Smile please. The first half of the Werkself squad went in front of the camera for today's Media Day for numerous photos, videos and GIFs for the club's social media channels, this year's autograph cards and fan merchandising shoots. The youngsters Iker Bravo, Ayman Azhil and Zidan Sertdemir kicked it off in the morning.
In several places inside the BayArena, new signing Adam Hlozek and his teammates not only provided their best smiles but also proved their comprehensive knowledge of their fellow players. It's the turn of Lukas Hradecky & Co. tomorrow.
The best photos and videos will soon be available on the Werkself social media channels.
Gerardo Seoane welcomed 24 players to the training ground at 10.30 CEST. It was quickly down to business after a relaxed warm-up session: split into small groups, Robert Andrich, Kerem Demirbay & Co. primarily worked on combination play. That was followed by nine versus nine and later seven versus seven games on small pitches played with intensity and commitment. Particularly good news: Winger Moussa Diaby was back on the pitch with the team for the first time since the summer break. Defender Jonathan Tah is also back in Leverkusen and he successfully completed performance tests at the Werkstatt, the Bayer 04 rehab and training centre.
The Seoane team will be back on the training ground on Tuesday 12 July and the following day at 10.30 CEST. Both sessions are open to Black and Red fans. There will be an additional fitness session in the BayArena tomorrow afternoon. On Thursday 14 July the Werkself head off to the training camp in Zell am See-Kaprun in Austria for just over a week.
There was a lot of praise in the media after last Saturday's successful first friendly for the Werkself against MSV Duisburg (6-1).
The 17-year-old Iker Bravo attracted particular attention. The Spanish centre-forward scored the first goal of the season on three minutes before rounding off his hat-trick with strikes on 49 and 51 minutes. "Bravo! Here comes Bayer's next top talent," was the headline in the Bild Zeitung and the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger named him man of the match for his performance.
The time has finally come: There was great anticipation this afternoon as the Bayer 04 Women’s team boarded the plane at Frankfurt Airport on course for Mexico City. As with the Werkself at the end of May, Anna Klink & Co. have flown out over the Atlantic for five days for the #Bayer04MexicoTour.
As part of the centenary celebrations of Bayer Mexico, the Leverkusen Women's team have a number of media and PR events. In addition, the team under new head coach Robert de Pauw will play a friendly against the Mexican record champions Club América at Estadio Azteca.
Bayer 04 will keep fans of the Black and Reds in touch with the players and will report on the tour via all the clubs channels.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into the 2025/26 Bundesliga season with another partner in the Sponsors Club. The previous Executive Box partner pure.energy has extended their commitment and taken the established partnership with the current German runners-up to the next highest level. The newly defined cooperation between Bayer 04 and pure.energy is set to run for two years to 30 June 2027.
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Side-by-side with Bayer 04 Idol Rudi Völler, the Werkself women's team player Carlotta Wamser campaigned for amateur football in the community of Hürtgen in the district of Düren. As part of a VIP discussion group joining together for the launch of the DFB campaign ‘Punktespiel 2.0’, Germany international Wamser, DFB director of professional football Völler plus DFB president Bernd Neuendorf and DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth talked about the new club campaign organised by the German Football Association (DFB) at the FC Grenzwacht Hürtgen clubhouse.
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Bayer 04 player Carlotta Wamser is part of a VIP group joining together for the launch of the DFB campaign Punktespiel 2.0. The Germany international, who signed for the Werkself in the summer, will be speaking tonight (Monday) alongside former Leverkusen managing director sport Rudi Völler, now the current DFB sporting director, plus DFB president Bernd Neuendorf and DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth at the FC Grenzwacht Hürtgen club house about the new clubs campaign launched by the German Football Association (DFB).
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The Werkself are away to FC St. Pauli on Matchday 5 in the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign. The game at the Millerntor Stadion will be played on Saturday, 27 September with the kick-off at 15:30 CEST. Read on for information on ticket sales.
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After seven days in Rieden, Bavaria, Bayer 04 Women returned to Leverkusen on Saturday. With a lot of intensive training sessions on the pitch and a high-quality friendly against Bundesliga runners-up VfL Wolfsburg (2-3) in their legs, the Werkself party left the Hotel Gut Matheshof with a lot of valuable insights. Head coach Roberto Pätzold discussed the key points from the training camp.
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