Germany began the final game in Group B with goalkeeper Anne Moll, captain Paulina Bartz, Julia Mickenhagen and Estrella Merino Gonzalez in the starting XI, Delice Boboy came on as a substitute on 76 minutes. The team led by Germany coach Michael Urbansky went in to half-time 1-0 down due to a goal from Noemí Bejarano (14’). Late on in the second half, Spain doubled their lead with a strike from Paula Comendador making it 2-0 (88’) to secure a slot in the semi-finals.
For the Germany U19 side, including the Bayer 04 quintet, the European Championships ends with the group stage. Spain face England in the last four with Netherlands playing France in the other semi-final. The final is on Saturday 27 July with the kick-off at 17.00 CEST.
Strengthening the Bayer 04 Leverkusen youth teams: Konstantinos Kotsifakis will join the Werkself from Bundesliga 2 club Hertha Berlin for the 2026/27 season, where he will be a permanent member of the Leverkusen U19 coaching set-up. The German-Greek will also take on an operational role in coaching the Bayer 04 Future Team. The 29-year-old was most recently head coach of the U17s at Hertha Berlin.
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Another award for the Bayer 04 head groundsman and staff: After coming top in the 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2024/25 seasons, the BayArena pitch came second in the Bundesliga Pitch of the Year ranking for the 2025/26 season. VfL Wolfsburg secured the top spot this year, with TSG Hoffenheim in third place.
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Opening opponents, derby weekends, the opponents in the season finale: This information and more will be available to Bayer 04 fans on Thursday, 2 July, when the 2026/27 Bundesliga fixture list is published.
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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 personal 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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