
The trophy will be presented at the seventeenth meeting for ground staff from professional clubs in September. "The run of six wins underlines the great work by the ground staff at Bayer Leverkusen. The high average points of 9.03 also makes a clear statement," said Manuel Hartmann, CEO of Match Organisation at DFB GmbH & Co. KG.
After every league fixture, the team managers of the home and away clubs plus the match officials are asked to assess the quality of the pitch using a ten element points system via a 'groundskeeper tool'. The individual awards are compiled for a full Bundesliga table. Bayer 04 were recently given the Pitch of the Year award again for the men's pitch at the BayArena, the third award in four years for the team led by the head groundsman Georg Schmitz.

The Bundesliga has announced the nominees for the ‘Top Goal of the Month’ award for October. Fans of the Werkself can now vote for, amongst others, Robert Andrich’s stunning volley from the match against Mainz 05 or Moussa Diaby’s curling shot into the top corner from the same fixture. Voting, exclusively on the Bundesliga app, remains open until Sunday, 8 November (23:59 CET).
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Bayer 04 host Borussia Mönchengladbach at the BayArena on matchday 12 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. The schedule for the game remains to be confirmed. The latest information on ticket sales.
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Bayer 04 host Eintracht Frankfurt at the BayArena on matchday 14 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. The schedule for the game remains to be confirmed. The latest information on ticket sales.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04 Women's 0-1 loss at Bayern Munich in the round of 16 of the women's DFB-Pokal 2026/27
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“As far as mentality and determination are concerned, we have nothing to reproach ourselves for,” Robert Andrich said up after the first home defeat for the Werkself this term. In terms of their play, too, the Black and Reds put in a respectable performance for long stretches of this intense and physical match, outperforming VfB Stuttgart in most areas. It was only in terms of efficiency in front of goal that the Swabians had the edge over the Werkself. Head coach Carles Martínez wants to learn from this so that, in future, they can “win this sort of match too”. The Werkself review.
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