There were twelve different elements in the areas of medicine, prevention and fitness in the tests at the BayArena. “First of all, we ascertained the medical condition of our players and completed orthopaedic and internal examinations,” explained Dr. Malte Krüger, head sports scientist at Bayer 04. “Then we produced a comprehensive fitness profile. The areas covered are speed, strength, stamina, balance and coordination ability. That enables us to analyse the performance capability of the individual player.”
These data and findings are used at different levels in training. “On the one hand, it helps us to analyse training and, on the other, we produce prevention plans tailored to the individual players based on the profiles to help avoid in juries,” said Krüger.
Gallery from performance tests:
Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 1-3 loss against Werder Bremen on the 26th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have agreed a conract extension with home-grown talent Sofie Zdebel by a further year ahead of schedule. The 21-year-old Germany U23 international will stay at the club until 30 June 2028.
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Bayer 04 could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Hamburg in the final game of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season as they finish in sixth place and qualify for the UEFA Europa League. Patrik Schick missed a first-half penalty before Fabio Vieira put the visitors ahead on the hour. Jarell Quansah’s deflected header in the 79th minute earned a point to finish the campaign.
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Jonas Omlin was given an official send-off ahead of the final Bundesliga game of the season at home to Hamburg. The 32-year-old Swiss goalkeeper joined the Werkself on loan for the second half of the campaign from Borussia Mönchengladbach in the winter.
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