15.07.2025Bayer 04

Update on early booker phase for 2025/26 Bundesliga home games

Preparations for the 2025/26 season are in full swing with the new head coach Erik ten Hag working for the start of the season in the middle of August. After the timings for the first matchdays in the forthcoming Bundesliga season were confirmed a few days ago, we now provide information on the first sale phase for match tickets. The early booker phase, exclusively for Bayer 04 Club members, brings some changes. Read on for further information.

Sales procedure:

Two home games go on sale in a total of eight days (see graphic).
The pairings to go on sale will be announced a few hours earlier exclusively via the Bayer 04 newsletter.
The digital waiting room at the Bayer 04 online shop opens as before at 11:30 CEST/CET.
Ticket sales at the Bayer 04 online shop for the two home games starts as usual at 12:00.
Only members can buy tickets for home games. Only subscribers to the newsletter will know which games go on sale before anybody else.

Process:

All home games will remain on sale until the end of the early booker phase (up to and including 31 July) providing tickets are still available.
The first Bundesliga home match of the season against TSG Hoffenheim remain on sale following the early booker phase.

Purchase entitlement:

All Bayer 04 Club members have the opportunity to secure tickets for home games.
The stadium blocks available can differ according to the length of the individual membership.

Prices

Preisgrafik Tageskarten 2025/26 Topspiele

Ticket prices 2025/26

Top match tickets 2025/26

Ticket limits:

Two tickets per purchaser are available for each home game in the early booker phase.
Season cards are included in the ticket limit.

Ticket exchange:

The ticket exchange will be activated from the early booker phase so all home games in 2025/26 (except against FC Köln) can be entered at any time.
Purchase of ticket exchange seats is possible during the early booker phase as well as after the start of individual sales.

Special derby sales:

The home game against FC Köln is not part of the early booker phase and will go on separate sale at a later point.

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