It is a German football club owned by Bayer, which specializes in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. It is based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the German Bundesliga and plays its home matches at the BayArena.
The club was founded in 1904 by employees of Bayer, from which the club takes its name. In 1999, the Football Department was separated from the Athletic Club and is now a separate entity. Bayer first gained promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979, and have remained in the top flight ever since. The club's main colors are red and black, both of which were used as the primary shirt colours, and red and black stripes were also used...
It won the German League for the first time in its history, in the 2023-24 season, by reaching the barrier of 79 points five rounds before the end of the German League in an exceptional season led by Spanish coach Xabi Alonso, and superiority by 16 points over Bayern Munich, which is in second place, and Stuttgart, third in the standings with 63 points. . Bayer Leverkusen has also finished runner-up five times in the Bundesliga. The club won the German Cup and the UEFA Cup once. Bayer also finished as runners-up in the 2001-02 Champions League, falling 2-1 to Real Madrid in the final.