Patrik Schick and Charles Aránguiz are two players with slight knocks after the tough away game at VfB Stuttgart (3-1). "They did recovery work today. We'll wait for the next training sessions as the last match was only two days ago. It doesn't look like there are any serious injuries at the moment," declared head coach Gerardo Seoane.
Edmond Tapsoba was back on the pitch on Tuesday for the first time since he tore an ankle muscle in the middle of July. Seoane: "It was his first session working with the ball. It will be a while yet even though the healing process has gone very well so far.
Due to the red card shown to Robert Andrich in the away game at Stuttgart and the ban for three matches, the Swiss head coach has three defensive midfielders unavailable for the next league fixtures – Julian Baumgartlinger and Exequiel Palacios are currently sidelined through injury. "Of course, that's annoying. But here we have the same approach as with all other problems and challenges we have to face: With us, the glass is always half-fall, never half-empty," said Seoane.
He also has other good options in the holding midfield positions, such as Nadiem Amiri, Florian Wirtz and the very impressive Kerem Demirbay in the current campaign who the 42-year-old coach praised for his development and attitude: "Kerem is technically very skilled and has good vision. Recently he has worked more and more for the team, won challenges and done his defensive work."
New portrait photos, videos, funny GIFs from Bayer 04 and the official team photo are in the can: The Media Day – both the DFL and the club team produced content on Tuesday – extending the working day for Hradecky and Co. A total of 18 Werkself players progressed through the different stopping points at the BayArena including the Olympics, European Championship and Copa America participants as well as most of the summer signings. This is how it looked behind the scenes and cameras:
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Kristin Kögel and Lara Marti, two members of the Women's squad celebrate their 22nd birthdays on Tuesday. The third to celebrate their birthday on 21 September is Andrzej Buncol. The UEFA Cup winner of 1988 is 62 today. After ending his playing career, including five years with the Werkself, the Pole became a coach. Today he works alongside Pierre de Wit as the coach of the Werkself U14 team. Many happy returns to all three.
Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04 Women's 0-1 loss at Bayern Munich in the round of 16 of the women's DFB-Pokal 2026/27
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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 working 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 personal 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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Having previously recorded six consecutive home wins across all competitions, Bayer 04 suffered their first home defeat of 2026/27 as they went down 4-2 to VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Matchday 8. The visitors capitalised on their first two chances to score, with Ermedin Demirovic and Jamie Leweling finding the net in the first half. Although Patrik Schick got a goal back in the first half, Bilal El Khannouss and Demirovic again added further goals for Stuttgart. Bayer 04 didn’t give up, but Ibrahim Maza’s goal proved little more than a consolation.
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Fans at the BayArena got to enjoy a spectacle on Wednesday as the Werkself came from behind to beat Nürnberg 5-2 in the DFB Pokal. Now with the sixth home game of the season, can Bayer 04 maintain their perfect record in Leverkusen as VfB Stuttgart come to town in the Bundesliga on Saturday (15:30 CET)? The visitors have had issues domestically this term, sitting in 15th place, although they have had much better results in the UEFA Champions League. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the Matchday 8 encounter…
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The Bayern Munich women’s football team are unbeaten in all domestic competitions in the last 62 matches. On Sunday (15:00 CET), the Bayer 04 women’s team will make their next attempt to end the holders unbeaten run in the DFB Pokal Round of 16 tie. For coach Roberto Pätzold, there are a number of factors that give the Werkself cause for optimism despite the high-calibre opposition.
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