The 26-year-old joined Leverkusen from league rivals SGS Essen in the summer of 2022. She has made 41 appearances under the Bayer Cross and scored one goal. Senß became captain of the Werkself shortly after she signed for the club and this season has made her debut for Germany. The Germany coach Horst Hrubesch called up the Oldenburg-born player to the squad last December and she made her first appearance in Rostock on 1 December in the 3-0 win against Denmark in the UEFA Women’s Nations League. At the end of February, she qualified with Germany for the Olympic Games in Paris.
"Of course, Elisa's departure is a pity from our point of view but that has come through her success. If we develop a player successfully then it's normal that they will move on to another club at some point," said Thomas Eichin, director of professional teams whose responsibilities include the Women’s teams at Bayer 04. He recalled the departures of Jill Baijings and Lisanne Gräwe last season and added: "Transfers like that are all part of it. We will stick to our approach and focus on training and development in the future. We look forward to Elisa continuing to follow a successful path. Other young players will be able to take more responsibility next season and grow into this role."
Achim Feifel, sporting director of the Bayer 04 Women's team, said: "Elisa has always worked flat out for the club and the team as captain and now sees her next step in Frankfurt. We wish her all the best." The 59-year-old added: “She came to us with a high performance level from Essen. She has come to the attention of the DFB over the past two years, also due to the overall development of the team, and has stepped up to the national side."
"I had an incredibly great time in Leverkusen full of positive experiences. I've always felt at home here and I am grateful to the club, teammates and staff for being able to develop so well here," said Senß: “A lot of confidence was shown in me from the start as captain and I was able to express myself in that role. The move to Frankfurt offers me a new challenge and the chance to continue to develop." Until then she will continue to focus on the remaining games with Bayer 04. "We will focus 100% on the league after the exit from the Pokal. We said we wanted to finish in the top five at the start of the season. That remains our aim," said Senß.
This special event showed once again how strong Bayer 04 are as a team: As part of ‘BarmeniaGothaer gives joy’, the Werkself players Edmond Tapsoba, Ibrahim Maza and Christian Kofane supported the sale of individually designed T-shirts for a good cause at the Fanwelt on Thursday. Several hundred fans came to take part in the charity campaign. Leverkusen's main sponsor BarmeniaGothaer donated the proceeds to the Fondation Edmond Tapsoba, which helps people in Tapsoba's home country of Burkina Faso in their challenging everyday lives.
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With three games to play before the end of the season, the Bayer 04 Women can break one record and equal another at SGS Essen. After three wins on the bounce, coach Roberto Pätzold's team are aiming to maintain the chance of third place in Sunday’s away game (14:00 CEST, Stadion an der Hafenstraße).
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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 personalised 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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From Ouagadougou to Leverkusen – and back: in March, Bayer 04 travelled with Edmond Tapsoba for a special project in his homeland Burkina Faso. The country where his roots and heart lie. The country where he’s more than a world-class defender: a symbol of hope and a role model for an entire generation. The result is a 45-minute documentary about Tapsoba’s long journey from Africa via Portugal to Leverkusen, which offers extraordinary, one-off and emotional insights.
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Edmond Tapsoba has signed an early extension to his contract with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. With two years left on his current deal, the 27-year-old Burkina Faso international has extended his contract until 30 June 2031. The centre-back joined as a young talent from Portuguese top-flight club Vitoria Guimaraes at the start of 2020.
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