The first performance diagnostics session on Monday 22 June will be followed the next day by the official start of pre-season training at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre. The first friendly will be played at the same venue on Saturday, 4 July (kick-off: 14:00 CEST) against Bundesliga newcomers FSV Mainz 05.
In mid-July, coach Roberto Pätzold's team will then complete a one-week training camp in Rieden in the Upper Palatinate, as they did last summer. After a week off training, part two of the pre-season for the new Bundesliga campaign will start on Monday 27 July, with the first matchday set to be played between 21 and 24 August.
The Germany U19 team were beaten 2-0 by record champions Spain in the final of the U19 European Championship in Wales. Bayer 04 players Montrell Culbreath and Francis Onyeka (on loan at SV 07 Elversberg) were in the starting line-up and played the full 90 minutes.
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Bayer 04 Women have boosted their firepower with the signing of Poland international Paulina Tomasiak. The 24-year-old striker moves to Leverkusen from Gornik Leczna in her homeland on a two-year contract.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed France U17 international Kenan Doganay. The 1.90-metre-tall defensive midfielder, who has Turkish roots, joins Leverkusen from the U19s at French top-flight club Olympique Lyon. He will initially train with and play for the U19 team.
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The Sports Tribunal of the German Football Association (DFB) has fined Bayer 04 Leverkusen €185,000 for spectators setting off pyrotechnic devices during a total of five competitive matches. This relates to four Bundesliga matches and the DFB Pokal semi-final against Bayern Munich. The highest individual fine relates to the away match at FC Köln at the end of April.
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