Bayer 04 Leverkusen was founded by workers of the chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer, in the German town of Leverkusen on the Rhine. For most of its history, it was seen as a good but not top team, and its failure to win major prizes earned it the nickname Neverkusen. It won the UEFA Cup in 1988 and reached the Champions League final in 2002. Its fortunes changed under the manager Xabi Alonso, when the club won its first Bundesliga title in 2023-24 without losing a single league match, and also won the German Cup that season. The club is owned by Bayer and plays at the BayArena.
Before and after
- 7 November 1903Birth of Konrad Lorenz
- 17 December 1903First flight of Flyer I
- 17 December 1903The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
- 28 December 1903Birth of John von Neumann
- 1904Founding of Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- c. 1904Birth of Umm Kulthum
- 1904Construction of Hungarian Parliament Building
- 1904Rise of Fauvism
- 1904Founding of Belgium men's national football team
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The era
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