Bayer 04 Leverkusen in European football

Bayer 04 Leverkusen in international football competitions
ClubBayer 04 Leverkusen
Seasons played30
First entry1986–87 UEFA Cup
Latest entry2024–25 UEFA Champions League
Titles
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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

As of 10 December 2024
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
UEFA Champions League 123 47 27 49 183 185 −2 038.21
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 270 123 60 87 451 336 +115 045.56

Results

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

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