Bayer Leverkusen finally loses but on list of storied sports teams with long unbeaten streaks

The record-setting run of Bayer Leverkusen is over at 51. The German club was on the longest unbeaten streak by a team in a major European soccer league since the introduction of European competitions, but it ended after losing to Atalanta 3-0 in the Europa League final on Wednesday. The men's and women's teams for English soccer club Arsenal have both set records that have earned them the “Invincibles” moniker. The men's team managed by Arsene Wenger went through the entire 2003-04 season unbeaten in the Premier League (26 wins and 12 draws) — though not in Europe — for a feat previously achieved in England's top flight only by Preston, which didn't lose in its 22-game league campaign in 1888-89.