The team led by head coach Xabi Alonso will set off for northern France immediately after leaving Der Öschberghof hotel in the Black Forest. The match against the team that finished seventh in Ligue 1 last term will be played at the atmospheric Bollaert Delelis Stadium and a full house of 38,000 fans is expected. Bayer 04 will head home to Leverkusen after the game rounding off seven intensive days in training.
The first friendly in the pre-season is against third division Rot-Weiss Essen on 26 July at 19.00 CEST. The DFL Supercup match against runners-up VfB Stuttgart was confirmed for 17 August yesterday. The clash at the BayArena kicks-off at 20.30 CEST. Information on ticketing for this game will announced here. Bayer 04 open the new 2024/25 Bundesliga season as reigning champions on Friday 23 August. The fixture list will probably be announced on 4 July.
Bayer 04 and the Plastiks company are working together. The sustainable organisation is committed worldwide to the reuse of waste and acting against waste pollution. As part of this cooperation, Bayer 04 is working with the green mining organisation in São Paulo, the most populous city in South America and hometown to club legend Paulo Sergio, where the waste recycling rate is currently only around 3%.
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After the warm reception on Tuesday for the Bayer 04 delegation led by Simon Rolfes in São Paulo, there were two events where contact with the local population was of special significance.
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A training course for external coaches covering age groups U8 to U13 on 'Effective coaching in junior football' was held at the BayArena this week. The course, with this initial event ahead of a series of training units, was aimed at coaches and sporting management of clubs in the area of Leverkusen. It was very well received.
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The dates for the final two Bundesliga fixtures of the year for the Bayer 04 Women have been confirmed: The German Football Association (DFB) confirmed details for the two games at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on Matchdays 11 and 12 on Tuesday afternoon.
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