The Round of 16 in the DFB Pokal will be played on 3 and 4 December. Bayer 04 will post information on the club channels as soon as the dates are confirmed and details are available on ticket sales.
The quarter-finals will be on 4/5 and 25/26 February 2025 with the semi-finals planned for 1/2 April 2025. The final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin is on 24 May 2025.
ROUND OF 16 DRAW:
Arminia Bielefeld vs SC Freiburg
Bayern Munich vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Werder Bremen vs SV Darmstadt 98
RB Leipzig vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Karlsruher SC vs FC Augsburg
Jahn Regensburg vs VfB Stuttgart
FC Köln vs Hertha Berlin
VfL Wolfsburg vs TSG Hoffenheim
The Werkself conceded a goal at home for the first time since the beginning of January 67 minutes into the game against FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday. Jarell Quansah levelled late on for the final score of 1-1 to secure a point and avoid a first home defeat in six games. Bayer 04 were very critical of their performance after the game. The Werkself review.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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From special edition jerseys to fan banners, the home game against Mainz 05 was all about the many Bayer 04 fan clubs. Accordingly, a fitting tribute to the long-standing Werkself supporters was not to be missed during half-time in the Bundesliga match. Fernando Carro, CEO, honoured the up to 50-year anniversaries of six fan clubs in front of the coaches' benches at the BayArena.
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Werkself TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 1-1 draw against Mainz 05 on Matchday 24 of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season...
A late goal secured a point for Bayer 04 at home to FSV Mainz 05 in a match that saw the Black and Reds dominant in the second half. Despite lots of possession, the Werkself initially found few gaps and fell behind after 67 minutes when Sheraldo Becker scored in a Mainz counter-attack. In the closing stages, Leverkusen threw everything forward once again and equalised through Jarell Quansah (88').
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