Bayer 04 Leverkusen in European football

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 04 Leverkusen in international football competitions
ClubBayer 04 Leverkusen
Seasons played30
First entry1986–87 UEFA Cup
Latest entry2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Europa League
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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, one DFB-Pokal, 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 twelve years after this.

Overall record

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As of 26 November 2024
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
UEFA Champions League 122 46 27 49 182 185 −3 037.70
UEFA Cup/Europa League 141 73 31 37 253 144 +109 051.77
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 3 2 1 15 8 +7 050.00
Total 269 122 60 87 450 336 +114 045.35

Results

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Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate Reference
1986–87 UEFA Cup First round   Kalmar FF 4–1 3–0 7–1   [1][2]
Second round   Dukla Prague 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)  
1987–88 UEFA Cup First round   Austria Wien 5–1 0–0 5–1   [3][4]
Second round   Toulouse 1–0 1–1 2–1  
Third round   Feyenoord 1–0 2–2 3–2  
Quarter-finals   Barcelona 0–0 1–0 1–0  
Semi-finals   Werder Bremen 1–0 0–0 1–0  
Final   Espanyol 3–0 (a.e.t.) 0–3 3–3 (3–2 p)  
1988–89 UEFA Cup First round   Belenenses 0–1 0–1 0–2   [5][6]
1990–91 UEFA Cup First round   Twente 1–0 1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–1   [7][8]
Second round   GKS Katowice 4–0 2–1 6–1  
Third round   Brøndby 0–0 0–3 0–3  
1993–94 Cup Winners' Cup First round   Zbrojovka Brno 2–0 3–0 5–0   [9]
Second round   Panathinaikos 1–2 4–1 5–3  
Quarter-finals   Benfica 4–4 1–1 5–5 (a)  
1994–95 UEFA Cup First round   PSV Eindhoven 5–4 0–0 5–4   [10][11]
Second round   Kispesti Honvéd 5–0 2–0 7–0  
Third round   GKS Katowice 4–0 4–1 8–1  
Quarter-finals   Nantes 5–1 0–0 5–1  
Semi-finals   Parma 1–2 0–3 1–5  
1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round   Dinamo Tbilisi 6–1 0–1 6–2   [12][13]
Group F   Lierse 1–0 2–0 2nd  
  Monaco 2–2 0–4
  Sporting CP 4–1 2–0
Quarter-finals   Real Madrid 1–1 0–3 1–4  
1998–99 UEFA Cup First round   Udinese 1–0 1–1 2–1   [14][15]
Second round   Rangers 1–2 1–1 2–3  
1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group A   Lazio 1–1 1–1 3rd   [16][17]
  Maribor 0–0 2–0
  Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 2–4
UEFA Cup Third round   Udinese 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)   [18][19]
2000–01 UEFA Champions League Group A   Spartak Moscow 1–0 0–2 3rd   [20][21]
  Sporting CP 3–2 0–0
  Real Madrid 2–3 3–5
UEFA Cup Third round   AEK Athens 4–4 0–2 4–6   [22][23]
2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round   Red Star Belgrade 3–0 0–0 3–0   [24][25]
Group F   Lyon 2–4 1–0 2nd  
  Barcelona 2–1 1–2
  Fenerbahçe 2–1 2–1
Group D   Juventus 3–1 0–4 1st  
  Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 3–1
  Arsenal 1–1 1–4
Quarter-finals   Liverpool 4–2 0–1 4–3  
Semi-finals   Manchester United 1–1 2–2 3–3 (a)  
Final   Real Madrid 1–2 (N)  
2002–03 UEFA Champions League Group F   Olympiacos 2–0 2–6 2nd   [26][27]
  Manchester United 1–2 0–2
  Maccabi Haifa 2–1 2–0
Group A   Barcelona 1–2 0–2 4th  
  Internazionale 0–2 2–3
  Newcastle United 1–3 1–3
2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group B   Real Madrid 3–0 1–1 1st   [28][29]
  Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 2–4
  Roma 3–1 1–1
Round of 16   Liverpool 1–3 1–3 2–6  
2005–06 UEFA Cup First round   CSKA Sofia 0–1 0–1 0–2   [30][31]
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round   Sion 3–1 0–0 3–1   [32][33]
Group B   Club Brugge 1–1 3rd  
  Tottenham Hotspur 0–1
