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 in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, and plays its home matches at the BayArena. The club 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. It was formerly the best-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports including the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen. In 1999 the football department was separated from the sports club and is now a separate entity formally called Bayer 04 Leverkusen GmbH. Bayer were first promoted to the Bundesliga in 1979, and have remained in the top division ever since.
| Full name | Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH |
| Nickname(s) | Die Werkself (The Company's Eleven) |
| Founded | July 1, 1904 |
| Ground | BayArena |
| Ground Capacity | 30,810 |
| Owner | Bayer AG |
| Administration | Fernando Carro (CEO), Rudi Völler (managing director Sports) |
| Head coach | Gerardo Seoane |
About Bayer 04 Leverkusen
German club that won the UEFA Cup in 1988. In 1993, the club won its first DFB-Pokal cup.
Achievement of Bayer 04 Leverkusen
The club had its first runners-up finish in the Bundesliga behind Bayern Munich in 1996-97. They went on to finish runners-up four more times in the next 15 years.
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Latest information about Bayer 04 Leverkusen updated on July 28 2021.
