
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.

Four Bayer 04 players are in action at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being played in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January 2026: Eliesse Ben Seghir for the hosts, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Maza for Algeria and Christian Kofane with Cameroon. Updates on the AFCON matches involving Werkself players...
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The Werkself began 2026 with defeat, losing 4-1 at home to VfB Stuttgart on Matchday 16 of the 2025/26 Bundesliga. Jamie Leweling opened the scoring early, with Maximilian Mittelstädt making it 2-0 from a penalty before Leweling again and Deniz Undav increased the lead to 4-0 just before half-time. Alejandro Grimaldo's penalty reduced the deficit midway through the second period.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen has gained a new partner in digital gaming platform Crown Coins, which joins the Bundesliga runners-up's Sponsors Club with immediate effect. The one-and-a-half-year contract runs until 30 June 2027.
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The Werkself host VfB Stuttgart this evening (10 January, 18:30 CET), a side whose recent Bundesliga form has been indifferent but who have regularly produced top performances in the DFB Pokal and UEFA Europa League, and who have a key player back in the squad in striker Ermedin Demirovic. Off the pitch, the BayArena faithful will be able to see the remaining stoppage time live on the video screens. The Matchday News.
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