
The team coached by Gertjan Verbeek are eleventh in the second division at the end of the first half of the season.
This will be the final friendly for the Werkself before the first competitive match of 2017 on Sunday 22 January when Hertha Berlin visit the BayArena at 15.30 CET in the final fixture of the first half of the Bundesliga season. As part of the training camp in Orlando, Bayer 04 have two matches in the Florida Cup against Estudiantes de la Plata from Argentina on Sunday 8 January and Atlético Mineiró from Brazil on Wednesday 11 January.


Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 1-3 loss against Werder Bremen on the 26th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
Show more
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have agreed a conract extension with home-grown talent Sofie Zdebel by a further year ahead of schedule. The 21-year-old Germany U23 international will stay at the club until 30 June 2028.
Show more
Jonas Omlin was given an official send-off ahead of the final Bundesliga game of the season at home to Hamburg. The 32-year-old Swiss goalkeeper joined the Werkself on loan for the second half of the campaign from Borussia Mönchengladbach in the winter.
Show more
Bayer 04 and main sponsor BarmeniaGothaer have shown great commitment to the community as the sale of custom-designed T-shirts for charity in the Fanwelt as part of the “BarmeniaGothaer Brings Joy campaign raised a good €5,000. Bayer 04 matched this sum with an equal contribution. As a result, a total of €10,000 was presented to Edmond Tapsoba for his foundation ahead of the home match against Hamburg. The foundation supports people facing challenging daily circumstances in his home country of Burkina Faso.
Show more