–1Semi-finals Roma0–00–10–12023–24UEFA Europa LeagueGroup H BK Häcken4–02–01st Molde5–12–1 Qarabağ5–11–0Round of 163–22–25–4Quarter-finals West Ham United2–01–13–1Semi-finals Roma2–22–0 4–2Final Atalanta0–3 (N)2024–25UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase Feyenoord 4–06th Milan1–0 Brest 1–1 Liverpool 0–4 Red Bull Salzburg5–0 Internazionale1–0 Atlético Madrid 1–2 Sparta Prague2–0 Round of 16 Bayern Munich0–20–3 0–52025–26UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase Copenhagen 2–216th PSV Eindhoven1–1 Paris Saint-Germain2–7 Benfica 1–0 Manchester City 2–0 Newcastle United2–2 Olympiacos 0–2 Villarreal3–0 Knockout phase play-offs Olympiacos0–02–0 2–0 Round of 16 Arsenal1–10–2 1–32026–27UEFA Europa LeagueLeague phase Celje2–0 Lech Poznań OFI Marseille Dinamo Zagreb Beşiktaş Red Bull Salzburg Lyon

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