
Club bars, sports bars, football pubs and restaurants – nearly everybody has their favourite venue. These food and drink businesses are often like a second home – and they are particularly hard-hit by the current situation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Coca-Cola and other partners want to show the hospitality venues they are not alone during this crisis.
The Bayer 04 sponsorship partners have worked with the German Hotel & Catering Association (DEHOGA) to launch the fundraising campaign LOKALFREUN.DE. Bayer 04 and other professional clubs are supporting the project where fast and uncomplicated contributions can be made from one Euro. Support your favourite venue in and around Leverkusen. Click HERE for further information and to make a donation. Let us join together to help hospitality venues during this difficult time.

The Werkself are away at Bayern Munich, who have won all 14 of their competitive fixtures in 2025/26, for Saturday evening’s Bundesliga match (kick-off: 18:30 CET). However, Bayer 04 are also in good form themselves, earning 16 of a possible 18 points in their six league games under Kasper Hjulmand. The 2023/24 double winners are also unbeaten in their last five Bundesliga meetings with the reigning champions. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game at the Allianz Arena.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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After the disappointing 5-1 defeat against VfL Wolfsburg, the Bayer 04 Women had two weeks to regroup. On Sunday, 2 November (13:00 CET, ad-hoc arena at Erst-Abbe-Sportfeld), coach Roberto Pätzold's team will be aiming for their fifth win of the season on matchday 8 in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga.
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Bayern Munich, who have won every competitive game this season, host a Werkself side who have picked up 16 out of a possible 18 points in the Bundesliga recently. "We're really looking forward to it," said Bayer 04 coach Kasper Hjulmand ahead of the Bundesliga showpiece at the Allianz Arena in Munich on Saturday night, 1 November (kick-off: 18:30 CET).
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