23.04.2025Bayer 04

Seven Werkself players nominated for Bundesliga Team of the Season

The video games manufacturer Electronic Arts (EA) in conjunction with the German Football League (DFL) have started the vote for the annual Bundesliga Team of the Season. Werkself fans now have the opportunity to put forward seven Bayer 04 players for the top eleven in the 2024/25 Bundesliga season. Florian Wirtz, Granit Xhaka, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapie, Patrik Schick, Jeremie Frimpong and Alejandro Grimaldo are in the vote. Voting ends on Sunday, 27 April (19:59 CEST).

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panel of judges made up of Fans, captains and Experts

Based on official Bundesliga match data, 42 players have been nominated this year having particularly impressed in the current campaign.

A panel of judges decides who goes into the Bundesliga Team of the Season. This is made up of – as with the monthly vote for Bundesliga Player of the Month and the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month – fans (weighting: 40%), team captains of the 18 Bundesliga clubs (weighting: 30%) plus a panel of pundits (weighting: 30%) made up of Bundesliga legends and selected media partners.

The eleven best players form the Bundesliga Team of the Season presented by EA SPORTS and they will receive a significantly improved value in EA FC 25. The result will be announced on Friday, 9 May.

vote for Bundesliga player of the season to follow

The Bundesliga Player of the Season 2024/25 will be announced on matchday 34 when the Werkself are away to Mainz 05 (Saturday, 17 May, 15:30 CEST). This will be decided by votes from fans for the Team of the Season plus club and pundit votes. Last season in 2023/24, when Bayer 04 were the unbeaten champions of Germany, Florian Wirtz won the vote and became the Bundesliga Player of the Season n for the first time in his career. It was also the first time the trophy made its way to Leverkusen.

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