Get a cold drink, make yourselves comfortable and click onto our Bayer 04 channel on YouTube. You’ll discover lots of entertaining and, above all, humorous Werkself output. With the ‘I know him’ feature, for example with Lars and Sven Bender, the players are tested on how well they know each other. Using posted texts, the duos of Kevin Volland & Ramazan ‘Rambo’ Özcan and Lukas Hradecky & Joel Pohjanpalo, guess which of their teammates’ Instagram accounts it is. There is also the ‘Black or Red?’ game where a number of Werkself players have difficulty deciding. What’s really tricky is, ‘What’s the question?’ – Jonathan Tah, Kai Havertz and Kerem Demirbay have already been under pressure.
Here’s a little taster of ‘04 wins’ with Nadiem Amiri and Karim Bellarabi – laughter guaranteed!
Leon Bailey und Moussa Diaby haben es selbst schon getestet: Das Werkself-Memory! Für 25 ausgewählte Schnappschüsse der Werkself gilt es das entsprechend gleiche Pärchenbild zu finden. Und das könnt ihr nun auch zu Hause spielen! HIER geht’s zur Online-Version. Wer lieber zu Hause mit „echten“ Karten spielt, kann sich die Memory-Karten auch einfach unter folgendem Download-Link herunterladen, zweimal ausdrucken und schon kann’s losgehen. Viel Spaß beim Spielen!
Team chef Alexander Wagner ensures the Werkself players get tasty and nutritious food, tailored to the needs of professional athletes, on their plates. But what dishes are there for Kevin Volland, Nadiem Amiri, Julian Baumgartlinger and Co.? Alex shows you! His ‘Pasta with chicken breast’ is possibly an inspiration for you to cook at home!? He shows you step-by-step how to do it and what you need:
Werkself podcast number 21 came out recently – Reiner Calmund was the guest this time round. The former mover and shaker at Bayer 04 was as we know him with one great comment after the next. This edition with ‘Calli’ and the previous 20 – including with Simon Rolfes, Ulf Kirsten, Stefan Kießling and Jonathan Tah –are available on the music and audio streaming platform Sound Cloud, popular podcast apps as well as on Spotify. A little tip: Subscribe to the Werkself podcast to make sure you don’t miss one:
https://soundcloud.com/werkself-podcast/
https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/werkself-podcast/
https://open.spotify.com/show/3bv7srLZjrGr4GBwtSVw1W
A variety of stories, an entertaining mix of current and historic subjects, interesting interviews and profiles plus much more – always focussed on Bayer 04: That’s the Werkself magazine. All editions are now available online (in German) HERE.
The Golden Boy Top 100 traditionally lists Europe’s most promising young players. In the latest update, published to mark the start of the new season, four current Werkself players – alongside loanee Francis Onyeka – feature on the list. This means Bayer 04 have the most players in contention of any Bundesliga club.
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Goalkeeper Rafaela Borggräfe will continue to play for Bayer 04 Leverkusen next season. The loan of the Germany U23 international, who joined from Liverpool in the winter, has been extended by a further year.
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The Bayer 04 delegation, led by Fernando Carro, CEO, concluded their multi-day trip to Brazil with a visit to the community-based organisation Bola Pra Frente in Rio de Janeiro – founded by former Werkself player Jorginho. During the visit, Bayer 04 committed to extending support for the Bola Pra Frente project for a further five years. In addition, Jorginho, a member of the Brazil 1994 World Cup-winning squad, was named Bayer 04’s second official club legend. With the visit to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the club has strengthened the relationships built up over the years in one of Bayer 04’s most important international markets.
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Ten years after retiring as a player, Kristina Sundov is returning to the Bayer 04 Women’s team as assistant coach. The 39-year-old former Croatia international takes over from Remzi Kahraman, who has taken up a new challenge abroad. She has been given a contract to 30 June 2028.
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The training pitches at the BayArena are already buzzing with activity again, even before training officially begins next week. On Monday morning, a small group from the Werkself first-team squad completed a session lasting around an hour. Both new and familiar faces were present.
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