Head coach Roberto Pätzold will lead the first training session of the year at the training ground at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre on Monday, 6 January, starting at 11.30 CET. The first friendly during the winter break will be played at the same venue four days later against the Belgian side Anderlecht. The Leverkusen Women then have a winter training camp in Oliva Nova on the Spanish Mediterranean coast from Sunday 12 January to Sunday 19 January. The team will play two friendlies there.
The Werkself return to action in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga a week before the normal restart. On Sunday, 26 January (kick-off: 12.00 CET), captain Friederike Repohl and Co. play SC Freiburg in the rearranged fixture from Matchday 1. Five days later there is an away game at Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 13 on Friday, 31 January (18.30 CET).
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Following the Bundesliga clash against RB Leipzig (Sunday, 20 September, 15:30 CEST), some of the Werkself first team players will be heading off for the first international break of the season. Here is an overview of the Bayer 04 players called up for their national teams and all the details of their upcoming matches.
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A special visit to the BayArena: 222 members from volunteer fire brigades in Leverkusen, the Rheinisch-Bergisch district and the Oberbergisch district watched the Werkself’s 2–0 home win over Slovenian champions NK Celje live in the stadium. Bayer 04 had invited them to the 2026/27 Europa League opener as a thank-you for their tremendous dedication. They watched the match together in Block F4.
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The Bayer 04 U19s have extended their winning run with a fifth consecutive victory on Matchday 5 of the DFB Youth League’s preliminary round. Coach Patrick Greveraars’ side secured a 3–2 (2–1) win in their match against second-placed FC Viktoria Köln, with Burak Kir and Nebe Domnic scoring for the hosts in the first half before captain Ben Hawighorst found the net after the break.
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Bayer 04 will have to manage without defender Guéla Doué for the time being. The Ivory Coast international sustained a muscle injury to his right calf during the final Werkself training session yesterday ahead of the Europa League clash with Slovenian champions NK Celje.
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Two home matches on Saturday afternoons and three long away trips: the German Football Association (DFB) has finalised the fixtures for a further five matchdays in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga. This means all of the Bayer 04 Women’s team league fixtures are now confirmed up to the end of November.
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