The match between Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr and Co. and VfL Wolfsburg started at 18.00 CET. Furkan ‘FURKY’ Kayacik and Landwehr faced Fabio ‘WOB_FABIO’ Immerthal and Bastian ‘PIPE CREW’ Rupsch in the first game. Leverkusen were on the wrong end of a 2-0 scoreline. Landwehr and Wolfsburg's Immerthal then met in a 1 vs 1 encounter with the VfL player coming out on top. The 3-2 defeat was the first reverse for Landwehr in a singles match in the current campaign. That result meant the three points went to VfL Wolfsburg.
Matchday eight in the VBL CC began at 19.30 CET with the #B04eSports team up against SC Paderborn who had just lost to Hannover 96 on matchday seven. The meeting with Leverkusen began as usual with a 2 vs 2 game. Paderborn’s Jonas ‘JONNY’ Wirth and Yannik ‘WILDSTYLER’ Büscher were up against Landwehr and Kayacik. The Leverkusen eSports players ran out 2-1 winners.
Landwehr faced Paderborn's Wirth in the second game. The 20-year-old Leverkusen player lost 2-0. The third and deciding match saw Mario ‘BULJI’ Lovrinovic representing the Black and Reds against Büscher for SCP. The clash ended in a 1-1 draw with both teams taking one point. The defeat against Wolfsburg in the early evening sees Leverkusen drop to ninth place on eight points.
The #B04eSports team now face two intense encounters: Matchdays nine and ten in the VBL CC are on Sunday 4 December. First there is the digital derby against FC Köln (from 15.30 CET) who are currently second in the North West division. That is followed at 18.30 CET by the match against the league leaders, Hansa Rostock, who finished top of the North West division last season. Both the Rhinelanders and the team from the Baltic coast have not suffered an overall defeat this term. Rostock are top with 19 points and the Cologne team are second on 17 points.
Results on matchdays 7 and 8:
Bayer 04 vs VfL Wolfsburg (0 points)
Two-versus-two: 0-2
Landwehr against Immerthal: 2-3
SC Paderborn 07 vs Bayer 04 (1 point)
Two-versus-two: 1-2
Wirth against Landwehr: 2-0
Büscher against Lovrinovic: 1-1
Bayer 04 and main sponsor BarmeniaGothaer have shown great commitment to the community as the sale of custom-designed T-shirts for charity in the Fanwelt as part of the “BarmeniaGothaer Brings Joy campaign raised a good €5,000. Bayer 04 matched this sum with an equal contribution. As a result, a total of €10,000 was presented to Edmond Tapsoba for his foundation ahead of the home match against Hamburg. The foundation supports people facing challenging daily circumstances in his home country of Burkina Faso.
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Bayer 04 host Hamburg at the BayArena for the first time since September 2017 on the final day of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season on Saturday (15:30 CEST). HSV are safe in their first campaign back in the top flight after back-to-back wins, but Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last 19 games against promoted teams as they go for the victory they need to have a chance to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. There’s also heavy discounts on food and drinks at the BayArena. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the Matchday 34 fixture in our matchday news.
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As well as previously confirmed departures, Bayer 04 Women will also say goodbye to Vanessa Haim and Shen Menglu before Sunday’s final game of the season at home to Werder Bremen as the pair leave Leverkusen upon the expiration of their contracts.
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The last competitive match of the 2025/26 season takes place at the BayArena on Saturday 16 May (kick-off 15:30 CEST), where Hamburger SV are the visitors. At the pre-match press conference, head coach Kasper Hjulmand discussed the mindset and the approach for the crucial final game against HSV, among other topics.
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