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4.06.2021Bayer 04

Pre-season timetable: First friendly against Wehen Wiesbaden

The key points of the pre-season for the 2021/22 season are taking shape. The first friendly has now been confirmed: The team under new head coach Gerardo Seoane entertain SV Wehen Wiesbaden in Leverkusen on Wednesday, 14 July.
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The kick-off will be at 17.00 CEST. The match will be played at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium or at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre. It will be the first of five matches in the pre-season. Two games will be played during the training camp and another two friendlies are set to follow the return to Leverkusen. Next season starts at the beginning of August with the first round of the DFB Cup.

SV Wehen Wiesbaden were relegated from the second division in the summer of 2020 and finished sixth in the third division last term. The team under head coach Rüdiger Rehm, who has been at SV Wehen since February 2017, won the Hessen Cup last weekend and they are thereby qualified for the DFB Cup.

KEY DATES

25 June

Publication of Bundesliga fixture list for the 2021/22 season

4 July

Draw for the first round of the DFB Cup

5 July

Start of training with performance diagnostics at the BayArena

6 July

First full training session on the pitches at the BayArena

14 July

Friendly against SV Wehen Wiesbaden – Kurtekotten or UHS
(Kick-off: 17.00 CEST)

16-23 July

Training camp in Zell am See/Kaprun including two friendlies

28 July

Friendly – Opposition and venue to be confirmed

31 July

Friendly – Opposition and venue to be confirmed

6-9 August

First round of the 2021/22 DFB Cup

13-15 August

Bundesliga matchday 1 in the 2021/22 season

27 August

Draw for the group stage of the UEFA Europa
League 2021/22

16 September

Matchday 1 in the UEFA Europa League

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