The team under head coach Gerardo Seoane travel to Elversberg in the Saarland for the first competitive match of the 2022/23 season. A week after returning from the training camp in Salzburger Land (14 to 22 July), the Werkself play SV 07 Elversberg on Saturday 30 July with the kick-off at 15.30 CEST.
The 840 away tickets for the opening match were sold out within minutes on exclusive presale to members and season cardholders today, Tuesday 5 July. Therefore, there will be no open sale of tickets for the away section.
Do you want to support the Werkself in all other away games in the 2022/23 season? Then get hold of an away season card before the start of the campaign. That ensures access to tickets for all away games in the Bundesliga. There is also an option to secure tickets for all DFB Cup and Champions League away games. Click here for away season card.
Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personal Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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With sixth place at the end of the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign, Bayer 04 ended a season in the top third of the table for the ninth time in a row. While the Werkself were narrowly eliminated in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 by eventual finalists Arsenal, the Black and Reds reached the semi-finals of the DFB Pokal for the third season in succession. As in previous years, you once again have the opportunity to vote for your Player of the Season. Voting is exclusively for Bayer 04 Club members and only via the Bayer 04 app up to and including 11 June.
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