In the week before Christmas the Werkself are away to FC Schalke in the early Wednesday evening spot (18.30 CET), before the final match ahead of the winter break on Saturday 22 December (15.30 CET) at the BayArena against Hertha Berlin. The home games against Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich are also Saturday afternoon fixtures. The DFB Cup tie in Heiden, probably to be played on the Tuesday, is followed with Bayer 04 kicking off Bundesliga matchday 21 at Mainz.
Matchday 15: Sunday, 16 December, 18.00 CET: Eintracht Frankfurt (Away)
Matchday 16: Wednesday, 19 December, 18.30 CET: FC Schalke 04 (A)
Matchday 17: Saturday, 22 December, 15.30 CET: Hertha BSC (Home)
Matchday 18: Saturday, 19 January, 15.30 CET: Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)
Matchday 19: Saturday, 26 January, 15.30 CET: VfL Wolfsburg (A)
Matchday 20: Saturday, 2 February, 15.30 CET: Bayern Munich (H)
DFB Cup, Round of 16: 5/6 February: FC Heidenheim (A)*
Matchday 21: Friday, 8 February, 20.30 CET: Mainz 05 (A)
*date to be confirmed
The Werkself training camp officially began early on Tuesday morning with the landing in Rio de Janeiro. Ahead of the first session in the afternoon local time, bayer04.de profiles the talented youngsters from the youth teams who have travelled to Brazil.
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Preparations for the 2025/26 season are in full swing with the new head coach Erik ten Hag working for the start of the season in the middle of August. After the timings for the first matchdays in the forthcoming Bundesliga season were confirmed a few days ago, we now provide information on the first sale phase for match tickets. The early booker phase, exclusively for Bayer 04 Club members, brings some changes. Read on for further information.
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Bayer 04 are away to SG Sonnenhof Großaspach in the first round of the 2025/26 DFB Pokal. The match is on Friday, 15 August (kick-off: 18:00 CEST) at the WIRmachenDRUCK Arena. Read on for the latest ticket information.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen will partner closely with parent-company Bayer during its preseason tour to Brazil from July 14 to 24 this month. The backing from Bayer of the “Bayer 04 Brasil Tour” has been crucial in organizing the groundbreaking training camp for ten days, plus a host of local activities and community events capped by the match against Flamengo's U20 team on July 18 at Estádio da Gávea.
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The bags are packed and Bayer 04 will set off for Brazil in a few hours. Over the next ten days, the team led by head coach Erik ten Hag will be the first Bundesliga side to hold a training camp in the country of the five-time World Cup winners. The Werkself will train at Flamengo’s Campus Ninho do Urubu under the motto ‘Esquenta!’ (warm up) and play a friendly against the U20 team of the world-famous club. Read on for training camp timetable.
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