Coach Christian Wörns' final squad, which comprises 20 players from 14 clubs born in 2007, was announced on Monday afternoon. Francis Onyeka, on loan from Bayer 04 to VfL Bochum last season, leads the team as captain.
Goalkeeper Jesper Schlich, Ferdinand Pohl and Emmanuel Chigozie Owen - all from the Leverkusen U19s - are on standby.
Germany face Denmark (28 June, 21:00 CEST), hosts Wales (1 July, 21:00 CEST) and Spain (4 July, 15:00 CEST) in Group A. All of Germany's matches can be watched live and free of charge on YouTube on RTL Sport. The channel will also be broadcasting on its streaming service RTL+.
The top two teams from each of the two groups of four will qualify for the semi-finals (8 July). The European Championships final will be played on 11 July (20:00 CEST). The competition also serves as a qualifier for the 2027 U20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. The four semi-finalists in the European Championships automatically qualify for the U20 World Cup.
It couldn't have been any tighter! Despite winning four of six games in the online preliminary round in Showdown 1 of the VBL Club Championship 2026/27, Leverkusen eSports duo Marc and Sean Landwehr didn't make it through to the offline knockout round. Level on points (12) with seven other teams, Leverkusen were the only team with this points tally not to progress as they had the worst single-game record compared to their rivals.
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He's one of the leading figures of Leverkusen and the German economy: Werner Wenning rose from an apprentice at Bayer 04 to CEO of the global company. A childhood Werkself fan, he has held a position of responsibility at the club for many years as chairman of the shareholder committee of Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH. Today the Leverkusen native celebrates his 80th birthday. The entire Bayer 04 family offers its warmest wishes!
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Bayer 04 are away to Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday 5 of the league phase of the 2026/27 UEFA Europa League. The game kicks off on Thursday 26 November at 18:45 CET at the Maksimir Stadium. All the information on ticket sales.
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It wasn’t just on the pitch that there was cause for celebration around the Werkself’s 2–1 home win against SC Freiburg. Plenty of happy faces could be seen near the dugouts at half-time too. Once again, CEO Fernando Carro, alongside former striker and club ambassador Stefan Kießling, paid tribute to eight supporters’ clubs celebrating up to their 30th anniversary on behalf of Bayer 04.
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