
Julian Brandt, Kai Havertz, Jonathan Tah (Germany)
Thursday, 15 November (20.45 CET): Germany v Russia (Friendly)
Monday, 19 November (20.45 CET): Germany v Netherlands (UEFA Nations League)
Julian Baumgartlinger, Aleksandar Dragovic (Austria)
Thursday, 15 November (20.45 CET): Austria v Bosnia-Herzegovina (UEFA Nations League)
Sunday, 18 November (18.00 CET): Northern Ireland v Austria (UEFA Nations League)
Lukas Hradecky (Finland)
Thursday, 15 November (20.45 CET): Greece v Finland (UEFA Nations League)
Sunday, 18 November (20.45 CET): Hungary v Finland (Nations League)
Tin Jedvaj (Croatia)
Thursday, 15 November (20.45 CET): Croatia v Spain (UEFA Nations League)
Sunday, 18 November (15 .00 CET): England v Croatia (UEFA Nations League)
Issac Kiese Thelin (Sweden)
Saturday, 17 November (18.00 CET): Turkey v Sweden (UEFA Nations League)
Tuesday, 20 November (20.45 CET): Sweden v Russia (UEFA Nations League)
Paulinho (Brazil U20s)
Thursday, 15 November (TBA): Brazil U20 v Columbia U20 (Friendly)
Dienstag, 20 November (17.30 CET): Brazil U20 v Columbia U20 (Friendly)
Jakub Bednarczyk, Adrian Stanilewicz (Poland U20s)
Thursday, 15 November (18.00 CET): Portugal U20 v Polen U20 (Elite League)
Monday, 19 November (19.00 CET ): Poland U20 v Ukraine U20 (Friendly)

Video game producer Electronic Arts (EA) has announced the nominees for the Men's and Women's Team of the Year (TOTY) for EA Sports FC 26. With Patrik Schick and Alejandro Grimaldo for the men and Vanessa Fudalla for the women, there are three Bayer 04 players included. Fans of the Black-and-Reds can vote for each top XI of 2025 from now until 18:59 CET on Monday 12 January.
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The long-standing successful collaboration between Bayer 04 and the transport service provider wupsi GmbH has been expanded: From January 2026, 100 wupsi bikes with Bayer 04 branding will be available for hire throughout the city of Leverkusen. They will complement the many existing offers and services that provide key support, especially for fans travelling to and from home matches at the BayArena.
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The Werkself are back! Following the two-week winter break, head coach Kasper Hjulmand's team began the new year with an open session on Sunday. After Robert Andrich and his teammates arrived in Leverkusen yesterday for the official check-in, they got back down to business a day later in front of around 1,200 fans at the Ulrich Haberland Stadion. The report from the Werkself's first session of 2026.
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In her debut season of 2024/25, Cornelia Kramer immediately became the top scorer for Bayer 04 Women. However, the Danish national team striker was stopped by an injury at the start of the new season. Now, just in time before the end of last year, she is fit again – and has extended her contract early until 2027. In this interview, the 23-year-old talks about the reasons for her decision and looks ahead.
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