“With her vast experience at national and international level, Carolin can become a face of our team,” said Thomas Eichin, director of professional teams, who is also responsible for the Bayer 04 Women: "She brings a special winning mentality that will do us a lot of good."
“We're incredibly excited about Carolin. She has been playing at the absolute top level for years and is always successfully involved in attacking actions with her outstanding left foot,” said Achim Feifel, the Bayer 04 Women’s team sporting director: "With her wealth of experience and her personality, she will also help the young players in the team to develop further and play an important role for us.”
Simon has won the German league title five times since moving to Munich from Olympique Lyon in the summer of 2019, and she also won the DFB Pokal in 2024/25. In the current campaign, with FC Bayern winning their fourth championship title in a row last Wednesday and also reaching the DFB Pokal final again, she has made 14 Bundesliga appearances and played in four DFB Pokal ties. Born in Kassel, she played a total of 22 international matches for Germany between 2016 and 2023, including four at the 2019 World Cup. She has made 259 Bundesliga appearances (29 goals) to date, including 70 of those games in a Bayer 04 jersey from 2013 to 2016.
“I had really good talks with the people in charge, I'm keen to take on an extremely cool challenge and I'm definitely happy to be coming back to Leverkusen. I had a great time here back then and both the club and I have developed a lot since then,” says Simon: “I'm looking forward to seeing one or two familiar faces, but also to all the new impressions and experiences I'll gain. I'm expecting a young squad with a lot of potential and I want to help them become even more successful in a leadership role.”
It has been a long time since feeling what it’s like to come away empty-handed. The last – and so far only – defeat of the season, in Elversberg, was two months ago. Since then, Bayer 04 have followed that up with seven wins and a draw. Now it has happened again away to TSG Hoffenheim. As the match progressed, the Werkself grew in confidence and “could even have scored the opening goal”, as Robert Andrich said after the game. In the end, it was the side from Sinsheim who sealed a 3–0 victory after “hectic closing stages” (kicker). The Werkself review.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04 Women's 0-2 loss at 1. FC Nürnberg on Matchday 8 of the 2026/27 Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga.
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Werkself TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 0-3 loss at TSG Hoffenheim on Matchday 7 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season...
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After nine points from their first three away matches of the 2026/27 season, the Bayer 04 Women suffered their first away defeat on Sunday afternoon. The 2-0 defeat away to FC Nürnberg, who were winless before today, represented a setback for coach Roberto Pätzold’s team in the race for the top spots in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga. Fany Pronietz scored both goals (62’, 85’) for the home side.
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