It was a successful international break for Bayer 04. Several Werkself players qualified with their national teams for Euro 2024 in Germany or successfully completed their first World Cup qualifiers. Robert Andrich (Germany), Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain) and Nathan Tella (Nigeria) were the three Werkself players to make their international debuts. Granit Xhaka became the most capped player for Switzerland on making his 119th international appearance.
The Werkself focus now returns to the Bundesliga. Alonso started preparations for the match against Werder Bremen at the start of the week with several players from Leverkusen youth teams involved plus the Werkself players who remained behind in Leverkusen.
The number of players at training has increased over the past few days with the gradual return of players. Alonso welcomed the last of his squad to return from international duty back to the training ground on Thursday afternoon.
Bayer 04 will head off to Bremen on Friday 24 November after the final pre-match training session. The clash with the team twelfth in the table is the penultimate Bundesliga away game for Bayer 04 in this calendar year. The Werkself have five home games across all competitions in December.
From the 2027/28 season, the Women’s Bundesliga will be organised by an independent league association. Following the unanimous decision taken at the DFB Bundestag (national conference) on Friday afternoon, the league’s separation from the DFB is now official.
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Following the Bundesliga clash against RB Leipzig (Sunday, 20 September, 15:30 CEST), some of the Werkself first team players will be heading off for the first international break of the season. Here is an overview of the Bayer 04 players called up for their national teams and all the details of their upcoming matches.
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A special visit to the BayArena: 222 members from volunteer fire brigades in Leverkusen, the Rheinisch-Bergisch district and the Oberbergisch district watched the Werkself’s 2–0 home win over Slovenian champions NK Celje live in the stadium. Bayer 04 had invited them to the 2026/27 Europa League opener as a thank-you for their tremendous dedication. They watched the match together in Block F4.
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The Bayer 04 U19s have extended their winning run with a fifth consecutive victory on Matchday 5 of the DFB Youth League’s preliminary round. Coach Patrick Greveraars’ side secured a 3–2 (2–1) win in their match against second-placed FC Viktoria Köln, with Burak Kir and Nebe Domnic scoring for the hosts in the first half before captain Ben Hawighorst found the net after the break.
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