
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.
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

Four Bayer 04 players are in action at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being played in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January 2026: Eliesse Ben Seghir for the hosts, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Maza for Algeria and Christian Kofane with Cameroon. Updates on the AFCON matches involving Werkself players...
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Despite a courageous display, the Bayer 04 Women missed out on a surprise at the start of the second half of the Bundesliga season. Coach Roberto Pätzold's team lost 3-0 to league leaders Bayern Munich on Monday night. An early goal from the clinical visitors, a disputed penalty and another spot-kick prevented Leverkusen, who are seventh in the table on 22 points from 14 games, from picking up a point in front of 3,011 spectators at the sold-out Ulrich Haberland Stadium.
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