"It's a great sign that another player from our academy is knocking on the door of the Bundesliga squad," said Achim Feifel, Bayer 04 Women sporting director. "We want to carefully prepare Ida for the level and the intensity of the Bundesliga. She's a player with tremendous willingness, who works hard on herself and pursues clear goals." He also described Daedelow as "a very hard-running player with high resilience".
Daedelow moved to Leverkusen from SC Blau-Weiß 06 Köln in 2019 and passed through the U13, U15 and U17 teams, winning the U17 Bundesliga title with the latter in 2023. She's also made five appearances for the Germany U16 side. She's been a permanent fixture in the Bayer 04 Women's training group during the current pre-season.
"My grandad used to work at Bayer, so to sign a professional contract at Bayer 04 means a lot to me," said Daedelow, who's been given the number 30 shirt. "Since I started here, I've got closer and closer to the first team. It's a great feeling to now get there. I'm not going to shy away and I want to make my Bundesliga debut this year."
The meeting between fifth and sixth on Saturday afternoon (17 January, 15:30 CET) is a hard one to predict. While the Werkself can take confidence from their historic record at TSG Hoffenheim, the hosts are currently enjoying their second-best Bundesliga campaign and have lost just one of their last 10 games. Another good omen for Bayer 04: Daniel Schlager also refereed Leverkusen's last victory in Sinsheim (4-1). The Matchday News.
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At the end of the winter training camp in Portugal, the Bayer 04 Women convincingly mastered their friendly ahead of the start of the second half of the season. In the match against Swiss league leaders Servette FCCF, coach Roberto Pätzold's team won 3-0 at the Monte Gordo Sports Complex. Carlotta Wamser (4’), Vanessa Fudalla (18’) and Loreen Bender (53’) scored for Bayer 04, who have been preparing for the Rückrunde in the Algarve since last Saturday.
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The German Football League (DFL) has rescheduled the postponed fixture at Hamburger SV on Bundesliga matchday 17. The match, due to be played on Tuesday, has now been rescheduled for Wednesday, 4 March (kick-off: 20:30 CET).
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The Rückrunde is about to begin: The Werkself travel to TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday, 17 January (kick-off: 15:30 CET) on Bundesliga matchday 18. At the pre-match press conference on Friday lunchtime, head coach Kasper Hjulmand emphasised the double anticipation for the clash following Tuesday's postponement of the fixture at Hamburger SV. And he also talked about the tactical approach against an opponent on course for Champions League qualification.
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TSG Hoffenheim have had a tremendous season so far and are in absolute top form going into the new year. After another outstanding display against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Wednesday, TSG went above Bayer 04 in the table. On Saturday, 17 January (kick-off: 15:30 CET), coach Christian Ilzer's team will be looking to continue their run in the league against the Werkself. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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