The sales procedure for home game tickets in the Hinrunde is split into two phases:
Phase 1: Early booker phase
From 18 to 24 July there will be an exclusive early booker phase for Bayer 04 Club members. Tickets for ALL Hinrunde home games for the Werkself in the Bundesliga are available.
Phase 2: Normal sales
Normal ticket sales for Hinrunde home games will start after the early booker phase. These are split into four blocks with two to three games sold at the same time. Ticket sales always start on Tuesdays for Club members and on Thursdays for everyone. Tickets go on sale around four to six weeks before matchdays and always begin at noon.
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Ordering, payment and distribution in the coming campaign are the same as in previous seasons.
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Season cards for the coming season have been on sale since the end of June. The prices remain unchanged from last season. Once again this year, there is an option between the Bundesliga (all Bundesliga home games) model and the BundesligaPLUS (all home games in the Bundesliga, the DFB Cup and the UEFA Europa League) model. Further information – including on the away season card – is available HERE.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have appointed Carles Martínez Novell as the new head coach. The 42-year-old Spaniard worked for FC Toulouse in the French Ligue 1 until the end of the season. Martínez finished last term in ninth place with the club from the south of France. He will take over the Werkself on 1 July 2026 and has signed a contract to 30 June 2028. Martínez, whose contract with Toulouse expires at the end of the month, succeeds Kasper Hjulmand at Leverkusen, who is leaving the club after one season.
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Bayer 04 plans for the 2026/27 pre-season continue to take shape. The Werkself will kick off the new season in mid-July with the return to the training ground. The highlight will be the official season opener on 8 August at the BayArena, including a friendly against La Liga club Sevilla. Friendlies in Germany will take the team to neighbouring Monheim, Offenbach and Jena.
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Strengthening the Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth teams: Konstantinos Kotsifakis will join the Werkself from Bundesliga 2 club Hertha Berlin for the 2026/27 season, where he will be a permanent member of the Leverkusen U19 coaching set-up. The German-Greek will also take on an operational role in coaching the Bayer 04 Future Team. The 29-year-old was most recently head coach of the U17s at Hertha Berlin.
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Another award for the Bayer 04 head groundsman and staff: After coming top in the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2024/25 seasons, the BayArena pitch came second in the Bundesliga Pitch of the Year ranking for the 2025/26 season. VfL Wolfsburg secured the top spot this year, with TSG Hoffenheim in third place.
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Opening opponents, derby weekends, the opponents in the season finale: This information and more will be available to Bayer 04 fans on Thursday, 2 July, when the 2026/27 Bundesliga fixture list is published.
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