The first game of the season away to Borussia Dortmund is on Saturday 6 August. The kick-off at the Signal Iduna Park is at 18.30 CEST. The opening home fixture is on Saturday 13 August. FC Augsburg are the first visitors to the BayArena this term.
There is another home fixture a week later: The Werkself entertain TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday 20 August (kick-off: 15.30 CEST. The fourth and final match in August is away to Mainz 05. That game is also on a Saturday afternoon (27 August) at 15.30 CEST.
That is followed in September with the home game against SC Freiburg, an away trip to Hertha Berlin and a home match against Werder Bremen (see list below).
Bundesliga fixtures matchdays 1 to 7:
Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer 04 (Saturday 6 August, 18.30 CEST)
Bayer 04 vs FC Augsburg (Saturday 13 August, 15.30 CEST)
Bayer 04 vs TSG Hoffenheim (Saturday 20 August, 15.30 CEST)
Mainz 05 vs Bayer 04 (Saturday 27 August, 15.30 CEST)
Bayer 04 vs SC Freiburg (Saturday 3 September, 15.30 CEST)
Hertha Berlin vs Bayer 04 (Saturday 10 September, 15.30 CEST)
Bayer 04 vs Werder Bremen (Saturday 17 September, 15.30 CEST)
Attacking midfielder Paulina Bartz is leaving Bayer 04 Leverkusen for good on a permanent move to Hamburger SV in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga. The 21-year-old, who was on loan to the newly promoted side in the winter, originally had a contract to 2027.
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The Bayer 04 Football School opened in 2007 – now this successful programme is getting a new name and a new logo: with immediate effect, the Bayer 04 Football School powered by BarmeniaGothaer is becoming the Bayer 04 Football Academy powered by BarmeniaGothaer.
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The sustainable use of the BayArena seats removed as part of the current stadium upgrade has taken on a new dimension: Following on from numerous Bayer 04 fans receiving their ‘Undefeated Champions seats’ and various clubs and community organisations from Leverkusen and the wider region having collected the dismantled seats, Blau-Gelbe Kreuz e.V. also made their way to the BayArena recently. The German-Ukrainian aid organisation took away around 2,100 seats; in Ukraine, these will be used to upgrade the sports infrastructure of two clubs.
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