Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga title win in numbers
Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen have sewed up the 2023/24 Bundesliga title with room to spare and without a single defeat in sight. bundesliga.com takes a closer look at the numbers behind their extraordinary campaign...
Stats correct as of 19 April 2024
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1 - Bayer have won their first Bundesliga title, having previously finished as runners-up on five occasions.
1 - Leverkusen have held onto first place since Matchday 6. Alonso's side have topped the table after 25 of 29 matchdays this season.
2 - Leverkusen scored at least two goals in each of their first 12 matches of the season - a new Bundesliga record.
2.72 - Die Werkself's average points return per Bundesliga game in 2023/24 - more than any other side in Europe's top five leagues.
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7 - Leverkusen's current winning run on the road - a club record.
10 - The number of straight wins recorded by the champions, ahead of Matchday 30 - also a club best.
13 - The number of different Bundesliga winners following Leverkusen's triumph. Wolfsburg were the last first-time champions (2009).
17 - Leverkusen were 17th in the Bundesliga - second from bottom - when Alonso took charge in October 2022.
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19 - The club record number of goals Leverkusen have conceded after 29 rounds of fixtures.
29 - Leverkusen are the first team in Bundesliga history to go through the opening 29 matches of a season unbeaten (W25, D4).
34 - Bayer equalled Bayern Munich's record start to a Bundesliga campaign after 12 matches (34 points).
38 - Another club record - this time for most away points in a single season.
44 - Leverkusen's unbeaten run in all competitions this season now reads some 44 matches - a new record among teams across Europe's top five leagues.
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45 - This is the Rhineland club's 45th season in the Bundesliga. No previous champion had to wait so long for their first title.
74 - Leverkusen's goal tally after 29 games is a club record at this juncture. They need six more to equal their best haul for an entire top-flight campaign (80, 2021/22).
79 - Bayer's current points total is also a record after 29 games. They need 12 points from their final five matches to equal the single-season league record, held by Bayern (91 points, 2012/13).
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