Sven Jablonski is in charge of today’s game against SC Freiburg on Saturday 14 May (kick-off: 15.30 CEST/Stadium opens: 13.30 CEST). The 32-year-old referee has officiated nine games involving the Werkself to date. From a Black and Red perspective there have been six wins, one draw and two defeats. The first Bayer 04 game under Jablonski was a 4-0 win against Freiburg in September 2017.
His assistants today are Norbert Grudzinski and Sascha Thielert with Tobias Welz the VAR ref. Have a good game.
The Nordkurve12 fan club has stocked up and will be selling another 600 #FinallyRed shirts on matchday from 13.00 CEST. The shirts cost five euros each and are available in sizes M to 3 XL from the StadionEck.
Black and Red fans can read the latest information on the matchday in Werkself LIVE ahead of the kick-off against the team under head coach Christian Streich. The programme is available at the BayArena – or alternatively as a free online version.
Bayer 04’s revamped matchday magazine provides interesting facts and stats on the match. On the back of the print version for the game #B04SCF there is a poster marking the departure of sporting managing director Rudi Völler. Here is the e-paper.
Among the many guests at the sold-out BayArena will be Germany coach Hansi Flick and his assistant Danny Röhl. The German Football Association (DFB) announced on Friday that the 57-year-old coach will announce his squad for the forthcoming for Nations League matches on Thursday (19 May). Flick has recently included Werkself defender Jonathan Tah in his team.
Anybody unable to be at the BayArena today can tune in to Werkself Radio from 30 minutes before kick-off. There will also be live text updates on the match. Both the radio broadcast and the text commentary are available at bayer04.de as well as on the new Bayer 04-App – tune in if you can.
Last week the Werkself sealed a Champions League spot ahead of the final game of the season against Freiburg. Eleven years ago to the day things looked completely different: On matchday 34 in the 2010/11 season the team under the then coach Jupp Heynckes were away to SCF – and they sealed qualification for the Champions League with a 1-0 win thanks to a goal from Hanno Balitsch in second place behind Bayern Munich. For Bayer 04 it was the first Champions League campaign since the 2004/05 season. Heynckes returned to FC Bayern at the end of the season and he took his assistant coach Peter Hermann with him.
Bayer 04 congratulate Michael Rensing on his 38th birthday today. The former goalkeeper joined the Werkself from FC Köln in 2012 and he went on to make two appearances in goal for the Black and Reds in the Bundesliga. At the end of that season, the 6 foot 3 shot-stopper moved on to Fortuna Düsseldorf where he ended his playing career two years ago.
Will the Bayer 04 U19s take the next step towards their first appearance in the knockout stage of the UEFA Youth League in the away game at Manchester City? Coach Kevin Brok is well aware of this historic opportunity, but he's not about to start worrying about the maths: "We're not concerned with the question of what might be good enough. We invest everything we can and always aim for the maximum. That's our way." The game on this penultimate Matchday 5 of the league phase takes place on Tuesday, 25 November (kick-off: 16:00 CET) at the Manchester City Academy Stadium. Werkself TV will be broadcasting the whole match exclusively for Bayer 04 club members live from 15:50 CET....
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 3-1 win at VfL Wolfsburg on the 11th matchday of the Bundesliga 2025/26...
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 0-1 loss against SGS Essen on the 11th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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An unfortunate end to a hard-fought game from Bayer 04's point of view: The Bayer 04 Women worked hard against bottom-of-the-table SGS Essen, but lacked penetration in attack for long periods of the game. The goal scored by Essen's Natasha Kowalski (58'), that saw the otherwise flawless goalkeeper Anne Moll unfortunately slip, was enough to inflict a third consecutive defeat on Roberto Pätzold's team.
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VfL Wolfsburg, without a win against Bayer 04 at home in the Volkswagen Arena for over ten years, will be looking to reverse the trend following the recent dismissal of their coach and sporting director. Werkself coach Kasper Hjulmand, who will be reunited with several Wolves players he knows from his time as the Denmark head coach, will do everything in his power to continue Leverkusen's unbeaten run in the Autostadt. The match against VfL Wolfsburg will also include Germany's bid to host the UEFA Women's EURO 2029. Today’s matchday news.
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