
The Werkself beat third division SV Sandhausen 5-2 in the second round of the DFB-Pokal in 2023/24 and the first round saw Bayer 04 clock up an 8-0 victory away to Regional League FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen.
The quarter-finals of the competition are set to be played on 30/31 January 2024 and 6/7 February 2024. The semi-finals are on 2/3 April 2024 and the final in Berlin will be on 25 May 2024.
Last 16 draw:
VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund
FC Saarbrücken vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs VfL Wolfsburg
Hertha Berlin vs Hamburg SV
FC Homburg 08 vs FC St. Pauli
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs SC Paderborn 07
FC Kaiserslautern vs FC Nürnberg
FC Magdeburg vs Fortuna Düsseldorf

Werkself TV shows highlights of the 2-0 win at Olympiacos in the first leg of the play-offs of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 league...
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The Werkself beat Olympiacos 2-0 in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League play-off first leg to claim a crucial victory in the Greek capital. After a focused first-half display with a number of presentable chances, Patrik Schick crowned a textbook counter to hand the Werkself the lead on the hour (60’). The Czech rounded off his brace when he headed in from a corner just 144 seconds later. Bayer 04 maintained their lead with aplomb to achieve a good position for the return leg in Leverkusen.
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Bayer 04 and Olympiacos had only met twice before the current UEFA Champions campaign. After the encounter on Matchday 7 of this season’s league phase, the Werkself travel to face the Greek side for the second time in just four weeks for the knockout play-off first leg. The Black and Reds were dominant for large spells in mid-January but lost 2-0 after missing a number of presentable chances. The Werkself aim to do better on Wednesday night to “seize the chance for revenge,” as managing director sport Simon Rolfes put it. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game in our matchday news.
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A bitter end to the fifth showdown of the 2025/26 VBL Club Championship as the #B04eSports team failed to take any points in the three remaining matches of the preliminary online round of the fifth and final showdown, missing out on the offline round. They can no longer take points in the overall table. Bayer 04 slipped out on the top eight, so direct participation in the final event for the German Club Championship is no longer possible, with Bayer 04 having to contest the play-offs.
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