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This is a summary of the season results of the Bayer 04 Leverkusen football club across all competitions spanning from 1946 to the present.
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Season | Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | DFB-Pokal | DFL-Supercup | Cup | Result | Player(s) | Goals |
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League | UEFA – FIFA | Top goalscorer(s) [1] | |||||||||||||
1946–47 | Rheinbezirksliga (2) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 61 | 30 | 11th | Not played | N/A | - | |||
1947–48 | 24 | - | - | - | 48 | 44 | 25 | 5th | N/A | - | |||||
1948–49 | 26 | - | - | - | 79 | 29 | 41 | 1st | N/A | - | |||||
1949–50 | 30 | - | - | - | 56 | 39 | 35 | 5th | N/A | - | |||||
1950–51 | 30 | - | - | - | 69 | 36 | 47 | 1st↑ | N/A | - | |||||
1951–52 | Oberliga (1) | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 32 | 6th | N/A | - | ||||
1952–53 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 68 | 29 | 10th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1953–54 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 58 | 67 | 31 | 7th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1954–55 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 42 | 36 | 3rd | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1955–56 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 37 | 65 | 17 | 15th↓ | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1956–57 | 2. Oberliga (2) | 30 | - | - | - | 48 | 29 | 25 | 4th | DNE | N/A | - | |||
1957–58 | 30 | - | - | - | 68 | 39 | 38 | 4th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1958–59 | 30 | - | - | - | 63 | 46 | 37 | 4th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1959–60 | 30 | - | - | - | 58 | 52 | 31 | 5th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1961–62 | 30 | - | - | - | 93 | 40 | 45 | 1st↑ | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1962–63 | Oberliga (1) | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 54 | 30 | 9th | DNE | Hans-Otto Peters | 13 | |||
1963–64 | Regionalliga (2) | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 62 | 62 | 35 | 12th | DNE | N/A | - | |||
1964–65 | 38 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 25 | 16th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1965–66 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 75 | 26 | 14th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1966–67 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 62 | 32 | 10th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1967–68 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 70 | 32 | 52 | 1st | R32 | N/A | - | ||||
1968–69 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 35 | 36 | 8th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1969–70 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 65 | 31 | 11th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1970–71 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 62 | 33 | 7th | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1971–72 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 49 | 35 | 8th | R32 | N/A | - | ||||
1972–73 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 76 | 19 | 17th↓ | DNE | N/A | - | ||||
1973–74 | Verbandsliga (3) | 28 | - | - | - | 65 | 30 | 39 | 1st | DNE | N/A | - | |||
1974–75 | 32 | - | - | - | 67 | 33 | 44 | 1st↑ | R32 | N/A | - | ||||
1975–76 | 2. Bundesliga (2) | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 61 | 32 | 15th | R64 | Wilfried Klinge | 10 | |||
1976–77 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 58 | 40 | 10th | R32 | Frank-Michael Schonert | 18 | ||||
1977–78 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 51 | 39 | 8th | R32 | Dieter Herzog | 14 | ||||
1978–79 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 87 | 34 | 59 | 1st↑ | QF | Matthias Brücken | 24 | ||||
1979–80 | Bundesliga (1) | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 61 | 32 | 12th | R64 | Dietmar Demuth | 10 | |||
1980–81 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 53 | 30 | 11th | R64 | Arne Larsen Økland | 16 | ||||
1981–82 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 72 | 25 | 16th | R32 | Arne Larsen Økland | 19 | ||||
1982–83 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 66 | 29 | 11th | R32 | Arne Larsen Økland | 14 | ||||
1983–84 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 34 | 7th | R32 | Herbert Waas | 15 | ||||
1984–85 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 54 | 31 | 13th | QF | Cha Bum-kun | 14 | ||||
