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: twice, most recently, Leverkusen v FC Salzburg, 26/11/24, UEFA Champions League league phase
UEFA Champions League league phase/group stage to final
5-0: Leverkusen v FC Salzburg, 26/11/24, league phase
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 108d: Artem Stepanov (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5-0 FC Salzburg, 26/11/24)
17y 144d: Kai Havertz (Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 02/11/16)
17y 211d: Francis Onyeka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5-0 FC Salzburg, 26/11/24)
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)
2 goals: Florian Wirtz (v Inter, 26/11/24)
All hat-tricks
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