Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women)

Bayer Leverkusen

Full name	Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH
Nickname(s)	Werkself
Founded	1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)
Ground	Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Capacity	3,200
Sporting director	Achim Feifel[1]
Head coach	Roberto Pätzold[2]
League	Frauen-Bundesliga
2024–25	4th of 12
Website	bayer04.de
Home colours Away colours

Bayer 04 Leverkusen, also known as Bayer Leverkusen, Leverkusen, or simply known as Bayer, is a German women's football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football.

The origin of Bayer Leverkusen women's football section lies at the SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach, which in the 1970s and 1980s was the dominating club in German women's football. In that period Bergisch Gladbach won the national women's football championship nine times which today is still the record. They also won the DFB-Pokal three times. After the inception of the Bundesliga in 1990 their performance declined through the 1990s, eventually leading to relegation.

In 1996 the women's team moved from SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach to TuS Köln rrh. At Köln the team played mostly second-tier football with a few seasons in the third tier in between. Their greatest success was a semi-final appearance in the 2007–08 cup. However the team was not able to find sponsors, that would help to realize the team's ambitions of playing Bundesliga football again. Contemporaneously Bayer Leverkusen pronounced their interest to establish a women's football section of their own. On 25 June 2008 the women's football department of TuS Köln rrh. disbanded to join Bayer Leverkusen.

In their first season at Bayer Leverkusen the team finished 7th in the south group of the 2. Bundesliga. The following season Leverkusen became champions of the 2. Bundesliga and would thus play in the Bundesliga in the 2010–11 season. In its debut season the team finished 8th.

The following season the team finished 11th in the table, yet wasn't relegated as Hamburger SV announced its disestablishment of the women's section. Since the 2012–13 season, Leverkusen had been coached by Thomas Obliers, until his resignation in 2017. Leverkusen were relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga soon after.

As of 17 July 2025^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Charlotte Voll 2 DF  GER Selina Ostermeier 3 DF  GER Melissa Friedrich 5 DF  AUT Claudia Wenger 6 MF  GER Katharina Piljić 7 FW  DEN Cornelia Kramer 8 MF  GER Paulina Bartz 9 FW  CAN Caroline Kehrer 10 FW  GER Estrella Merino Gonzalez 11 MF  GER Kristin Kögel 13 FW  GER Vanessa Haim 16 MF  GER Sofie Zdebel 17 FW  AUT Valentina Mädl 18 DF  GER Julia Mickenhagen

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  GER Loreen Bender 21 FW  GER Vanessa Fudalla 22 MF  ENG Ruby Grant 24 DF  HUN Lilla Turányi 27 GK  GER Friederike Repohl 28 DF  CHN Shen Menglu 30 MF  GER Ida Daedalow 31 DF  GER Paula Schwartze 34 GK  GER Anne Moll 35 GK  GER Louisa Remien 37 DF  GER Carlotta Wamser 41 FW  GER Amy Wrigge 56 DF  FRA Juliette Vidal

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  NOR Julie Jorde (at Brøndby)

• Kurt-Rieß-Anlage (2008–2011)
• Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion (Amateurstadion) (2011–2016)
• Nachwuchsleistungszentrum Kurtekotten (2016–)

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