The match against the Spanish top-flight side is part of the 'Trofeo Naranja', a summer cup tournament at FC Valencia since 1959. The friendly will be played at the Estadi de Mestalla, home to the UEFA Cup winners of 2004. Following on from Bayern Munich (1972), Borussia Mönchengladbach (1977, 1979), FC Kaiserslautern (1982), Hamburg SV (1984) and Werder Bremen (1993), Bayer 04 will be the sixth German club to play in the (47th) 'Orange Cup' one year before the Spanish clubs 100th anniversary.
Last season, Valencia ended up fourth in the Primera Division behind Barcelona, Atletico and Real Madrid and are qualified for next season's Champions League. That competition is the only time the Werkself have played the finalists from 2000 and 2001 when the two sides met in the group stage in the 2010/11 campaign. The first leg in Valencia ended in a 3-1 defeat but the Werkself under coach Robin Dutt secured a 2-1 win in the return leg at the BayArena with goals from André Schürrle and Sidney Sam).
Following last weekend’s big game against Wolfsburg, Bayer 04 Women face another exciting challenge as they visit Hoffenheim to kick off Matchday 3 in the Google Pixel Bundesliga on Friday (kick-off: 18:30 CEST).
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Under the slogan ‘Holidays without War’, 60 children from war-torn Ukraine took part in the summer camp organised by the German-Ukrainian association Blau-Gelbes Kreuz in Leverkusen and the surrounding area in August. The children aged between 10 and 14 – many of whom have lost their parents in the war – come from the Ukrainian twin towns of Leverkusen, Cologne and Monheim am Rhein: Nikopol, Dnipro and Volodymyr. Bayer 04, Bayer AG and TSV Bayer 04 supported the camp to mark its 10th anniversary, enabling even more children and young people than in previous years to spend a few carefree days’ holiday away from the war in the Rhineland.
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Midfielder Ruby Grant is leaving Bayer 04 Leverkusen and joining Portuguese runners-up Sporting CP a year before her contract expires. The 24-year-old has been at the Werkself since January 2025.
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Bayer 04 have loaned Brazilian full-back Arthur to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen for one year. Arthur Augusto de Matos Soares – the full name of the right-back – has a contract with Leverkusen until 30 June 2031. At Werder, the 23-year-old is expected to make an impact and help the long-established club further consolidate their position in the Bundesliga.
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