Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso lamented his side's failure to hold onto a first-half lead at 10-man Atletico Madrid, ...

"I'm very happy to join this big club," he told Leverkusen's official website. "Like football fans in the whole of Europe, I have admired Bayer Leverkusen for their exceptional achievements in the ...

Founded in 1904 by workers at the Bayer pharmaceutical company, Bayer Leverkusen is one of the many “works teams” in European soccer. This benign working-class origin is why both UEFA and the ...