The ticket offer for the three home games in the Europa League group stage opened for Bayer 04 Club members on Tuesday 29 August (12.00 CEST). Open sale for the blind packages also begins at noon on Thursday 31 August. Fans will save 20% on this offer compared with buying individual match tickets. The blind packages are on sale up to 1 September (12.00 CEST), the day of the group draw.
After the draw and the associated knowledge of the group opponents – also exclusively two Bayer 04 Club members initially – it will be possible to buy a ticket package with the known opponents for all three home games in the group stage. Open sale starts on Monday 4 September also at 12.00 CEST. Fans save 10% in comparison to purchasing an individual ticket with this offer.
Information on sales dates for individual home and away games in the Europa League group stage will follow after the draw or when the match details are confirmed.
Do you want to benefit from the right to advance purchase and other advantages but are not yet a member? Then sign up now. You can apply HERE.
It was another incredibly close call in the end: The second showdown in the 2026/27 VBL Club Championship saw the #B04eSports team once again narrowly miss out on a place in the top 16 of the preliminary round – and with it, a spot in the in-person knockout stage. It was a bitter blow: Marc and Sean Landwehr again fell just short, despite being level on points with their rivals. As was the case last month, their weaker record across the twelve individual matches in the six preliminary round fixtures proved decisive.
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“They stuck with us over the past few weeks when things weren’t going so well,” said captain Edmond Tapsoba, thanking the fans for their support after the 2–1 win in Cologne and dedicating the derby victory to them. Throughout the 90 minutes, the Werkself had looked unfazed and in command, inflicting the first home defeat of the season on FC Köln. It was the sixth consecutive win against the Cologne team for Bayer 04 – head coach Carles Martínez, on the other hand, was facing the team from the neighbouring city for the first time and “now really knows what this derby win means”. The Werkself derby review.
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Following the 2–1 derby victory away at FC Köln on Bundesliga matchday 9, Edmond Tapsoba, Malik Tillman and Aleix Garcia spoke to Werkself TV...
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Werkself TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 2-1 derby win at 1. FC Köln Matchday 9 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season...
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There were celebrations among those in black and red at the RheinEnergieSTADION. On Matchday 9 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season, the Werkself beat 1. FC Köln 2-0 and registered their sixth successive win in the derby. Aleix Garcia put Bayer 04 in front after just seven minutes with a direct free kick. Leverkusen played with discipline and energy after that and didn't allow some fierce challenges to unsettle them. Patrik Schick made it 2-0 in the 86th minute, and Said El Mala's goal in stoppage time for Köln proved nothing more than consolation. Jonas Hofmann crowned the derby win with his 100th appearance for the club.
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