
Julian Brandt will also join his team-mates at the training camp after completing performance tests at the BayArena yesterday following his extended break after the World Cup in Russia. A total of 24 pro plus four Under-19 players Jan Boller, Ayman Azhil, Kevin Bukusu and Adrian Stanilewicz will form the Black and Red training group.
World Cup runner-up Tin Jedvaj (extended break), Joel Pohjanpalo (ankle) and Chinedu Ekene (muscular problems) have not travelled to Salzburger Land.
The Werkself have two friendly fixtures during the intense week of training: On Thursday (17.30 CET), Herrlich's team play Istanbul Basaksehir FK at the Alois Latini Stadium in Zell am See. Next Sunday the opponents are Al-Wahda Mecca (15.30 CET, at the Goldberg Stadium in Grödig).
Our social networks will keep you up-to-date on events at the training camp over the next few days under the hashtag #B04inAustria.


No points in the Kraichgau: the Werkself lost 1-0 away to top-six rivals TSG Hoffenheim on Bundesliga Matchday 18. Wouter Burger scored the only goal with a free kick in the ninth minute. In an uneventful contest, the Werkself tried hard to find an equaliser but were repeatedly thwarted.
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The meeting between fifth and sixth on Saturday afternoon (17 January, 15:30 CET) is a hard one to predict. While the Werkself can take confidence from their historic record at TSG Hoffenheim, the hosts are currently enjoying their second-best Bundesliga campaign and have lost just one of their last 10 games. Another good omen for Bayer 04: Daniel Schlager also refereed Leverkusen's last victory in Sinsheim (4-1). The Matchday News.
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At the end of the winter training camp in Portugal, the Bayer 04 Women convincingly mastered their friendly ahead of the start of the second half of the season. In the match against Swiss league leaders Servette FCCF, coach Roberto Pätzold's team won 3-0 at the Monte Gordo Sports Complex. Carlotta Wamser (4’), Vanessa Fudalla (18’) and Loreen Bender (53’) scored for Bayer 04, who have been preparing for the Rückrunde in the Algarve since last Saturday.
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The German Football League (DFL) has rescheduled the postponed fixture at Hamburger SV on Bundesliga matchday 17. The match, due to be played on Tuesday, has now been rescheduled for Wednesday, 4 March (kick-off: 20:30 CET).
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The Rückrunde is about to begin: The Werkself travel to TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday, 17 January (kick-off: 15:30 CET) on Bundesliga matchday 18. At the pre-match press conference on Friday lunchtime, head coach Kasper Hjulmand emphasised the double anticipation for the clash following Tuesday's postponement of the fixture at Hamburger SV. And he also talked about the tactical approach against an opponent on course for Champions League qualification.
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