Suara.com – Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen has set a new record in Germany. They are the team with the longest unbeaten record in the country's football history.
Bayer Leverkusen broke this record after beating Mainz with a score of 2-1 in the match week 23 of the 2023-2024 Bundesliga, Saturday (24/2/2024) early morning WIB.
The victory made Xabi Alonso's team unbeaten in 33 consecutive matches this season.
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They surpassed the record previously held by Bayern Munich under Hansi Flick in the 2020 to 2021 period.
Taking a look at the Bundesliga page, the only difference is, Die Werkself achieved this feat in one season.
Leverkusen are now 11 points ahead of reigning champions Bayern in the race for their maiden Bundesliga title.
So far this season, Leverkusen have only dropped points in four of their 23 league matches.
What's more interesting, they are the only team in the top five European leagues according to UEFA coefficients who have not tasted defeat in the 2023/24 season.
Leverkusen will look to extend their record against relegation-threatened Cologne in the Rhine derby next Sunday.
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They also qualified for the semifinals of the DFB Cup and the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League, with the possibility of winning a treble at continental level still very open.
To date, the club's greatest achievements are the UEFA Cup title in the 1987/88 season and the DFB Cup in the 1992/93 season.
They have never won the Bundesliga trophy but have been runners-up in the event five times.
They were also runners-up in the DFB Cup three times and runners-up in the Champions League once, so they are often nicknamed 'Neverkusen' and 'Eternal Bridesmaids'.
Now, under Xabi Alonso, Leverkusen has the opportunity to get rid of all these bad nicknames by at least winning titles in domestic competitions, especially the Bundesliga.