Apart from the 18 Bundesliga fixtures on the last two matchdays, with simultaneous Saturday afternoon kick-offs at 15.30 CET as usual, the Werkself are in action on matchdays 30 to 32 as follows:
The clash with the German record champions is on Saturday, 6 June, at 15.30 CET at the BayArena. On the following weekend, the Werkself are away to Schalke 04 on Sunday, 14 June, with the kick-off at 18.00 CET. Three days later, Bayer 04 are at home to FC Köln on Wednesday, 17 June (20.30 CET) in the derby with the Rhine rivals.
The matches will all be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The European jersey has been launched, the UEL opponents have been drawn – and anticipation for the European campaign is running high. To mark the occasion, an autograph session was held on Friday afternoon, 28 August, at the Fanwelt with current Werkself player Montrell Culbreath and official club legend Paulo Sergio.
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After six and a half years, Exequiel Palacios is leaving the Bundesliga and moving from Bayer 04 to the Premier League. The Argentine, who as a Werkself player won the World Cup with his national team four years ago and finished as runners-up at this summer’s tournament, will play for newly promoted English side Ipswich Town with immediate effect. The 27-year-old, whose contract in Leverkusen was due to run until 30 June 2030, joined Bayer 04 in January 2020 as a promising young talent. He steadily developed into one of the best defensive midfielders in the German top flight.
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When Exequiel Palacios moved from the Argentinian club River Plate to Bayer Leverkusen on 1 January 2020, the then 21-year-old could not have imagined just how successful the next six and a half years would be for him. Pala, as he is known, had already won the Copa Libertadores – the most prestigious competition in South American club football – with River Plate. But there were still so many more trophies to come.
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To mark Exequiel Palacios’s departure, we’ve put together a compilation of the midfielder’s finest and most important goals from his six-and-a-half years at the club.
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