The UEFA Champions League package for all three Werkself home games in the group stage have been available since last week and continue to be available. Up to the first home match, all three games at the BayArena against Juventus, Atlético Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow can be purchased as a package. Anybody taking advantage of this offer will receive a discount of 10% on the price of individual matchday tickets.
Individual tickets for the first the Werkself game in the group stage are available to Bayer 04 Club members from Tuesday three September at 10.00 CET. tickets for the second game in the group stage go on sale from Tuesday 10 December at 10.00 CET – once again Club members have priority.
Ticket sales for all other matches in the group stage begin four weeks before the particular match. Information on ticket sales will be provided in good time on bayer04.de.
Information on open sales to follow.
The prices for the UEFA Champions League games are equivalent to the Bundesliga Category A matches. Season card holders with the 'BundesligaPLUS' option will receive a discount of 20% per game from Monday 2 September and the season card will automatically be activated as usual.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have appointed Carles Martínez Novell as the new head coach. The 42-year-old Spaniard worked for FC Toulouse in the French Ligue 1 until the end of the season. Martínez finished last term in ninth place with the club from the south of France. He will take over the Werkself on 1 July 2026 and has signed a contract to 30 June 2028. Martínez, whose contract with Toulouse expires at the end of the month, succeeds Kasper Hjulmand at Leverkusen, who is leaving the club after one season.
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Welcome to Leverkusen, Carles Martínez Novell. Bayer 04 have appointed the 42-year-old Spaniard as the new head coach on a contract to 2028. Martínez most recently worked for FC Toulouse in the French Ligue 1 until the end of the season. He previously spent four years at Barcelona's legendary academy La Masia in his home city. Bayer04.de introduces Martínez in more detail.
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Bayer 04 plans for the 2026/27 pre-season continue to take shape. The Werkself will kick off the new season in mid-July with the return to the training ground. The highlight will be the official season opener on 8 August at the BayArena, including a friendly against La Liga club Sevilla. Friendlies in Germany will take the team to neighbouring Monheim, Offenbach and Jena.
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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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