Bayer 04 are in Pot Three – so big names are guaranteed in the Werkself's group. Anyone who wants to be at the Werkself Champions League home games, without knowing who Bayer 04 will be playing, can secure packages for all three games at the BayArena from Thursday 22 August at 10.00 CET. Ticket packages are 10% cheaper compared with the purchase of individual match tickets.
The package will also be available after the draw has been made. Tickets will be sent out once the opponents are known. The prices for the UEFA Champions League matches are equivalent to Bundesliga Pot A fixtures. Season card holders with the BundesligaPLUS option receive a 20% discount per game and they will be automatically loaded to the season card as usual.
Ticket packages are available via the following methods:
Anybody unwilling to wait can already secure tickets for the Champions League home games. By acquiring the BundesligaPLUS season cards. This version entitles the holder to attend all Bayer 04 matches at the BayArena in the 2019/20 season that is the Bundesliga fixtures plus additional games in the DFB Cup and the Champions League.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have appointed Carles Martínez Novell as the new head coach. The 42-year-old Spaniard worked for FC Toulouse in the French Ligue 1 until the end of the season. Martínez finished last term in ninth place with the club from the south of France. He will take over the Werkself on 1 July 2026 and has signed a contract to 30 June 2028. Martínez, whose contract with Toulouse expires at the end of the month, succeeds Kasper Hjulmand at Leverkusen, who is leaving the club after one season.
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Welcome to Leverkusen, Carles Martínez Novell. Bayer 04 have appointed the 42-year-old Spaniard as the new head coach on a contract to 2028. Martínez most recently worked for FC Toulouse in the French Ligue 1 until the end of the season. He previously spent four years at Barcelona's legendary academy La Masia in his home city. Bayer04.de introduces Martínez in more detail.
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Bayer 04 plans for the 2026/27 pre-season continue to take shape. The Werkself will kick off the new season in mid-July with the return to the training ground. The highlight will be the official season opener on 8 August at the BayArena, including a friendly against La Liga club Sevilla. Friendlies in Germany will take the team to neighbouring Monheim, Offenbach and Jena.
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Strengthening the Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth teams: Konstantinos Kotsifakis will join the Werkself from Bundesliga 2 club Hertha Berlin for the 2026/27 season, where he will be a permanent member of the Leverkusen U19 coaching set-up. The German-Greek will also take on an operational role in coaching the Bayer 04 Future Team. The 29-year-old was most recently head coach of the U17s at Hertha Berlin.
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Another award for the Bayer 04 head groundsman and staff: After coming top in the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2024/25 seasons, the BayArena pitch came second in the Bundesliga Pitch of the Year ranking for the 2025/26 season. VfL Wolfsburg secured the top spot this year, with TSG Hoffenheim in third place.
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