The team led by Hannes Wolf have 04 fixtures left this season. Four games to qualify for Europe. The starter is the home match against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, 24 April (kick-off: 18.30 CET). In the week after #B04SGE, the Werkself do not have a game as the DFB Cup semi-finals are being played on 30 April and 1 May.
The final three Bundesliga matches for the Black and Reds will all be played on Saturday afternoons at 15.30 CEST – under the strictest quarantine regulations, as the German Football League (DFL) announced on Thursday. As expected, the league association has decided on so-called quarantined training camps for the teams in the top two divisions.
That means all 36 professional clubs have to be in self-isolation for the last two matchdays from 12 May. For the Werkself, this measure affects the home game against Union Berlin (15 May) plus the final crunch encounter in Dortmund (22 May).
Before moving into the training camps, all players, coaches and staff must go into "quasi-quarantine" from 3 May. The persons affected will "only be able to be at home or on the training ground or at the stadium," according to the DFL. Further information on the quarantine measures of the league association is available HERE.
A special memory of the 3-0 derby win at the weekend could soon be hanging up in your home. In April you can make a donation to the Wildpark Reuschenberg under the motto #GemeinsamfürLEV (Together for LEVERKUSEN). As a thank-you to everyone supporting the cause, Bayer 04 are raffling the shirt worn by Jonathan Tah in the home game against FC Köln. HERE is the link to the donation site.
As expected, the state football associations in western Germany have cancelled the 2020/21 season with immediate effect due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, it was decided not to make any awards this season. That means no champions and no teams promoted or relegated.
The decisions of the Middle Rhine Football Association (FVM) and the Western German Football Association (WDFV) affect all Bayer 04 youth teams from the U15s upwards. The Werkself U15s 'end' their season in third place with 13 points from six games. The U13 and U12 teams are unbeaten and top of their respective youth cup competitions.
The German Football Association (DFB) have yet to make an announcement about the U19 and U17 leagues.
Following the narrow 3-2 defeat for the U19s in the friendly against Borussia Dortmund on Sunday, part of the oldest youth team will go through stamina performance diagnostics in the middle of the week. These will be held in the Werkstatt and effects players born in 2003 and 2004. U19 head coach Sven Hübscher is hoping this measure will provide a more detailed insight into the current fitness levels of the younger U19 players.
Robin Dutt is back in the coaching game. The 56-year-old, head coach at the Werkself from July 2011 to April 2012, will take over at Wolfsberger AC next season. The job at the Austrian top-flight club is his first abroad. Dutt is the successor to Ferdinand Feldhofer. The Cologne-born coach was in the Bayer 04 dugout for 37 games in 2011/12.
The group stages for the football tournament in the Summer Olympics have been confirmed. Germany are in Group D with Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire and Saudi Arabia. The venue is Yokohama. The start for the team under coach Stefan Kuntz is the big match against Brazil on 22 July. The final will be played in Tokyo on 7 August. Kuntz has to register his squad by 30 June.
Two Werkself players, Lars Bender and Julian Brandt, were at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. Sven Bender was also there but he played for Borussia Dortmund at the time. Germany reached the final five years ago but lost out to the hosts 5-4 on penalties – and now there is the chance to take revenge for the defeat in the final.
A fresh look for the BayArena: The Bayer 04 stadium will have new seating in the form of folding seats for the 2026/27 campaign that will ensure significantly improved seating comfort and simplified movement within the rows of seats. As part of routine replacement after 17 years, fans of the Werkself were able to purchase the existing seats, used to witness the first German league title in the club's history. In addition, a large proportion of the seats will be donated to charitable projects, primarily in the local region. Bayer 04 fans can look forward to new, functional folding seats for the season opener at the beginning of August - still in the club colours of black and red, of course. A glimpse at the BayArena during the refurbishment.
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On Monday evening, 8 June, around 250 people came to the Bürgerhaus Baumberg at the invitation of Bayer 04 to find out details of the new plans for the campus on Alfred-Nobel-Straße at an information event. More compact, greener and with many advantages for Monheim am Rhein - those are the aims. There were lively discussions for around three hours and some misunderstandings were cleared up.
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Werkself player Montrell Culbreath and Bayer 04 loanee Francis Onyeka are part of Germany's final squad for the U19 European Championships this summer. The tournament is in Wales from 24 June to 12 July.
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When Malik Tillman arrived at Bayer 04 Leverkusen from PSV Eindhoven last summer, he did more than just add attacking midfield strength to the team — he reconnected the club with a unique and understated American lineage that stretches back more than three decades.
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Bayer 04 are away to third-division club SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the first round of the 2026/27 DFB Pokal. That was the outcome of the draw on Saturday night, 6 June, at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. The Werkself first round tie will be played between 21 and 24 August. The exact date has yet to be finalised.
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