The statistics behind Leverkusen's historic undefeated Bundesliga title | football news


Bayer Leverkusen is the first team in Germany's top flight to remain undefeated throughout the season. Here are the key numbers.

Bayer Leverkusen sealed a historic unbeaten season in the Bundesliga by lifting the title with a 2-1 victory against Augsburg on Saturday.

Here are the numbers behind coach Xabi Alonso's team's remarkable run in the 2023-24 season:

0: Bayer Leverkusen has not lost a single game in the Bundesliga this season.

1: Bayer Leverkusen is the first team in the history of German football to finish a Bundesliga season undefeated.

51: Bayer Leverkusen are yet to lose 51 games in all competitions this season. The streak includes 34 Bundesliga games, 12 in the Europa League and five in the German Cup.

1: Bundesliga titles in Bayer Leverkusen's 120-year history.

2: Bayer Leverkusen won only two titles before this season: the 1988 Europa League and the 1993 German Cup.

3: With the Bundesliga concluded in April, Bayer Leverkusen could win a total of three trophies this season. Alonso's team will face Atalanta in the Europa League final on Wednesday and Kaiserslautern in the German Cup final on Saturday.

5: Bayer Leverkusen have finished second five times in the league.

fifteen: Bayer Leverkusen have scored 15 goals after 90 minutes in all competitions this year. If we count from 80 minutes, the count increases to 33.

59: Bayer Leverkusen's 49th unbeaten match, reaching the Europa League semi-finals with an injury-time draw against Roma, broke a 59-year-old UEFA record set by Benfica from 1963 to 1965.

90: Bayer Leverkusen's points total this season is the second-best result in Bundesliga history, behind Bayern Munich 2012-13 (91).

3: Bayer Leverkusen's star midfielder Florian Wirtz won the Bundesliga Player of the Month award three times this season, in October, December and February. Alex Grimaldo in April and Victor Boniface in August were the other Leverkusen winners.

3: Three players have reached double figures for goals in the league this season: Victor Boniface (14), Florian Wirtz (11) and Alex Grimaldo (10).

13: Grimaldo has a league-high 13 assists, while Florian Wirtz has 11.

33: Bayer Leverkusen have scored in 33 of their 34 games, only drawing blank in a 0-0 draw at home against Borussia Moenchengladbach.

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