"Cornelia quickly developed into a very important mainstay in our attack last season thanks to her enormous goal threat, but also due to her very high work rate, and she made an important contribution to our joint success," said Achim Feifel, Bayer 04 Women’s team sporting director: "She is a very ambitious player aiming to achieve even more. That makes her very valuable to our team."
In 2024/25, the Denmark international, who joined Leverkusen from HB Køge in her home country, became the Werkself's top scorer in her very first season. Her twelve goals in her first 22 Bundesliga games have not been added to this term as Kramer has only played four league games this term after being sidelined for several weeks with a muscle injury. The 23-year-old striker has earned five international caps for Denmark to date (scoring one goal).
"I'm very happy to be playing for Bayer 04 and feel very comfortable with all the people here, who have a lot of confidence in me. We have a great foundation we can build on as a team," says Kramer: "After the long injury break, I'm only looking ahead from now on, I want to keep scoring lots of goals and give everything for my team to compete with the top three."
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended Abdoulaye Faye’s contract by a further year to 30 June 2031. During the 2026/27 season, the talented defender will play for Celta Vigo on loan without an option to buy. The 21-year-old Senegalese is set to feature in La Liga and the UEFA Europa League with last season’s sixth-placed side in Spain.
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The Werkself's training camp in Weimarer Land all in one place: in our daily blog you'll find all the insights and updates from the day. The programme on day one (Sunday 2 August) includes a media round with managing director sport Simon Rolfes, free time for the team after the friendly against Rot-Weiss Essen and before an intensive week of training begins, as well as a coffee get-together where CEO Fernando Carro and Rolfes met around 100 fans in the afternoon.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have agreed Kerim Alajbegovic’s transfer to Italian record champions Juventus. The club brought the 18-year-old attacking player back to Leverkusen this summer via a buy-back option, following a season at Red Bull Salzburg. Until his move to Austria, the Bosnia international had been playing for Bayer 04’s Under-19s.
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A warm welcome to the Weimarer Land, Bayer 04! The Werkself moved into their accommodation for this year’s training camp on Saturday evening. In Blankenhain, Thuringia, head coach Carles Martínez’s team have a programme of gruelling training sessions – several of which will be open to fans – and team-building activities lined up for the next six days. We’ll be following the Werkself up close and providing you with exclusive insights, quotes, photos and videos from the training camp.
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With 22 days to go until the start of the Bundesliga campaign, the Bayer 04 Women’s team have gained a fresh boost of confidence. In a friendly against Belgian top-flight side KRC Genk on Saturday afternoon, coach Roberto Pätzold’s team secured a 1–0 win. Lobke Loonen (20’) scored the winner for the Black and Reds at the Kurtekotten training centre.
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