
The second half of the 2019/20 season is about to kick off: The Werkself restart the campaign on Sunday, 19 January (18.00 CET) at SC Paderborn and the first home game of 2020 follows a week later on Sunday, 26 January (15.30 CET) when Fortuna Düsseldorf are our visitors. The second half of the season not only sees the Werkself battle for a top spot in the Bundesliga but also includes other highlights – such as the DFB Cup tie against VfB Stuttgart and the match in the Europa League against FC Porto. Group discount also applies to those two games. And this is how it works:
With 20 or more people you will receive a 10% group discount on the match ticket price. From 50 people it’s 15% and from 100 it’s 20%!
The offer applies to the following home games:
For group orders, please complete the form and email it to info@bayer04.de.
With orders including group discount it is down to you determine the price levels (full / concessions / child). Let us know your preferred block in seat categories II – V. We will, of course, try to find you seats in those areas. Where that is not possible, we will will look at the next category below.

And there’s more! Do you want to sit on the bench, take a look at the Mixed Zone and experience the exciting pre-match atmosphere? Then just sign up for one of the 45-minute matchday stadium tours. You will also receive discount on the price of the matchday tour. Further information on BayArena tours is available here.
You can book matchday tours on the application form at the same time as you order tickets.
Tickets (with the exception of Print@Home tickets) are valid as tickets on the ÖPNV transport network (VRR & VRS) from four hours before kick-off. On matchdays there is free parking for coaches. Just follow the directions for car parks P5 and P6. Car parks are available at Otto-Bayer-Straße (Cologne) near to our Academy at Kurtekotten. From here, there is a shuttle bus service to the BayArena and your group can use it to get back to the car park after the game.

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