Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen FuĂźball GmbH a...
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen FuĂźball GmbH and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German pro...
Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen FuĂźball GmbH and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, and plays its home matches at the BayArena.
Founded in 1904 by employees of the pharmaceutical company Bayer, the club was formerly a department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and RTHC Bayer Leverkusen, sports clubs whose members participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball, field handball, rowing, tennis and hockey. In 1999, the football department was separated from the sports club. Bayer Leverkusen's main colours are red and black, which feature across their playing kits and badge, and their main rivals are 1. FC Köln, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayern Munich.
Bayer Leverkusen were promoted to the Bundesliga in 1979 and won their maiden top-flight honor, the UEFA Cup, in 1988. The club won its first domestic honour, the DFB Pokal, in 1993. The club finished runners-up across three competitions in 2002, including the UEFA Champions League.
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