"Emilie immediately established herself as a valuable part of the defence without any teething problems," said Achim Feifel, the Bayer 04 Women's team sporting director: "At the same time, we see a lot of potential in her that she can continue to develop over the coming years. That's why we are very happy with the agreement with Bayern Munich."
Bragstad played 21 of 22 matches in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga for Bayer 04 in the 2023/24 season and scored two goals. There were also two appearances in the DFB Pokal. The 22-year-old joined Leverkusen on loan in the summer of 2023 after winning the German league title with the Munich side.
"After a good season here at Leverkusen, I'm convinced I can get even better and that we can achieve a lot more as a team as well," said Bragstad: "I'd like to continue in helping us to further strengthen our defence and I'd also like to contribute even more in attack."
The Werkself are away to Arminia Bielefeld in the semi-finals of the 2024/25 DFB Pokal. That was the outcome of the draw held today Sunday, 2 March, at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. DFB sporting managing director Andreas Rettig hosted the draw with Gerald Asamoah drawing out the teams.
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Bayer 04 are showing no signs of weakness in away games in the Bundesliga and are happily carrying on with runs and records. The 4-1 victory over third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt was an impressive demonstration by last season's double winners and the victors were suitably delighted – the Werkself review.
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Bayer 04 are away at Eintracht Frankfurt this Saturday as third hosts second on Bundesliga Matchday 24 (kick-off at 6.30pm CET). Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game at Deutsche Bank Park in our matchday news.
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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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