"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."
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 personalised 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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Can the Bayer 04 U19s capitalise on their successful UEFA Youth League opener against FC Copenhagen (2-0) a fortnight ago? The Werkself host PSV Eindhoven at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on Wednesday, 1 October (kick-off: 14:00 CEST/live stream on bayer04.de and on the Bayer 04 app) on matchday two in the league phase. Ahead of the clash with the top team from his native Netherlands, head coach Kevin Brok spoke about his own approach, the strengths of the opponents and the home game factor.
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Bayer 04 host Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven on matchday 2 in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League phase. Ahead of the game, Edmond Tapsoba spoke to Werkself TV about UCL nights at the BayArena, the reunion with his former Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz and what the defender and his team-mates have to be prepared for...
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New season, new partnership: TKD is a partner in the Bayer 04 Business Club. The contract between the Bundesliga club and the company based in neighbouring Langenfeld, who specialise in mobile working for companies, runs to 30 June 2026.
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A perfect start: Bayer 04 striker Alejo Sarco led Argentina to their first three points with a brace in the opening game of the U20 World Cup in Chile. The 19-year-old, who has been at Leverkusen since January, scored twice in the 3-1 win over Cuba on Monday night (CEST) to give Argentina a 2-0 lead at the break. His performance earned him the "Player of the Match" award after the game.
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