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).
Round-up of key dates:
The long-standing successful collaboration between Bayer 04 and the transport service provider wupsi GmbH has been expanded: From January 2026, 100 wupsi bikes with Bayer 04 branding will be available for hire throughout the city of Leverkusen. They will complement the many existing offers and services that provide key support, especially for fans travelling to and from home matches at the BayArena.
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Four Bayer 04 players are in action at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being played in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January 2026: Eliesse Ben Seghir for the hosts, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Maza for Algeria and Christian Kofane with Cameroon. Updates on the AFCON matches involving Werkself players...
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After a two-week winter break, the Werkself resume training on Sunday, 4 January. The first session in 2026 at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium starts at 11:00 and is open to fans. Bayer 04 look forward to welcoming supporters at the start of 2026. The Werkself schedule for the new year.
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After being nominated for the Bundesliga Goal of the Year 2025, Martin Terrier's wonderful strike for the opener against FC Köln is now also up for selection for the ARD Sportschau Goal of the Month award for December 2025. Bayer 04 fans have until 19:00 CET on 10 January to vote for the French forward.
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