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Club facts: Leverkusen

Published: Friday 7 December 2012, 12.00CET
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Club facts: Leverkusen
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Published: Friday 7 December 2012, 12.00CET

Club facts: Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Formed: 1904
Nickname: Werkself (Factory Team)

UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
• UEFA Champions League: (2002)
• UEFA Cup (1): 1988

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
German Cup: 1 (1993)

Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise)
2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16
2010/11:
round of 16
2009/10:
did not take part in UEFA club competition
2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition
2007/08: quarter-finals
2006/07: quarter-finals
2005/06: first round
2004/05: UEFA Champions League round of 16
2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition
2002/03: UEFA Champions League second group stage

Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
6-1: Leverkusen v FC Dinamo Tbilisi
13/08/97, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg
5-0 twice, most recently v FC Baník Ostrava
11/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg

• Biggest away win
1-6: JK Tervis Pärnu v Leverkusen
08/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage
0-5: FC Zürich v Leverkusen
19/12/07, UEFA Cup group stage

• Heaviest home defeat
1-4: Leverkusen v FC Zenit St Petersburg
03/04/08, UEFA Cup quarter-finals first leg
0-3: Leverkusen v CA Osasuna
05/04/07, UEFA Cup quarter-finals first leg

• Heaviest away defeat
7-1: FC Barcelona v Leverkusen
07/03/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
• Biggest home win
5-0: Leverkusen v Kispest Honvéd FC
01/11/94, second round second leg

• Biggest away win
0-5: FC Zürich v Leverkusen (see above)

• Heaviest home defeat
1-4: Leverkusen v FC Zenit St Petersburg (see above)
0-3: Leverkusen v CA Osasuna (see above)

• Heaviest away defeat
3-0 on three occasions, most recently v Parma FC
18/04/95, semi-finals second leg

Last updated: 07/12/12 10.56CET

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