"Kim Falkenberg has made a decisive contribution to the sustainable development of Bayer 04 over recent years," said Rolfes in praising the former Leverkusen youth and second division player. "The quality of our current squad is also down to his work and that of his colleagues who Kim leads in a motivational, effective and prudent way. He is an important part of our strong management team and we are happy that we can build on Kim's sporting expertise."
Falkenberg started working with the scouting department at the Werkself in 2018 immediately after ending his playing career at VfL Osnabrück. Initially in the youth section, he was the head scout at Bayer 04 a year later. Falkenberg became head of recruitment in 2023 as he took his next step at the club. "It's an honour to now be able to work as director of football at Bayer 04. The close cooperation with Simon Rolfes is based on mutual trust," said Falkenberg. "I'm very much looking forward to continuing our joint path with the target of winning new titles and establishing the club long-term at the top of German and European football."
The VBL Club Championship by WOW 2025/26 continues today, Tuesday 18 November, with the last two of the six online preliminary round matches in the second showdown. Starting at 18:00 CET, Bayer 04 face Karlsruher SC, followed by Borussia Mönchengladbach at 19:00 CET. The games will be streamed live on the Bayer 04 app and on the club Twitch channel. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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Just 11 days after their last encounter in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Women meet Hamburger SV again. On Sunday (15:00 CET), the two teams will be battling it out at the Volksparkstadion for a place in the DFB Cup quarter-finals. Coach Roberto Pätzold is aware of his team's status as favourites against the promoted outfit - and knows what it will come down to against the awkward opponents.
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Bayer 04 Women goalkeeper Charlotte Voll has been hit by injury again. The 26-year-old suffered an acromioclavicular joint separation in her left shoulder in the latter stages of the Bundesliga match at SC Freiburg on Monday and is set to be sidelined for a number of months. She underwent successful surgery in Düsseldorf on Friday.
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Like they did in the first showdown of the VBL Club Championship by WOW, which the Leverkusen gamers won in spectacular style, Marc and Sean Landwehr also started the second showdown with six points by beating TSG Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum 1848, last-16 participants of the first showdown. The #B04eSports team suffered defeat to SV Darmstadt 98 and Hertha BSC. Meanwhile, Keanu Senkbeil made his VBL CC debut in the clash with the capital club.
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The Bayer 04 Women will end 2025 with the Bundesliga top match against Bayern Munich on Monday night, 22 December. The schedule for matchdays 12 to 15 has been announced by the German Football Association (DFB). In addition to two away games on Fridays, Leverkusen also have a home game on a Saturday lunchtime.
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