Al-Wahda was founded in 1945 in Mecca and is one of the oldest clubs in Saudi Arabia. The team is coached by the Brazilian Fábio Carille and his squad includes fellow countrymen in midfielders Anselmo and Marcos Guilherme and central striker Fernandao. Other well-known players are the Venezuelan Rómulo Otero (26 internationals) and Emre Colak (four internationals for Turkey).
Apart from the friendly against Istanbul Basaksehir FK (2 August), the Herrlich team are away to Dutch first division club Fortuna Sittard on Saturday 28 July – the day before setting off for the training camp. After the days in Austria, there is another friendly away to Valencia on 11 August.
The Bayer 04 Round of 16 tie in the 2026/27 DFB Pokal has been scheduled. The Werkself will host Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig on Wednesday, 2 December, at 18:00 CET. That was announced by the German Football Association (DFB).
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Video game developer Electronic Arts (EA), in collaboration with the Bundesliga, has announced the six nominees for the Bundesliga Player of the Month award for October 2026 – and Bayer 04’s Ibrahim Maza is among them. Fans of the Black and Reds can vote from now until Sunday 8 November (23:59 CET).
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On Tuesday night, the Leverkusen e-sports team played the first three of their six group stage matches in the second round of the 2026/27 VBL Club Championship. They were unable to secure more than a draw in either of their matches against FC Augsburg and VfB Stuttgart. The match against Bayern Munich ended in defeat.
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Once again, several Werkself players are set to represent their respective national teams during the final international break of the calendar year. Here is an overview of the Leverkusen players called up for international duty and the match dates. This will be updated regularly.
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