"Maja has developed into a key player and an international at Bremen," explained Achim Feifel, sporting director of Bayer 04 Women. "She'll make us even more variable in attack and will give us a different profile in our attacking play with her dynamism and deep runs. She's also aggressive without the ball and a hardworking team player. We're looking forward to her arrival."
Born in Germany of Slovenian descent, Sternad moved to Bremen in 2021 from second-tier club DSC Arminia Bielefeld. She's scored 13 goals in 107 appearances in all competitions for Werder, including three in 23 games in the current campaign along with five assists. Having represented Germany at U15, U19 and U20 level, she switched allegiance to Slovenia, her father's homeland. She's won 10 caps for the senior team to date, registering one goal.
"The talks with Bayer 04 went very well and I immediately had a good gut feeling, so I didn't have to think long about making this move," said Sternad. "I'm very happy with the decision and I'm sure that we'll have a very good new season together, hopefully crowned with qualification for the Champions League."
The Bayer 04 Round of 16 tie in the 2026/27 DFB Pokal has been scheduled. The Werkself will host Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig on Wednesday, 2 December, at 18:00 CET. That was announced by the German Football Association (DFB).
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Video game developer Electronic Arts (EA), in collaboration with the Bundesliga, has announced the six nominees for the Bundesliga Player of the Month award for October 2026 – and Bayer 04’s Ibrahim Maza is among them. Fans of the Black and Reds can vote from now until Sunday 8 November (23:59 CET).
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On Tuesday night, the Leverkusen e-sports team played the first three of their six group stage matches in the second round of the 2026/27 VBL Club Championship. They were unable to secure more than a draw in either of their matches against FC Augsburg and VfB Stuttgart. The match against Bayern Munich ended in defeat.
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Once again, several Werkself players are set to represent their respective national teams during the final international break of the calendar year. Here is an overview of the Leverkusen players called up for international duty and the match dates. This will be updated regularly.
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