As usual, the Leverkusen team, winners of Showdown One and semi-finalists in Showdown Four, will be aiming to make it through to the offline round against six new opponents drawn for each showdown. This will take place at the fifth and final showdown on 22 February in Stuttgart. As usual, the 16 teams with the most points out of the 35 teams in the preliminary round will advance to this round.
In the overall table, where points from all online preliminary rounds (3 per game) and offline rounds (2 per game) are totted up, the #B04eSports team are currently in eighth place. After this fifth showdown, the overall table will decide who advances to the final round of the club championship on 7/8 March (direct qualification for places 1-8, play-off round for places 9-24).
The matchday kicks off with the clash against VfL Wolfsburg. The team from Lower Saxony are currently in penultimate place in the overall table with twelve points. Only FC Nürnberg in 35th place have been weaker so far, and the Wolves have not yet made it into an offline round. In the 24 matches in the four online preliminary rounds to date, the VfL esports team have only won four times and lost 20. With a goal difference of -96, the team from Lower Saxony have the second worst goal difference in the league behind FC Nürnberg.
VfL Wolfsburg eSports stats:
Eleftherios ‘LEFTI’ Ilias (24 games)
Ibrahim ‘IBRO’ Chasan Oglu (18 games)
Elias ‘ELIAS’ Eichler (6 games)
We continue with our next opponents from Lower Saxony. Eintracht Braunschweig are currently in 31st place out of 35 on 22 points and also have the third-worst goal difference of the season with a goal difference of -72. Like Wolfsburg, their neighbours from Lower Saxony have never made it through to the offline round.
BTSV-eSports stats:
Dennis ‘THAA_DEUS’ Erdmann (21 games)
Luca ‘DER_ERDKLUMPEN’ Rosowski (14 games)
Niklas ‘SQUARESKIRE’ Hartmann (13 games)
The strongest opponent in this first half of the preliminary round, at least in terms of the table, awaits at the end of the matchday. SpVgg Greuther Fürth are in 32nd place with 20 points and have also not yet been in an offline round. The club from Franconia will have to throw everything into this showdown if they want to have any chance of making the play-offs. The gap to 24th place is currently eight points. However, this goal will be very difficult for Fürth to achieve unless they win the showdown.
DSGF-eSports stats:
Elias ‘Butschos’ Kälble (11 games)
Manuel ‘MXNUABT’ Albrecht (16 games)
You can follow the matches of the Leverkusen eSports team HERE on the Virtual Bundesliga Twitch channel, where all the games on the matchday are broadcast live. The matches start at 18:00 CET.
Fixtures at a glance:
Match 1, 18:00 CET
Bayer 04 vs VfL Wolfsburg
Match 2, 19:00 CET:
Eintracht Braunschweig vs Bayer 04
Match 3, 20:15 CET:
SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs Bayer 04
The Black and Reds play the three remaining preliminary round matches next Tuesday, 17 February, starting at 18:00 CET. The opponents are FC Nürnberg, FC Magdeburg and Bayern Munich. Lowdown on next opponents to follow.
A simple approach to sport with games, fun and a highlight at the end: Bayer 04 organised a very special training session for 40 participants aged between six and 27 in cooperation with the Football Association of the Middle Rhine (FVM). At the day of action for women and girls with disabilities at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre, many of the participants gained their first experience of football.
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On Saturday, 28 March, the lights will go out again at the BayArena from 20:30 pm to 21:30. As in previous years, Bayer 04 once again take part in the WWF Earth Hour campaign under the motto "We're switching off" as the club wants to set a collective example for more climate and environmental protection together with people, cities and companies around the world.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen are bringing back Kerim Alajbegovic, who joined Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2025. The Bundesliga club activated the buy-back option in the contract with the Bosnia international, who has enjoyed great success at the Austrian top-flight club since the start of the current season. Alajbegovic moved to Salzburg from the Leverkusen U19s last year. The 1.86-metre forward has signed a five-year contract at Leverkusen with a start date of 1 July 2026.
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Less than a year ago, Kerim Alajbegovic moved from the Bayer 04 U19s to Austrian top-flight club FC Red Bull Salzburg. The forward’s development since then has been impressive. In 36 matches, including in the UEFA Europa League, the 18-year-old has scored 14 goals. In the summer, Alajbegovic, now a Bosnia international, will return to Leverkusen - and thus not only achieve the next milestone still early in his career, but also enrich the Werkself squad with his footballing versatility and determination.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended the contract with forward Nathan Tella ahead of schedule. The versatile 26-year-old, who can be deployed as a right winger, false nine or left winger, has penned a new contract to 30 June 2031. Tella joined the Werkself from Championship club Southampton in 2023. His previous contract ran to the summer of 2028.
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