The exclusive sale to season card holders and Bayer 04 Club members begins on Monday, 9 September at noon CEST. Ticket sales will end on 15 September (23.59 CEST) – provided tickets are still available. There will be no open sale period.
In preparation for the Champions League away game in Rotterdam, Bayer 04 are striving for a fair and above all safe stadium experience for all spectators. The club is in close contact with the hosts, the management at Feyenoord and the Dutch and German security organisations.
Due to the potentially explosive nature of this game, Bayer 04 fans are asked to behave peacefully and responsibly at the De Kuip Stadium as well as in the city of Rotterdam. Concrete information and recommendations for travelling fans will be available shortly in the club's fan information. Bayer 04 also ask fans to avoid conflict situations arising through sensible behaviour. The following special circumstances are to be expected in Rotterdam.
Bayer 04 will endeavour to do everything possible to make the game an atmospheric but above all peaceful football fest. Together with the hosts from Feyenoord, who we have a close relationship with, we ask all Bayer 04 fans for their support.
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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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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Opening opponents, derby weekends, the opponents in the season finale: This information and more will be available to Bayer 04 fans on Thursday, 2 July, when the 2026/27 Bundesliga fixture list is published.
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