The family matchday has proved to be popular with young and old alike for the past six years. So there will be loads of fun for a seventh year, particularly for young fans. In addition to the action on the pitch, there will be loads of games and fun events in and around the BayArena as well as lots of great entertainment offers. And if your youngster is hungry or thirsty: The kiosks around the BayArena will have family friendly menus.
Tickets are available at very attractive prices from Tuesday 30th July: Adults pay €15, concession tickets are available for €10. Children under 14 get in for just one euro! The special prices apply to all seated areas – must be at least one children's ticket per each order.
Tickets can be ordered by phone via the Service centre on 0049 (0)214 5000 1904 or from one of the Bayer 04 shops at the BayArena, in Leverkusen City, in Bergisch Gladbach and Solingen. Special price tickets are not available online via the ticket web shop. Special tickets can only be booked as individual tickets and not as part of the MY PACKAGE option.
Normal match tickets for the game against TSG Hoffenheim are, of course, available by the usual order methods or as part of a package under the usual conditions.
Strengthening the Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth teams: Konstantinos Kotsifakis will join the Werkself from Bundesliga 2 club Hertha Berlin for the 2026/27 season, where he will be a permanent member of the Leverkusen U19 coaching set-up. The German-Greek will also take on an operational role in coaching the Bayer 04 Future Team. The 29-year-old was most recently head coach of the U17s at Hertha Berlin.
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Another award for the Bayer 04 head groundsman and staff: After coming top in the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2024/25 seasons, the BayArena pitch came second in the Bundesliga Pitch of the Year ranking for the 2025/26 season. VfL Wolfsburg secured the top spot this year, with TSG Hoffenheim in third place.
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Opening opponents, derby weekends, the opponents in the season finale: This information and more will be available to Bayer 04 fans on Thursday, 2 July, when the 2026/27 Bundesliga fixture list is published.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personal Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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