The time is almost upon us for the Bayer Leverkusen vs Fortuna Dusseldorf DFB-Pokal clash which is scheduled to kick off very soon, and the teams are in.
First off, the starting eleven for Bayer Leverkusen which is confirmed as follows:
Bayer Leverkusen
Matěj Kovář #17
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Czechia
Place of birth: Czechia
Alejandro Grimaldo García #20
Also known as Álex Grimaldo
Defender
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Valencia, Spain
Edmond Tapsoba #12
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Burkina Faso
Place of birth: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Jonathan Tah #4
Defender
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 95kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Hamburg, Germany
Josip Stanišić #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Jeremie Frimpong #30
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Robert Andrich #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Potsdam, Germany
Granit Xhaka
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Basel, Switzerland
Florian Wirtz #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Pulheim-Brauweiler, Germany
Amine Adli #21
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 60kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Morocco
Place of birth: Béziers, France
Patrik Schick #14
Forward
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Czechia
Place of birth: Prague, Czechia
The starting line-up for Fortuna Dusseldorf has also been confirmed as:
Fortuna Dusseldorf
Florian Kastenmeier #33
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Tim Oberdorf #15
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Hagen, Germany
Jamil Siebert #20
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Andre Hoffmann #3
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Essen, Germany
Matthias Zimmermann #25
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Yannik Engelhardt #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Iceland
Place of birth: Sutton Coldfield, England
Felix Klaus #11
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Osnabrück, Germany
Christos Tzolis #7
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
Emmanuel Iyoha #19
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
Marlon Mustapha #36
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria
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