Leverkusen’s undefeated record is now a 21st century world record :: Olé

With the agonizing draw against Stuttgart thanks to a goal in the 96th minute, Bayer Leverkusen added their 46th official match without losing and, in this way, they held the record for an undefeated team in any soccer tournament on the planet. in the XXI century.

Robert Andrich’s goal, the one that made it 2-2 in stoppage time, at home, allowed the team in which Exequiel Palacios played 90-odd minutes to extend their record of matches without losing. Until that 96th minute, the record was tied at 45 with Rijeka and Dinamo Zagrebcoincidentally both from Croatia, but the success of the Bundesliga champion’s player at the end left the record for the German team.

He Dinamo Zagreb set the record of 45 duels without losing between November 2014 and September 2015Meanwhile he Rijeka did the same between April 2016 and May 2017. In other words, it must have taken almost a decade for another team, in this case Leverkusen, to surpass that spectacular record.

But if you also count the friendly matches, Xabi Alonso’s team would reach 50 games without knowing defeat. In the midst of so many official matches, they faced Olympique Marseille, Venezia, West Ham and Aachen without defeats. The last team that had the honor of defeating Leverkusen was Bochum. He achieved it on May 27, 2023, exactly 11 months ago, by 3-0.

However…How far away are Leverkusen from the team with the greatest unbeaten record of all time? At 62? Its about Asec Mimosas from Ivory Coastwhich has the longest undefeated streak with a total of 108 games, which occurred between 1989 and 1994. Players such as Salomon Kalou, Gervinho and Ture Yaya emerged from this institution.

Of course, the rivals that Leverkusen must face are probably not compared to those that Asec Mimosas achieved the mark. But, as they say, records are records…