The 18-year-old has worn the Black and Red shirt since 2013 and he has made 16 appearances for the Bayer 04 U19s in the current U19 Bundesliga West campaign. He has also been very much in demand with the Germany youth teams. Boller (pictured above in the middle with Lucas Alario and Sam Schreck in the game at Heidenheim) has earned 15 caps for the Germany U17 team and he was a first choice in central defence at the 2017 European Championships in Croatia as well as the World Cup in the same year in India. He played alongside Kai Havertz in the Bayer 04 U17s in 2016 when they won the Germany U17 championships with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the final.
Issa Traoré is moving from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to Slovakian top-flight side AS Trencin. The club has loaned the centre-back out for one year to this year’s ninth-placed team in the Slovakian league.
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Assistant coach Remzi Kahraman is leaving the Bayer 04 Women’s team with immediate effect to take up a new challenge abroad. The club has agreed to the 31-year-old’s request to leave, although his contract was originally due to run until 2027. A decision on his successor will be announced shortly.
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At the U19 European Championship in Wales, the Germany U19 national team lost their third and final group match 4-0 to Spain. Several regulars, including Bayer 04 players Montrell Culbreath and Francis Onyeka (on loan to SV Elversberg), who had combined for four goals and assists in the two previous victories, did not feature,. Germany had already secured their place in the semi-finals with a game to spare.
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Two weeks into the preseason, the Bayer 04 Women have secured their first victory. Coach Roberto Pätzold’s team won their first friendly 2–0 against Bundesliga newcomers Mainz 05. In front of 160 spectators at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre, the two summer signings, Maja Sternad (80’) and Justine Brandau (90’), scored for the Black and Reds.
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