About Bayer Leverkusen Europa League
Bayer Leverkusen History in the Europa League
Bayer Leverkusen are a side that have become well known because of their efforts in continental cup football over the years. They won the UEFA Cup in 1988 and reached the Champions League final in 2002. The Bundesliga outfit have played a number of matches in the Europa League and fans continue to flock to the 30,810 capacity BayArena when the club take to the field and host a European opponent.
Die Werkself, as they are nicknamed, have had a number of stars play for them over the years and they've showcased plenty of world class talent in the continental competition whenever they take part. Michael Ballack, Dimitar Berbatov, Ze Roberto, Lucio, Ulf Kirsten, Kai Havertz, and Stefan Kießling have all brought Bayer Leverkusen fans to their feet while playing in the club’s colours.
Bayer Leverkusen's Top Achievements In the Europa League
As mentioned, Bayer Leverkusen have plenty of experience of playing in the Europa League, managing to amass more than 100 appearances in the competition.
However, for all those games that have been played, Die Werkself have only ever managed to reach the showpiece final on one occasion, emerging victorious in the 1987/88 edition of the tournament; They beat Espanyol on penalties in what was only the second time they had featured in the UEFA Cup.