Bayer Leverkusen 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Bayer Leverkusen in the 1980s — 78 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.
Thomas Hörster racked up the most apps of anyone here — 404 in all. Herbert Waas leads the scoring with 72. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Arne Larsen Økland: 43 goals in 101 apps. The squad breaks down as 5 goalkeepers, 24 defenders, 29 midfielders and 20 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hörster | DF | 404 | 26 | 84 |
| Rüdiger Vollborn | GK | 401 | — | 84 |
| Cha Bum-kun | MF | 185 | 52 | 84 |
| Peter Hermann | MF | 215 | 32 | 83 |
| Herbert Waas | FW | 209 | 72 | 83 |
| Dieter Herzog | MF | 193 | 29 | 82 |
| Jürgen Gelsdorf | DF | 296 | 26 | 82 |
| Christian Schreier | MF/FW | 203 | 63 | 82 |
| Arne Larsen Økland | FW | 101 | 43 | 81 |
| Walter Posner | DF | 274 | 5 | 81 |
| Matthias Brücken | FW | 90 | 36 | 80 |
| Peter Szech | FW | 130 | 39 | 80 |
| Norbert Ziegler | MF | 142 | 17 | 78 |
| Klaus Bruckmann | DF | 193 | 24 | 78 |
| Peter Klimke | DF | 182 | 4 | 78 |
| Andreas Fischer | MF | 151 | 13 | 77 |
| Fred-Werner Bockholt | GK | 144 | — | 77 |
| Andrzej Buncol | MF | 123 | 14 | 76 |
| Hans-Jürgen Scheinert | DF | 157 | 9 | 76 |
| Alois Reinhardt | DF | 156 | 1 | 76 |
| Martin Kree | DF | 156 | 22 | 76 |
| Falko Götz | FW | 115 | 26 | 75 |
| Wolfgang Vöge | FW | 125 | 24 | 73 |
| Wolfgang Rolff | MF | 99 | 9 | 73 |
| Knut Reinhardt | MF | 118 | 5 | 72 |
| Marek Leśniak | FW | 119 | 20 | 71 |
| Jürgen Röber | FW | 105 | 18 | 71 |
| Uwe Greiner | GK | 67 | — | 70 |
| Dietmar Demuth | DF | 92 | 14 | 70 |
| Helmut Winklhofer | MF | 90 | 5 | 70 |
| Florian Hinterberger | MF | 105 | 2 | 69 |
| Jorginho | DF | 87 | 9 | 69 |
| Erich Seckler | DF | 86 | 2 | 69 |
| Jürgen Glowacz | MF | 53 | 13 | 68 |
| Jean-Pierre de Keyser | DF | 81 | 1 | 68 |
| Thomas Zechel | MF | 70 | 6 | 68 |
| Dieter Bast | DF | 71 | 2 | 67 |
| Hubert Makel | GK | 41 | — | 66 |
| Wolfgang Patzke | MF | 59 | 5 | 66 |
| Ralf Falkenmayer | MF | 48 | 7 | 66 |
| Klaus Täuber | FW | 31 | 8 | 65 |
| Tita | FW | 21 | 10 | 65 |
| Heiko Herrlich | FW | 75 | 6 | 63 |
| Christian Hausmann | MF | 56 | 2 | 63 |
| Roman Geszlecht | DF | 48 | 1 | 63 |
| Markus Elmer | DF | 42 | 2 | 62 |
| Marcus Feinbier | FW | 69 | 3 | 62 |
| Frank Saborowski | DF | 41 | 0 | 61 |
| Sven Demandt | FW | 31 | 6 | 61 |
| Ulrich Bittorf | MF | 37 | 3 | 61 |
| Peter Zanter | DF | 40 | 0 | 61 |
| Manfred Kastl | FW | 26 | 6 | 61 |
| Günter Drews | MF | 46 | 1 | 61 |
| Horst Knauf | MF | 39 | 2 | 60 |
| Rudolf Wojtowicz | DF | 30 | — | 59 |
| Anders Giske | DF | 29 | 1 | 59 |
| Bernd Dreher | GK | 9 | — | 58 |
| Minas Hantzidis | MF | 24 | 1 | 56 |
| Markus von Ahlen | MF | 24 | 1 | 56 |
| Dirk Hielscher | DF | 20 | 1 | 56 |
| Jürgen Radschuweit | DF | 20 | 1 | 56 |
| Christian Sackewitz | FW | 20 | 2 | 55 |
| Stefan Kohn | FW | 18 | 2 | 54 |
| Oliver Pagé | DF | 6 | 1 | 51 |
| Claus-Dieter Wollitz | MF | 7 | 0 | 49 |
| Andreas Fehse | DF | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Christian Beer | FW | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| Dirk Rehbein | MF | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Holger Aden | FW | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Frank Glaß | FW | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Jürgen Luginger | MF | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Terje Olsen | MF | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Mathias Hönerbach | DF | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Marko Schröder | FW | — | — | 42 |
| Thorsten Wörsdörfer | MF | — | — | 42 |
| Yahiro Kazama | MF | — | — | 42 |
| Markus Falkenstein | MF | — | — | 42 |
| Kurt Eigl | MF | — | — | 42 |
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