Patrik Schick was Leverkusen's top scorer in the last 12 months with 23 goals, as well as contesting the most duels of any Werkself player (213). He was previously shortlisted for the 2024 Team of the Year. In May he was selected for the 2024/25 Bundesliga Team of the Season.
Alejandro Grimaldo, who was also included in the Team of the Season in May, was the only Bundesliga player to make it into the 2024 Team of the Year. He also finished 2025 with strong performances: he was the Werkself's top provider with nine assists and the second-highest goalscorer after Schick (10 goals).
Meanwhile, Vanessa Fudalla becomes the second Bayer 04 Women player after Kristin Kögel last year to ever be nominated for the Women's Team of the Year, which is only being awarded for the third time. Fudalla, who only moved to Leverkusen from RB Leipzig in the summer, topped the scoring chart for the team in 2025 with nine goals.
The large pool of nominees from across the world will eventually be whittled down to a Men's and Women's Team of the Year. Both line-ups will comprise one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three forwards. As usual, a 12th TOTY card will also be selected in both and EA Sports will give other players TOTY cards as 'Honourable Mentions'.
Voting is open until Monday 12 January at 18:59 CET. The final TOTY teams will be officially revealed on 15 January at 19:00 CET and will also be available in EA Sports FC 26 from 19:00 CET on 16 January.
Video game producer Electronic Arts (EA) has announced the nominees for the Men's and Women's Team of the Year (TOTY) for EA Sports FC 26. With Patrik Schick and Alejandro Grimaldo for the men and Vanessa Fudalla for the women, there are three Bayer 04 players included. Fans of the Black-and-Reds can vote for each top XI of 2025 from now until 18:59 CET on Monday 12 January.
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The Werkself host Mainz at the BayArena on matchday 24 in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. The match is on Saturday, 28 February, at 15:30 CET. Information on ticket sales.
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The long-standing successful collaboration between Bayer 04 and the transport service provider wupsi GmbH has been expanded: From January 2026, 100 wupsi bikes with Bayer 04 branding will be available for hire throughout the city of Leverkusen. They will complement the many existing offers and services that provide key support, especially for fans travelling to and from home matches at the BayArena.
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The Werkself are back! Following the two-week winter break, head coach Kasper Hjulmand's team began the new year with an open session on Sunday. After Robert Andrich and his teammates arrived in Leverkusen yesterday for the official check-in, they got back down to business a day later in front of around 1,200 fans at the Ulrich Haberland Stadion. The report from the Werkself's first session of 2026.
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