
“Caro is a real team player, who’s appreciated by everyone. She’s battled back time and time again from difficult periods during her time with us,” said sporting director Achim Feifel. “After three years, she’s now seeking a new challenge in Bremen. We wish her all the best for her future career.”
Siems joined Leverkusen in summer 2021 from English Women’s Super League club Aston Villa, going on to make 40 competitive appearances (three goals). All 12 of Siems’ appearances this season have come in the Bundesliga, with six of them starts. The former Germany youth international previously played at Turbine Potsdam between 2015 and 2020, including three years in the Bundesliga.
“It wasn’t an easy decision for me, but I feel ready for a new step,” said Siems. “I had three great and eventful years full of valuable experiences. Also at the times when things weren’t going well, I was always able to count on the support of the club, the team and the backroom staff.”

Attacking midfielder Paulina Bartz is leaving Bayer 04 Leverkusen for good on a permanent move to Hamburger SV in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga. The 21-year-old, who was on loan to the newly promoted side in the winter, originally had a contract to 2027.
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The Bayer 04 Football School opened in 2007 – now this successful programme is getting a new name and a new logo: with immediate effect, the Bayer 04 Football School powered by BarmeniaGothaer is becoming the Bayer 04 Football Academy powered by BarmeniaGothaer.
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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 as he worked 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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The sustainable use of the BayArena seats removed as part of the current stadium upgrade has taken on a new dimension: Following on from numerous Bayer 04 fans receiving their ‘Undefeated Champions seats’ and various clubs and community organisations from Leverkusen and the wider region having collected the dismantled seats, Blau-Gelbe Kreuz e.V. also made their way to the BayArena recently. The German-Ukrainian aid organisation took away around 2,100 seats; in Ukraine, these will be used to upgrade the sports infrastructure of two clubs.
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