Together with her new teammates, Carlotta Wamser stepped onto the training ground just before ten in the morning. The wingback signed from Eintracht Frankfurt reached the semi-finals with Germany at the Euros in July and she played her way into the limelight with her impressive performances in Switzerland. After a ten-day break, she is immediately working with her new club to lay the foundations for a successful new season. The Euros turned out to be less successful for Cornelia Kramer, who made her first appearance in the tournament finals like Wamser, with Denmark being knocked out in the group stages. The striker also returned to training on Monday morning. The duo worked individually while the rest of the team had lots of drills involving the ball.
Coach Roberto Pätzold had almost his full squad available for the first time this summer. Only Juliette Vidal and Amy Wrigge (both with slight muscular problems), Caroline Kehrer (knee) and Shen Menglu (torn cruciate) missed the session.
The Werkself started the pre-season at the end of June before the two-week break with friendlies against TSG Hoffenheim (0-2), PEC Zwolle (1-1) and Ajax (1-0). There are four more friendlies in the coming weeks: The Black and Reds play the Belgian club KVC Westerlo on Saturday, 9 August (13:00 CEST) at Kurtekotten and it’s the same venue a week later on Friday, 15 August (12:00 CEST, 3×45 minutes) against PSV Eindhoven from the Netherlands.
The training camp in Rieden (Bavaria) starts two days later with the Leverkusen Women fine tuning from 17 to 23 August for the start of the season. There is another friendly a day before returning on Friday, 22 August (14:00 CEST) with a game against VfL Wolfsburg. After the return to Leverkusen, the Pätzold team play Belgian club Standard Liège at Kurtekotten on Saturday, 30 August (16:00 CEST, 3×45 minutes). The new season in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga begins a week later on Saturday, 6 September (17:45 CEST, live on ARD, MagentaSport and DAZN) with the official opening fixture away to the German champions Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.
The summer timetable can be found HERE.
The first and only friendly of the summer at the BayArena is tonight: After the wins at Bochum (2-0) and Sittard (2-1), the Werkself host Pisa FC from Italy today, Tuesday 5 August (kick-off: 18:00 CEST/stadium opens: 15:00 CEST). Read on for the latest information on the match and the programme of events at the official Bayer 04 season launch…
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Bayer 04 and catering partner Bayer Gastronomie have revised the public catering offer at the BayArena. A moderate price revision has become unavoidable due to increased raw material, energy and staff costs. Beer will now cost €5.10 (plus 20 cents) and Bratwurst €4.40 (plus 10 cents).
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USA – it's common knowledge that everything here is supposed to be a bit bigger: The streets, the shops, the stadiums – and also the moments sometimes. For the Bayer 04 Leverkusen Inklusionswerkself (our team for athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities) participation in the Genuine World Cup 2025 in Huston was more than just a big tournament. It was an experience that left its mark – from a sporting, human and international perspective.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended the contract with Czechia international Patrik Schick. The striker has signed a contract to 30 June 2030 with the current Bundesliga runners-up. The existing contract between the Champions League side and the Leverkusen top striker of recent years was due to run to the summer of 2027.
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