The DFB Pokal derby in Leverkusen comes in between the Bundesliga home game for the Werkself against TSG Hoffenheim and the away clash at VfL Wolfsburg.
Ticket sales for the match against FC Köln start on 16 January 2025. All further information on ticket sales will be communicated by Bayer 04 in due course at bayer04.de as well as via the other club media channels.
The Werkself beat FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1-0 in the first round of the DFB Pokal with the second round bringing a convincing 3-0 home win against second division SV 07 Elversberg. Bayer 04 won 1-0 away to Bayern Munich in the Round of 16.
The quarter-finals in the DFB Pokal 2024/25 will be played on 4/5 and 25/26 February 2025, the semi-finals are set for 1/2 April 2025. The final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin is on 24 May 2025.
Derby time in the Rhineland! After a successful September, the Bayer 04 Women are away to FC Köln on Sunday, 4 October. In the Bundesliga match kicking off at 18:30 CEST at the Franz Kremer Stadium (live on MagentaSport and DAZN), coach Roberto Pätzold is counting on the return of a number of players who have been absent through injury.
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Bayer 04 will have to manage without defender Axel Tape for the time being.
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A special tribute to a German football legend: The pay-TV channel Sky has dedicated a documentary worth watching to the current Germany sporting director and former Bayer 04 player and sporting director Rudi Völler. In addition to Völler's impressive career, assessments from contemporaries and very private insights, the 90-minute film also covers his many years of commitment to Bayer 04. "Rudi Völler - The one and only" is now available exclusively on Sky and the associated streaming service WOW.
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The second international break of the 2025/26 season will begin after the Bundesliga match against Union Berlin (Saturday, 4 October, 15:30 CEST). The latest information on call-ups.
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Alejo Sarco and Argentina won their second group match at the U20 World Cup in Chile on Wednesday night. They beat Australia 4-1 with Sarco setting the tone early with a goal in the third minute. As in the first group game against Cuba, where Sarco scored twice, the 19-year-old was also named "Player of the Match" against Australia.
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