
Last season the Landwehr cousins reached the final of the VBL Club Championship where they narrowly lost out to the VBL CC record champions RB Leipzig. In addition, Sean Landwehr again finished in the top 32 in the world at the FC Pro Open in London.
Josua Lehr, head of pre-sales and product development B2B, on the contract extension of the Landwehr duo: "We are very happy to be able to count on continuity with Marc and Sean over the next two years. Last season was the most successful to date for our e-sports team. We want to build on that and develop together. Both have clearly demonstrated in the past that they fit in with Bayer 04 both in sporting and human terms."
Marc Landwehr declared: "The extension by another two years shows the confidence the club has announced. We achieved a lot together last season and I'm convinced that we can do even more. I'm looking forward to continuing to be part of this team."
Sean Landwehr said: "After the impressive last season it quickly became clear to me that I'd like to carry on at Bayer 04. We showed as a team what we are capable of – and I'm highly motivated to build on that in the next two years."
The e-sports jersey for the new season has recently become available. The #B04eSports team will wear the new jersey in the forthcoming season in the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL), in the DFB e-Pokal and in other competitions as they represent Bayer 04 on the virtual pitch.
The 2025/26 e-sports jersey is available at the Fanwelt and the Bayer 04 online shop .


The European jersey has been launched, the UEL opponents have been drawn – and anticipation for the European campaign is running high. To mark the occasion, an autograph session was held on Friday afternoon, 28 August, at the Fanwelt with current Werkself player Montrell Culbreath and official club legend Paulo Sergio.
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After six and a half years, Exequiel Palacios is leaving the Bundesliga and moving from Bayer 04 to the Premier League. The Argentine, who as a Werkself player won the World Cup with his national team four years ago and finished as runners-up at this summer’s tournament, will play for newly promoted English side Ipswich Town with immediate effect. The 27-year-old, whose contract in Leverkusen was due to run until 30 June 2030, joined Bayer 04 in January 2020 as a promising young talent. He steadily developed into one of the best defensive midfielders in the German top flight.
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When Exequiel Palacios moved from the Argentinian club River Plate to Bayer Leverkusen on 1 January 2020, the then 21-year-old could not have imagined just how successful the next six and a half years would be for him. Pala, as he is known, had already won the Copa Libertadores – the most prestigious competition in South American club football – with River Plate. But there were still so many more trophies to come.
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To mark Exequiel Palacios’s departure, we’ve put together a compilation of the midfielder’s finest and most important goals from his six-and-a-half years at the club.
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