The new campaign starts on Friday 4 September with the opening match between current double winners VfL Wolfsburg and SGS Essen. The kick-off times for the other matches on the first two matchdays will be announced at the start of August. The final match details for the remaining matchdays will be presented in stages.
The Werkself Women end the first half of the season with a home game against SC Sand on 13 December. After matchday 13 on the following weekend (20 December), the FLYERALARM Women’s Bundesliga takes a winter break until the middle of February. The Bayer 04 Women will end the season at SC Sand on 13 June.
“All arrangements contained in the DFB framework fixture list for 2020/2021 are subject to local authority approval of matches being played. Adjustments for individual competitions based on increased pandemic restrictions or changes in control orders remain a possibility,” read the statement on DFB.de.
Matchday 1, 6.9. (Return match: 20.12.)
SC Freiburg v Bayer 04
Matchday 2, 13.9. (Return match: 14.2.2021)
Bayer 04 v MSV Duisburg
Matchday 3, 27.9. (Return match: 7.3.2021)
Turbine Potsdam v Bayer 04
Matchday 4, 4.10. (Return match: 14.3.2021)
Bayer 04 v VfL Wolfsburg
Matchday 5, 7.10. (Return match: 28.3.2021)
Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer 04
Matchday 6, 11.10. (Return match: 18.4.2021)
Bayer 04 v SV Werder Bremen
Matchday 7, 18.10. (Return match: 25.4.2021)
SGS Essen v Bayer 04
Matchday 8, 8.11. (Return match: 9.5.2021)
Bayer 04 v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Matchday 9, 14/15.11. (Return match: 23.5.2021)
SV Meppen v Bayer 04
Matchday 10, 21/22.11. (Return match: 6.6.2021)
Bayern Munich v Bayer 04
Matchday 11, 13.12. (Return match: 13.6.2021)
Bayer 04 v SC Sand
The highly successful and mutually appreciated partnership between Bayer 04 and head coach Xabi Alonso ends after two and a half years. The 43-year-old Spaniard has led the Werkself to three trophies. Above all, winning the first German league title in the club's history will always be associated with the name of Xabi Alonso. The former world class player, who won many hearts in Leverkusen as a person, now says farewell to Bayer 04. We look back at a fantastic time with the Basque who fulfilled the biggest dream of all Bayer 04 fans together with an outstanding team.
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Show moreA cracker of a semi-final at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium. The Bayer 04 U19 team entertain Bayern Munich on Saturday, 10 May (kick-off: 11:00 CEST/stadium opens: 10:00 CEST). In front of a home crowd, the team led by head coach Sergi Runge, who welcomes back an attacking player, is looking to build on the battling performances from the previous knockout games and "perform at the right moment." Tickets are available from the Bayer 04 online shop and the game will also be broadcast live on Sky.
Show moreBayer 04 Leverkusen will be the first Bundesliga club to open and operate a football academy in Brazil. The "Bayer 04 Football Academy São Paulo," led by Bayer 04 club legend Paulo Sérgio, will be established on the Bayer Brazil campus in São Paulo and accommodate up to 300 children and youth ages 5 to 15.
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