"We thank Bulji for his commitment and wish him all the best for the future personally and from a sporting perspective," said Julian Kaiser, eSports manager at Bayer 04.
Lovrinovic made his first appearances in the VBL Club Championship and the DFB eCup in his time under the Bayer Cross. Together with Furkan ‘FURKY’ Kayacik He took Bayer 04 to the Round of 16 in the official eSports cup competition at the off-line event in Frankfurt where the Werkself finished in the top eight teams in Germany.
Lovrinovic was the successor to Paul 'B04_PAUL' Degner as the new eSports talent at Bayer 04 in the summer of 2022. The Munster-born gamer progressed through several qualifying rounds against a wide range of competitors to become the next #B04 eSports talent. Lovrinovic won out in the finals at the new gaming lounge at the BayArena.
Sean Landwehr will be fighting for the German Individual Championship in the final phase of the VBL Grand Final by WOW at the weekend. After the successful online preliminary round last week, the grand final event will be played on Saturday, 18 April and Sunday, 19 April at XPERION in Hamburg. The matches will be broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube. Read on for more information.
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Vote now! Video games manufacturer Electronic Arts (EA) and the German Football League (DFL) have launched the vote for the annual Bundesliga Team of the Season. Fans of the Werkself now have the opportunity to nominate 04 Werkself players for the top eleven of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. Edmond Tapsoba, Alejandro Grimaldo, Aleix Garcia and Ibrahim Maza have been nominated. Voting closes on Friday, 17 April (18:00 CEST).
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The Black and Reds continue to fight for the title: Sean Landwehr has secured a place in the final phase of the VBL Grand Finals by WOW. The Leverkusen-born gamer qualified for the knockout phase of the German Individual Championships in the intermediate round. Cousin Marc Landwehr unfortunately missed out on a place in the offline final event.
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Just over a fortnight ago, Marc and Sean Landwehr narrowly missed out on reaching the final of the DFB ePokal 2026, and now the VBL Grand Final by WOW, the German Individual Championship, awaits them for their last chance of a title in the current eSports season. However, the Leverkusen eSports players must first qualify for the offline knockout round in Hamburg via the online group stage. And the first of initially four matches is already a tough one: in Group 1, Marc still has a score to settle with his mate and opponent Janis ‘jistennsq’ Pütz from Borussia Mönchengladbach, while Sean faces the equally strong Denis ‘Denis’ Müller from VfB Stuttgart in Group 2.
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The #B04eSports players now have the next chance to win a trophy. After their elimination in the quarter-finals of the VBL Club Championship Final 2025/26, the German club championship, Marc and Sean Landwehr will compete with seven other teams in the finals of the DFB-ePokal 2026 with prize money totalling €65,000. The "highly motivated" Leverkusen team will face the defending champions FOKUS with well-known influencer Elias ‘EliasN97’ Nerlich in the quarter-finals in Frankfurt on Friday, 20 March (from 18:15 CET). The semi-finals and final will be played on Saturday, 21 March.
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