
Here is an overview of the news and events.
Aid workers have been in action non-stop in and around Leverkusen. There is massive solidarity in the region. Under the A1 autobahn – in close proximity to the BayArena – the City of Leverkusen has set up a vehicle storage area. On the area used as a car park on matchdays, cars damaged by the flood are stored for insurance claim assessment.
The support of Werkself fans and Bayer 04 is diverse. Clothes donations are delivered using club vehicles as are drinks and food. Aid workers and people needing help are brought together via club social media channels. A number of people affected by the floods have also been given accommodation in homes of Bayer 04 supporters.
On Monday, the shareholders of Bayer 04, Bayer AG announced a donation of €600,000 to flood victims in the region – including €50,000 to the community foundation of the City of Leverkusen. The institution has been supported by Bayer 04 for years. The regular volume of donations has been increased against the background of the flood disaster. The money goes to the ‘Leverkusen hilft!’ campaign to mainly support sports facilities in and around Leverkusen damaged by the floods.
You can donate here:
Donation account: DE40 3755 1440 0100 1262 26
Reference: Leverkusen hilft
veterans team play benefit match
The Bayer 04 Veterans team is also getting involved with a benefit match against Wiedbachtaler Sportfreunden Neitersen. The game is on Tuesday, 27 July, at 18.00 CEST at the ‘Auf der Emma’ sports ground. Peter Hermann and Jürgen Gelsdorf will be with Bayer 04 in Neitersen.
The Bayer 04 fan liaison team is calling for support at the Lindenhof youth club. The facility, a few hundred metres away from the BayArena, still need lots of helping hands for clean-up operations. This starts on Tuesday, 20 July, at 13.00 CEST at Weiherstraße 49, 51373 Leverkusen.
n spite of the flood disaster, vaccinations are still being given out in and around Leverkusen. The vaccination event at the BayArena still goes ahead. Interested persons, yet to have a first vaccination, can come to the BayArena on Thursday, 22 July from 15.30 CEST. Vaccinations are available up to 20.00 CEST. The vaccine used is Comirnaty® from BioNTech/Pfizer and appointments are not required. HERE is further information.
The Bayer 04 players have also been affected by the images of the flood but also impressed by the solidarity in and around Leverkusen. Using video messages, Lukas Hradecky, Jonathan Tah, Kerem Demirbay and Co. have made contact from the training camp in Salzburger Land.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have secured a new premium partner in the form of DRIVIO. DRIVIO, already part of the club’s partner portfolio as a reliable car subscription partner for Bayer 04, will continue to support the club in this capacity and, with immediate effect, also join the premium group of companies that cooperate closely with the Werkself. The premium and car subscription partnership between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and DRIVIO will initially run until 30 June 2027.
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Following last weekend’s big game against Wolfsburg, Bayer 04 Women face another exciting challenge as they visit Hoffenheim to kick off Matchday 3 in the Google Pixel Bundesliga on Friday (kick-off: 18:30 CEST).
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Under the slogan ‘Holidays without War’, 60 children from war-torn Ukraine took part in the summer camp organised by the German-Ukrainian association Blau-Gelbes Kreuz in Leverkusen and the surrounding area in August. The children aged between 10 and 14 – many of whom have lost their parents in the war – come from the Ukrainian twin towns of Leverkusen, Cologne and Monheim am Rhein: Nikopol, Dnipro and Volodymyr. Bayer 04, Bayer AG and TSV Bayer 04 supported the camp to mark its 10th anniversary, enabling even more children and young people than in previous years to spend a few carefree days’ holiday away from the war in the Rhineland.
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Midfielder Ruby Grant is leaving Bayer 04 Leverkusen and joining Portuguese runners-up Sporting CP a year before her contract expires. The 24-year-old has been at the Werkself since January 2025.
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New to Leverkusen and straight up onto the roof at the BayArena: Guéla Doué has arrived. In an interview with Werkself TV, the new right-back talks about his previous links with Bayer 04 and how much he’s looking forward to his first home match. Have a look!
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