1985–86 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 6th | QF | Cha Bum-kun | 17 | ||||
1986–87 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 38 | 39 | 6th | R32 | UC | R32 | Herbert Waas | 18 | ||
1987–88 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 53 | 60 | 32 | 8th | R64 | UC | W | Christian Schreier | 14 | ||
1988–89 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 34 | 8th | SF | UC | R64 | Christian Schreier | 15 | ||
1989–90 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 39 | 5th | R64 | Marek Leśniak | 9 | ||||
1990–91 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 47 | 46 | 35 | 8th | R32 | UC | R16 | Ulf Kirsten | 15 | ||
1991–92 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 43 | 6th | SF | Andreas Thom | 13 | ||||
1992–93 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 64 | 45 | 40 | 5th | W | Ulf Kirsten ♦ | 23 | ||||
1993–94 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 47 | 39 | 3rd | QF | RU | CWC | QF | Paulo Sérgio | 21 | |
1994–95 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 51 | 36 | 7th | R32 | UC | SF | Ulf Kirsten | 25 | ||
1995–96 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 14th | SF | Rudi Völler | 13 | ||||
1996–97 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 41 | 69 | 2nd | R64 | Ulf Kirsten ♦ | 22 | ||||
1997–98 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 55 | 3rd | QF | UCL | QF | Ulf Kirsten ♦ | 27 | ||
1998–99 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 61 | 30 | 63 | 2nd | R32 | UC | R32 | Ulf Kirsten | 24 | ||
1999–2000 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 74 | 36 | 73 | 2nd | R32 | UCL | GS1 | Ulf Kirsten | 23 | ||
2000–01 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 40 | 57 | 4th | R16 | UCL | GS1 | Ulf Kirsten | 17 | ||
2001–02 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 77 | 38 | 69 | 2nd | RU | UCL | RU | Michael Ballack | 23 | ||
2002–03 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 56 | 40 | 15th | SF | UCL | GS2 | Daniel Bierofka | 9 | ||
2003–04 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 73 | 39 | 65 | 3rd | R16 | Dimitar Berbatov | 19 | ||||
2004–05 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | 57 | 6th | R32 | UCL | R16 | Dimitar Berbatov | 26 | ||
2005–06 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 49 | 52 | 5th | R16 | UC | 1R | Dimitar Berbatov | 24 | ||
2006–07 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 49 | 51 | 5th | R32 | UC | QF | Andriy Voronin | 12 | ||
2007–08 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 40 | 51 | 7th | R64 | UC | QF | Stefan Kießling | 16 | ||
2008–09 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 59 | 46 | 49 | 9th | RU | Patrick Helmes | 24 | ||||
2009–10 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 65 | 38 | 59 | 4th | R32 | Stefan Kießling | 21 | ||||
2010–11 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 44 | 68 | 2nd | R32 | UEL | R16 | Arturo Vidal | 14 | ||
2011–12 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 44 | 54 | 5th | R64 | UCL | R16 | Stefan Kießling | 17 | ||
2012–13 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 39 | 65 | 3rd | R16 | UEL | R32 | Stefan Kießling ♦ | 27 | ||
2013–14 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 41 | 61 | 4th | QF | UCL | R16 | Stefan Kießling | 14 | ||
2014–15 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 37 | 61 | 4th | QF | UCL | R16 | Stefan Kießling | 18 | ||
2015–16 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 40 | 60 | 3rd | QF | UCL | GS R16 | Javier Hernández | 26 | ||
2016–17 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 53 | 55 | 41 | 12th | R32 | UCL | R16 | Javier Hernández | 13 | ||
2017–18 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 44 | 55 | 5th | SF | Kevin Volland | 14 | ||||
2018–19 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 52 | 58 | 4th | R16 | UEL | R32 | Kai Havertz | 19 | ||
2019–20 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 44 | 63 | 5th | RU | UCL | GS QF | Kai Havertz | 18 | ||
2020–21 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 52 | 6th | R16 | UEL | R32 | Lucas Alario Leon Bailey | 15 | ||
2021–22 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | 64 | 3rd | R32 | UEL | R16 | Patrik Schick | 24 | ||
2022–23 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | 50 | 6th | R1 | UCL | GS SF | Moussa Diaby | 9 | ||
2023–24 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 24 | 90 | 1st | W | UEL | RU | Victor Boniface | 14 |
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