The Fall and Rise of Bayer Leverkusen 

If they win the treble unbeaten across all competitions, they have got to be amongst the best teams in football history

The prospect of going unbeaten and winning the treble is singlehandedly the greatest ever achievement of any team in modern football.

2:36 "Realistically its only Eintracht Frankfurt" Stuttgart in 3rd:

As a Dortmund Fan I’m so happy for Bayer Leverkusen man. So happy that someone was finally able to stop Bayern’s continuous dominance in the Bundesliga 😆

Talking about the 2002 campaign, what is even more tragic is that the captain and leader of that team was Michael Ballack, who would also go to lose in the World Cup final against Brazil. Possibly the greatest individual season by a player of all time and it all ended in heartbreak.

They're no longer Neverkusen...and hell, even if they don't go invincible, if they still win a treble...they're tripling their trophy cabinet in a single year. Alonso, his coaching staff, that front office and the players deserve all the credit in the world for what they did this season.

I saw the game Bayer 04 vs Werder Bremen and when Bayer 04 won 5-0 to win their first Bundesliga title, first German title I was extremely happy considering a new Bundesliga winner and not a 12th straight Bayern München winner

Don’t forget Stuttgart as a tough opponent. They’re 3rd in the Bundesliga, and if Leverkusen weren’t having the season they are, a lot of people would be talking about their season.

I’m from London but live in Germany and honestly I much prefer The Bundesliga to the prem in every way bar the title race. The fans , culture , ticket prices , atmosphere, stadiums , European place race and relegation race are all amazing. Praying that Leverkusen and Dortmund etc keep pressure on fc Hollywood because all that’s been missing is a title race . The prem is now a soulless league run by yank investment funds.

2:30 they still have to beat Stuttgart which basically is Leverkusen 2.0 this season. They arent unbeaten but last year the survived the relegation playoffs and now they are on 3rd place playing one of their best seasons in a very very long time. They only faced each other twice this season. 1st time was a 1:1 draw and second time was in the DfB Pokal where Leverkusen won thanks to a extra time goal. So if someone can Stop them domestically its probably only VfB Stuttgart.

2:18 watching this after they scored in the 90+6' against Stuttgart 🍿

Man Vizeh You were 1 kick away from cursing them Last kick of the game they level against Stuttgart what a team 😅

Yooooo, The Invincible Treble has to be greatest achievement...not even a sextuple can top that 🔥🔥

I'm genuinely shocked at how well Bayer Leverkusen are doing! In fact they are doing better than Arsenal's invincibles! They may actually be the first football team in history to win a treble without losing a single game and if that happens we've got to consider Bayer Leverkusen as a serious threat! They are now nicknamed Neverlosen for a reason! They've actually been my favourite team to watch simply because of how they play and how resilient the team is

When you said that the only team possible of shocking Leverkusen in the league would be Eintracht Frankfurt, that’s not really accurate, because VFB Stuttgart sitting on 3 place is a much harder challenge than Frankfurt siting on 6 place. Still a great coverup about the current situation and keep up the work!

Also respect for Stuttgart. They just playing so good.

For a second i thought the title was "rise and fall"

Loving the content viz

I’m happy that there is a new time on the rise, in this case leverkusen, because like when City won the Premier League for the first time people were happy that it wasn’t just United and Arsenal, in this case Bayern and Dortmund. I’m exited to see what Leverkusen can do in the future.

What can I say I commented and he delivered 🧏‍♂️

Amazing. Watched them in October 2019 against my fave team (Juventus) and they appeared to be nowhere near the level required of a CL participant, even with Havertz on the squad. They were the epitome of 1 step forward followed by 2 backwards. Alonso changed that culture of complacency and losing in less than 2 years.

Xabi Alonso has revolutionized football

i am so happy for Granit Xhaka

7:10 As a Dutchman… I definitely feel this way about the top talents in the eredivisie. And then they often aren’t given the time or trust the need.

Watching this as they just went 0:2 down 🥶 hope they turn it around

In the league, its a bit similar to what Roy Keane did at Sunderland, brought in a few more experienced heads & changed the mindset, results are evident.

Harry Kane 😥 Great vid mate keep it up!

Nice vid, do you happen to know of a good, free and beginner friendly windows compatible editing software that you could recommend for me mate? I also want to add narration (voice recording) to my presentation

Thanks for mentioning that Ajax team bro

I think we're getting it wrong. Winning the Bundesliga is amazing. Winning both Bundesliga and Pokal is outstanding. Reaching the final of the Europa League is superb, and winning it is incredible. Winning the treble is making history. Not losing a game is just the cherry on top.

W vid as usual

With any German club that is not Bayern München, the season after the unexpected rise is always very crucial. Usually since none of the clubs beside Bayern have the money or appeal to keep the best of the best players, the miracle clubs are plundered once transfers are starting, either by Bayern München themselves or by international top tier clubs. So, we will see if Leverkusen can "survive" the feast. Which i really hope they do, for the club itself, for the Bundesliga as a whole and because i really want to see a Leverkusen team similar to what it is now competing in the Champions League.

