The Bayer 04 travelling party landed in Munich shortly before 19:00 on Friday before heading to the team hotel. After a quiet night, the Werkself are now preparing to face the champions this afternoon.
While the majority of the Leverkusen delegation will return home on Saturday evening, Simon Rolfes will stay in Bavaria. Our sporting director is a guest on “Sky90” with Lena Wurzenberger of Bild and Lothar Matthäus to talk about the game against Bayern. Host Patrick Wasserziehr kicks off his show at 11:30 on Sunday.
Fernando Carro will fly back with the team and take part in “Die Lage der Liga” from the BayArena on Sunday morning. The 57-year-old CEO will discuss latest Bundesliga news from 9:00 with presenter Walter M. Straten and Alfred Draxler on www.bild.tv.
The DFB have appointed Daniel Siebert as the referee for Bayer 04’s game at Bayern. The 37-year-old has overseen 17 fixtures involving Leverkusen, of which 15 have been in the Bundesliga and two in the DFB Cup. The record so far is seven wins, three draws and seven defeats. The Werkself have received 32 yellows cards and four reds. His assistants are Lasse Koslowski and Jan Seidel. Robert Schröder is the VAR.
Werkself Radio will once again be freely available to all Bayer 04 fans for this game. Coverage starts at 15:00 – half an hour before kick-off – with Niko Hartmann live at the Allianz Arena. You can tune in on the new Bayer 04 app or the website.
Welcome back! On Tuesday morning, 11 August, Jarell Quansah and Exequiel Palacios – the last of the Werkself’s World Cup participants – returned to training. The two medallists and their team-mates are set to play their final two pre-season friendlies in England this week before the start of competitive fixtures.
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Bayer 04 have unveiled the new third kit for the 2026/27 season. The design, developed by kit supplier New Balance, combines the city’s colours with symbols that have defined Leverkusen and Bayer 04 for generations.
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Tickets for the first two Bayer 04 women’s team home games are now on general sale. A week after their league opener away at RB Leipzig, Roberto Pätzold’s side will face last season’s runners-up, VfL Wolfsburg, in the first home fixture on Sunday 30 August (kick-off: 16:00 CEST). Fifteen days later, on Monday night, 14 September (kick-off: 18:00 CEST), the Leverkusen Women host German champions Bayern Munich at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium for a top-of-the-table league clash. You can now also select specific seats via the online shop. The latest information on match ticket sales.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without Montrell Culbreath for the start of the 2026/27 season. The forward injured his foot injury in yesterday’s preseason friendly against Spanish top-flight side Sevilla (2–1), which rules him out of action for the time being. Culbreath’s diagnosis is not yet complete; further examinations are to follow in the coming days.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended midfielder Noah Mbamba’s contract by twelve months and sent the Belgian U21 international on loan to France. At FC Lorient, the 21-year-old – whose contract at Leverkusen now runs to 30 June 2029 – is set to gain playing time in Ligue 1 and, through strong performances and further development, put himself in the running for a future place in the Werkself squad.
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