Ticket sales (early booker phase) will start on Monday, 22 September at 12 noon CEST. Ticket sales for Bayer 04 Club members and season ticket holders will begin on Wednesday, 24 September - also at 12 noon CEST. All further information on ticket sales will follow as usual shortly before the start of sales on bayer04.de and the other Bayer 04 media channels.
The second round tie at Paderborn's Home Deluxe Arena will take place between the Werkself Bundesliga games against SC Freiburg and Bayern Munich. In the first round of the DFB Pokal, Leverkusen won 4-0 at SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, while Paderborn defeated third-division team FC Viktoria Köln 3-1 away from home.
The Round of 16 of the DFB Pokal is scheduled for 2 and 3 December, with the quarter-finals taking place on 3-4 and 10-11 February 2026, the semi-finals on 21-22 April 2026 and the final on 23 May 2026 as usual at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
In cooperation with the Academy of eSports, ambitious gamers were once again given the chance this summer to secure a place in the #B04eSports team via a multi-stage tournament format. Keanu Senkbeil was selected by committee, making the 18-year-old the new eTalent at Bayer 04 and giving him the opportunity to develop both as a player and personally and gain his first experience in the world of professional virtual football.
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The kick-off time for the Bayer 04 Women's first DFB Pokal 2025/26 tie has been confirmed: As announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on Wednesday morning, the Leverkusen Women will face Regional League SV Elversberg on Sunday, 28 September at 12 noon CEST.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen has signed a new agreement with BERGISCHE KRANKENKASSE at the start of the 2025/26 season. The official health partner of the current German runners-up has extended its cooperation with Bayer 04, which began in 2020, to 30 June 2028. BERGISCHE KRANKENKASSE will remain a partner in the Sponsors’ Club and also a partner of Bayer 04 eSports team for a further three years.
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Bayer 04 has again supported the annual Leverkusen BioBrotbox packing event for the 20th time - this year for the first time in the form of sponsorship. Caroline Kehrer and Juliette Vidal, two players from the Women's team, as well as U19 players Ferdinand Pohl and Nils Gernhardt helped out. A total of 2,016 lunch boxes were packed for first-formers in Leverkusen.
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