Great video! Where was the link to the video you said at 5:22 ?

Cant lie bro sayin Champions League like Chaaapslig gets me every time😂😂 love your videos tho❤️

R9 was topscorer of the Eredivisie that season in 1995 playing for PSV Yes the Eredivisie is strong at times

For a second I thought of all the managers David Moyes 😂 would stop this unbeaten run, but that Frimpong goal summened their season, finding ways to win, somewhat like real madrid knockout run in ucl 2022. But i think bayern will comeback next season 😢

For the last decade plus, the Bundesliga was, "Bayern Munich and then second". Leverkusen just blew that out of the water and made that league infinitely more interesting for years to come. This is the best thing to happen in world football since that miracle run by the Foxes, if not even a bigger thing. This made my subscription to ESPN+ (I'm a Yank) worth every penny.

Even if they don’t get the treble, this is still a big achievement for them to finally win a title.

I hope the players stay at least another season to reap the rewards of their efforts

Come back here just to say Leverlusen has done it again PS. Welcome to the new invincible Bundesliga champion

but great video 😁

To your last point, Leverkusen management already confirmed they will have to sell one big name over the summer to keep the business running. Wirtz and Grimaldo are almost certainly staying, but for Frimpong, Palacios and Boniface it might get interesting...

You have to talk about the fall of vitesse in erendivise

This guy is gonna jinx them

Legit feels like they cannot loss at this point

I would say add music in the background and change the white background from the photos

Can you make a video about the rise of Sheffield Wednesday this season and how Danny röhl has changed us

Celtic won 5 official titles in 1967, I'd say that was a perfect season.

Dixie Dean 50 goals. One men winning the league is the gratest achivment ever.

Yet no one is talking about Stuttgart they were about to get relegated last season now in the 4 of the Bundesliga and trust me its not going to be an easy game tomorrow for Leverkusen

volume can be a bit up!

Please talk about stuttgart

Last sentence 😂, but yeah stoppage time and stuff…

Here after the sttutgart game

They lost 3-0 to atalanta in final of Europa League😢

Winning the league unbeaten and treble will be tje best achievement in football history With real Madrid three peat bayern Munich Sextuple and Barcelona sextuple

Stuttgart is also a threat, they are 3rd in the league and have a pretty solid attack

Mark my words bro about to win the europa league with a 273rd minute equalizer sending it to extra time.

Asking who is the best team of all time is impossible. You would have to compare two teams in their absolute prime going against each other, where one would lose and the question "was this their best season?" would come up, causing a loop of debates. So to answer the greatest achievement question, considering it would be an actual comparable stat to something never done before, I would say yes. This doesn't mean they are the best team to do it though.

People said this year might be the special in football. Not only Bayer Leverkusen that will achieve the Invincible Treble, but also Manchester City's potential Double Treble. They were still in contention of becoming the first major club in "Big 5" Leagues to do back-to-back European Trebles, until, well, they surprisingly lost to Real Madrid on penalty shootout in the Champions League quarterfinal. Currently, Manchester City were sitting 2nd, 2 points behind Arsenal, in the Premier League and also played in the FA Cup Final against their city rivals Manchester United. Liverpool were also mentioned here, as Jurgen Klopp wanted the Quadruple on his farewell season, until a shock defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup tie happened, which also derailed the whole title hopes. However, the "Lisbon Lions" Celtic during the historic 1966-67 season won 5 titles, which was considered one of the greatest winning teams at that time. 2002 was also a sad year in German Football a lot. 5 of Leverkusen players, including, of course, Michael Ballack, also went on to lose the World Cup Final with Germany. Ballack did not even play in the Final against Brazil due to the suspension, which showed how unlucky this football legend was. Despite of that, one of the Brazil player that won the World Cup was Lucio, a Leverkusen player. He went on to win the Treble with Inter Milan 8 years later. Speaking of Leverkusen's Invincible Treble hopes, I think the game against Stuttgart and Roma were the most challenging one for Leverkusen, rather than the Frankfurt that bested Bayern Munich 5-1. Stuttgart had enjoyed their best campaign after narrowly avoided the relegation playoffs on the previous season. They still had one of the most lethal striker in the form of Serhou Guirassy. They are currently sitting 3rd in the table. Roma, although had some difficult results like losing 1-3 to Bologna, were still dangerous. Daniele De Rossi's team sometimes did the unusual offense tactics to upset the big teams like beating Milan in the quarterfinal. Even worse, this Europa League Final could be an all-Italian affair, given the fact Atalanta had just knocked favourites Liverpool out in this competition. Don't forget that Atalanta and Roma had ended Leverkusen's Europa League hopes in the last two seasons, respectively.

Before Leicester 2016, there was Kaiserslautern. Beforre Real Madrid UCL 2015 - 2018 there Bayern Munich 1973 - 1976...

Stuttgart have gone under the radar because of this imo

The answer is yes. An unbeaten treble? No question it's woould be the greatest achievement. 4 matches to go now.

25th May 1967 5 trophies 1 season.

NeverLosin

It's the football ⚽ gods.....its their time...!

