Nadiem Amiri, Kai Havertz and Jonathan Tah (Germany):
Wednesday, 9 October (20.45 CET, in Dortmund): Germany v Argentina (Friendly)
Sunday, 13 October (20.45 CET, in Tallinn): Estonia v Germany (EURO qualifier, Group C)
Julian Baumgartlinger and Aleksandar Dragovic (Austria):
Thursday, 10 October (20.45 CET, in Vienna): Austria v Israel (EURO qualifier, Group G)
Sunday, 13 October (20.45 CET, in Ljubljana): Slovenia v Austria (EURO qualifier, Group G)
Lukas Hradecky and Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland):
Saturday, 12 October (18 CET, in Zenica): Bosnia-Herzegovina v Finland (EURO qualifier, Group J)
Tuesday, 15 October (18 CET, in Turku): Finland v Armenia (EURO qualifier, Group J)
Lucas Alario (Argentina):
Wednesday, 9 October (20.45 CET, in Dortmund): Germany v Argentina (Friendly)
Sunday, 13 October (16 CET, in Alicante): Argentina v Ecuador (Friendly)
Panagiotis Retsos (Greece):
Thursday, 10 October (17 CET, in Karvina): Czech Republic U21 v Greece U21 (EURO qualifier, Group D)
Tuesday, 15 October (20.45 CET, in Athens): Greece v Bosnia-Herzegovina (EURO qualifier, Group J)
Paulinho (Brazil U23):
Friday, 11 October (2.30 CET, in Recife): Brazil U23 v Venezuela U23 (Friendly)
Monday, 14 October (23 CET, in Pernambuco): Brazil U23 v Japan U23 (Friendly)
Moussa Diaby (France U21):
Thursday, 10 October (21 CET, in Calais): France U21 v Azerbaijan U21 (EURO qualifier, Group B)
Tuesday, 15 October (21 CET, in Dunajska Luzna): Slovakia U21 v France U21 (EURO qualifier, Group B)
Adrian Stanilewicz (Poland U20):
Thursday, 10 October (18 CET, in Norderstedt): Germany U20 v Poland U20 (U20 Elite League)
Monday, 14 October (17 CET, in Kalisz): Poland U20 v Netherlands U20 (U20 Elite League)
The German Football League (DFL) has announced the three candidates for the title of Bundesliga Rookie of the Month for January. That includes Werkself player Jarell Quansah. Fans of Bayer 04 can vote for their favourite on the Bundesliga app from now until Thursday, 5 January (23:59 CET).
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As in the past two years, the Werkself are aiming to come out on top in the DFB Pokal quarter-finals on Tuesday night, 3 February (kick-off: 20:45 CET). With eleven home games in a row without defeat against the Kiezkicker, the Black and Reds go into the floodlit match in confident mood. But the Pokal, as is often said, has its own magic and the team from the Millerntor has much more to offer than the current 17th place in the Bundesliga would suggest. After all, Bayer 04 are one of the big German teams the combative Hamburgers have already made life difficult for this season. The matchday news.
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The Leverkusen eSports team picked up valuable points and made up ground in the overall table with a top four finish in the offline round in Showdown 4 in the VBL Club Championship 2025/26. In the round of 16, Showdown 1 winners Bayer 04 defeated the unbeaten runners-up in the previous round, VfL Bochum, in a thrilling penalty shoot-out. The Landwehr cousins, themselves the current club runners-up, then beat the current club champions and Showdown 3 winners RB Leipzig. It was not until the semi-finals that they lost out to the eventual showdown winners Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have strengthened the goalkeeper position for the second half of the season. Germany keeper Rafaela Borggräfe has joined the Werkself on loan from English FA Women's Super League (WSL) club Liverpool until the end of the season.
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Bayer 04 have agreed a loan move for U19s striker Ken Izekor to join Bundesliga 2 club Eintracht Braunschweig on loan for the rest of the 2025/26 season.
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