The Werkself have now exercised their right to recall Puerta who enjoys the confidence of sporting managing director Simon Rolfes: "Gustavo is a key player in the Columbia U20 team. He demonstrated that at the South American Championships at the start of the year and he is also doing that at the U20 World Cup in Argentina," said Rolfes. "We want to see how he does in our squad and what positives he can bring. Gustavo has a very promising future in his position as a number six or number eight."
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into the 2025/26 Bundesliga season with another partner in the Sponsors Club. The previous Executive Box partner pure.energy has extended their commitment and taken the established partnership with the current German runners-up to the next highest level. The newly defined cooperation between Bayer 04 and pure.energy is set to run for two years to 30 June 2027.
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Bayer 04 player Carlotta Wamser is part of a VIP group joining together for the launch of the DFB campaign Punktespiel 2.0. The Germany international, who signed for the Werkself in the summer, will be speaking tonight (Monday) alongside former Leverkusen managing director sport Rudi Völler, now the current DFB sporting director, plus DFB president Bernd Neuendorf and DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth at the FC Grenzwacht Hürtgen club house about the new clubs campaign launched by the German Football Association (DFB).
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The Werkself are away to FC St. Pauli on Matchday 5 in the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign. The game at the Millerntor Stadion will be played on Saturday, 27 September with the kick-off at 15:30 CEST. Read on for information on ticket sales.
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After seven days in Rieden, Bavaria, Bayer 04 Women returned to Leverkusen on Saturday. With a lot of intensive training sessions on the pitch and a high-quality friendly against Bundesliga runners-up VfL Wolfsburg (2-3) in their legs, the Werkself party left the Hotel Gut Matheshof with a lot of valuable insights. Head coach Roberto Pätzold discussed the key points from the training camp.
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Four Bundesliga debuts and a maiden goal, but no points: the Werkself toiled in their Bundesliga opener against TSG Hoffenheim at the BayArena but went down 2-1, struggling particularly in the final third although allowing few chances themselves. Head coach Erik ten Hag was positive about his team's defensive display, but also knows: "We have a lot of work to do." The Werkself Review.
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