The U19s will be coached by Patrick Greveraars. The 51-year-old Dutchman brings with him a wealth of experience from numerous international roles and has a track record of winning titles. He has won several championships with U19 and U17 teams, as well as the PSV Eindhoven second XI. He also enjoyed success at FC Porto, including with the U19s and the second team. Furthermore, Greveraars has gained international experience on the European stage including the UEFA Champions League. Among other things, he spent several years as assistant coach with the first team at Feyenoord and with the Ghana national team that qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Most recently, he was at the top Egyptian club ZED FC.
At Bayer 04, Greveraars is backed by assistant coaches Andreas Bona, who most recently served as head coach of the Leverkusen U16 side, Gilbert Gorges, who remains part of the U19 coaching staff, and the German-Greek Konstantinos Kotsifakis, who recently joined the Werkself from Hertha Berlin. The 29-year-old, who most recently served as head coach of Hertha’s U17 team, will also take on an operational role, maintaining regular contact with the players of the Bayer 04 Future Team.
Kevin Brok is taking over as head coach of Leverkusen’s U17 team. The 36-year-old previously managed the team from summer 2024 to September 2025, before taking charge of the U19s until the end of the season following Sergi Runge’s appointment to Kasper Hjulmand’s first-team coaching staff.
The Dutchman will be joined in future by Hüzeyfe Dogan, most recently assistant coach of the U19s, and Thomas Huber, who is moving up from the U16s.
Gerard Bofill will be coaching the U16s in 2026/27. The 34-year-old Spaniard is joining Bayer 04’s youth set-up and will take on the role of head coach. Most recently, Bofill served as Director of Methodology at RCD Espanyol. Before that, he gained practical experience on the touchline as head coach and assistant coach at CE Sabadell. He also played for Spanish youth and senior teams, including the reserve teams at CE Sabadell and Girona.
The 34-year-old is being assisted by Adrian Grümer, who was most recently part of the U17 coaching staff, and by Sören Schuschke, who will continue in his role with the U16s.
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 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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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended the contract with U19 goalkeeper Simeon Rapsch. The Germany youth international goalkeeper has signed a long-term contract with the Werkself running to 30 June 2029. The 18-year-old joined Leverkusen from FC Viktoria Köln in the summer of 2024.
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