The legends will be led by Bernd Schneider, Ulf Kirsten and Stefan Kießling who received the most votes from supporters in a poll in March for the 'Bundesliga All-Stars'. The longest journeys will be made by the Brazilians Paulo Sergio and Zé Roberto plus UEFA Cup winner Bum-kun Cha, who will be flying into Germany from South Korea. Former coaches Willibert Kremer, Christoph Daum and Klaus Toppmöller will also be there.
"The number of positive replies we've had from our club legends has been fantastic," said Fernando Carro, the chairman of the Bayer 04 board. "That shows you the sort of players the club have had and how much their time at Leverkusen still means to them today. This weekend will be very special for our legends but also for our fans, partners and staff – a black and red family event.“
The following Bayer 04 legends will be present over the weekend: Réne Adler, Dimitar Berbatov, Fred Bockholt, Matthias Brücken, Klaus Bruckmann, Bum-kun Cha, Christoph Daum, Andreas Fehse, Jürgen Gelsdorf, Harry Gniech, Falko Götz, Markus Happe, Heinz Heitmann, Dieter Herzog, Thomas Hörster, Juan, Gerd Kentschke, Stefan Kießling, Ulf Kirsten, Peter Klimke, Willi Korth, Willibert Kremer, Hans-Peter Lehnhoff, Ioan Lupescu, Erik Meijer, Klaus Meul, Markus Münch, Jens Nowotny, Paulo Sergio, Walter Posner, Knut Reinhardt, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Hans-Jürgen Scheinert, Bernd Schneider, Christian Schreier, Klaus Schulze, Andreas Thom, Klaus Toppmöller, Dieter Trzolek, Matthias Valentin, Rudi Völler, Rüdiger Vollborn, Christian Wörns, Zé Roberto, Norbert Ziegler and Boris Zivkovic.
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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Four Bayer 04 players are in action at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being played in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January 2026: Eliesse Ben Seghir for the hosts, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Maza for Algeria and Christian Kofane with Cameroon. Updates on the AFCON matches involving Werkself players...
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The Werkself host FC St. Pauli at the BayArena on matchday 22 in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. The match is on Saturday, 14 February, at 15:30 CET. Information on ticket sales.
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