This Bundesliga, the 61st in its history, already has a champion and it is an unprecedented one. Bayer Leverkusen has managed to win in 2023-24, being, without a doubt, the best team in Germany this season. They have achieved this title mathematically with five days remaining, with 25 games won, four drawn and none lost. Of record.
SeasonChampion1963-64Cologne1964-65Werder Bremen1965-661860 Munich1966-67Eintracht Brunswick1967-68Nuremberg1968-69Bayern Munich1969-70Borussia Mönchengladbach1970-71Borussia Mönchengladbach1971-72Bayern197 2-73Bayern Munich1973-74Bayern Munich1974-75Borussia Mönchengladbach1975-76Borussia Mönchengladbach1976-77Borussia Mönchengladbach1977-78Cologne1978-79Hamburg1979-80Bayern Munich1980-81Bayern Munich1981-82Hamburg1982-83Hamburg1983-84Stuttgart1984-85Bayern Munich1985-86Bayern Munich1986-87Bayern Munich1987-88Werder Bremen1988-89Bayern Munich1989-90Bayern Munich1990-91Kaisers lautern1991-92Stuttgart1992-93Werder Bremen1993-94Bayern Munich1994-95Borussia Dortmund1995-96Borussia Dortmund1996-97Bayern Munich1997-98Kaiserslautern1998-99Bayern Munich1999- 00Bayern Munich2000-01Bayern Munich2001-02Borussia Dortmund2002-03Bayern Munich2003-04Werder Bremen2004-05Bayern Munich2005-06Bayern Munich2006-07Stuttgatt2007-08Bayern Munich2008-09Wolfsburg20 09-10Bayern Munich2010-11Borussia Dortmund2011-12Borussia Dortmund2012-13Bayern Munich2013-14Bayern Munich2014-15Bayern Munich2015-16Bayern Munich2016-17Bayern Munich2017-18Bayern Munich2018-19Bayern Munich2019-20Bayern Munich2020-21Bayern Munich2021-22Bayern Munich2022-23Bayern Munich2023-24Bayern Leverkusen
This marks the first Bundesliga in the history of Bayer Leverkusen. Until now, they had been runners-up five times. The last one was in 2011. From that squad there is still Niklas Lomb, a goalkeeper who barely counted for the first team thirteen years ago and who this season has been the third option for Xabi.
In this way, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen ends the derogatory nickname of Neverkusen. Fitting the word never to his name, it was used by his rivals to remember that they had never been German champions. If they have won some titles (a Cup in 1993 and a UEFA in 1988), they had never won the league.
Bayern Múnich32Borussia Dortmund5Borussia Mönchengladbach5Werder Bremen4Hamburgo3Stuttgart3Colonia2Kaiserslautern2Bayer Leverkusen11860 Múnich1Wolfsburgo1Eintracht Brunswick1Núremberg1
The season in which they were closest was in 1999-00. That year, Leverkusen lost the league on the last day after losing at the home of Spielvereinigung Unterhaching (now in the Third Division), who had nothing to play for, by 2-0. Bayern won their match against Werder Bremen and managed to tie on points for the lead. The goal average favored Ottmar Hitzfeld’s team by 7 goals and Bayern repeated the title for the second consecutive year.
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