The game at the Allianz Arena comes between the Werkself’s Bundesliga fixtures away at Union Berlin and at home to St. Pauli. Leverkusen beat Carl Zeiss Jena 1-0 in the first round before a 3-0 victory at home to Elversberg in the second.
Information on tickets will follow shortly on bayer04.de and on other club channels.
The last-16 ties are to be played on 3/4 December. The quarter-finals are scheduled for 4/5 and 25/26 February 2025, the semis on 1/2 April, before the final in Berlin on 24 May.
The seventh edition of the ‘Einfach Fußball’ ('Simply Football') Cup once again delighted participants and spectators alike. On Saturday in the Ostermann Arena in Leverkusen, around 200 sports-mad children, young people and adults with disabilities had the opportunity to compete with players from other clubs and to socialise off the pitch. A highlight of the tournament was the visit of two players from the Bayer 04 women's team.
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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 personalised 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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The annual Black and Red week is up and running! And day three brings you big discounts on items from the title-winning season on Saturday, 30 November…
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This weekend the Werkself are away to Union Berlin after two home wins across competitions. Ahead of the match on Saturday, 30 November (kick-off: 15.30 CET/live on Sky and on Werkself Radio), head coach Xabi Alonso talked about the opponents from Berlin, the boost from the wins and two returnees to the matchday squad.
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FIFA has announced the nominations for this year's The Best FIFA Football Awards. Werkself player Florian Wirtz is on the shortlist of eleven in the category of FIFA World Player, head coach Xabi Alonso is in the vote for Coach of the Year. Other nominations from the German double winners are Jonathan Tah, Jeremie Frimpong, Alejandro Grimaldo (all in The Best FIFA Defenders), Granit Xhaka and Florian Wirtz (both in The Best FIFA Midfielders). Bayer 04 fans can now vote online at FIFA.com for Wirtz, Alonso and Co.FIFA-Mittelfeldspieler“. Fans von Bayer 04 können ab sofort online auf FIFA.com für Wirtz, Alonso und Co. abstimmen.
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