Six other clubs from the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga were granted this status as of 1 January 2025. The female performance and talent support centres were introduced to professionalise and sustainably strengthen the youth development areas in the Women's Bundesliga and regional leagues. Following a pilot phase last year, the first six clubs were recognised as performance and talent support centres at the start of 2025.
DFB performance and talent support centres primarily differ in terms of structural and minimum staffing requirements. Clubs must submit their documentation by 31 March 2026 to be recognised for the 2026/2027 season.
Since April, Daniel Ziegler has held the newly created position of Sporting Director Girls at Bayer 04, while the 28-year-old also coaches the U23s, the oldest of the club's five youth teams. The full-time positions held by Ziegler and his fellow U23 coach Mirko Casper are part of the DFB requirements for recognition as a talent support centre.
Bayer 04 host Borussia Mönchengladbach at the BayArena on matchday 12 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. The schedule for the game remains to be confirmed. The latest information on ticket sales.
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Bayer 04 host Eintracht Frankfurt at the BayArena on matchday 14 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. The schedule for the game remains to be confirmed. The latest information on ticket sales.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04 Women's 0-1 loss at Bayern Munich in the round of 16 of the women's DFB-Pokal 2026/27
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“As far as mentality and determination are concerned, we have nothing to reproach ourselves for,” Robert Andrich said up after the first home defeat for the Werkself this term. In terms of their play, too, the Black and Reds put in a respectable performance for long stretches of this intense and physical match, outperforming VfB Stuttgart in most areas. It was only in terms of efficiency in front of goal that the Swabians had the edge over the Werkself. Head coach Carles Martínez wants to learn from this so that, in future, they can “win this sort of match too”. The Werkself review.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career working as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personal Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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