Bayer Leverkusen has played 34 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1992/93: 34 in the Bundesliga. It has been in the Bundesliga since 1992/93 (34 seasons). It won the Bundesliga once (2023/24).
Bayer Leverkusen
2025/26: 6th in the Bundesliga · 2026/27: Bundesliga
How high can Bayer Leverkusen realistically go?
Based on finishing 6th in the Bundesliga in 2025/26
About 6 in 10
Of the 36 times a club finished 5th to 7th in the Bundesliga between 2004/05 and 2015/16, 20 reached the top four within ten seasons.
20 of 36 (56%); likely range 30%–78%, 16 different clubs.
| Won the league within ten seasons | about 1 in 6 6 of 36; range 0%–37% |
Bayer Leverkusen itself: 10 of the last 10 seasons in the Bundesliga; 4 top-four finishes; 1 title.
How do we know?
We took every season since 2004/05 in which a club finished in the same part of the same league, and followed each club forward. The figure is the share that reached each goal. Ten-year goals use finishes from 2004/05 to 2015/16, five-year goals from 2004/05 to 2020/21, so every case has had the full time to play out; results run to the end of 2025/26.
It describes what happened to clubs in this position, not a forecast for one club. A club with much more money or history than is usual for its position has better chances than the figure suggests, which is why the club's own record is shown underneath.
The likely range is a 95% interval worked out by resampling clubs rather than seasons, because the same club often appears several times. It is wide where only a few clubs have been in a position, and two leagues whose ranges overlap may not really differ. Reserve teams such as Barcelona B or Real Madrid Castilla are left out of these counts, because they cannot be promoted into their first team's division.
Counts: reached the top four within ten seasons: 20 of 36; won the league within ten seasons: 6 of 36.
The story so far
Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
How to read this chart
Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.
34seasons since 1992/93
34seasons in the Bundesliga
1league titles
18top-four finishes
0promotions
0relegations
Against the money
Not available for Germany: wage bills are not published club by club in one place there, so this is shown for England and France only.
Clubs with a similar path
Clubs whose finishing positions over the last 15 seasons were closest to Bayer Leverkusen's, with recent seasons counting more.
In Germany
Borussia DortmundGermany · 2nd in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Bayern MunichGermany · 1st in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Eintracht FrankfurtGermany · 8th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Borussia MönchengladbachGermany · 12th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26
Elsewhere in Europe
ArsenalEngland · 1st in the Premier League, 2025/26Inter MilanItaly · 1st in Serie A, 2025/26LiverpoolEngland · 5th in the Premier League, 2025/26
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Sources
- Final tables to 2025/26. Positions are worked out from match results.
- Relegations include dropping out of the divisions covered.
- All figures can be downloaded on the data page. Spotted a mistake? Report it with a source.