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	Leverkusen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
		Leverkusen was founded in 1930 by merging the above mentioned villages, that had become towns in the meantime.
		Leverkusen is twinned with several cities across Europe and throughout the rest of the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leverkusen (249 words)

	ESPN.com - SOCCER - Leverkusen has attack problems in must-win match
		LEVERKUSEN, Germany -- Bayer Leverkusen coach Klaus Toppmoeller has a striker problem ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match against Juventus which his men have to win to keep alive their chances of reaching the quarterfinals.
		Leverkusen is at the bottom of Group D with four points from as many matches.
		Leverkusen, who has not won a single trophy since lifting the German Cup in 1993, is desperate to use the season's last stretch to get rid of its reputation as perpetual runners-up.
	espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0311/1349604.html (366 words)

	Bayer Leverkusen Soccer
		Leverkusen got back on terms with their first real attack of the second half when Berbatov netted from six yards after getting onto the end of a corner from Schneider.
		Leverkusen thought they had added to their winning streak when they earned a penalty in stoppage time.
		Leverkusen are 12th in the 18-strong Bundesliga which resumes on Jan. 27 after the winter break.
	www.justblogme.com /bayerleverkusen (3874 words)

	rediff.com: 2002 FIFA World Cup - Leverkusen syndrome looms over final
		The Bayer Leverkusen players who form the backbone of the Germany team will be desperate to shake off their tag as perpetual runners-up in Sunday's World Cup final against Brazil.
		Schneider, who had predicted earlier in the tournament that with the Leverkusen players around Germany were at least assured of reaching the final, said he was tired of references to his club's sorry tale.
		Leverkusen goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt, a reserve for captain Oliver Kahn, will also be close to the action while the club's skipper, defender Jens Nowotny, will be watching from home after a knee injury ruled him out of the tournament.
	www.rediff.com /sports/football/2002/jun/29bayer.htm (540 words)

	Leverkusen thrash Real Madrid 3-0
		Leverkusen outplayed the nine times European champions to gain a measure of revenge for a 2-1 defeat by the Spanish side in the 2002 final.
		Leverkusen immediately resumed their march forward and created a string of chances before Krzynowek scored with an effort from a corner that hit the inside of the post and Casillas's arm before going into the net.
		Leverkusen had lost four times and drawn once in their five previous Champions League meetings with Real, who are desperate to bounce back after losing at the quarter-final stage last season but did nothing on Wednesday to suggest they would.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/sep/16real.htm (495 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Europe \| B Leverkusen 1-3 Liverpool
		Leverkusen were wretched and their fortunes were summed up by half-chances for Landon Donovan and Franca who both kicked air when well-placed inside the box.
		Leverkusen's faint hopes of a comeback were killed as Garcia doubled Liverpool's lead shortly afterwards.
		Leverkusen finally struck with three minutes remaining with Krzynowek's drive, but it was a mere consolation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/europe/4321531.stm (521 words)

	SportingNews.com - Former champions Bayer Leverkusen, Feyenoord, Galatasaray eliminated
		Former champions Bayer Leverkusen, Feyenoord and Galatasaray were eliminated from the UEFA Cup in the first round Thursday.
		Leverkusen lost 1-0 at CSKA Sofia, which got a 67th-minute goal from Mourad Hdiouad, and lost the home-and-home, total-goals series on 2-0 aggregate.
		Leverkusen won the UEFA Cup in 1988 and was runner-up in the 2002 Champions League.
	www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=21474 (309 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Europe \| Liverpool 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen
		Leverkusen had already recorded some superb results in the group stage of the competition, including a 3-0 defeat of Real Madrid.
		Leverkusen, struggling as the match wore on to retain possession for any length of time, did open up the Liverpool defence with a superb interchange of passes but Andrei Voronin shot over under pressure from Djimi Traore.
		Bayer Leverkusen: Butt, Schneider, Callsen-Bracker, Juan, Placente, Ramelow, Freier (Bierofka 83), Ponte (Donovan 69), Krzynowek, Berbatov, Voronin (Franca 68).
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/europe/4281707.stm (537 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Bayern's Ballack returns to sorry Leverkusen - Thursday September 26, 2002 09:41 AM
		Leverkusen is laboring in 15th place after its worst season start in 20 years and one win in six matches.
		But Leverkusen still has a good team, just a little bit of luck has been missing," said Ballack, who remained a darling of Leverkusen fans even when his move to Bayern became known.
		Although Leverkusen's grown into a top German club, it still can't compete with the glamor and wealth of Bayern Munich and when the Bavarians came calling for Ballack and Ze Roberto, Leverkusen let them go for an estimated 15.5 million euro (US$15 million).
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/09/26/germany_preview_ap (744 words)

