Bayer 04 Leverkusen has made impressive history with 35 consecutive league games without defeat, only one other team managed this between 1982 and 1983 by Hamburger SV. The fact that FC Bayern Munich did not lose 53 times in a row in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons under Pep Guardiola and Jupp Heynckes seems almost unbelievable.
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Leverkusen remained unbeaten throughout its championship season, sometimes in unbelievable situations, such as equalizing goals late in injury time. Now Bayer 04’s series came to an end on the second matchday of the new season with a 2:3 defeat against RB Leipzig – and what a series it was!
Bayern, HSV, Leverkusen
Historically, only HSV in the early 1980s and FC Bayern in the early 2010s have had more games in a row without losing: Hamburg just one and Munich an impressive 18. Leverkusen’s coach Xabi Alonso is thus immediately behind the legendary HSV coach Ernst Happel, with Guardiola and Heynckes continuing to top the list.
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It remains to be seen who will be the next to try and claim a place on this podium. At first, this seems hardly possible, but that was the case after 1983 – until the record champions left the pitch 30 years later, far from being losers, and the Alonso team won last season and this season…
The longest unbeaten streaks in the Bundesliga
1. FC Bayern Munich | 53 games in a row without defeat | 2012/13 and 2013/14 under Pep Guardiola and Jupp Heynckes
2. Hamburger SV | 36 games in a row without defeat | 1982/83 under Ernst Happel
3. Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 35 consecutive games without defeat | 2023/24 and 2024/25 under Xabi Alonso
