Carro and Rolfes report at football department's AGM

At the beginning of the department meeting in the press conference room of the BayArena, football department head Jürgen Gelsdorf welcomed the members present. This was followed by a minute's silence in memory of the members who had died in the past year. Heinz Schäfer (97 years), Peter M. Kropmanns (88), Helmut Heinz (83) and Roman Klossek (46) were remembered on behalf of all members. The latter, commercial director of Bayer 04's performance centre, was killed in a car accident in Leverkusen in August 2024.

more than four decades with Bayer 04

It continued with the honours for the members who have been with TSV Bayer 04 for 25 years and longer. As a thank-you for their decades of loyality, they received Bayer 04 shirts with their own names on the back. Those honoured were:

40 years:

• Günther Maczkowiak
• Waldemar Krause
• Jürgen Wächter

25 years:

• Meinolf Sprink

Carro and Rolfes inform members

The next item on the agenda was the annual reports. CEO Fernando Carro and managing director for sport Simon Rolfes began with the report on the sporting situation of the first team. In addition, Linda Schöttler (women), Slawomir Czarniecki (youth) and Dirk Dreher (legends team) also gave an update.

The discharge of the board of directors was the last official item on the evening's programme. No motions were received from members this year.