	USATODAY.com - Real, Leverkusen reach Champions final (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bayer Leverkusen made up for the possible loss of the Bundesliga title race in a big way Tuesday by coming back to salvage a 1-1 draw against Manchester United and earn a place in the Champions League semifinal.
		Leverkusen seemed poised to win its first Bundesliga title — until it lost two straight games and dropped one point behind Borussia Dortmund with one round to play.
		Leverkusen defender Boris Zivkovic slipped and fell and Keane, who returned last week from a hamstring injury, rounded goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2002-05-01-champions.htm (861 words)

	Leverkusen come from behind to reach final -DAWN - Sport; May 2, 2002
		LEVERKUSEN (Germany), May 1: Bayer Leverkusen fought back from a goal down to secure a 1-1 home draw with Manchester United Tuesday that sent them through to the final of the Champions League for the first time.
		Leverkusen and the Germany team might have to pay a high price for the achievement as central defender and captain Jens Nowotny hurt his knee in a clash with Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy in the 10th minute.
		Leverkusen are also through to the German Cup final and remain on course for an historic treble since no German club has won the domestic league and Cup titles and the European Cup in the same season.
	www.dawn.com /2002/05/02/spt1.htm (634 words)

	Project Page 4-Bayer Leverkusen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Leverkusen is a very skilled team that has players from all over the world.
		Leverkusen is a team I don't know much about, but I have learned that they were founded in 1904.
		Bayer Leverkusen wants as badly to win their first Champions League as any other team in the world.
	www.personal.utulsa.edu /~kyle-brown/bayerpage.htm (207 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online:
		Defender Juan opened the scoring for Leverkusen in the 51st minute and Andrei Voronin, a striker who tormented the visitors from his native country all evening, notched the second in the 77th.
		Leverkusen won Group B with 11 points, ahead of Real Madrid, which beat AS Roma 3-0, to advance.
		Kleber toyed with the Leverkusen defence at the start of the second half but his shot was deflected.
	mg.co.za /articlepage.aspx?articleid=193160&area=/breaking_news/... (567 words)

	Leverkusen News
		Leverkusen - Peter Hoogenboom, a 46 year-old athlete with diabetes and winner of the Bayer Dream Fund contest was cycling into Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, October 19, 2006 having achieved his dream of a...
		Stuttgart's Cacau from Brazil, left, celebrates as the ball is in the goal scored by Marion Gomez, right in the background, during the German first soccer division match between VfB Stuttgart and Bayer 04...
		Leverkusen - Security technology is the subject of much debate.
	www.topix.net /de/leverkusen (736 words)

	ESPN.com - SOCCER - Leverkusen sees lead shrink
		Second-place Borussia Dortmund closed the gap on Leverkusen to two points with two matches left when a late penalty from Brazilian striker Marcio Amoroso beat strugglers Cologne 2-1.
		Leverkusen would have wrapped it up on Saturday if it had beaten Werder and Dortmund had not won against Cologne.
		But Leverkusen and Dortmund are the two favorites before an exciting finale.
	espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0420/1371426.html (1198 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - Leverkusen want German title more than European
		Leverkusen take on Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals at Old Trafford on Wednesday, but Toppmoeller is clear of his priorities.
		Leverkusen are only two points clear of second-placed Borussia Dortmund with two Bundesliga games left after losing 2-1 at Werder Bremen on Saturday.
		Leverkusen have built a reputation for upsetting English clubs this season as they qualified for the last eight of the Champions League at Arsenal's expense before knocking out Liverpool to advance to the semifinals for the first time.
	www.soccernet.com /europe/news/2002/0423/20020423bayertitle.html (475 words)

	Bayer Leverkusen eliminated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Leverkusen suffered a 3-1 defeat at Newcastle United, for whom former England striker Alan Shearer scored a first-half hat-trick to maintain the English side's hopes of qualifying for the last eight.
		Valencia tasted defeat in front of their own fans in the Champions League for the first time when they were surprisingly beaten 3-0 by AS Roma in Group B, which remains tight after Ajax and Arsenal drew 0-0 in Amsterdam.
		Leverkusen had squandered a golden chance to make it 2-1 but Germany striker Oliver Neuville's penalty was comfortably saved by Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given, although Marko Babic did grab a well-taken consolation 17 minutes from time.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/feb/27champs.htm (488 words)

	Leverkusen over manchester utd in champions league play - The Reggae Boyz Forum
		Bayer Leverkusen advanced to the final based on the away goals rule on a 3-3 aggregate score.
		Leverkusen, which also is gunning for its first Bundesliga title heading into the last round of the German League on Saturday, will meet either Spanish giants Real Madrid or Barcelona in the final at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on May 12.
		Leverkusen pulled even in the second minute of added time at the end of the opening half.
	www.thereggaeboyz.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/005432.html (783 words)

	Donovan ready for first match with Leverkusen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		No one at Leverkusen seems to doubt his skills; he scored in his first game and had two assists in the final exhibition as the team rolled to a 4-0 record with 17 goals in its tuneups.
		Leverkusen coach Klaus Augenthaler, known for liking the ``special player,'' is thought to be enamored with Donovan's ability and personality.
		Leverkusen called Donovan back on loan from San Jose, after signing him to a six year contract, because they want him to challenge Robson Ponte for the spot right behind the two forwards.
	www.ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/461432.html (909 words)

	Bayer Leverkusen News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By DPA Hamburg, Oct 26 Bundesliga clubs Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Moenchengladbach were knocked out of the German Cup after losing their second round matches to lower league clubs, while the match between...
		Midfielder Gonzalo Castro of Bayer Leverkusen will be out of action for a month due to a shoulder injury, the German first division soccer club said on Tuesday.
		Bayer Leverkusen striker Sergej Barbarez is retiring from international soccer with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
	www.topix.net /world-soccer/bayer-leverkusen (692 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Champions League \| Shearer sinks Leverkusen
		In contrast to vibrant Newcastle, Leverkusen seemed a pale and sad imitation of the side that reached last season's Champions League final.
		Leverkusen's dreadful start to the match continued when Oliver Neuville's limp penalty was saved by Shay Given after 19 minutes.
		Leverkusen's abject misery deepened when Shearer completed his hat-trick.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/champions_league/2797655.stm (493 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Aristocrat Madrid faces upstart Leverkusen - Monday May 13, 2002 06:45 PM
		Bayer Leverkusen came close to winning the Bundesliga title this season but lost out to Borussia Dortmund.
		In the quarterfinal, it ousted four-time titlist Liverpool after twice behind behind and, in the semis, came from a goal down to eliminate a Manchester United team which had won its domestic league title seven times in nine seasons.
		Leverkusen has talent but not in such abundance.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/05/13/aristocrat_upstart_ap (580 words)

	Leverkusen - Eurosport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bayer Leverkusen appointed Michael Skibbe as their new coach on Sunday, reuniting him with his former international boss, Rudi Voeller.
		Leverkusen have approved the transfer of striker Landon Donovan home to the United States where he'll play for the Los Angeles Galaxy
		Bayer Leverkusen captain Jens Nowotny has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee ligament injury, it was announced on Monday.
	eurosport.com /football/teams/leverkusen/teamfoot.shtml (474 words)

	www.leverkusen.de » English Articles » Shopping
		Wiesdorf is Leverkusen’s city centre, formed in the seventies during the course of urban reform.
		The silhouette of Bayer plant is also very dominant, acting at the same time as a symbol of Leverkusen’s character as a modern, industrial city.
		It is, after all, the most populous district in Leverkusen today and has a long and interesting history, having formerly been an autonomous town and the centre of the then Rhine-Wupper District.
	www.leverkusen.de /english/einkaufen.cfm?men=english (696 words)

	USATODAY.com - Donovan to leave MLS and rejoin Leverkusen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Landon Donovan is leaving the San Jose Earthquakes to rejoin Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, a move that costs Major League Soccer its most successful player.
		Donovan signed with Bayer Leverkusen in February 1999 when he was just 16 but never got into a game with the club and joined San Jose before the 2001 season.
		Leverkusen is 11th in the 18-team Bundesliga at 5-5-4 and is trying to advance to the second round of the European Champions League.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2004-11-23-leverkusen-donovan_x.htm (771 words)

	MLS: Donovan returns to Bayer Leverkusen, ending 4-year San Jose stay.
		Donovan, 22, did not adjust well to Leverkusen and Germany after signing in 1999 and MLS negotiated a pair of complicated two-year loan arrangements to obtain him.
		Leverkusen exercised that right to retain Donovan, but negotiations between MLS, Leverkusen and Donovan's agent Richard Motzkin of SportsNet LLC, resulted in a new two-year deal on December 18, 2002.
		Leverkusen, one of the traditional Bundesliga powers, is 5-5-4 with 19 points in a three-way tie for ninth place, but only 10 points off the lead.
	www.soccertimes.com /mls/2004/nov23.htm (627 words)

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