Xabi Alonso's career numbers at Bayer Leverkusen
Xabi Alonso has overseen an extraordinary turnaround at Bayer Leverkusen since taking charge in October 2022 - but don't just take our word for it, here are the stats to prove it!
Stats correct as of 20 May 2024
1st – Leverkusen have won the Bundesliga title for the first time in the club's history.
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.
2.25 – Alonso’s points-per-game average of 2.25 is the best of any coach in Leverkusen’s history.
2.28 – Alonso’s goals-per-game average is also the best of any coach in Leverkusen’s history.
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7 – Die Werkself won a club record seven consecutive away wins 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.
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 the first team in Bundesliga history to go unbeaten across all 34 games of a season.
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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 have set a new European record for the longest unbeaten sequence by going 51 games without defeat (42 wins, nine draws).
68 – Alonso’s win ratio now stands at 68 percent. Only three permanent coaches (excluding caretakers) have ever had a better tally in league history, and all of them were at Bayern: Guardiola (80 percent), Flick (78 percent) and Carlo Ancelotti (73 percent). Alonso contributed to those numbers for Guardiola and Ancelotti as a player.
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74 - Alonso's charges scored 89 times in their title-winning season - a new club record.
135 - Leverkusen have won 135 points from 60 games under Alonso - more points than any other Bundesliga team across the same period.
1096 - Of the 1096 Bundesliga campaigns of all the participating teams over the league's 61 seasons, Leverkusen's in 2023/24 was the first without defeat in an entire season.
2026 – At the start of August 2023, Alonso extended his contract at Leverkusen until 2026.
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