Florian Wirtz is a first choice in the Werkself line-up at the age of 18. His strengths on the pitch are very familiar to fans and football supporters. But what makes our number 27 tick away from the pitch? Bayer 04 TV held a quick Q&A with the player from Pulheim. HERE is the video.
We say thank you for twelve years under the Bayer Cross. Nordkurve12, the independent umbrella organisation for Werkself fans, and Bayer 04 have come together to design a T-shirt for the impending departure of Lars Bender. Nadiem Amiri and Co. have already tried it out– and you can secure the memento now. Click HERE for the T-shirt.
Care staff have been put under immense pressure by the coronavirus pandemic in recent months. The Leverkusen Clinic thanks its nursing staff once again: On World Nurses Day, held every year on May 12, a large banner was displayed at the entrance to the health park in Schlebusch. It reads: “Thank you, your’re simply brilliant!” We support those words…
The BAYER GIANTS Leverkusen have secured an impressive second place in Bundesliga 2 this season. The TSV Bayer 04 basketball team, Germany’s record champions with 14 titles in basketball, lost out to MLP Academics Heidelberg in the final of the play-offs. Bayer 04 congratulate the Giants for a great season.
Thomas Dooley, Tom for short, was born in Bechhofen on 12 May 1961, the son of an American soldier and a German mother. He only became a professional footballer at the age of 22 at FC Homburg. After the 1994 World Cup, where he played for the USA, Thomas signed for the Werkself. He made 16 Bundesliga appearances during his year under the Bayer Cross.
Happy 60th birthday, Tom. His best goals and most important clearances in a Werkself shirt are on video HERE.
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For the third time in a row, the Leverkusen eSports players have made it through to the final round of the VBL Club Championship. From 7 to 8 March, they will compete for the German Club Championship at XPERION in Hamburg. At the start of the final round, they face Hamburger SV in the Round of 16. The match starts at 19:30 CET on Saturday, 7 March and will be broadcast live on the VBL Twitch channel. The eSports preview.
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"We played with pace and patience today. That was the decisive factor," said managing director sport Simon Rolfes following the 1-0 win at Hamburger SV in the rearranged match on Wednesday night. Although the Werkself still had room for improvement in terms of capitalising on their chances against the Red Shorts, they produced a different display to last time out and were rewarded for a concentrated performance over 90 minutes. The Werkself review features reaction to the game, including from a happy starting XI debutant, as well as the match stats.
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Werkself TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 1-0 win in rearranged match at Hamburger SV on Matchday 17 of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season...
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The second attempt was a successful one: the Werkself won 1-0 at Hamburger SV in the rearranged Bundesliga Matchday 17 encounter. Head coach Kasper Hjulmand's side dominated play from the start and eventually scored the winning goal through Christian Kofane in the 73rd minute.
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