Xabi Alonso’s record for Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen remains unbreakable. Xabi Alonso’s team not only reached the Europa League final, but also was able to save the unbeaten in the 97th minuteequalizing in a 0–2 loss (this result sent the tie with Roma to extra time). They have not lost again since they were defeated on the final day of the last Bundesliga, May 23, 2023, by Bochum., almost a year ago. And over this long period He played 49 official matches without losing once.what does it mean the longest streak since the existence of European competitions.

The new brand of the German team is not the longest, if you look at the whole history. He From 1915 to 1917 Celtic went 62 matches unbeaten.Meanwhile he The Union of Saint-Gilloise reached 60 years between 1933 and 1935.But none included any competitions other than the league. In fact, the corresponding national cups were not held in those years for various reasons.

However, it would be good to balance this series with competitions outside the national leagues, and therefore the starting point is at emergence of European competitions in 1955. From this point on, there were more matches and with opponents, in many cases, of a higher level.

And the record still stands Benfica, unbeaten in 48 games from December 1963 to February 1965.. That is, it was two seasons and under the leadership of two coaches: the first and Lajos Czeizler. later Elek Schwartz. A brand that Xabi and his people have just destroyed and which they hope to continue to expand.

Leverkusen’s run is divided into 41 wins and eight draws as follows:

• 32 Bundesliga matches: 26 wins and 6 draws.
• 5 German Cup matches: 5 wins.
• 12 Europa League games: 10 wins and 2 draws.

Pending entries

The challenges for Alonso’s team don’t end there. Now, in addition to continuing this series, he faces new challenges. One of them is become the first German team to finish the championship unbeaten since the creation of the Bundesliga. in 1963. Two games left.

Another, more distant task is longest unbeaten streak in the Bundesliga. The record belongs to Bayern Munich, which did not lose in the process 53 matches between the 10th round of the 2012/13 season and the 29th round of the 2013/14 season. To overcome this, they should continue their current streak until matchday 20 of next season.