Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women)

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Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen logo.svg
Full nameBayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH
Nickname(s)Werkself
Founded1 July 2008; 13 years ago (2008-07-01)
GroundNachwuchsleistungszentrum Kurtekotten, Cologne
Capacity1,140
OwnerTSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen e. V.[1]
Sporting directorBert Neschen[2]
Head coachAchim Feifel[2]
LeagueFrauen-Bundesliga
2020–215th
WebsiteClub website

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.[2] The club plays in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top tier of German women's football.

History[]

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 , until his resignation in 2017. Leverkusen were relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga soon after.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 29 October 2020.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER
3 DF Germany GER
4 MF Poland POL Sylwia Matysik
5 MF Germany GER
6 MF Germany GER
7 MF Germany GER Jessica Wich
8 DF Germany GER
9 FW Germany GER
10 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Milena Nikolić
11 FW Germany GER
13 DF Germany GER Caroline Siems
14 DF Germany GER
16 MF Germany GER
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Switzerland  SUI
18 DF Germany GER
19 FW Hungary HUN Dóra Zeller
20 MF Serbia SRB
21 DF Switzerland  SUI Irina Pando
23 DF Germany GER
24 DF Hungary HUN Lilla Turányi
26 MF Germany GER
27 GK Germany GER Friederike Abt
30 MF Switzerland  SUI Lara Marti
31 MF Germany GER Verena Wieder
33 GK Germany GER

Former players[]

For details of current and former players, see Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players.

Seasons[]

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts DFB-Pokal
2008–09 2nd Bundesliga (south) (II) 7 6 7 9 47 40 25 2nd round
2009–10 2nd Bundesliga (south) 1 17 3 2 62 19 54 Round of 16
2010–11 Bundesliga (I) 8 6 3 13 32 67 21 2nd round
2011–12 Bundesliga (I) 11 4 3 15 22 55 15 2nd round
2012–13 Bundesliga (I) 8 6 8 8 31 40 26 2nd round
2013–14 Bundesliga (I) 7 7 5 10 44 38 26 3rd round
2014–15 Bundesliga (I) 9 5 5 12 23 42 20 Round of 16
2015–16 Bundesliga (I) 10 6 3 13 21 56 21 Round of 16
2016–17 Bundesliga (I) 11 2 3 17 16 53 9 Semi-finals
2017–18 2nd Bundesliga (south) 3 13 2 7 47 37 41 2nd round
2018–19 Bundesliga (I) 10 5 3 14 22 75 18 Quarter-finals
2019–20 Bundesliga (I) 10 5 2 15 22 51 17 Semi-finals
2020–21 Bundesliga (I) 5 10 3 9 32 39 33 2nd round
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Stadia[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Ford, Matt (14 May 2020). "Bundesliga: 'Geisterspiele, 'Gegenpressing' and other useful German football words". DW. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "INFOS". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "UNSER TEAM". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

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