Bayer Leverkusen 2023-24 Squad

The team

The 2023-24 Bayer Leverkusen squad stands among the most celebrated teams Germany has sent onto the continental stage. Representing Leverkusen, this was one of the defining sides of 2020s European football, the sort of team whose matches became must-watch occasions. Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga unbeaten and the DFB-Pokal that season, a campaign that still shapes how the club is remembered. The side was built on a clear spine: Lukáš Hrádecký behind a defence organised by Alejandro Grimaldo, with Florian Wirtz setting the tempo through the middle.

Further forward, Florian Wirtz and Alejandro Grimaldo gave the team its cutting edge, turning long spells of control into goals on the biggest European nights. There was depth to match the star quality, with the likes of Granit Xhaka and Jonathan Tah adding options across the pitch. Reassembled here, the lineup is a reminder of why this vintage still sets a standard that later teams chase. Set out in a 4-3-3, the XI captures the balance and ambition that made this Bayer Leverkusen team a benchmark of 2020s football — the players, the shape and the identity that made the vintage so hard to forget.