Original Adidas trainingsjack Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club from Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football club officially became independent on April 1, 1999 after a separation from the gymnastics and sports association Bayer 04 Leverkusen, which has existed since July 1, 1904 (the football division already existed before). The club is a 100 percent subsidiary of the German chemical group Bayer AG, from which the gymnastics and sports association initially originated.

The Bayer 04 team was promoted to the Bundesliga, the highest division of German football in 1979, and has been playing in the division continuously ever since. The club's great successes include winning the UEFA Cup in 1988, winning the German Cup in 1993 and reaching the UEFA Champions League Final in 2002. In the period 1997-2011, the club has no fewer than five times second place, which in Germany has earned the title Eternal Second. The arch rival is 1. FC Köln, mainly due to the geographic location of Leverkusen and Cologne.