Head coach Gerardo Seoane will start the pre-season on 25 June. And the opponents for the Black and Reds in the opening game of the 2022/23 season has been announced: Lukas Hradecky and Co. will take on Borussia Dortmund. The match against BVB is followed by two home games against FC Augsburg and TSG Hoffenheim as well as an away game at Mainz 05.
The first meeting with the champions Bayern Munich is on matchday eight (30 September to 2 October). The Black and Reds are away to the DFB Cup holders RB Leipzig on matchday 12 (28 to 30 October). The derby against FC Köln is on matchday 14 (8 to 9 November).
The Bundesliga season takes an almost two month break at the end of the year due to the World Cup in Qatar (29 November to 18 December). The last match before the World Cup break is set for the weekend of 11 to 13 November. The Seoane team are at home to VfB Stuttgart.
The Bundesliga returns on 20 to 22 January 2023 after the World Cup and the ensuing winter break. The Werkself opponents are Borussia Mönchengladbach. The last game at home for Leverkusen is on the weekend of 19 to 21 May – also against Gladbach. The final game of the season for the Werkself is on 27 May 2023 away to VfL Bochum.
BAYER 04 FIXTURE LIST:
Matchday 1, 6/7.8. (Rückrunde: 27-29.1.23)
Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer 04
Matchday 2, 12-14.8. (Rückrunde: 3-5.2.23)
Bayer 04 vs FC Augsburg
Matchday 3, 19-21.8. (Rückrunde: 10-12.2.23)
Bayer 04 vs TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Matchday 4, 26-28.8. (Rückrunde: 17.-19.2.23)
FSV Mainz 05 vs Bayer 04
Matchday 5, 2-4.9. (Rückrunde: 24-26.2.23)
Bayer 04 vs SC Freiburg
Matchday 6, 9-11.9. (Rückrunde: 3-5.3.23)
Hertha Berlin vs Bayer 04
Matchday 7, 16-18.9. (Rückrunde: 10-12.3.23)
Bayer 04 vs Werder Bremen
Matchday 8, 30.9.-2.10. (Rückrunde: 17-19.3.23)
FC Bayern Munich vs Bayer 04
Matchday 9, 7-9.10. (Rückrunde: 31.3.-2.4.23)
Bayer 04 vs FC Schalke 04
Matchday 10, 14-16.10. (Rückrunde: 8/9.4.23)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayer 04
Matchday 11, 21-23.10. (Rückrunde: 14-16.4.23)
Bayer 04 vs VfL Wolfsburg
Matchday 12, 28-30.10. (Rückrunde: 21-23.4.23)
RB Leipzig vs Bayer 04
Matchday 13, 4-6.11. (Rückrunde: 28-30.4.23)
Bayer 04 vs FC Union Berlin
Matchday 14, 8/9.11. (Rückrunde: 5-7.5.23)
FC Köln vs Bayer 04
Matchday 15, 11-13.11. (Rückrunde: 12-14.5.23)
Bayer 04 vs VfB Stuttgart
Matchday 16, 20-22.1.23 (Rückrunde: 19-21.5.23)
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer 04
Matchday 17, 24/25.1.23 (Rückrunde: 27.5.23)
Bayer 04 vs VfL Bochum
The European jersey has been launched, the UEL opponents have been drawn – and anticipation for the European campaign is running high. To mark the occasion, an autograph session was held on Friday afternoon, 28 August, at the Fanwelt with current Werkself player Montrell Culbreath and official club legend Paulo Sergio.
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After six and a half years, Exequiel Palacios is leaving the Bundesliga and moving from Bayer 04 to the Premier League. The Argentine, who as a Werkself player won the World Cup with his national team four years ago and finished as runners-up at this summer’s tournament, will play for newly promoted English side Ipswich Town with immediate effect. The 27-year-old, whose contract in Leverkusen was due to run until 30 June 2030, joined Bayer 04 in January 2020 as a promising young talent. He steadily developed into one of the best defensive midfielders in the German top flight.
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When Exequiel Palacios moved from the Argentinian club River Plate to Bayer Leverkusen on 1 January 2020, the then 21-year-old could not have imagined just how successful the next six and a half years would be for him. Pala, as he is known, had already won the Copa Libertadores – the most prestigious competition in South American club football – with River Plate. But there were still so many more trophies to come.
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To mark Exequiel Palacios’s departure, we’ve put together a compilation of the midfielder’s finest and most important goals from his six-and-a-half years at the club.
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