
Training staff, the first team squad and management of Bayer 04 will stay at the conference hotel, owned by Bayer Gastronomie GmbH, until Sunday, 17 May and will commute to the training ground at the BayArena for the training sessions behind closed doors. The group will travel to Bremen on Sunday afternoon.
Bayer 04 are away to Werder Bremen at the Wohninvest Weserstadion at the end of matchday 26 on Monday, 18 May at 20.30 CET. That is followed by another away game at Borussia Mönchengladbach (22-24 May). The first home game at the BayArena will be played on 26 or 27 May with VfL Wolfsburg providing the opposition.


Werkself player Montrell Culbreath and Bayer 04 loanee Francis Onyeka are part of Germany's final squad for the U19 European Championships this summer. The tournament is in Wales from 24 June to 12 July.
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Bayer 04 are away to third-division club SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the first round of the 2026/27 DFB Pokal. That was the outcome of the draw on Saturday night, 6 June, at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. The Werkself first round tie will be played between 21 and 24 August. The exact date has yet to be finalised.
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Carles Martìnez is raring to go. The 42-year-old speaks in his first interview in Leverkusen about the club's development to date and how he wants to build on it. He describes his previous work in France, Kuwait, Qatar and his native Barcelona, his experience in developing young players, and the key steps between now and the start of pre-season training.
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New Bayer 04 head coach Carles Martínez has arrived in Leverkusen! At midday on Friday, the 42-year-old spoke in a press conference at the BayArena about his philosophy and his aims. Managing director sport Simon Rolfes also discussed the reasons for appointing the former Toulouse boss.
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