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/
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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.
A new signing for the U19s: Bayer 04 have signed winger Clinton Wilson from Schalke 04. The 18-year-old previously played for Leverkusen youth teams from January to June 2024.
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After eight years, Ida Daedelow is set to leave Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The 18-year-old, whose original contract was due to run to 2027, is joining second-division side VfL Bochum.
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As with the other youth teams (U16 to U19), Bayer 04 are also relying on familiar faces—some in new roles—and fresh impetus from the coaching staff for the 2026/27 season in the younger age groups. An overview of the U11 to U15 teams.
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The fans have spoken: Ibrahim Maza has been voted Bayer 04 men’s Player of the Season for 2025/26. The 20-year-old won the club’s annual poll with more than a third of the total votes. Vanessa Fudalla, for her part, has been voted Bayer 04 women’s Player of the Season for 2025/26 by the fans. For both Maza and Fudalla, the past season was their first playing for the Werkself.
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