| Formed | 1904 |
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| Ground | BayArena |
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| Capacity | 30210 |
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| Address | Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Ground Info |  Bay Arena is a football stadium in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been the home ground of Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 1958. The stadium was originally known as Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, named after a former chairman of Bayer AG, the club's founders. Its original capacity was 20,000. In 1986, a rebuilding project began to convert it into a modern facility; the project continued intermittently over the following decade. The project was completed in 1997, making the stadium an ultramodern all-seater with a capacity of 22,500. The stadium was renamed BayArena in 1998. In 1999, a hotel attached to the stadium was completed, with some rooms having a view of the pitch. The stadium complex also includes a high-class restaurant, which also overlooks the pitch, and conference facilities. The city of Leverkusen originally bid to become a venue for the 2006 World Cup, with an expanded Bay Arena as the site. However, the city, Bayer Leverkusen, and the German organizing committee soon agreed that expanding Bay Arena to the FIFA-mandated minimum 40,000 capacity for World Cup matches would not be practical, and the city withdrew its bid. Instead, it was agreed that Bay Arena would be the main training facility for the German national team during the 2006 finals. Jürgen Klinsmann, former national coach, however decided against Leverkusen and opted for Berlin as the main training facility. As compensation, BayArena would supposedly host two national matches, though they were never played. His brother Roussel is also a footballer, and appeared for the Germany youth national teams. |
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| Honours | Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen, is a football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The club was founded in 1904 by employees of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, whose headquarters are in Leverkusen and from which the club draws its name. It was formerly the best-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports including the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen (rowing, tennis and hockey). In 1999 the football department was separated from the sports club and is now a separate entity formally called Bayer 04 Leverkusen GmbH. Bayer were first promoted to the Bundesliga in 1979, and have remained in the top division ever since. The club's main colours are red and black, both having been used as the main shirt colour and with red and black stripes also having been used as home colours.
Bayer Leverkusen have finished five times runner-up in the Bundesliga without winning the competition, a record in German football. The club has won one DFB-Pokal and one UEFA Cup. Bayer also finished runner-up in the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, falling 2–1 to Real Madrid in the final. Their local rivals are 1. FC Köln.
Honours:
Domestic
League
Bundesliga:
Runners-up: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2010–11
2. Bundesliga North:
Winners: 1978–79
Cup
DFB-Pokal
Winners: 1992–93
Runners-up: 2001–02, 2008–09, 2019–20
DFB-Supercup:
Runners-up: 1993
European
UEFA Cup:
Winners: 1987–88
UEFA Champions League:
Runners-up: 2001–02
Youth
German Under 19 championship
Champions: 1986, 2000, 2007
Runners-up: 1995, 2001, 2003, 2010
German Under 17 championship
Champions: 1992, 2016
Under 19 Bundesliga West
Champions: 2007, 2010 |
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