Kurtz's top priority will be Nando Rafael, the striker who plays for Bundesliga outfit Hertha Berlin.
Hertha Berlin's Josip Simunic will also push his claims for inclusion in the final cut.
Schalke will be joining Dortmund and Bayern in next season's Champions League draw after they beat Hertha Berlin 4-0.
Hertha Berlin remain bottom, and are now five points from safety, after they were well-beaten 3-0 at fellow-relegation candidates Nuremberg.
Milan Baros' second-half penalty gave Galatasaray a 1-0 victory over Hertha Berlin as the Turkish side ensured their qualification from Group B.
Stuttgart thrashed Mainz 4-1 to go fifth, eight points behind Borussia Moenchengladbach who host second-from bottom Hertha Berlin in the evening kick-off.
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Defeat leaves Hertha still battling to avoid automatic relegation with 16th-placed Cologne who also lost on Saturday, going down 4-1 at Freiburg.
Scholl returned to action after two months on the sidelines with various injuries in Bayern's 3-0 Bundesliga victory over Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
Another gifted Germany midfielder, Hertha Berlin's Sebastian Deisler, is doubtful with a thigh muscle injury he sustained just after recovering from knee surgery.
Former club Borussia Dortmund, Wolfsburg, Hertha Berlin, VFB Stuttgart, Borussia Monchengladbach and Manchester City are rumoured to be interested in signing the veteran.
Baros converted a penalty in the 69th minute, beating his Czech Republic team-mate Jaroslav Drobny in the Hertha goal for the game's decisive moment.
Dutch club Heerenveen are second on four points after a 1-0 victory at German strugglers Hertha Berlin, with both teams reduced to 10 men.
In Saturday's other matches, Hertha Berlin crashed to a fourth consecutive league defeat after conceding two goals in the final 10 minutes to lose 2-1 at Mainz.
Eren Derdiyok came close to equalising in the first half but could only direct his header from Tranquillo Barnetta's left-wing cross straight at Hertha goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny.
In the only Europa League match played in Tuesday, Portuguese giants Benfica cruised into the last 16 after thrashing Hertha Berlin 4-0 for a 5-1 aggregate victory.
Hertha Berlin 30-year-old Jaroslav Drobny, who has two caps, spent time with Fulham and Ipswich Town without making a competitive first-team appearance before heading for the German Bundesliga club.
But Hertha refused to throw in the towel and Ramos secured a point for the basement side when he powerfully headed Raffael's corner past Rene Adler in the dying moments.
Injury-hit German club Hertha Berlin were held 1-1 at home by FK Ventspils as the Latvians earned a point in their first appearance in the group stages of a UEFA club competition.
Waseige has added youthful talent to an experienced core of players who were regulars under Leekens, such as Schalke 04's Marc Wilmots, Gert Verheyen, of Club Bruges, and Bart Goor of Hertha Berlin.
Bottom club Hertha Berlin earned their first league point since the opening day of the season as they held Wolfsburg 0-0 at home, a result which left the defending champions in seventh place on 17 points.
Leverkusen could have finished the weekend as Winter Champions, depending on how results went elsewhere, and looked to have clinched the points until Colombian striker Ramos netted late on to give 10-man Hertha a share of the spoils.
Ramos had given bottom side Hertha the lead in the eighth minute at the Olympic Stadium when he latched on to a intelligent through-ball from Cicero and directed a shot past Rene Adler from the right edge of the penalty area.
Elsewhere, Hertha Berlin were held 0-0 at home by Borussia Moenchengladbach and new Hanover boss Mirko Slomka got off to a losing start when his side were beaten 1-0 at mid-table Mainz while Stuttgart edged a 1-0 away win over Freiburg on Friday night.
Head coach Wieghorst has also plundered the youth ranks of former club Brondby, while his squad also contains several players who have experience with quality sides around Europe - defender Dennis Lagara (Hertha Berlin), midfielder Bo Storm (Heerenveen) and strikers Marcus Pode (Malmo) and Martin Bernburg (FC Copenhagen).
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