Victor BONIFACE

Victor BONIFACE - Bayer Leverkusen - 2024 Europa League.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 18 April 2024

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    • POSITION
      Forward.
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Saturday, 23 December 2000
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Akure, Nigeria.
  • CLUBS
  • Bayer Leverkusen
    • Club Career Dates
    • League Debut
      19th August 2023 in 3-2 home win over RB Leipzig.
    • Club Career
25 years and growing. 25 years of sporting history. prostate cancer appeal T-shirt offers. Sponsorship offer.

Victor BONIFACE - Bayer Leverkusen - 2024 Europa League.

 

2023/2024 Europa League.

 

Group H Table.


B Leverkusen:   
 W 6
  D 0
  L 0 
  goals  + 19   
-   3  
 18  pts 
 1 
FK Qarabag:
 W 3
  D 1
  L 2
  goals  +   7
-   7
 10  pts
 2
Molde:  W 2
  D 1
  L 3
  goals   +  12
-  12
   7  pts
 3
Hacken:
 W 0
  D 0
  L 6
  goals   +   3
-  17
   0  pts
 4

 

Last 16. 1st Leg.

FK Qarabag (2) v (2) Bayer 04 Leverkusen. (Benzia 26m, Juninho 45+2m, Wirtz 70m,

Schick 90+2m.) Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Azerbaijan, 7th March 2024. Attendance: 30,423.


 

Last 16, 2nd Leg.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen (3) v (2) FK Qarabag. (Frimpong 72m, Schick 90+3m, 90+7'm, Zoubir 58m, Juninho 67m)

BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany. Thursday 14th March 2024.  Attendance 30,210.

Leverkusen won 5-4 on aggregate.

 

Quarter-Final 1st Leg

Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2) v (0) West Ham United. (Hofmann 83m, Boniface 90'+1m).

BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany. 11th April 2024.  Attendance: 30,210.

Bayer Leverkusen:

17. Matej Kovar (GK), 4. Jonathan Tah, 12. Edmond Tapsoba, 2. Josip Stanisic (3. Piero Hincapié 66 min),

34. Granit Xhaka, 25. Exequiel Palacios, 20. Alejandro Grimaldo, 30. Jeremie Frimpong (19. Nathan Tella 67 min)

14. Patrik Schick (22. Victor Boniface 76 min), 21. Amine Adli (7. Jonas Hofmann 76 min).

West Ham United:

 1. Lukasz Fabianski (GK), 4. Kurt Zouma, 3. Aaron Cresswell, 5. Vladimír Coufal, 9. Michail Antonio,

15. Konstantinos Mavropanos (27. Nayef Aguerd 86 min), 7. James Ward-Prowse,

28. Tomás Soucek, 33. Emerson,10. Lucas Paquetá, 14. Mohammed Kudus (2. Ben Johnson 86 min).

 

FOUR DAYS LATER BAYER LEVERKUSEN WON THE BUNDESLIGA TITLE

FOR THE FIRST TIME, SINCE THEY WERE FORMED IN 1901.

Their title winning 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen gave them their 25th win of 2023/24.

and they remained unbeaten !


Quarter-Final. 2nd Leg.

West Ham United (1) v (1) Bayer 04 Leverkusen. (Antonio 13m, Frimpong 89m). The London Stadium,

Thursday 18th April 2024. Attendance 62,473.

West Ham United:

  1. Lukasz Fabianski (GK), 27. Nayef Aguerd (21. Angelo Ogbonna 45+ 2 min), 4. Kurt Zouma,

  3. Aaron Cresswell, 5. Vladimír Coufal (2. Ben Johnson 84 min), 7. James Ward-Prowse, 28. Tomás Soucek,

19. Edson Álvarez (17. Maxwel Cornet 84 min), 9. Michail Antonio, 14. Mohammed Kudus, 20. Jarrod Bowen.

Bayer Leverkusen:

17. Matej Kovar (GK), 4. Jonathan Tah, 3. Piero Hincapié, 6. Odilon Kossounou (12. Edmond Tapsoba 29 min)

34. Granit Xhaka, 25. Exequiel Palacios, 20. Alejandro Grimaldo (21. Amine Adli 68 min), 2. Josip Stanisic,

14. Patrik Schick (22. Victor Boniface 45 min), 10. Florian Wirtz (8. Robert Andrich 97 min),

19. Nathan Tella (30. Jeremie Frimpong 45 min). Leverkusen won 3-1 on aggregate.

 

 

Semi-Final 1st Leg.

 

Roma (0) v (2) Bayer Leverkusen. (Wirtz 28m, Andrich 73m). Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy.

Thursday 2nd May 2024.

 

Semi-Final. 2nd Leg.

 

Bayer Leverkusen (2) v (2) Roma. (Paredes 43m pen & 66m pen, Mancini 82m og, Stanisic 90+7m !).

BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany. Thursday 9th May 2024.

 

Bayer won 4-2 on aggregate and set the longest unbeaten run in all competitions including

European matches, beating Benfica's record set from 1963-65.

HOWEVER Leverkusen's unbeaten run of 51 games, which lasted for 361 days, ended in Dublin.

 

2024 EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL.


Beyer Leverkusen (0) v (3) Atalanta. (Ademola Lookman 12m, 26m & 75). Aviva Stadium, Dublin,

Ireland. Wednesday 22nd May. Attenance 47,135.

Bayer Leverkusen:

17. Matej Kovar (GK),  4. Jonathan Tah, 3. Piero Hincapié, 12. Edmond Tapsoba, 34. Granit Xhaka,

25. Exequiel Palacios (8. Robert Andrich 68 min), 20. Alejandro Grimaldo (23. Adam Hlozek 69 min)

2.  Josip Stanisic (22. Victor Boniface 45 min), 21. Amine Adli, 10. Florian Wirtz (14. Patrik Schick 81 min)

30. Jeremie Frimpong (19. Nathan Tella 81 min).

Atalanta:

  1. Juan Musso (GK), 4. Isak Hien 23. Sead Kolasinac (42. Giorgio Scalvini 45 min), 19. Berat Djimsiti,

  7. Teun Koopmeiners, 13. Éderson, 22. Matteo Ruggeri (2. Rafael Tolói 90+1 min),

77. Davide Zappacosta (33. Hans Hateboer 84 min), 90. Gianluca Scamacca (10. El Bilal Toure 84 min),

11. Ademola Lookman, 17. Charles De Ketelaere (8. Mario Pasalic 57 min).