"We are happy to have signed a feisty, fast and skilled striker. Vanessa is an experienced player, is impressive with good runs into spaces in the opposition defence and has already demonstrated her goal threat in the Bundesliga at Nürnberg," said Achim Feifel, Bayer 04 Women's team sporting director.
Haim, born in Landsberg, joined newly promoted Nürnberg last summer after five years with the second division outfit FC Ingolstadt. She scored five of the 16 goals scored by FC Nürnberg in 20 top-flight appearances.
"The experience of my first season in the Bundesliga is really valuable after the big change from the second division. I want to build on that here at Bayer 04," said Haim: "It's important for me to develop and above all help the team to achieve our targets with my pace."
From the 2027/28 season, the Women’s Bundesliga will be organised by an independent league association. Following the unanimous decision taken at the DFB Bundestag (national conference) on Friday afternoon, the league’s separation from the DFB is now official.
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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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