Cornelia Kramer made her first start for Denmark in the UEFA Women's Nations League. In her third international, the Leverkusen top goalscorer from last season was on the pitch in the 1-0 win against Wales until added time. Four days later, the 22-year-old came on at the start of the second half but was unable to help her team avoid a 6-1 defeat against Sweden. Denmark finished Group A4 in third place and are now in the relegation play-offs at the end of October.
Karolina Lea Vilhjalmsdottir also faces the play-offs to stay in League A with Iceland. The 23-year-old, who is set to leave Bayer 04 after two years on loan, was in the starting line-up for the 1-1 draw in Norway and the 2-0 defeat in France. Iceland finished third in Group A2 on four points after six games. The play-off matches to stay in League A will be played between 22 and 28 October, the draw for the matches between the second placed teams in League B has yet to be made.
Her Werkself teammate Lilla Turanyi had a less happy time with Hungary during the international break. Hungary's Women's Player of the Year in 2022 did play the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 defeat in Serbia and the 0-0 draw against Belarus. As one of the two worst third-placed teams in League B, Hungary go straight down to League C after picking up four points in six games.
The Germany U23 team coached by Kathrin Peter had two friendlies against the USA. Winger Julia Mickenhagen was in the starting line-up in the 2-1 defeat in the first match but the Germany U23s won 2-1 in the second game against the USA Women. The 20-year-old came on in the closing stages of the match and helped to secure the victory.
The Leverkusen duo of Estrella Merino Gonzalez and Delice Boboy celebrated two wins with the Germany U19s in two friendlies. First, the U19s – with right-back Merino Gonzalez and striker Boboy in the starting line-up – beat England 3-2. Four days later, the 18-year-old Boboy, who is set to join RB Leipzig next season, scored a brace in a 4-0 victory over France. Both Werkself players started in this match as well.
The Werkself are away to FC Copenhagen to kick off the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign. The match at the current champions of Denmark will be played on Thursday, 18 September at 18:45. Read on for information on ticket sales.
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The new Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga season begins on the biggest possible stage for the Bayer 04 Women. More than 50,000 tickets have already been sold for the opening match on Saturday, 6 September (17.45 CEST, live on ARD, MagentaSport and DAZN) away to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena - a league record attendance! Thomas Eichin, the director of professional teams, will accompany the team to Munich, as will Fernando Carro, the Bayer 04 CEO. In an interview with bayer04.de, Eichin explains the key factors ahead of the opening clash.
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In cooperation with the Academy of eSports, ambitious gamers were once again given the chance this summer to secure a place in the #B04eSports team via a multi-stage tournament format. Keanu Senkbeil was selected by committee, making the 18-year-old the new eTalent at Bayer 04 and giving him the opportunity to develop both as a player and personally and gain his first experience in the world of professional virtual football.
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The exact dates for the second round of the 2025/26 DFB Pokal have been finalised. Accordingly, Bayer 04's away match at Bundesliga 2 side SC Paderborn 07 will be played on Wednesday, 29 October at 18:00 CET (live on Sky). This was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) today, Wednesday.
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Two new signings made their debuts for Bayer 04 on Wednesday in a 60-minute friendly against FC Viktoria Köln: The match against the neighbouring third division club during the first international break of the season marked the debuts of Lucas Vázquez and Ezequiel Fernández. The Werkself took the lead in the second minute through Christian Kofane. Malik Tillman increased the lead to 2-0 with a penalty after the break (36'). Shortly before the final whistle, Viktoria's Raphael Ott reduced the deficit to 2-1 (53').
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