  Dinamo București 1–2
  Beşiktaş 2–1
Round of 32   Blackburn Rovers 3–2 0–0 3–2  
Round of 16   Lens 3–0 1–2 4–2  
Quarter-finals   Osasuna 0–3 0–1 0–4  
2007–08 UEFA Cup First round   União de Leiria 3–1 2–3 5–4   [34][35]
Group E   Toulouse 1–0 1st  
  Spartak Moscow 1–2
  Sparta Prague 1–0
  Zürich 5–0
Round of 32   Galatasaray 5–1 0–0 5–1  
Round of 16   Hamburger SV 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)  
Quarter-finals   Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–4 1–0 2–4  
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Group B   Rosenborg 4–0 1–0 1st   [36][37]
  Atlético Madrid 1–1 1–1
  Aris 1–0 0–0
Round of 32   Metalist Kharkiv 2–0 4–0 6–0  
Round of 16   Villarreal 2–3 1–2 3–5  
2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group E   Chelsea 2–1 0–2 2nd   [38][39]
  Genk 2–0 1–1
  Valencia 2–1 1–3
Round of 16   Barcelona 1–3 1–7 2–10  
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Group K   Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 0–2 2nd   [40][41]
  Rosenborg 1–0 1–0
  Rapid Wien 3–0 4–0
Round of 32   Benfica 0–1 1–2 1–3  
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Group A   Manchester United 0–5 2–4 2nd   [42][43]
  Real Sociedad 2–1 1–0
  Shakhtar Donetsk 4–0 0–0
Round of 16   Paris Saint-Germain 0–4 1–2 1–6  
2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round   Copenhagen 4–0 3–2 7–2   [44][45]
Group C   Monaco 0–1 0–1 2nd  
  Benfica 3–1 0–0
  Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–0 2–1
Round of 16   Atlético Madrid 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.) 1–1 (2–3 p)  
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round   Lazio 3–0 0–1 3–1   [46][47]
Group C   BATE Borisov 4–1 1–1 3rd  
  Barcelona 1–1 1–2
  Roma 4–4 2–3
UEFA Europa League Round of 32   Sporting CP 1–0 3–1 4–1   [48][49]
Round of 16   Villarreal 0–0 0–2 0–2  
2016–17 UEFA Champions League Group E   CSKA Moscow 2–2 1–1 2nd   [50][51]
  Monaco 3–0 1–1
  Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 1–0
Round of 16   Atlético Madrid 2–4 0–0 2–4  
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Group A   Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 2–3 1st   [52][53]
  AEK Larnaca 4–2 5–1
  Zürich 1–0 2–3
Round of 32   Krasnodar 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)  
2019–20 UEFA Champions League Group D   Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 2–0 3rd   [54][55]
  Juventus 0–2 0–3
  Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1
UEFA Europa League Round of 32   Porto 2–1 3–1 5–2   [56][57]
Round of 16   Rangers 1–0 3–1 4–1  
Quarter-finals   Internazionale 1–2 (N)  
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Group C   Nice 6–2 3–2 1st   [58][59]
  Slavia Prague 4–0 0–1
  Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4–1 4–2
Round of 32   Young Boys 0–2 3–4 3–6  
2021–22 UEFA Europa League Group G   Ferencváros 2–1 0–1 1st   [60][61]
  Celtic 3–2 4–0
  Real Betis 4–0 1–1
Round of 16   Atalanta 0–1 2–3 2–4  
2022–23 UEFA Champions League Group B   Club Brugge 0–0 0–1 3rd   [62][63]
  Atlético Madrid 2–0 2–2
  Porto 0–3 0–2
UEFA Europa League Knockout round play-offs   Monaco 2–3 3–2 (a.e.t.) 5–5 (5–3 p)   [64][65]
Round of 16   Ferencváros 2–0 2–0 4–0  
Quarter-finals   Union Saint-Gilloise 1–1 4–1 5–1  
Semi-finals   Roma 0–0 0–1 0–1  
2023–24 UEFA Europa League Group H   BK Häcken 4–0 2–0 1st   [66]
  Molde 5–1 2–1
  Qarabağ 5–1 1–0
Round of 16   Qarabağ 3–2 2–2 5–4  
Quarter-finals   West Ham United 2–0 1–1 3–1  
Semi-finals   Roma 2–2 2–0 4–2  
Final   Atalanta 0–3 (N)  
2024–25 UEFA Champions League League phase   Feyenoord 4–0
  Milan 1–0
  Brest 1–1
  Liverpool 0–4
  Red Bull Salzburg 5–0
  Internazionale
  Atlético Madrid
  Sparta Prague

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