BAYER LEVERKUSEN PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD A GERMAN BUNDESLIGA TITLE BY NOW

IT’S A SHAME (AND SAD) THAT BAYERN LEVERKUSEN HAS NEVER WON THE GERMAN BUNDESLIGA. (OR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE).

(May 20. 2000)BAYER LEVERKUSEN NEEDED ONLY A DRAW AGAINST SPVGG UNTERHACHING TO WIN THE GERMAN BUNDESLIGA TITLE.
An own goal scored by Michael Ballack helped to lead Leverkusen to a crushing 2-0 defeat against SpVgg Unterhaching on the final day of the season to deny Leverkusen the German Bundesliga title on the final day of the season.

Bayern Munich went on to clinch the title with a 3-1 victory over Werder Bremen.

THE ‘TREBLE HORROR’ OF 2002.
Bayer Leverkusen lost a five-point lead in the 2021/22 Bundesliga title race after losing two of their last three matches.
Borussia Dortmund took advantage of Leverkusen’s slip by winning their last three league games to become German Bundesliga champions.

Bayer Leverkusen reached the DFB-Pokal final and the UEFA Champions League final.
They were beaten 4-2 by Schalke in the DFB-Pokal final and then beaten 2-1 by Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final.

Five members of the Bayer Leverkusen team were also members of the German national team that lost the 2002 World Cup final to Brazil.
Michael Ballack, Oliver Neuville, Bernd Schneider, Hans-Jörg Butt, and Carsten Ramelow.

The 1993 DFB Pokal title remains the only major crown for Bayern Leverkusen; feels like they should have more.

After a three-year absence, Leverkusen is back in the UEFA Champions League this season after a third-place finish in the 2021/22 German Bundesliga.

2021/22 GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
1| Bayern Munich – 77
2| Borussia Dortmund – 69
3| Bayer Leverkusen – 64
4| RB Leipzig – 58

What type of season would be considered a success for Bayer Leverkusen in the 2022/23 season?
They open their Bundesliga season against Borussia Dortmund. 5 points separated them in the league standings at the end of last season.