The icing on the cake: Black and Reds supporters have decided the like2drive Goal of the Month of May was scored by Exequiel Palacios.
All Werkself fans will remember the last minute strike for a long time: On the final matchday, the Werkself number two produced an absolute masterpiece on 97 minutes in the home game against SC Freiburg. With seconds to play, the Argentina international shot from just inside the opposition half into an empty net to secure a 2-1 victory. It is Rudi Völler’s farewell goal and at the same time the perfect conclusion to a successful season in 2021/22. Congratulations, Pala!
You can watch the impressive strike again HERE – that will definitely make waiting for next season half as difficult.
While the Germany U17s just missed out on progress to the quarter-finals of the European Championships on Wednesday (25 May) in a 4-3 defeat against France on penalties, Bayer 04 youngster Iker Bravo with the Spain team is challenging for a place in the semi-finals tonight. Bravo & Co. take on neighbours Portugal with the kick off at 19.00 CEST.
Spain progressed to the quarter-finals from Group C after two games. The team under coach Julen Guerrero secured 2-0 wins against Turkey and Belgium with Bravo scoring a goal in each of the two matches.
Portugal finished second in Group D with two wins and one defeat. The Portuguese were in scoring mood in the wins against Scotland (5-1) and Sweden (4-2) but they were on the wrong end of a 3-1 scoreline in the game against Denmark.
Denmark and Serbia face each other in the other quarter-final. The teams from France and the Netherlands have already qualified. A victory for Bravo and his teammates would put them through against France. All the semi-final matches will be played on Sunday 29 May. There will be live streams of every match at uefa.tv.
Bayer 04 today congratulate Dominick Drexler on his 32nd birthday. The current Schalke 04 player signed for Leverkusen in 2007 from the Bonner SC U17s. The midfielder played in for the Werkself U19 and Reserve teams before moving on to Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 2010. The 6 foot 1 Drexler also played for Greuther Fürth, Holstein Kiel and FC Köln before joining the Blue and Whites last summer. He has recently been able to celebrate promotion to the top-flight. Many happy returns.
Bayer 04 also wish a relaxed Father's Day to all dads – have a very enjoyable day.
Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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To all Bayer 04 fans: The Fanwelt will be closed all day next Monday 30 June. This is due to preparations for the change of kit supplier from Castore to New Balance on Tuesday 1 July.
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The Norway U23 international Julie Jorde has completed the move from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to Brøndby IF. The twelve-time champions of Denmark have signed the midfielder on permanent terms after her loan move from the Bundesliga to Denmark in the winter.
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It is almost two years since Bayer 04 new signing Abdoulaye Faye first stepped foot into the BayArena as a player for the Swedish club BK Häcken in the opening match in the 2023/24 Europa League campaign. A day before his nineteenth birthday, the central defender did not play in the 4-0 win for the Werkself but it was "an incredible night" for him on 21 September 2023 as he explained in his first interview on bayer04.de. "I watched the players and saw the fans. I liked it." It was also the first European night early on in his career. He only joined the then champions of Sweden in the cold north of Europe from his home in Senegal a few weeks before that special moment. Bayer04.de profiles our new defender.
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Welcome, Abdoulaye Faye. The 20-year-old Senegalese central defender joins Leverkusen from top-flight Swedish club BK Häcken. In his first interview he talks about his move to Bayer 04 and his targets with the Werkself.
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