“We’re proud that we can continue to offer such quality turf for our first team. This award is once again confirmation of our long-term work and is a credit to the whole grounds team at Bayer 04,” said Schmitz. There were 92 groundspeople from clubs across the Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2 and Women’s Bundesliga who met at the BayArena on Monday to discuss all sorts of issues regarding caring for pitches, including optimal lighting, fertilisation and watering. A look around the Leverkusen facilities and whole training complex was also part of the schedule.
It’s the third time Bayer 04 have won the Pitch of the Year award. Felix Duden, CEO of TecArena-Plus GmbH, was pleased with the accolade and said: “It’s our constant goal to create optimal playing conditions for the team with our turf of consistently high quality. It makes us proud to know we’ve done that once again.”
The prize for outstanding pitches in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 was introduced in 2013/14. The voting is partially based on the grading of team captains and the referees in terms of the condition of the pitch during the whole season, as well as different measuring points by an industry jury and the groundsman’s own scrutiny.
The winner of the Women’s Bundesliga Pitch of the Year for 2022/23 is yet to be announced. It will likely be handed over at the first home game of the victorious team.
Bayer 04 Women visit Essen on Matchday 3 of the Google Pixel Bundesliga looking to take their points haul up to seven. Head coach Roberto Pätzold has named the ingredients he’s looking for to make it two wins from two on the road and will be counting on a player returning to her former club on Saturday (kick-off: 2pm CEST).
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Show moreSpecial sports class for enthusiastic primary school children: as part of the first action day of the Bayer 04 campaign ‘District Matchdays’ in the 2024/25 season, Werkself players Vanessa Haim and Estrella Merino Gonzalez visited the KGS Thomas-Morus-Schule in Schlebusch on Wednesday afternoon and led a lesson in the gym. This was anything but an unusual situation for summer signing Haim.
Show moreThe Werkself are back in the big time! And just like head coach Xabi Alonso's team, Bayer 04 fans can now prepare for magical nights in the UEFA Champions League with the colourful UCL Matchday Collection. The collection consists of a t-shirt, a zip top and a jacket, and is now available in the fan shop at the BayArena as well as in the online shop.
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