After Celta Vigo withdrew from travelling to Germany because of positive coronavirus cases, Bayer 04 now face Regional League club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. The match at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on Saturday kicks off at 14.00 CEST.
Werkself fans were able to buy tickets for the friendly against RWO for five euros each. The proceeds go to the 'Leverkusen hilft' campaign organised by the Leverkusen community foundation in support of victims of the recent floods. Information on the entrance criteria is available HERE.
Bayer 04 are providing a live broadcast of the third friendly for the team under head coach Gerardo Seoane on the club’s YouTube channel. The live stream starts at 13.50 CEST with the match commentary from Niko Hartmann of Werkself Radio.
Four Bayer 04 players are in action at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being played in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January 2026: Eliesse Ben Seghir for the hosts, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Maza for Algeria and Christian Kofane with Cameroon. Updates on the AFCON matches involving Werkself players...
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After being nominated for the Bundesliga Goal of the Year 2025, Martin Terrier's wonderful strike for the opener against FC Köln is now also up for selection for the ARD Sportschau Goal of the Month award for December 2025. Bayer 04 fans have until 19:00 CET on 10 January to vote for the French forward.
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After a break of almost two weeks, the Bayer 04 Women begin preparing for games in 2026 on Sunday. Bayer04.de provides an overview of the dates at the start of the second half of the season.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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