The following first team players are on board: Lukas Hradecky, Jonathan Tah, Odilon Kossounou, Jonas Hofmann, Robert Andrich, Sardar Azmoun, Kerem Demirbay, Nadiem Amiri, Edmond Tapsoba, Arthur, Patrik Schick, Noah Mbamba, Alejandro Grimaldo, Amine Adli, Victor Boniface, Adam Hlozek, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Exequiel Palacios, Florian Wirtz, Patrick Pentz, Jeremie Frimpong, Gustavo Puerta, Granit Xhaka, Niklas Lomb and Ayman Aourir. Piero Hincapie is not travelling as the Ecuador international is set to continue his rehab following his fractured metatarsal in the middle of June.
From the club's youth teams, goalkeeper Oleksandr Petrenko, Madi Monamay, Matija Marsenic, Anton Bäuerle (all U19s) and U17 keeper Jesper Schlich will join the senior squad.
The Bayer 04 team will travel from Austria to Northern Spain on Friday with a friendly the following day in San Sebastian kicking off at 18.00 CEST. The match against the Champions League side Real Sociedad is for a good cause in aid of the ’Fundación Columbus’.
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%.
Show moreAfter 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.
Show moreA 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.
Show moreThe 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.
Show moreTo gain access to the stadium as a member of the media on Werkself home matchdays you need accreditation from Bayer 04. From now, you can submit the application for accreditation exclusively via our online registration form at bayer04.de.
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