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West Ham United to take on Bayer Leverkusen in pre-season

West Ham United will travel to German Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen for a pre-season match on Saturday 5 August.

The Hammers head to BayArena for a 1.30pm CEST (12.30pm BST) kick-off on the final weekend before the 2023/24 Premier League campaign gets underway.

Leverkusen finished sixth in the Bundesliga last term, as well as reaching the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, and will line-up alongside the Hammers in the Europa League in the upcoming season.

Managed by former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso, Die Werkself are five-time Bundesliga runners-up, won the German Cup in 1993, the UEFA Cup in 1988 and reached the UEFA Champions League final in 2002.

West Ham’s trip to Germany will follow pre-season tests at Boreham Wood on 10 July, games against Perth Glory and Tottenham Hotspur on our tour of Australia on 15 and 18 July respectively, a trip to Dagenham & Redbridge on 22 July and an away game at Stade Rennais on 29 July.

Ticketing details for the game at Bayer Leverkusen will be confirmed and announced in due course, while tickets for our games in Australia and at Boreham Wood are available now by clicking here.