German club in European football
Bayer 04 Leverkusen in international football competitions Club Bayer 04 Leverkusen Seasons played 30 First entry 1986–87 UEFA Cup Latest entry 2024–25 UEFA Champions League Europa League
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, 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 [ edit ]
As of 19 September 2024
Results [ edit ]
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
—
Brest
—
Liverpool
—
Red Bull Salzburg
—
Internazionale
—
Atlético Madrid
—
Sparta Prague
—
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^ "1988–89 UEFA Cup - Matches" . UEFA.com . Retrieved 1 July 2022 .
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