"We are looking forward to the game against the third division side and long-standing second-tier club. Our clear aim is to go through to the Round of 16. We definitely want to do that," said Simon Rolfes, Bayer 04 sporting managing director, in response to the draw.
The second round ties in the DFB Pokal will be played on Tuesday 31 October and Wednesday 1 November. Fixture dates and confirmation of ticket sales will be reported here at bayer04.de.
The Round of 16 will be played on 5/6 December. The quarter-finals are planned for 30/31 January 2024 and 6/7 February 2024. The semi-finals will be held on 2/3 April and the final in Berlin will be played on 25 May 2024.
The second round draw in full:
Viktoria Köln vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Arminia Bielefeld vs Hamburg SV
FC Homburg 08 vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Unterhaching vs Fortuna Düsseldorf
SV Sandhausen vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
FC Saarbrücken vs Bayern Munich
FC St. Pauli vs FC Schalke 04
FC Nürnberg vs Hansa Rostock
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim
Holstein Kiel vs FC Magdeburg
SC Freiburg vs SC Paderborn 07
VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin
Hertha Berlin vs FSV Mainz 05
Borussia Dortmund vs TSG Hoffenheim
VfL Wolfsburg vs RB Leipzig
FC Kaiserslautern vs FC Köln
Following the Bundesliga clash against RB Leipzig (Sunday, 20 September, 15:30 CEST), some of the Werkself first team players will be heading off for the first international break of the season. Here is an overview of the Bayer 04 players called up for their national teams and all the details of their upcoming matches.
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A special visit to the BayArena: 222 members from volunteer fire brigades in Leverkusen, the Rheinisch-Bergisch district and the Oberbergisch district watched the Werkself’s 2–0 home win over Slovenian champions NK Celje live in the stadium. Bayer 04 had invited them to the 2026/27 Europa League opener as a thank-you for their tremendous dedication. They watched the match together in Block F4.
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The Bayer 04 U19s have extended their winning run with a fifth consecutive victory on Matchday 5 of the DFB Youth League’s preliminary round. Coach Patrick Greveraars’ side secured a 3–2 (2–1) win in their match against second-placed FC Viktoria Köln, with Burak Kir and Nebe Domnic scoring for the hosts in the first half before captain Ben Hawighorst found the net after the break.
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Bayer 04 will have to manage without defender Guéla Doué for the time being. The Ivory Coast international sustained a muscle injury to his right calf during the final Werkself training session yesterday ahead of the Europa League clash with Slovenian champions NK Celje.
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Two home matches on Saturday afternoons and three long away trips: the German Football Association (DFB) has finalised the fixtures for a further five matchdays in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga. This means all of the Bayer 04 Women’s team league fixtures are now confirmed up to the end of November.
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