6.07.2021Women

2021/22 fixture list: Women start at newly-promoted Jena

The team led by head coach Achim Feifel are away to newly-promoted FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the first match of the new season in the FLYERALARM Women’s Bundesliga. The first home game under the Bayer Cross is a week later against SGS Essen. After a season without any derby games, there is a renewal of the Rhine clash with FC Köln at the start of November following their return to the top flight. The Leverkusen Women end the first half of the season with two tough games against champions Bayern Munich and cup winners VfL Wolfsburg.

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The league campaign kicks off on the weekend of 27-29 August; the Werkself Women are at home to VfL Wolfsburg (10-12 December) at the end of the first half of the season. The final match ahead of New Year and the opening fixture of the first half of the season will be played on 17-19 December. After an eight-week winter break, the FLYERALARM Women’s Bundesliga restarts on the first weekend in February (4-6). The last matchday of the season is on 15 May.

The second round of the DFB Cup, when Bayer 04 and the other Bundesliga clubs join the competition, is planned for 25/26 September.

BAYER 04 women's fixtures:

Matchday 1, 27-29.8. (Return game : 17-19.12.)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena vs Bayer 04

Matchday 2, 3-5.9. (Return game: 4-6.2.2022)
Bayer 04 vs SGS Essen

Matchday 3, 10-12.9. (Return game: 11-13.2.2022)
Bayer 04 vs Turbine Potsdam

Matchday 4, 1-3.10. (Return game: 4-6.3.2022)
Werder Bremen vs Bayer 04

Matchday 5, 8.-10.10. (Return game: 11.-13.03.2022)
Bayer 04 vs SC Sand

Matchday 6, 15-17.10. (Return game: 18.-20.03.2022)
SC Freiburg vs Bayer 04

Matchday 7, 5-7.11. (Return game: 25-27.3.2022)
Bayer 04 vs FC Köln

Matchday 8, 12.-14.11 (Return game: 1-3.4.2022)
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs Bayer 04

Matchday 9, 19-21.11. (Return game: 22-24.4.2022)
Bayer 04 vs Eintracht Frankfurt

Matchday 10, 03.-05.12. (Return game: 6-8.5.2022)
FC Bayern Munich vs Bayer 04

Matchday 11, 10.-12.12. (Return game: 15.5.2022)
Bayer 04 vs VfL Wolfsburg

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