Lukas Hradecky can achieve a lot in the next two weeks: If the keeper and his Finnish team-mates pick up more than one point against Lichtenstein and Hungary then the North Europeans will be in the European Championship finals for the first time. "We can make a piece of history for our country," said the 29-year-old full of anticipation. Kai Havertz wanted to have the same feeling as one of the three Bayer 04 players called up to the Germany squad. However, the 20-year-old suffered an injury in the Bundesliga clash with VfL Wolfsburg (2-0) and has now had to drop out of the forthcoming matches for Germany.
Nadiem Amiri and Jonathan Tah (both Germany):
Saturday 16 November (20.45 CET in Mönchengladbach): Germany v Belarus (Euro qualifier, Group C)
Tuesday 19 November (20.45 CET in Frankfurt): Germany v Northern Ireland (Euro qualifier, Group C)
Julian Baumgartlinger and Aleksandar Dragovic (both Austria:
Saturday 16 November (20.45 CET in Vienna): Austria v North Macedonia (Euro qualifier, Group G)
Tuesday 19 November (20.45 CET in Riga): Latvia v Austria (Euro qualifier, Group G)
Lukas Hradecky and Joel Pohjanpalo (both Finland):
Friday 15 November (18.00 CET in Helsinki): Finland v Liechtenstein (Euro qualifier, Group J)
Monday 18 November (20.45 CET in Athen): Greece v Finnland (Euro qualifier, Group J)
Lucas Alario (Argentina):
Friday 15 November (18.00 CET in Riad): Brazil v Argentina (friendly)
Monday 18 November (20.15 CET in Tel-Aviv): Argentina v Uruguay (friendly)
Charles Aranguiz (Chile):
Wednesday 20 November (02.30 CET in Lima): Peru v Chile (friendly)
Paulinho (Brazil U23):
Thursday 14 November (20.30 CET in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria): Brasilien U23 v USA U23 (friendly)
Moussa Diaby (France U21):
Friday 15 November (21.00 CET in Nancy): France U21 v Georgia U21 (Euro qualifier, Group 2)
Tuesday 19 November (19.00 CET in Neuchatel): Switzerland U21 v France U21 (Euro qualifier, Group 2)
Panagiotis Retsos (Greece U21):
Friday 15 November (20.00 CET in Edinburgh): Scotland U21 v Greece U21 (Euro qualifier, Group 4)
Adrian Stanilewicz (Poland U20):
Thursday 14 November (16.00 CET in Chojnice): Poland U20 v Switzerland U20 (U20 Elite League)
Monday 18 November (17.00 CET in Bytow): Poland U20 v Norway U20 (Freundschaftsspiel)
Marcel Lotka (Poland U19):
Wednesday 13 November (14.00 CET in Newport): Wales U19 v Poland U19 (Euro qualifier, Group 5)
Saturday 16 November (14.00 CET in Newport): Poland U19 v Kosovo U19 (Euro qualifier, Group 5)
Tuesday 19 November (14.00 CET in Cardiff): Poland U19 v Russia U19 (Euro qualifier, Group 5)
As part of the joint commitment of Bayer 04 and the City of Leverkusen to volunteering, the annual Volunteer Day took place in the 19nullvier Lounge at the BayArena. Fernando Carro, Bayer 04 CEO, Stefan Hebbel, Mayor of the City of Leverkusen, and club representative Stefan Kießling praised the commitment of the 200 or so volunteers from the region in attendance and thanked them for their impressive efforts.
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After three defeats in a row, the Bayer 04 Women are aiming to get back on track against RB Leipzig. In the home game on Saturday (14:00 CET) at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium, coach Roberto Pätzold will probably be able to count on two key players recently sidelined due to injury.
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The clubs in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga will set up the Frauen-Bundesliga FBL e.V. On 10 December. The clubs have joined together to open a new chapter in the history of German women's football.
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In his 13 years as a professional player at Bayer 04, the honorary captain and record goalscorer made 446 appearances scoring 238 goals along the way. Many of them remain unforgotten, including his header to win the DFB Pokal in 1993. Ulf Kirsten celebrates his 60th birthday today Thursday - and Bayer 04 are happy to take this opportunity to look back on some of the former number nine’s special goals and games. But first of all: Happy Birthday, dear Ulf!
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