The gym, running drills on the pitch and back to the gym: on Monday, the first players to return prepared for the official start of training next week. Under the guidance of the fitness staff, new signings Kennet Eichhorn and Afonso Moreira, as well as Victor Boniface, who has returned from loan, completed an intensive running programme. Goalkeeper Janis Blaswich was also on the training ground. Martin Terrier was also out on the pitch – albeit still training on his own – putting in hard work.
The first Werkself full training session on Tuesday, 14 July, will be open to the public. Fans are welcome to watch the first session of the new season. Bayer 04 will publish further information, including the time and location, via the club media channels in the coming days.
During the first international break of the 2026/27 season, set to last just under three weeks, nine Bayer 04 first-team players are in action with their respective national teams. Read on for updates on matches featuring Werkself players…
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Whenever the leading figures in European club football come together, Bayer 04 are right in the thick of it: At the 33rd General Assembly of the European Football Clubs (EFC) in Copenhagen, Fernando Carro, CEO, and Simon Rolfes, Managing Director Sport, discussed key sporting and economic issues for the future.
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Having progressed to the DFB Pokal Round of 16, the Bayer 04 Women do not have much time before their next Bundesliga fixture. On Friday night (18:30 CEST), coach Roberto Pätzold’s side kick off matchday six at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium against Werder Bremen – and they have a clear mission.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career working as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personal Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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