
The match at the BayArena is being played in between the Bundesliga matches for the Werkself away to Werder Bremen and at home to VfB Stuttgart. The Werkself beat FC Carl Zeiss Jena, top the table in the Regional League North East, 1-0 in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Tickets are exclusively available to Bayer 04 Club members and season card holders from 17 September (12.00 CEST).
The Round of 16 in the DFB Pokal will be played on 3/4 December. The quarter-finals follow on 4/5 and on 25/26 February 25 with the semi-finals set for 1/2 April 2025. The final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin is on 24 May 2025.

Issa Traoré is moving from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to Slovakian top-flight side AS Trencin. The club has loaned the centre-back out for one year to this year’s ninth-placed team in the Slovakian league.
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Assistant coach Remzi Kahraman is leaving the Bayer 04 Women’s team with immediate effect to take up a new challenge abroad. The club has agreed to the 31-year-old’s request to leave, although his contract was originally due to run until 2027. A decision on his successor will be announced shortly.
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At the U19 European Championship in Wales, the Germany U19 national team lost their third and final group match 4-0 to Spain. Several regulars, including Bayer 04 players Montrell Culbreath and Francis Onyeka (on loan to SV Elversberg), who had combined for four goals and assists in the two previous victories, did not feature,. Germany had already secured their place in the semi-finals with a game to spare.
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Two weeks into the preseason, the Bayer 04 Women have secured their first victory. Coach Roberto Pätzold’s team won their first friendly 2–0 against Bundesliga newcomers Mainz 05. In front of 160 spectators at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre, the two summer signings, Maja Sternad (80’) and Justine Brandau (90’), scored for the Black and Reds.
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