Serie B club Venezia FC provide the first opposition for the Werkself in the New Year at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium. The kick-off against the team including former Bayer 04 player Joel Pohjanpalo is on Saturday 7 January at 15.00 CET. It will be the first meeting of the two clubs.
The second friendly in January is at the BayArena. Bayer 04 host FC Copenhagen in Leverkusen one week before the Bundesliga fixture at Borussia Mönchengladbach. The match on Sunday 15 January kicks off at 14.00 CET.
The Werkself and the top Danish club played each other in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in 2014/15. The tie produced two wins for Bayer 04 (3-2 and 4-0) and secured progress to the group stage of Europe's premier club competition.
Match tickets for the home games against Venezia FC and FC Copenhagen go on sale on 20 December. Club members pay five euros and non-members seven euros.
There won’t just be plenty of excitement on the pitch as Bayer 04 host Borussia Dortmund at the BayArena at 18:30 CET on Saturday. Outside the stadium there will be collection points for food donations to the Leverkusen Foodbank, which will also benefit from the profits of a jersey raffle in the Fanwelt afterwards. There will also be a minute’s silence before kick-off following the passing of long-time Werkself player Dieter Herzog, before two fan clubs are honoured for their decades-long support at half-time and fans receive a talk about Orange Day, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game in our matchday news.
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Bayer 04 go into the first of two successive clashes with Borussia Dortmund boosted by their Champions League win at Manchester City. Ahead of the Bundesliga top match on Saturday, 29 November (kick-off: 18:30 CET), coach Kasper Hjulmand spoke about the tight schedule, BVB's strengths and returning squad members.
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Borussia Dortmund are doing very well in terms of points and results in the Bundesliga, the DFB Pokal and the UEFA Champions League. BVB have only suffered two defeats to date this term. Now coach Niko Kovac's team are away to the Werkself on Saturday night, 29 November (kick-off: 18:30 CET) in the top match on Bundesliga matchday 12. The two teams meet again three days later in the DFB Pokal Round of 16 tie in Dortmund. Two very competitive encounters are on the cards. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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The Bayer 04 Women clcoked up a 3-2 win in a friendly against Twente Enschede on Thursday afternoon in the last international break of 2025. In drizzle, Lilla Turanyi (16’), Kristin Kögel (65’) and Paulina Bartz (69’) scored the goals for the Werkself against the Dutch Eredivisie Vrouwen leaders, who are still unbeaten in the league.
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