Leverkusen, the city, was built to serve the company. Today, the football team remains a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bayer, with a presence in more than 80 countries and revenues in 2023 of € ...

Large factory buildings stand guard above two-up, two-down houses, many of which are home to company employees. Around 160,000 people live in Leverkusen. Of those, 10,000 work for Bayer.

Bayer Leverkusen, a once sad-sack team from Germany, is two wins away from finishing an unprecedented undefeated season across three competitions.

Leverkusen's remarkable season has them on course for an elusive first-ever Bundesliga title. Just don't ask them to believe it yet.

Leverkusen view themselves as a factory club -- " die Werkself " or the "Factory Eleven" -- but are viewed by others as plastic, a business team designed for profit.

Confirmed starting XI for Champions League Round of 16 first-leg clash between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayer Leverkusen are ready to hold firm in their demands for $170 million for Florian Wirtz, with Liverpool yet to meet the high price being demanded for one of Europe's outstanding playmakers.

Bayern Munich faces Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League Round of 16 second leg; here is the Bayern squad for the game.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with soccer podcaster and writer Musa Okwonga about the remarkable season Bayer Leverkusen is having in the German soccer league.

German champion Bayer Leverkusen has lost a Bundesliga game for the first time in 15 months.

Bayer Leverkusen ended Bayern Munich’s long reign as Bundesliga champion, but is its season merely a fluke or a sign of growing parity in European soccer?

Bayer Leverkusen's revitalization: How Xabi Alonso took 'Neverkusen' from a relegation fight to first place The German club have quickly become a team nobody in Europe wants to face ...