This is the third time Alejandro Grimaldo has been in the top team in a Bundesliga season. That means the Spaniard has been in the Team of the Season every year since joining Bayer 04 in 2023 - as part of the first eleven in the championship-winning season and as a squad player last year. He is again a member of the extended squad.
Aleix Garcia is part of the top team in a Bundesliga season for the first time this year and, like Grimaldo, complements the first eleven as a bench player.
Vanessa Fudalla, at Leverkusen since May 2025, is in the first eleven of the women's Team of the Season. It is the first time she has been selected.
A panel determined the two top teams in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. Similar to the monthly Bundesliga Player of the Month and Bundesliga Rookie of the Month awards, the panel consisted of fans (weighting: 40 per cent), the team captains of the 18 Bundesliga clubs (weighting: 30 per cent) and pundits (weighting: 30 per cent) made up of Bundesliga legends and selected media partners.
The German Football Association (DFB) confirmed the kick-off times for the second round of the 2026/27 DFB Pokal on Thursday. Bayer 04 will meet 1. FC Nürnberg on Wednesday 28 October at 20:45 CET.
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This Wednesday afternoon, the German Football Association (DFB) announced the exact kick-off times for Matchday 6 in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga. According to the fixture list, the Bayer 04 Women’s home match against Werder Bremen will be played on Friday, 2 October, at 18:30 CEST.
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Just in time for the start of the school year, everyone was hard at work again at NaturGut Ophoven. For the 21st time, Bayer 04 have supported the annual ‘BioBrotbox’ campaign, which puts together a healthy breakfast for first-year primary school pupils in Leverkusen – and not only contributed 1,904 muesli bars but also plenty of enthusiasm too: Together with the U19 players Burak Kir and Clinton Wilson, Emily Wallrabenstein and Paulina Platner from the Women’s Bundesliga team helped with the packing. The latter was clearly delighted “that Bayer 04 are helping out with regional projects like this and showing their commitment to the local community”.
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A group of about 50 members of the Bayer 04 Football Academy São Paulo visited Leverkusen over the past few days, accompanied by Bayer 04 club legend Paulo Sergio and Luiz Felipe (managing director of academy in São Paulo) for a week full of football, encounters and very special insights. In addition to the Bundesliga away game in Elversberg and the home game against Union Berlin, the visit also featured a joint training session with the Bayer 04 Football Academy in Leverkusen and a tour of the Bayer AG facilities. The guests also gained special insights into the club and the world of Bayer 04.
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