The award is run by video game developer EA together with the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). Wirtz came out ahead of some big-name competition from Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig) and Kevin Stöger (Bochum), as well as teammates Alejandro Grimaldo and Jeremie Frimpong.
Wirtz made four Bundesliga appearances in February, providing three assists.
An official Player of the Month award has been handed out in the Bundesliga since the 2018/19 season, with Wirtz’s latest triumph the 10th for a Leverkusen player.
The following Bayer 04 players have been named Bundesliga Player of the Month:
Bayer 04 host AS Roma at the BayArena in the UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg on Thursday, 9 May (kick-off: 9pm CEST). Here’s all you need to know about how to get tickets.
Show more
Bayer 04 entertain third-placed VfB Stuttgart in the penultimate Bundesliga home game. The match at the BayArena is today Saturday 27 April (kick-off: 18.30 CEST/live on Sky and on Werkself Radio). The latest information on the game, with fans again asked to follow traffic information, is here in the news in brief.
Show more
After three consecutive weeks of playing midweek, the Werkself have been preparing for the top-of-the-table clash against VfB Stuttgart over the past few days. Ahead of the home game on Saturday 27 April (kick-off 18:30 CEST, live on Sky), head coach Xabi Alonso praised the third-placed visitors and gave an update on the state of the pitch as well as personnel.
Show more
There's no question: VfB Stuttgart are one of the biggest surprises of this season and have delighted their fans with exciting, successful attacking football. After suffering a rare defeat at Bremen last weekend, third-placed VfB are looking to get back to winning ways in this Saturday's big match against the Werkself (kick-off 18:30 CEST). The visitors will be without their playmaker in midfield, though. A look at our next opponents...
Show more
Whether at school, in grassroots sports or at the football stadium – racism and discrimination of all kinds are still prevalent in our society. For this reason, Bayer 04 has been organising preventative school workshops on the subject of racism for many years. This week, one of these workshops took place at the Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium not far from the BayArena as part of the Wiesdorf district matchday - and with a prominent guest: Werkself star Jonathan Tah worked intensively with the pupils on the topic. The German champion and international also spoke about his personal experiences with racism.
Show more