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.
Bayer 04 Women missed out on victory in the Google Pixel Bundesliga as they were held to a draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. Estrella Merino Gonzalez had put the Werkself ahead directly from a corner at the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, before Laura Freigang levelled for the visitors as it finished all square between fourth and third on Matchday 7.
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Freiburg have made an impressive start to the season, unbeaten in nine games across all competitions, with eight of them wins. Now the Bundesliga leaders come to the BayArena on Sunday to take on the Werkself, but Julian Schuster’s team will be missing their top scorer. Here’s the lowdown on our next opponent.
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Bayer 04 will have to manage without attacking midfielder Martin Terrier for the time being. The Frenchman sustained a muscle injury to his left hamstring yesterday, Thursday 15 October, during the Europa League game against Polish champions Lech Poznan (4–0). Terrier is not expected to be available until late December.
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Following the international break, the Bayer 04 women’s team face their next head-to-head clash in the race for a top spot in the Bundesliga. In Saturday’s home match (14:00 CEST), the fourth-placed side host third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium. Head coach Roberto Pätzold is well aware of the great opportunity this presents for his team.
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