Eintracht Frankfurt are in the last four of the UEFA Europa League thanks to a 3-2 win away to Barcelona in the second leg of the quarter-finals. As the Eagles are playing West Ham United in the semi-final first leg on Thursday 28 April, the Bundesliga match at Bayer 04 will not be played the following day. Instead the date originally set by the DFL remains: Monday 2 May at 20.30 CEST at the BayArena. The match is the penultimate home game for the Black and Reds in the current season.
Rudi Völler is handing over the post of Leverkusen sporting managing director at the end of the season to sporting director Simon Rolfes but he will be working as a member of the shareholders committee and as a Bayer 04 ambassador from the summer. In honour of the 1990 World Cup winner, stories will be collected from fans, associates and colleagues of Völler and they will be put together as a commemorative book to be presented to Völler on the last matchday of the season. Send your messages, congratulations or photos via email to voeller.abschied@gmx.de. The Bayer 04 fan liaison section will also accept postal contributions. The closing date for submission is 7 May.
Robert Andrich is part of the first edition of the sport show 'At Broski' on the streaming service 'GamerBrother' (1 million subscribers on YouTube). In addition to the Werkself player, the journalists Georg Holzner and Niklas Levinsohn plus the video creator Der Van De Keller will also make their debuts. The monthly broadcast cannot only be followed live on the streaming service Twitch but also in person at the Cologne venue Xperion. However, tickets for the first show on Sunday 24 April at 13.30 CEST were sold out in two minutes.
A Cup thriller live at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium – and you can be there. Get your tickets now for the DFB Cup semi-final between the Bayer 04 Women’s team and FFC Turbine Potsdam. A tip: For the match on Monday 18 April (kick-off: 18.30 CEST) there is a 10% discount at the Bayer 04 online shop with the purchase of at least 04 tickets. All seats have already been sold out. Click here for the tickets.
Bayer 04 congratulates Hannes Wolf and Teddy Lucic on Good Friday. Wolf was appointed caretaker manager at the Werkself in March of last year. The now 41-year-old coach temporarily gave up his post as Germany U18 coach and in Wolf's eight games in charge in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 picked up an average of 1.5 points per game – and qualified for the Europa League. The coach then returned to the DFB as agreed and Bayer 04 Leverkusen brought in the current head coach Gerardo Seoane. Many happy returns and much success with the Germany U19s, Hannes.
Lucic, the second birthday boy with a Black and Red past, moved under the Bayer Cross as a player in the summer of 2003. The central defender came from AIK Solna from his home country Sweden and in the following 18 months Lucic made 11 Bundesliga appearances for the Werkself. The former Leverkusen player ended his playing career in Sweden in 2010. Many happy returns to you too on your 49th birthday.
Decision made: Germany will submit a bid to the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to host the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Munich. The representatives of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) voted for Munich over Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr at their extraordinary meeting in Baden-Baden on Saturday 26 September. Berlin had already withdrawn from the vote a few days earlier.
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Former Werkself star Michael Ballack, who won the German Footballer of the Year award in 2002 while playing in Leverkusen, celebrates his 50th birthday on Saturday. Bayer 04 sends him its best wishes!
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A challenging start to what will hopefully be a long journey: The Bayer 04 women’s team kick off their new DFB Pokal campaign on Sunday (14:00 CEST) against second-division leaders FC Viktoria Berlin. Coach Roberto Pätzold expects stiff resistance in the capital – and is counting on his team’s strong away form in the Bundesliga so far this term.
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Attention Werkself fans: In addition to tickets for the floodlit home match against Werder Bremen, tickets are now also available for the Bayer 04 women’s team’s two subsequent fixtures against Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburger SV at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium. Both matches in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga will take place at family-friendly kick-off times on Saturday afternoons. Here is the latest information on matchday ticket sales.
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