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The plan

  1. Wed 4 Nov: fly outLondon to Cologne Bonn, typical return £48–£146. Budget room about £35 a night.
  2. Thu 5 Nov: match dayKick-off 21:00 local time at BayArena. From Koln Hbf take a regional train to Leverkusen Mitte (about 14 minutes), then walk about 10 minutes across the park to the BayArena. Official directions also run the S6 to Chempark with match-day shuttle buses.
  3. Fri 6 Nov: fly home

Tickets

Hard, members first. Usually from £15. Members and season-ticket holders buy first (Stuttgart home game: member sale opened 29 Sep 12:00 for the 31 Oct match); some matches such as Paderborn are then in free sale, with the online waiting room at 11:30 and the shop at 12:00.

  1. Register a Bayer 04 account in the online ticket shop linked from bayer04.de (Tickets, home games) and sign up to the Bayer 04 newsletter, which announces sale dates.
  2. Open the home-games ticket overview page (Ticket-Ueberblick) and check each fixture: members/season-ticket early bird, or 'freier Verkauf' (general sale).
  3. At sale time join the online waiting room (opens 11:30, sales 12:00 CEST) and pick seats; South and East/West blocks are open, the North Stand is members-only in general-sale phases.
  4. Respect the cap: 4 tickets per match for most games, 2 for Stuttgart, Gladbach, Frankfurt, Schalke, Dortmund, Bremen, HSV and Bayern.
  5. Pay by direct debit, credit card or PayPal; tickets sit in the Bayer 04 app under 'My account' and can be forwarded or added to a phone wallet.
Official tickets on bayer04.de

Full Bayer 04 Leverkusen ticket guide: sale dates, every upcoming home game and flights from 17 UK airports.

Make a weekend of it

Prices are typical, not live, from London. Check the real price before you book. Away Day isn't affiliated with any club, league or travel site.