As was the case last season, the Werkself’s first home game of the campaign comes against Leipzig. That is followed this year by an international break. Things then resume with Matchday 3’s game away at Hoffenheim (13-15 September).
The first meeting with Bayern Munich comes on Matchday 5 at the Allianz Arena (27-29 September). That is followed by back-to-back home fixtures against newcomers Holstein Kiel and then Eintracht Frankfurt.
Matchday 9 sees last season’s runners-up VfB Stuttgart come to the BayArena (1-3 November). The other promoted side St. Pauli visit on Matchday 13 (6-8 December).
The final Bundesliga game of 2024 sees Freiburg come to the BayArena (20-22 December). After a two-and-a-half-week winter break, action resumes on the weekend of 10-12 January 2025 with a visit to Borussia Dortmund for Matchday 16.
We reach the halfway stage of the season with a home game against Mainz on Matchday 17 (14/15 January). The list then begins to repeat itself with a home fixture against Gladbach (17-19 January).
Information on tickets for each game will follow in due course.
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Matchday 1, Friday, 28 August (8.30pm CEST) - Matchday 18: 17-19 January 2025
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Bayer 04
Matchday 2, 30 August-1 September – Matchday 19: 24-26 January 2025
Bayer 04 – RB Leipzig
Matchday 3, 13-15 September – Matchday 20: 31 January-2 February 2025
Hoffenheim - Bayer 04
Matchday 4, 20-22 September – Matchday 21: 7-9 February 2025
Bayer 04 – Wolfsburg
Matchday 5, 27-29 September – Matchday 22: 14-16 February 2025
Bayern Munich – Bayer 04
Matchday 6, 4-6 October – Matchday 23: 21-23 February 2025
Bayer 04 – Holstein Kiel
Matchday 7, 18-20 October – Matchday 24: 28 February-2 March 2025
Bayer 04 - Eintracht Frankfurt
Matchday 8, 25-27 October – Matchday 25: 7-9 March 2025
Werder Bremen – Bayer 04
Matchday 9, 1-3 November – Matchday 26: 14-16 March 2025
Bayer 04 – VfB Stuttgart
Matchday 10, 8-10 November – Matchday 27: 28-30 March 2025
Bochum – Bayer 04
Matchday 11, 22-24 November – Matchday 28: 4-6 April 2025
Bayer 04 – Heidenheim
Matchday 12, 29 November-1 December – Matchday 29: 11-13 April 2025
Union Berlin – Bayer 04
Matchday 13, 6-8 December – Matchday 30: 19/20 April 2025
Bayer 04 – St. Pauli
Matchday 14, 13-15 December – Matchday 31: 25-27 April 2025
Augsburg – Bayer 04
Matchday 15, 20-22 December – Matchday 32: 2-4 May 2025
Bayer 04 – Freiburg
Matchday 16, 10-12 January 2025 – Matchday 33: 9-11 May 2025
Borussia Dortmund – Bayer 04
Matchday 17, 14/15 January 2025 – Matchday 34: Saturday, 17 May 2025 (3.30pm CEST)
Bayer 04 – Mainz
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Following the Bundesliga clash against RB Leipzig (Sunday, 20 September, 15:30 CEST), some of the Werkself first team players will be heading off for the first international break of the season. Here is an overview of the Bayer 04 players called up for their national teams and all the details of their upcoming matches.
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A special visit to the BayArena: 222 members from volunteer fire brigades in Leverkusen, the Rheinisch-Bergisch district and the Oberbergisch district watched the Werkself’s 2–0 home win over Slovenian champions NK Celje live in the stadium. Bayer 04 had invited them to the 2026/27 Europa League opener as a thank-you for their tremendous dedication. They watched the match together in Block F4.
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The Bayer 04 U19s have extended their winning run with a fifth consecutive victory on Matchday 5 of the DFB Youth League’s preliminary round. Coach Patrick Greveraars’ side secured a 3–2 (2–1) win in their match against second-placed FC Viktoria Köln, with Burak Kir and Nebe Domnic scoring for the hosts in the first half before captain Ben Hawighorst found the net after the break.
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Bayer 04 will have to manage without defender Guéla Doué for the time being. The Ivory Coast international sustained a muscle injury to his right calf during the final Werkself training session yesterday ahead of the Europa League clash with Slovenian champions NK Celje.
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For the first time since reaching the final against AS Roma (2–2, first leg 2–0) in May 2024, Bayer 04 are playing another home match in the UEFA Europa League – and they will be wearing their new European kit. On Wednesday 16 September (kick-off: 21:00 CEST), the BayArena will welcome Slovenian champions NK Celje, who appointed a new coach this week following a mixed start to the season. Under the slogan “40 Years Across Europe. Still Creating History.”, the Black and Reds now aim to add the next chapter to their European history, which has seen so much success in recent years. Bayer 04 fans can follow the match on free-to-air TV on RTL, as well as on Sky and Werkself Radio. The matchday news.
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