Bayer Leverkusen 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Bayer Leverkusen in the 1970s — 31 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.
Thomas Hörster racked up the most apps of anyone here — 404 in all. Peter Szech leads the scoring with 39. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Frank-Michael Schonert: 26 goals in 50 apps. The squad breaks down as 3 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 7 midfielders and 11 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hörster | DF | 404 | 26 | 74 |
| Peter Hermann | MF | 215 | 32 | 72 |
| Jürgen Gelsdorf | DF | 296 | 26 | 71 |
| Dieter Herzog | MF | 193 | 29 | 71 |
| Walter Posner | DF | 274 | 5 | 70 |
| Matthias Brücken | FW | 90 | 36 | 70 |
| Peter Szech | FW | 130 | 39 | 69 |
| Burkhard Segler | MF/FW | 63 | 24 | 66 |
| Frank-Michael Schonert | FW | 50 | 26 | 66 |
| Fred-Werner Bockholt | GK | 144 | — | 66 |
| Norbert Ziegler | MF | 142 | 17 | 66 |
| Klaus Bruckmann | DF | 193 | 24 | 65 |
| Dieter Ferner | GK | 126 | — | 65 |
| Peter Klimke | DF | 182 | 4 | 65 |
| Hans-Jürgen Scheinert | DF | 157 | 9 | 63 |
| Jürgen Glowacz | MF | 53 | 13 | 58 |
| Wolfgang Lüttges | FW | 46 | 10 | 57 |
| Dietmar Demuth | DF | 92 | 14 | 56 |
| Hubert Makel | GK | 41 | — | 56 |
| Wilfried Klinge | FW | 23 | 8 | 55 |
| Gerhard Kentschke | FW | 48 | 5 | 51 |
| Theodor Rieländer | MF | 44 | 2 | 51 |
| Jürgen Papies | FW | 12 | 4 | 49 |
| Willi Marzok | FW | 36 | 3 | 49 |
| Günter Pangerl | FW | 33 | 3 | 48 |
| Christian Beer | FW | 4 | 0 | 39 |
| Andreas Fehse | DF | 2 | 0 | 38 |
| Pavle Kiš | FW | — | — | 32 |
| Manfred Eickerling | DF | — | — | 32 |
| Reinhard Roder | DF | — | — | 32 |
| Kurt Eigl | MF | — | — | 32 |
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