Bayer Leverkusen Advances to the UEFA Europa League Final After Winning their 49th Straight Game.

Although Bayer Leverkusen won’t likely be celebrating their European final qualification on Thursday, they may have been celebrating something no other UEFA club has ever accomplished.

The Bundesliga winners advanced to the tournament’s final after a 4-2 aggregate victory over Roma in the Europa League semifinals thanks to a 2-2 second-leg tie.

More impressively, though, Leverkusen has now won 49 consecutive competitive games without a loss, a record held by no other UEFA team since the start of European continental competition. The previous benchmark was Benfica’s 48-game streak that included matches from 1963 to 1965.

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Stanisic’s goal, meanwhile, was Leverkusen’s 17th scored in stoppage time this season.

Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka said to TNT Sports: “This is football. It is the nice part of football. For the mentality, we showed again today against a big team to come back like this and go through to the final. We are more than happy today.

“You see the desire from the team, we didn’t want to slow down. We wanted to score the next goal to keep going unbeaten, 49 times now. We are proud of it.”

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The unbeaten run, which is across all competitions and started with an 8-0 victory over FC Teutonia Ottensen in the German Cup on August 12, has surpassed Portuguese club Benfica’s mark of 48 consecutive games without losing from December 1963 to February 1965.

That Benfica team was spearheaded by Eusebio and they won the Portuguese league and cup throughout their unbeaten run.

Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen side has avoided defeat in 32 Bundesliga games, five German Cup matches, and 12 Europa League games. They have won 40 of these matches.

Unsurprisingly, this has left them on the brink of a treble. They have already won the Bundesliga — ending Bayern Munich’s 11-season dominance as a result — and face second-tier Kaiserslautern in the German Cup final on May 25 and Atalanta in the Europa League final on May 22.

If Leverkusen also avoid defeat in their final two league games they will become the first side in Bundesliga history to go a whole season unbeaten.

Here are the five longest unbeaten runs by a European club since 1955:

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Longest unbeaten runs

Bayer Leverkusen historic 49th consecutive victory propels them to the UEFA Europa League Final, showcasing unparalleled dominance and determination.