For five players, the training camp in Sosnowitz ended early following the morning session on Sunday. Goalkeeper Anne Moll, Paulina Bartz, Delice Boboy, Estrella Merino Gonzalez and Julia Mickenhagen have been given an extra day off due to their participation in the U19 EURO and therefore flew back to Germany before the rest of the team. Bartz had watched the training sessions as well as the 5-1 friendly win against Czarni Sosnowiec from the sidelines due to illness.
Like on Saturday, Kristin Kögel, Sofia Cava Marin and Selina Ostermeier were absent with knocks. Loreen Bender, Janou Levels, Ida Daedelow and academy goalkeeper Louisa Remien also sat out team training as a precaution. In contrast, centre-back Melissa Friedrich, who returned to full training the previous day following her ankle ligament tear, joined in again.
After sprints and athletic exercises to start with, the rest of the group worked on passing and match stamina. Following seven previous sessions on the pitch since the start of the camp, the girls summoned all their reserves for the final game in bright sunshine.
Regeneration was the focus of the final afternoon in Katowice. In the fitness room of the Hotel Monopol, the Bayer 04 women completed a one-hour yoga session to relax. For the rest of the day, everyone had the opportunity to explore the pretty old town of Katowice at their leisure.
After the final training session on Monday morning and lunch at the hotel, the Werkself will fly back to Düsseldorf. They then have two days off, before training resumes at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre on Thursday. Until the start of competitive action, there are three more friendlies against international opponents: at RSC Anderlecht on 11 August (kick-off 14:00 CEST), at Standard Liège on 17 August (14:30 CEST) and against Fortuna Sittard on 23 August (14:00 CEST).
The new Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga season kicks off on 31 August (14:00 CEST) with the game at SC Freiburg, followed a week later by the second round of the DFB Cup. The full summer schedule and key dates for the women's team can be found HERE.
The Bundesliga has announced the nominees for the ‘Top Goal of the Month’ award for October. Fans of the Werkself can now vote for, amongst others, Robert Andrich’s stunning volley from the match against Mainz 05 or Moussa Diaby’s curling shot into the top corner from the same fixture. Voting, exclusively on the Bundesliga app, remains open until Sunday, 8 November (23:59 CET).
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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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