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.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without centre-back Edmond Tapsoba in the coming weeks. The Burkina Faso international returned to the Werkself from the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco with a muscle injury.
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The Werkself are away to Hamburg SV at the end of the Hinrunde in the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign. The match at the newly promoted club is on Tuesday night, 13 January (kick-off: 20:30 CET). Ahead of the first encounter with HSV since 2018, Kasper Hjulmand spoke about the strengths of the opponents, lessons learnt from the home defeat against VfB Stuttgart and provided a squad update.
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In Germany, the temperatures are currently around zero, leaving even professional footballers freezing - but not the Bayer 04 Women. Roberto Pätzold's team have fled the cold to the south and are preparing for the second half of the season at a training camp in the Algarve, almost 2,000 kilometres away from home as the crow flies. The Leverkusen squad landed in Faro on Saturday morning and have already completed the first three training sessions over the weekend.
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It was a disappointing Saturday night. The Werkself lost 4-1 to VfB Stuttgart to start the new year on Bundesliga matchday 16 in 2025/26, a result that left both players and fans disappointed. "We played without any passion," said Alejandro Grimaldo honestly afterwards. Teammate Jarell Quansah was even more self-critical, emphasising: "We were miles off it in the first half. You can't put in a performance like that, especially in front of our own fans and I can only apologise to them, to be honest." Read on for the reaction, facts and stats from the clash with VfB Stuttgart in the Werkself review.
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