List of Bayer 04 Leverkusen seasons

This is a summary of the season results of the Bayer 04 Leverkusen football club across all competitions spanning from 1946 to the present.

Key

Key to league record:

Pld – Matches played
W – Matches won
D – Matches drawn
L – Matches lost
GF – Goals for
GA – Goals against
Pts – Points
Pos – Final position

Key to colours and symbols:
Symbol	Meaning
1st or W	Championship winners
RU	Championship runners-up
↑	Promoted
↓	Relegated
EC	European Cup / Champions League
EC	UEFA Cup / Europa League
♦	Top league scorer in Bayer Leverkusen's division

Key to rounds:

Prel. – Preliminary round
QR1 – First qualifying round
QR2 – Second qualifying round, etc.
Inter – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper)
GS – Group stage
1R – First round
2R – Second round, etc.
R64 – 1/32 Final (round of 64)
R32 – 1/16 Final (round of 32)
R16 – 1/8 Final (round of 16)
QF – Quarter-finals
SF – Semi-finals
F – Final
W – Winners
DNE – Did not enter

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	DFB-Pokal	DFL-Supercup	Cup	Result	Player(s)	Goals
Season	League									DFB-Pokal	DFL-Supercup	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	Verbandsliga (3)	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 Herbert Waas	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 Herbert Waas	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 UC	GS1 R32	Ulf Kirsten	23
2000–01		34	17	6	11	54	40	57	4th	R16		UCL UC	GS1 R32	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 UEL	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 UEL	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 UEL	GS SF	Moussa Diaby	9
2023–24		34	28	6	0	89	24	90	1st	W		UEL	RU	Victor Boniface	14