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.
Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 4-0 win at SGS Essen on the 24th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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In the previous game against RB Leipzig in December last year, the Werkself turned came from behind to win 3-1 and further improved Leverkusen's already strong record against the Red Bulls. Montrell Culbreath stood out with his first goal on his debut for the Black and Reds. While the 18-year-old would certainly like to score a second goal against Leipzig on Saturday night, the attack-minded visitors come to the BayArena in confident mood after five Bundesliga victories in a row. The Nordkurve12 supporters group knows the Werkself will therefore once again be reliant on the vociferous support of the fans, and has once again called for the ‘Finally Red’ campaign in the run-in. Today’s matchday news.
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Video games manufacturer Electronic Arts (EA), together with the German Football League (DFL), announced the top male and female selections for the 2025/26 Bundesliga season this week. Bayer 04 striker Vanessa Fudalla is in the starting eleven of the women's "Team of the Season". Alejandro Grimaldo and Aleix Garcia have been selected as bench players in the men's team.
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After matchday 31 and the 2-1 derby win in Cologne, one thing is certain: Bayer 04 will at least compete in the UEFA Europa League in the coming 2026/27 campaign. But the Werkself want more. Looking at the race for Champions League qualification and the remaining three league fixtures, including against direct rivals, bayer04.de outlines the possible scenarios in the season run-in.
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This special event showed once again how strong Bayer 04 are as a team: As part of ‘BarmeniaGothaer gives joy’, the Werkself players Edmond Tapsoba, Ibrahim Maza and Christian Kofane supported the sale of individually designed T-shirts for a good cause at the Fanwelt on Thursday. Several hundred fans came to take part in the charity campaign. Leverkusen's main sponsor BarmeniaGothaer donated the proceeds to the Fondation Edmond Tapsoba, which helps people in Tapsoba's home country of Burkina Faso in their challenging everyday lives.
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