17-year-old Clara Fröhlich, is looking forward to the “new challenge” and hopes “to be able to show what she can do in the coming season,” has been training with the Bayer 04 Women’s team since the end of March. SSV Bergisch Born released Fröhlich from training as the club’s fixtures were suspended at the end of last year due to the coronavirus pandemic and then finally cancelled in April. The Remscheid-born player, who has represented Germany from the U15 team up, was playing in the U17 side in the Lower Rhine League.
“Bayer 04 are the first club for Clara in women’s football – and straightaway into the Bundesliga. A great and important step in her development. She has been able to pick up valuable experience up to now. We are certain she will fit into our team,” said Linda Schöttler, Women’s football general manager at Bayer 04.
Head coach Achim Feifel added: “In Clara, we are getting a young and talented player capable of development who is technically gifted and has a lot to offer. Despite her young age, she is very advanced in terms of fitness and we’re sure Clara will strengthen our defensive midfield.”
Viktoria Pinther is set to leave the club at the end of the season. The contract with the 22-year-old has not been renewed. The Austria international joined the Werkself Women last season and made eight league appearances for the Black and Reds. Schöttler: “We thank Viktoria for her time at Bayer 04 and wish her every success in the future on and off the pitch.”
Bayer 04 have ended Artem Stepanov’s loan deal at Nürnberg and agreed a new loan to Utrecht in the Netherlands. The Ukrainian striker did not play as much as hoped for at the Bundesliga 2 club and will now continue his development in the Eredivisie for the rest of 2025/26.
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Following on from the emotional last-minute win at Union Berlin, the Bayer 04 Women now face a promoted team: On Saturday, 31 January (12:00 CET), coach Roberto Pätzold's team welcome FC Nürnberg to the Ulrich Haberland Stadium for their first home game of the new year. In their second season in the Bundesliga, the Franconians have impressed with 16 points from the first 15 games.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended the contract with Germany U19 international Montrell Culbreath. The attacking midfielder and right winger has penned a deal with the Bundesliga club that runs to 30 June 2030. Culbreath has played for the Werkself as a youth player since 2023. Last December, he scored his first Bundesliga goal for the Leverkusen first team in the Bayer 04 3-1 away win at RB Leipzig.
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The Werkself's 3-0 victory over Villarreal in the UEFA Champions League certainly left many happy faces: Malik Tillman was delighted with his brace, Robert Andrich with the clean sheet and coach Kasper Hjulmand with the "manner" of this significant home win. With an overwhelming superiority and over 75 per cent possession at times, Bayer 04 deserved their place in the UCL play-off round. They will face a familiar foe in February. The Werkself review.
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