
The team under Gerardo Seoane, who takes over as head coach at Bayer 04 on 1 July, will start the pre-season on the Monday with a full day of performance diagnostics at the BayArena. The Werkself players will be split up into groups of three and the day will also include medical diagnostics.
Seoane will hold his first session on the training ground on 6 July. Pre-season friendlies are still being worked on.
Bayer 04 will hold the summer training camp in Salzburger Land for the eighth time. The players and staff will be based at the Hotel Tauern Spa in Kaprun from 16 to 23 July and they will train at the Alois Latini Stadium in Zell am See. With the exception of last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Werkself have visited Salzburger Land every year since 2013.
The first match for Bayer 04 in the 2021/22 season is on the weekend of 6 to 9 August (First Round of the DFB Cup). The first Bundesliga matchday is a week later (13-15 August).

The German Football Association (DFB) has officially recognised Bayer 04 as a women’s talent support centre. As announced by the DFB, 1 FC Köln, Union Berlin, RB Leipzig and Hamburger SV are also certified as performance or talent support centres from 1 January 2026 in addition to the Werkself.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 0-1 loss at Werder Bremen on the 13th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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Bayer 04 Women suffered a setback at the halfway point of the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga. In a battle of the chasing pack between the teams in third and fourth, coach Roberto Pätzold's side lost 1-0 at SV Werder Bremen in a physical contest. The result leaves the Werkself on 22 points after 13 matchdays and now four points behind Bremen.
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The penultimate Bundesliga matchday of the calendar year marks the end of an eventful first half of the season for the Bayer 04 Women. After seven wins, one draw and four defeats from the first twelve games of the season, coach Roberto Pätzold's team can go above Werder Bremen in the table with a win on Friday, 12 December (kick-off: 18:30 CET).
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