Day two for the Werkself players in brilliant sunshine started on training pitch 1. There were no changes from yesterday's group. Once again in the 19-man squad: youth players Ayman Aourir, Christian Schwieren, Noah Pesch, Ingyom Jung, Jardell Kanga and goalkeeper Maximilian Neutgens plus returning loan players Ayman Azhil (RKC Waalwijk/Netherlands), Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen) and U19 new signing Madi Monamay. With lots of fans watching, the Werkself followed the warm-up routine with different passing drills.
After 75 minutes working with the ball, the players moved inside the BayArena in the afternoon. The coaches and fitness team presented Robert Andrich, Karim Bellarabi and Co. with a range of physical exercises – and it was hard work: A comprehensive whole-body workout for stomach, chest, stability, explosive force plus work on TRX bands and kettle bells left no muscle unused.
Tomorrow's session and training on Thursday afternoon will be held inside the BayArena. The other sessions on Thursday, Friday and, Saturday morning will be on the pitch at the BayArena at 10.30 CET and are open to fans.
Please note: Changes are possible any time at short notice and Bayer 04 will inform fans via the club media.
The Bayer 04 Women's team players Sofie Zdebel and Clara Fröhlich have started the European Championships in the Czech Republic with the Germany U19 team. The team under Kathrin Peter lost 2-0 to Sweden in their first match in the tournament. Defender Clara Fröhlich played the full 90 minutes, teammate Sofie Zdebel came on for Mia Büchele on 69 minutes.
Fröhlich and Co. will play Norway in their second match in Group B on Thursday 30 June. The kick-off is at 15.00 CEST. All matches will be broadcast via a live stream on uefa.tv.
The athletes of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen picked up an impressive 17 medals in the 2022 finals in Berlin in fencing and athletics.
Gold medals in the German athletics championships were won by Mateusz Przybylko, Bianca Stichling (both high jump), Marlene Meier (100 m hurdles) and Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (pole vault). Silver went to Tim Eikermann (110 m hurdles), Judith Franzen (400 m), Michelle Döpke (hammer) and Kristin Gierisch (triple jump). And bronze medals were won by Carolin Paesler (hammer), Torben Blech (pole vault), Franziska Schuster (100 m hurdles) and Dana Bergrath (javelin).
Laura Wetzker (women's individual épée) picked up the gold medal in the German Championships in fencing. Alexandra Ehrler won silver also in the women's individual épée. Bronze went to Alexandra Ndolo plus Lara Goldmann as there is no third-place final in fencing. In the women's épée team event there was gold for Alexandra Ehler, Alexandra Ndolo, Lara Goldmann and Riccarda Multerer, and Marko Brinkmann won bronze in the men's individual épée. Congratulations.
Here we go again! The Werkself play MSV Duisburg at the IMS Arena in Velbert on Saturday 9 July (kick-off: 15.30 CEST/stadium opens: 13.30 CEST). All seats in the Bayer 04 section for the game against the third division side have been sold. Standing tickets costing nine euros (concessions seven euros) can be bought up to noon CEST on Wednesday 29 June. The match tickets are only available as physical tickets and will be sent out by Bayer 04 in time for the game. Tickets cannot be collected from the fan shops.
Ramazan ‘Rambo’ Özcan joined the Werkself in the summer of 2016 And he went on to play eight games for Bayer 04 in the following four years. After hanging up his boots, the Austrian keeper was a goalkeeping coach at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre for a season before moving on to the same role with the Leverkusen U19 team. Rambo today (Tuesday) celebrates his 38th birthday.
Also celebrating their birthdays are former Werkself players Demarai Gray and Hans Sarpei. Grey, who played for Bayer 04 in the second half of the 2020/21 season and is now at Everton in the Premier League, is 26. Sarpei, who no longer plays professional football, celebrates his 46th birthday. Many happy returns to one and all.
The second international break of the 2024/25 season is round the corner. After the Bundesliga clash against Holstein Kiel, 5 October (kick-off 15:30 CEST), several Bayer 04 players will be playing in the next set of UEFA Nations League fixtures, among others. An overview.
Show moreBayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without midfielder Synne Skinnes Hansen in the coming weeks. The Norwegian suffered a torn ligament in her right thigh in the match against Carl Zeiss Jena (1-0).
Show moreThe video games manufacturer Electronic Arts (EA) together with the German Football League (DFL) have announced the nominations for the vote for Bundesliga Player of the Month in September – that includes Werkself player Florian Wirtz. Black and Red fans can vote now.
Show moreThe Werkself are away to Liverpool on matchday four of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 campaign. The game against the current leaders of the Premier League is on Tuesday, 5 November (kick-off: 21.00 CET). Here is the latest information on ticket sales for the fixture at Anfield.
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