They might be, but its hard to say, since its not the champions league. Wouldnt say anyone were wrong if they said it though

Gotta say: Kaiserslauterns Season was at least as good as Leicsters Season, as they won the Bundesliga as a newly promoted side in 98‘.

I think xabi alonso is exactly what happened He took players that got replaced in bigger clubs or didnt live up to their potential despite having lots of it and made them explode Just see xhaka who is a symbol of arsenal who wasnt a top 4 team or won anything and after arsenal sold him and got declan rice and xavi alonso got him a winning mentality he never had in his career Or grimaldo who first came to benfica while young and people saw him becoming jumping up to the big clubs in la liga or the prem as he was young but ended up playing for benfica for 7 years until going to leverkusen and xavi made him the best in the world in his position

I think there is a major difference between the greatest upset and the greatest achievement. Leicester is without a doubt the greatest upset in any of the 5 greatest leagues in history. But Bayer Leverkusen's achievement if they end up remaining unbeaten in the last 3 league games, the three Europa League games and the Pokal final against Kaiserslautern that will be a feat that will without any doubt be the greatest achievement. And the question you have to be able to answer in the affirmative for that to be the case is quite simple: Would this also be considered the greatest achievement if it was Bayern Munich, PSG or Manchester City doing it? And to me there is absolutely no doubt that it would. And I can really only see it being topped by a team doing the same with the European tournament being the champions league instead.

As a Werder Bremen fan since 2004, that loves the Bundesliga, I really think the Bayer München domination is not sooo impressive but I also hate how close some BL clubs came to stopping it earlier but just fumbled it in the end, so the run continued. Now FC Hollywood is fumbling. I would lie if I didn't find the irony of ignorance a lil bit amusing. I really don't hate the Fußball-Club Bayern München or the players that played /still play there. I hate the management and the ego of this corporation behind the fanbase and players, literally "dealing" with the club. Reminds me of some Premier league clubs ... huh...

Small Mistake at 2:36 Stuttgart should be the toughest, they are Third in the league, they drew in the first half, and only lost narrowly😉

Dude, why you didn’t wait until the whole season actually ends… it would be so much more accurate since you’ll be able to verify whether the treble was achieved or not.

You should have waited the Stuttgart game out

I’m a Bayern Munich fan but Leverkusen deserved the title, they are on crack this season.

Isn’t it an official tie if they lose in penalties? So, if that occurs, is it an invincible double?

i must argue even as a leicester fan that the 5000-1 would trump an invincible treble don't forget that its paired with the great escape for example imagine Sheffield united somehow stay up this season then next season win the league by multiple games that is the levels were talking and yes i still think that an invincible treble is good especially in a top 5 league and i would agree if Leverkusen were to win the champions league unbeaten aswell then it would trump Leicester's achievement, however remember that Bayern have been off the pace in the league, lost in the cup and Leverkusen have a big team knocked out of the Europa league (Liverpool)

my brother in christ is having all hopes in the worst frankfurt team in years while Stuttgart are third place and basically created the best matches of the season against Leverkusen

They still have to play Stuttgart roma frankfurt roma, so its not gonna be easy at all

Bayern munich are knocking on Bayer Leverkusen's door.

stopping kids from saying first

Don't discount Bochum, if they play at home they sometimes beat everyone. They beat Bayern this season and Leverkusen last season on the last matchday

i hope after the league finishes, they don't do stupid things like Leicester did. Sell all the key players

He say he staying to keep the moral up...I think having an invincible treble to himself is better then just switching clubs. Id prefer to be THE MANAGER who did this...History bro' 1 chance...moms spagheti..

11 hour gang 👇

7 games left to go undefeated

You said that Eintracht Frankfurt may be the only team in the league that could shock leverkusen. Actually Stuttgart is much better and they played 2:2 in winter against B04 and in the DFB Pokal they were 2:1 ahead againdt B04 and lost only 3:2 in extra time. I think Stuttgart has the chance to win againdt them. At leadt a bigger chance then Frankfurt

I think manchester united had a season which was a bit more tragic season than bayerlevenkusen 2002

The 18,000 to 1 stat is very misleading. You can’t just times the odds of each together to make odds for the treble, as they are intrinsically linked. If you win the bundasliga you’re more likely to win the other comps.

Neverkusen to Neverlusen

The Leicester City Premier League In my opinion would still be the greatest. Everyone had Leicester finishing in relegation remember. They overachieved and I don't think Leverkusen has overachieved just shown their full potential so thats whay its different

Bayer leverkusen might win a treble unbeaten the year kane joins. He really is cursed

I wanted kane to win something

respectfully, u look like harry potter and dobby had a child

Burnley next season :

Definitely biased bc im Greek but that euros win is the greatest footballing achievement for me, at least for international football

8:25 PL merchant doesn't know that Stuttgart are 3rd in the league ahead of Dortmund and Leipzig.

Not every Irish person likes Celtic. The Ajax team lost that Dutch cup games after extra time

Eintracht Frankfurt? No it is the vfb Look at Table they are 3 an Frankfurt only 6

Stutgard was the closest to beat them poor knowledge