Bienvenido a Leverkusen! A group from Mexico arrived in Leverkusen on Friday afternoon. Ahead of the impending #Bayer04MexicoTour directly following the final game of the season, the Werkself invited the partners to Germany for a few days. The guests include Arturo Sanchez (CEO of Bayer Mexico), Mikel Arriola (President of the Mexican MX league) plus management from Deportivo Toluca and Club América.
Over the next few days the delegation will gain an insight into the world of the Werkself. In addition to discussions with the two Leverkusen managing directors Fernando Carro and Rudi Völler, they will watch the U19s home game against SC Paderborn at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on Saturday 30 April. They will also have an exclusive tour of the BayArena. And the delegation will be at the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The exchange is an important part of the partnership around the centenary celebrations of Bayer Mexico.
Bayer 04 entertain Eintracht Frankfurt on Monday 2 May (kick-off: 20.30 CEST) in the night game at the BayArena. This will be the sixth Monday match for the Werkself in the Bundesliga. And they seem to suit Bayer 04. Up to now, the Black and Reds have picked up points in all the games at the start of the week with three wins and two draws. Here is a list of those matches:
Bring on the Monday night challenge…
Anybody wanting to attend the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt to support the Werkself in the end of season run-in can get tickets via the Bayer 04 ticket shop. And then it's a case of: Everybody in red! The Nordkurve12 fan group have again launched the campaign Finally Red for the last three Bundesliga matches and the race for Champions League qualification. Whether it's a replica shirt, pullover, T-shirt, shirt or jacket – every spectator should show whose side they are on: For Bayer 04! For the Werkself! For SVB!
The partnership between Bayer 04 and the Finnish technology company ILOQ has been extended. The two partners agreed an extension of the contract to the summer of 2023 – with the option of a further extension to 2024.
ILOQ is the exclusive safety partner the Werkself and since this season has been responsible for fitting out the BayArena with a digital locking system. The iLOQ keys and locks function through kinetic energy and do not need batteries or cable and thereby reduce the environmental impact. Also, access rights are programmed so that only one key is needed for the whole stadium and changes can be made quickly and easily digitally.
iLOQ will continue to have a presence on advertising hoardings, on the TV video panel in the stadium, on all digital communication from Bayer 04 and at iLOQ stakeholder events.
Bayer 04 congratulate Domagoj Vida on his 33rd birthday. The Croatia international signed for Leverkusen in July 2010 from NK Osijek. The central defender made eight appearances for the Werkself in the Europa League and one in the Bundesliga. After one season, the World Cup runner-up of 2018 joined the top Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb. Vida is currently at Besiktas. Many happy returns, Domagoj.
Two Saturdays, one Friday and one Sunday: The dates for the Bayer 04 Women's team games on matchdays 16 to 19 have been finalised. Three of the four matches scheduled by the German Football Association (DFB) on Tuesday will be played at home at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium.
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Despite a courageous display, the Bayer 04 Women missed out on a surprise at the start of the second half of the Bundesliga season. Coach Roberto Pätzold's team lost 3-0 to league leaders Bayern Munich on Monday night. An early goal from the clinical visitors, a disputed penalty and another spot-kick prevented Leverkusen, who are seventh in the table on 22 points from 14 games, from picking up a point in front of 3,011 spectators at the sold-out Ulrich Haberland Stadium.
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The Werkself rang in the Black and Red festive season with an emotional visit to Klinikum Leverkusen. Kristin Kögel, Melissa Friedrich and Louisa Remien from the Bayer 04 Women's team and Jonas Hofmann, Janis Blaswich and Niklas Lomb from the first team visited the young patients on the children's ward and, for the first time, on the ‘Zeitinsel’ children's palliative care unit. They brought a host of lovingly wrapped presents ensuring a big surprise for young and old alike.
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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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