
The first encounter of the evening between #B04eSports player Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr and Schalke’s Julius ‘JULI’ Kühle in the youngsters' duel on PlayStation 5 ended in a 1-1 draw. The following Xbox 1-v-1 involving Fabian ‘B04_DUBZJE’ de Cae was the only game of the night that produced a winner. The Leverkusen player was on the wrong end of a 6-1 scoreline against the Schalke eSports player Serhat ‘SERHATINHO’ Öztürk. The following 2-v-2, with Paul ‘B04_PAUL’ Degner playing alongside Landwehr, ended all square at 0-0.
The games against Bochum followed later in the evening. Landwehr's 1-v-1 on PS5 ended with a 2-2 draw, da Cae’s game on Xbox and the final 2-v-2 encounter produced goalless draws.
After 15 matchdays, the #B04eSports team are now eighth in the North West division of the VBL Club Championship with a four-point gap to the top six.
Next Tuesday, 1 February, brings the games against Hannover 96 (from 18.00 CET) plus VfL Wolfsburg (20.00 CET). These fixtures will again be streamed live as usual on the Bayer 04 Twitch channel.

A week after the disappointing DFB Pokal exit at Hamburger SV, the Bayer 04 Women return to league action. In a home match against SGS Essen on Saturday, 22 November (kick-off: 14:00 CET at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium), coach Roberto Pätzold's team will be fighting to maintain a good position in the chasing pack in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga.
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Tickets are on sale for the last two Bayer 04 Women's team home games in 2025. Fans can now purchase tickets for the matches at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium against RB Leipzig and the final fixture of the year in the Rückrunde opener against German champions Bayern Munich. The latest information at a glance.
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Eliminated ahead of the offline round: On Tuesday, 18 November, the Leverkusen console pros played the two remaining matches in the online preliminary round of showdown two. After picking up six points from the first four games last week, the #B04eSports team bagged another three in the two final duels - but it wasn't enough. The Leverkusen team missed out on a place in the offline knockout round, which will take place in this second showdown on 23 November in Frankfurt am Main.
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Several Bayer 04 players are currently away with their respective national teams in the final international break of 2025, with most of them involved in qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Our blog will keep you up to date on the matches involving the Werkself.
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The VBL Club Championship by WOW 2025/26 continues today, Tuesday 18 November, with the last two of the six online preliminary round matches in the second showdown. Starting at 18:00 CET, Bayer 04 face Karlsruher SC, followed by Borussia Mönchengladbach at 19:00 CET. The games will be streamed live on the Bayer 04 app and on the club Twitch channel. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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