Sporting managing director Simon Rolfes said: "A home tie is obviously good for us and we want to put our first round exit from two years ago behind us against Elversberg. They have a good team, we take every opponent very seriously and we will give 100% to go as far as we can in the DFB Pokal this year."
The second round ties in the DFB Pokal will be played on 29 and 30 October. As soon as the fixture dates and details of ticket sales are available we will report that on bayer04.de.
The Round of 16 games will be played on 3/4 December. The quarter-finals are on 4/5 and 25/26 February 2025 with the semi-finals set for 1/2 April 2025. The final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin will be on 24 May 2025.
DFB POKAL SECOND ROUND DRAW:
Arminia Bielefeld vs FC Union Berlin
Dynamo Dresden vs SV Darmstadt 98
Kickers Offenbach vs Karlsruher SC
SC Freiburg vs Hamburg SV
Hertha Berlin vs FC Heidenheim 1846
FSV Mainz 05 vs Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart vs FC Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Augsburg vs FC Schalke 04
TSG Hoffenheim vs FC Nürnberg
SC Paderborn vs Werder Bremen
Jahn Regensburg vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs SV 07 Elversberg
VfL Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund
RB Leipzig vs FC St. Pauli
FC Köln vs Holstein Kiel
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended Abdoulaye Faye’s contract by a further year to 30 June 2031. During the 2026/27 season, the talented defender will play for Celta Vigo on loan without an option to buy. The 21-year-old Senegalese is set to feature in La Liga and the UEFA Europa League with last season’s sixth-placed side in Spain.
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The Werkself's training camp in Weimarer Land all in one place: in our daily blog you'll find all the insights and updates from the day. The programme on day one (Sunday 2 August) includes a media round with managing director sport Simon Rolfes, free time for the team after the friendly against Rot-Weiss Essen and before an intensive week of training begins, as well as a coffee get-together where CEO Fernando Carro and Rolfes met around 100 fans in the afternoon.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have agreed Kerim Alajbegovic’s transfer to Italian record champions Juventus. The club brought the 18-year-old attacking player back to Leverkusen this summer via a buy-back option, following a season at Red Bull Salzburg. Until his move to Austria, the Bosnia international had been playing for Bayer 04’s Under-19s.
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A warm welcome to the Weimarer Land, Bayer 04! The Werkself moved into their accommodation for this year’s training camp on Saturday evening. In Blankenhain, Thuringia, head coach Carles Martínez’s team have a programme of gruelling training sessions – several of which will be open to fans – and team-building activities lined up for the next six days. We’ll be following the Werkself up close and providing you with exclusive insights, quotes, photos and videos from the training camp.
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With 22 days to go until the start of the Bundesliga campaign, the Bayer 04 Women’s team have gained a fresh boost of confidence. In a friendly against Belgian top-flight side KRC Genk on Saturday afternoon, coach Roberto Pätzold’s team secured a 1–0 win. Lobke Loonen (20’) scored the winner for the Black and Reds at the Kurtekotten training centre.
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