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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High spirits and previously untold stories: Around 100 Bayer 04 fans packed the Schwadbud fan pub in the east stand of the BayArena on Thursday evening to be there in person for the first instalment of the new series of events entitled “Rudi lädt ein” (Rudi invites you). They listened intently as long-serving Werkself players Gonzalo Castro and Stefan Kießling chatted with record appearance-maker Rüdiger Vollborn and presenter and stadium announcer Tobias Ufer about their many years together at the club, shared amusing anecdotes and revealed dressing room secrets. Anyone who missed the premiere can already look forward to the second instalment – on 12 May, Rudi will be testing the expert knowledge of Bayer 04 fans during a quiz night.
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The Bundesliga home game against VfL Wolfsburg in the first half of the season was one of those classic ‘days to forget’ for Bayer 04 Women. It started with goalkeeper Charlotte Voll being shown a red card in the first minute of the game, and following a further sending-off, coach Roberto Pätzold's 9-women side ended up losing 5-1 to last season's runners-up. At 18.30 CET on Sunday, they'll have the chance to exact revenge at the AOK Stadium - and pick up valuable points in the race for third place.
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Sofie Zdebel is up for the Goal of the Month award for February on ARD-Sportschau. Fans have until 21 March (19:00 CET) to vote for the Germany U23 international's volley to make it 2-0 in the Bayer 04 Women's derby against FC Köln (2-1).
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen are further expanding their partner network: The feed manufacturer PerNaturam is an official sponsor of the Bayer 04 Womens team. The partnership opens up a wide range of opportunities for the company to position its brand in the Bundesliga environment.
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Do you dream of wearing the Bayer cross on your chest? To play in black and red like your role models Loreen Bender, Cornelia Kramer, Kristin Kögel and co. from the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga? Then take your chance now! Our female youth teams are once again on the lookout for new talent. That's why Bayer 04 are organising a talent day on 12 April 2026 for the first time this year with trials for female juniors.
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