Bayer 04 Leverkusen in European football
German club in European football
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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.
| Club | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
|---|---|
| Seasons played | 31 |
| First entry | 1986–87 UEFA Cup |
| Latest entry | 2025–26 UEFA Champions League |
| Titles | |
| Europa League | 1 |
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 twenty-two years after.
Overall record
- As of 17 March 2026
By competition
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 137 | 51 | 32 | 54 | 196 | 207 | −11 | 37.23 |
| UEFA Cup/Europa League | 142 | 72 | 32 | 38 | 252 | 145 | +107 | 50.70 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 50.00 |
| Total | 285 | 126 | 66 | 93 | 463 | 360 | +103 | 44.21 |
By country
| Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 80.00 |
 Azerbaijan |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 75.00 |
 Belarus |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 50.00 |
 Belgium |
9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 44.44 |
 Bulgaria |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0.00 |
 Cyprus |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 100.00 |
 Czech Republic |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 62.50 |
 Denmark |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 40.00 |
 England |
28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 21.43 |
 France |
23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 39.13 |
 Georgia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 50.00 |
 Germany |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 33.33 |
 Greece |
11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 36.36 |
 Hungary |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 83.33 |
 Israel |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 100.00 |
 Italy |
30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 26.67 |
 Netherlands |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 50.00 |
 Norway |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 100.00 |
 Poland |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 100.00 |
 Portugal |
21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 47.62 |
 Romania |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Russia |
13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | +0 | 38.46 |
 Scotland |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 66.67 |
 Serbia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 50.00 |
 Slovenia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 50.00 |
 Spain |
45 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 31.11 |
 Sweden |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 100.00 |
 Switzerland |
7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 42.86 |
 Turkey |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 80.00 |
 Ukraine |
12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 50.00 |
Results
| 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 |
N/a | 1–1 | 3rd | ||||
| Tottenham Hotspur |
0–1 | N/a | ||||||
| Dinamo București |
N/a | 1–2 | ||||||
| Beşiktaş |
2–1 | N/a | ||||||
| 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 | N/a | 1st | ||||
| Spartak Moscow |
N/a | 1–2 | ||||||
| Sparta Prague |
1–0 | N/a | ||||||
| Zürich |
N/a | 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 | Play-off round | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | [36][37] | ||
| Group B | Rosenborg |
4–0 | 1–0 | 1st | ||||
| 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 E | 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 | 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 |
N/a | 4–0 | 6th | |
|
| Milan |
1–0 | N/a | ||||||
| Brest |
N/a | 1–1 | ||||||
| Liverpool |
N/a | 0–4 | ||||||
| Red Bull Salzburg |
5–0 | N/a | ||||||
| Internazionale |
1–0 | N/a | ||||||
| Atlético Madrid |
N/a | 1–2 | ||||||
| Sparta Prague |
2–0 | N/a | ||||||
| Round of 16 | Bayern Munich |
0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | | |||
| 2025–26 | UEFA Champions League | League phase | Copenhagen |
N/a | 2–2 | 16th | |
|
| PSV Eindhoven |
1–1 | N/a | ||||||
| Paris Saint-Germain |
2–7 | N/a | ||||||
| Benfica |
N/a | 1–0 | ||||||
| Manchester City |
N/a | 2–0 | ||||||
| Newcastle United |
2–2 | N/a | ||||||
| Olympiacos |
N/a | 0–2 | ||||||
| Villarreal |
3–0 | N/a | ||||||
| Knockout phase play-offs | Olympiacos |
0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | |||
| Round of 16 | Arsenal |
1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | |||