Alonso's Leverkusen career in numbers | OneFootball

Xabi Alonso's career numbers at Bayer Leverkusen

Xabi Alonso oversaw an extraordinary turnaround at Bayer Leverkusen since taking charge of the first team on 5 October 2022 - but don't just take our word for it, here are the stats to prove it!

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Stats correct as of 18 May 2025

0 - In 2023/24, Leverkusen became the first team in Bundesliga history to go a whole season with zero losses.

1st – Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title for the first time in the club's history in 2023/24.

1 - Die Werkself were in pole position at the end of 30 of the 34 completed Bundesliga matchdays in 2023/24 - likewise a club record.

2 – Alonso is just the second Spaniard to take charge of a Bundesliga club as head coach, after Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich.

2.14 – Alonso’s points-per-game average of 2.14 is the best of any coach in Leverkusen’s history. Only former Bayern bosses Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola and Hansi Flick, as well as current coach Vincent Kompany, have managed more. His goals-per-game average of 2.2 is also the best of any coach in Leverkusen’s history (209 in 94 games).

3 – Alonso won three trophies as Leverkusen boss (2023/24 Bundesliga and DFB Cup, plus the 2024 Supercup), which is more than the club had ever won before (1992/93 DFB Cup and 1987/88 UEFA Cup).

7 – Die Werkself won a club record seven consecutive away games under Alonso in 2023/24.

9 – Alonso is just the ninth person to win the Bundesliga as both a player and a coach, after Hansi Flick, Niko Kovač, Thomas Schaaf, Matthias Sammer, Franz Beckenbauer, Felix Magath, Jupp Heynckes and Helmut Benthaus.

10 – Leverkusen set a club record of 10 consecutive wins between Matchdays 20 and 29 in 2023/24.

17 – When Alonso took over the reins at Leverkusen in October 2022 they were in 17th place in the table. They ended the 2022/23 campaign in sixth, and have only gone upwards ever since.

24 - Leverkusen only conceded 24 goals in their invincible 2023/24 Bundesliga season - a new club record.

34 - Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last 34 away games, equalling Bayern Munich's all-time record run (achieved under multiple coaches). Alonso is he first coach to manage such a streak on his own.

35 - Leverkusen remained unbeaten in the Bundesliga for 35 consecutive games, from the first matchday of 2023/24 to the first matchday of 2024/25 inclusive - a new club record.

45 - Leverkusen also set new single-season club records for away wins (14) and points earned away from home (45) in 2023/24.

51 - Leverkusen set a new European record for the longest unbeaten sequence by going 51 games without defeat in all competitions (42 wins, nine draws). Their overall record in 2023/24 read 43 wins, nine draws and one loss.

62.8 – Alonso’s win ratio in the Bundesliga (59 wins from 94 games). Only four permanent coaches (excluding caretakers) have ever had a better tally in Bundesliga history, and all of them were at Bayern: Guardiola (80 percent), Flick (78 percent), Carlo Ancelotti (73 percent) and Kompany (72 percent). Alonso contributed to those numbers for Guardiola and Ancelotti as a player.

89 - Alonso's side scored 89 times in their title-winning season - a new club record.

90 - Leverkusen's total of 90 points accumulated in their title-winning season was also a club record and the joint-second highest of any team after Bayern's treble winners of 2012/13 (91).

140 - In his 140 competitive matches as Leverkusen coach, Alonso recorded 87 wins, 34 draws (the penalty shootout win against Stuttgart in the Supercup is statistically counted as a draw) and only 19 defeats.

201 - Leverkusen earned 201 points from 94 Bundesliga games under Alonso.

315 - In Alonso's 140 competitive matches at the helm, Die Werkself scored 315 goals and conceded 155.

2026 – At the start of August 2023, Alonso extended his contract at Leverkusen until 2026. However, he he and the club have now agreed that he will leave a year early at the end of the 2024/25 campaign.

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