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November 5 2024, 18:09 · Trystan Pugh
Updated: November 13 2024, 16:05

Leverkusen’s Records and Stats in the European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Leverkusen’s Records and Stats in the European Cup / UEFA Champions League

We’ve trawled through the history books to bring you the key records and milestones for teams competing in the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League. Here we look at Leverkusen.

Unless otherwise stated, team records cover the European Cup & UEFA Champions League combined, while player records focus on the UEFA Champions League era only (1992/93 – present).

This page will be updated as and when relevant.

TEAM RECORDS (European Cup & Champions League combined)

Biggest home victory

European Cup/UEFA Champions League
6-1: Leverkusen v Dinamo Tbilisi, 13/08/97, UEFA Champions League second qualifying phase first leg
5-0: Leverkusen v Baník Ostrava, 11/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg

UEFA Champions League league phase/group stage to final
4-0: Leverkusen v Shakhtar Donetsk, 23/10/13, group stage

Biggest away victory

European Cup/UEFA Champions League
0-4: Feyenoord v Leverkusen, 19/09/24, UEFA Champions League league phase

UEFA Champions League league phase/group stage to final
0-4: Feyenoord v Leverkusen, 19/09/24, UEFA Champions League league phase

Biggest home defeat

European Cup/UEFA Champions League
0-5: Leverkusen v Man United, 27/11/13, UEFA Champions League group stage

UEFA Champions League league phase/group stage to final
0-5: Leverkusen v Man United, 27/11/13, group stage

Biggest away defeat

European Cup/UEFA Champions League
7-1: Barcelona v Leverkusen, 07/03/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg

UEFA Champions League league phase/group stage to final
7-1: Barcelona v Leverkusen, 07/03/12, round of 16 second leg

All-time season-by-season European Cup/UEFA Champions League record

2022/23 Group stage

2019/20 Group stage

2016/17 Round of 16

2015/16 Group stage

2014/15 Round of 16

2013/14 Round of 16

2011/12 Round of 16

2004/05 Round of 16

2002/03 Second group stage

2001/02 Runners-up

2000/01 Group stage

1999/00 Group stage

1997/98 Quarter-finals

STREAKS (European Cup/UEFA Champions League)

Most successive wins

4: 21/08/2001 - 10/10/2001

Most successive draws

5: 24/11/2015 - 18/10/2016

Most successive defeats

7: 13/11/2002 - 19/03/2003

Most successive games without a defeat

8: 24/11/2015 - 07/12/2016

Most successive games without a win

8: 29/09/2015 - 18/10/2016

Most successive clean sheets

5: 25/10/2000 - 18/09/2001

PLAYER RECORDS (UEFA Champions League only – group stage/league phase to final)

Top appearance makers

49: Carsten Ramelow

46: Bernd Schneider

39: Boris Zivkovic

37: Bernd Leno

37: Oliver Neuville

Top goalscorers

9: Michael Ballack

9: Ulf Kirsten

8: Oliver Neuville

7: Dimitar Berbatov

6: Marko Babić

6: Javier Hernández

6: Bernd Schneider

Youngest players

17y 144d: Kai Havertz (Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 02/11/16)

17y 271d: Gonzalo Castro (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 Liverpool FC, 09/03/05)

17y 292d: Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-4 Paris Saint-Germain, 18/02/14)

Youngest goalscorers

20y 219d: Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-0 AS Monaco FC, 07/12/16)

20y 235d: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-1 SL Benfica, 01/10/14)

20y 274d: Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 Olympique Lyonnais, 31/10/01)

Oldest players

36y 162d: Ulf Kirsten (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 Real Madrid CF, 15/05/02)

35y 71d: Michael Ballack (KRC Genk 1-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 06/12/11)

34y 347d: Lukas Hradecky (Liverpool FC 4-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 05/11/24)

Oldest goalscorers

36y 77d: Ulf Kirsten (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-1 Arsenal FC, 19/02/02)

35y 2d: Michael Ballack (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 KRC Genk, 28/09/11)

32y 71d: Manuel Friedrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 Chelsea FC, 23/11/11)

Most goals in a match

2 goals: Emerson (v Sporting CP, 05/11/97)

2 goals: Michael Ballack (v Liverpool, 09/04/02)

2 goals: Bernd Schneider (v Olympiacos, 18/09/02)

2 goals: Marko Babić (v Maccabi Haifa, 01/10/02)

2 goals: Stefan Kiessling (v Shakhtar Donetsk, 23/10/13)

2 goals: Heung-Min Son (v Zenit, 04/11/14)

2 goals: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (v BATE Borisov, 16/09/15)

2 goals: Javier Hernández (v Roma, 20/10/15)

2 goals: Florian Wirtz (v Feyenoord, 19/09/24)

All hat-tricks

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