
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

Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 1-3 loss against Werder Bremen on the 26th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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Bayer 04 could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Hamburg in the final game of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season as they finish in sixth place and qualify for the UEFA Europa League. Patrik Schick missed a first-half penalty before Fabio Vieira put the visitors ahead on the hour. Jarell Quansah’s deflected header in the 79th minute earned a point to finish the campaign.
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