Peter Bosz appears first on TV late on Saturday evening. From 23.00 CET, Sven Voss presents the 90-minute broadcast and he will talk to the Dutchman about the impressive points haul for the Werkself in the season to date. The ZDF broadcast is live on TV and streamed on zdf.de and the episode will then be available from the ZDFmediathek.
Rudi Völler is a guest on Doppelpass on Sunday morning. In the first episode of the New Year, presenter Thomas Helmer will talk to the 60-year-old sporting managing director from Leverkusen and former player Sandro Wagner. Also on the show are Sport1 pundit Stefan Effenberg, journalist Florian Wichert (t-online.de) plus Mounir Zitouni. The latter was a professional footballer and he played for Völler’s former club Kickers Offenbach from 2001 to 2003.
The Sport1 broadcast starts at 11.00 CET on TV and will also be streamed on sport1.de. Doppelpass is then also available on catch up at sport1.de.
After back-to-back away defeats, Bayer 04 Women now face their penultimate home fixture of 2026 as they welcome Hamburg to the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion on Saturday (14:00 CET) seeking three important points in the Google Pixel Bundesliga.
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Several Werkself players are set to represent their national teams during the final international break of 2026. Here’s an overview of who has been called up and what matches they will face in November. This article will be updated regularly.
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After three consecutive wins in the Europa League, the Werkself suffered their first European defeat of the season against Marseille. In a first half with few chances, the Black and Reds gradually gained more and more control of the game, but were unable to convert that advantage into goals. Miguel Gutiérrez came closest to putting Leverkusen ahead with a shot that hit the crossbar. In the second half, the French side produced clinical finishing, with Amine Gouiri scoring from a counter-attack to make it 1-0 (77’). Right up to the final whistle, the Werkself threw everything forward in search of an equaliser, but were unable to find a way back into the game.
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Bayer 04 are riding a wave of success on the European stage: After three wins from their first three games and as the only team yet to concede a goal, the Werkself sit second in the table in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. With another three points in their first-ever competitive match against Olympique Marseille on Thursday night, 5 November (kick-off: 21:00 CET), Bayer 04 could leap to the top of the table. Meanwhile, the French side are riding the wave of a winning streak in Ligue 1, but are yet to pick up any points in the Europa League. For one Werkself player, Thursday night will mark a reunion with his former team-mates. Today’s matchday news.
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The Bundesliga has finalised the fixtures for matchdays 12 to 18 of the 2026/27 season. Here is an overview of the dates.
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