Bayer 04 fans can prepare for the top match in the Bundesliga with the matchday flyer Werkself LIVE: All information on today's home match at the BayArena plus the matchday poster of Jeremie Frimpong is available at the stadium. HERE is the digital version.
The German Football Association (DFB) have appointed Sven Jablonski as the referee for the top match – this will be his 50th match as a referee in the Bundesliga. The 31-year-old from Bremen will be assisted by Norbert Grudzinski and Sascha Thielert. The fourth official is Frank Willenborg and Tobias Stieler is the VAR referee. Young plants he officiated two Werkself games last season: the goalless draw at Wolfsburg at the start of the campaign and the 5-2 home win against VfB in the second half of the season.
At the end of the first 45 minutes of #B04FCB, the stadium announcers Pitti Dahl/Tobias Ufer will speak to Dirk Dreher pitchside. The general manager of the Bayer 04 Veterans will update fans at the BayArena on the planned charity match between the Werkself and a City of Leverkusen Eleven.
Tickets for the game will be available at today's Bundesliga match with funds raised going to help victims of the flood disaster. The total of 3,000 tickets for the match on Wednesday, 10 November (kick-off: 18.30 CET) at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium are also available from the Bayer 04 online shop. Tickets go on sale from 13.30 CET. The tickets cost five euros with all funds raised going to the Leverkusen Community Foundation.
As usual, Werkself Radio will be on air for the top match against Bayern Munich. The commentators Cedric Pick and Niko Hartmann will report live from the BayArena starting 30 minutes before kick-off. There is also Black and Red audio coverage by the new Bayer 04 app or at bayer04.de. #B04FCB is available on TV via the streaming service DAZN.
There is important information for all Werkself fans wanting to travel by train from Cologne and Düsseldorf to the top match at the BayArena: During the autumn holidays – including this Sunday – there are planned construction works on the new RRX line around Leverkusen with no trains running between the two cities. Affected are the S6 and the Regional trains 1 and 5.
As an alternative it is possible to use the Leverkusen-Schlebusch station as the Cologne to Wuppertal line is not affected. Further information is available HERE.
There are additional Wupsi special buses on this matchday for travel to and from the BayArena. All special buses are free of charge using a physical or virtual match ticket for Werkself home games. That applies to all journeys with buses and trains in second class on the Rhein-Sieg (VRS) and the Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) networks. Timetables for the special buses are available HERE.
All information on entry criteria is available HERE.
Bayer 04 wish former player Dirk Hielscher a happy 62nd birthday. Hielscher joined the Leverkusen U19s in 1981 from SV Schlebusch before moving up to play for the Black and Red second team two years later. In 1985/86 he was in the senior squad where he played 20 games and scored one goal.
Constant Djakpa is also celebrating his birthday – he is 34 today. The left-footer joined Leverkusen in 2008 from the Romanian club Pandurii Târgu Jiu and he made nine appearances for the Werkself. After a loan spell at Hannover 96, the Ivory Coast international signed for Eintracht Frankfurt in 2011. Many happy returns to both of you.
Just 11 days after their last encounter in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Women meet Hamburger SV again. On Sunday (15:00 CET), the two teams will be battling it out at the Volksparkstadion for a place in the DFB Cup quarter-finals. Coach Roberto Pätzold is aware of his team's status as favourites against the promoted outfit - and knows what it will come down to against the awkward opponents.
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Bayer 04 Women goalkeeper Charlotte Voll has been hit by injury again. The 26-year-old suffered an acromioclavicular joint separation in her left shoulder in the latter stages of the Bundesliga match at SC Freiburg on Monday and is set to be sidelined for a number of months. She underwent successful surgery in Düsseldorf on Friday.
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Like they did in the first showdown of the VBL Club Championship by WOW, which the Leverkusen gamers won in spectacular style, Marc and Sean Landwehr also started the second showdown with six points by beating TSG Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum 1848, last-16 participants of the first showdown. The #B04eSports team suffered defeat to SV Darmstadt 98 and Hertha BSC. Meanwhile, Keanu Senkbeil made his VBL CC debut in the clash with the capital club.
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The Bayer 04 Women will end 2025 with the Bundesliga top match against Bayern Munich on Monday night, 22 December. The schedule for matchdays 12 to 15 has been announced by the German Football Association (DFB). In addition to two away games on Fridays, Leverkusen also have a home game on a Saturday lunchtime.
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The next showdown in the VBL Club Championship 2025/26 is here. On their way to the offline round, to be held at the second showdown in Frankfurt am Main on 23 November, six opponents await in the online preliminary round. The #B04eSports team will face the first four this Thursday, 13 November, from 18:00 CET (live on the Bayer 04 app and on Twitch). The lowdown on our opponents.
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