Bayern 04 Leverkusen football GmbH, too known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen, Leverkusen or essentially Bayer, maybe a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays within the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, and hosts match at the BayArena
History
The club was established in 1904 by workers of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, whose central command is in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its title. It was once in the past the best-known division of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose individuals to take part in games, acrobatic, ball and other sports counting the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen (paddling, tennis, and hockey). On 27 November 1903, Wilhelm Hauschild composed a letter – marked by 170 of his individual specialists – to his boss, the Friedrich Bayer, and Co., looking for the company’s back in beginning a sports club.
The company concurred to bolster the activity, and on 1 July 1904 Turn- und Spielverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen was founded On 31 May 1907, an isolated football office was shaped inside the club. Within the culture of sports in Germany at the time, there was noteworthy ill will between gymnasts and other sorts of competitors. Inevitably this contributed to a part inside the club:: on 8 June 1928, the footballers shaped a partitioned affiliation – Sportvereinigung Bayer 04 Leverkusen – that moreover included the handball and fistball players, sports, and boxing, whereas the gymnasts carried on as Tue Bayer 04 Leverkusen. SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen took with them the club’s conventional colors of ruddy and dark, with the gymnasts embracing blue and yellow. Through this period, and into the 1930s, SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen played third and fourth division football In 1936, they earned advancement to the moment the most noteworthy course of play of the period. That was moreover the year that the club wore the recognizable “Bayer” cross for the primary time. They made there, to begin with, an appearance in upper league play in 1951, within the Oberliga West and played there until 1956, after which they were relegated.
Coaching Staff
| Name | Position |
| Markus von ahlen
|
Trainer-team
|
| Iraklis metaxas
|
Trainer-team
|
| Patrick weiser
|
Trainer-team
|
| Jan hoepner
Trainer-team
|
Trainer-team
|
| Johann rieckhof
Torwarttrainer Kai braun
|
Athletic trainer
|
| Till rothweiler
|
Physiotherapist
|
| Severin feldmann
|
Physiotherapist
|
| Ingo goetze
|
Sport psychology
|
Management
| Name | Position | Age |
Fernando carro de prada – |
Ceo
|
1964 |
Rudi völler –
|
Managing director sports | 1960 |
Fabian otto – |
Director of finance/personnel
|
1973 |
Simon pallmann – |
Director of business operations
|
1977 |
Simon rolfes –
|
Director of sport | 1982 |
Dr. Bernd schröder – |
Director of marketing and sales
|
1966 |
Meinolf sprink –
|
Director of fans/community | 1958 |
Holger tromp – |
Director of communications
|
1972 |
Dr. Karl-heinrich dittmar – |
Medical director
|
1963 |
Lars küpper – |
Head of legal affairs / compliance / institutional relations
|
1977 |
Squad
| No. | Position | Player |
| 1 | GK | Lukáš Hrádecký |
| 4 | DF | Jonathan Tah |
| 5 | MF | Sven Bender |
| 6 | DF | Aleksandar Dragović |
| 7 | FW | Paulinho |
| 8 | MF | Lars Bender (captain) |
| 9 | FW | Leon Bailey |
| 10 | MF | Kerem Demirbay |
| 11 | MF | Nadiem Amiri |
| 12 | DF | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 13 | FW | Lucas Alario |
| 15 | MF | Julian Baumgartlinger |
| 18 | DF | Wendell (vice-captain) |
| 19 | FW | Moussa Diaby |
| 20 | MF | Charles Aránguiz |
| 22 | DF | Daley Sinkgraven |
| 23 | DF | Mitchell Weiser |
| 25 | MF | Exequiel Palacios |
| 28 | GK | Ramazan Özcan |
| 29 | MF | Kai Havertz |
| 31 | FW | Kevin Volland |
| 35 | MF | Adrian Stanilewicz |
| 36 | GK | Niklas Lomb |
| 38 | MF | Karim Bellarabi (3rd captain) |
Honors
Domestic
League
Bundesliga:
- Runners-up: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2010–11
Bundesliga North:
- Winners: 1978–79
Cup
DFB-Pokal
- Winners: 1992–93
- Runners-up: 2001–02, 2008–09
DFB-Supercup:
- Runners-up: 1993
European
UEFA Cup:
- Winners: 1987–88
UEFA Champions League:
- Runners-up: 2001–02
Youth
German Under 19 championship
- Champions: 1986, 2000, 2007
- Runners-up: 1995, 2001, 2003, 2010
- German Under 17 championship
- Champions: 1992, 2016
- Under 19 Bundesliga West
- Champions: 2007, 2010
In Europe
| Competition | Played | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| UEFA Champions League | 94 | 36 | 19 | 39 | 133 | 154 | −21 | 38.30 |
| UEFA Europa League | 92 | 43 | 23 | 26 | 141 | 85 | +56 | 46.74 |
| UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 50.00 |
| Total | 192 | 82 | 44 | 66 | 289 | 247 | +42 | 42.71 |
