
Head coach Achim Feifel said about the 21-year-old central defender: “Lilla has great ability in her position. She’s a ball-winning player with very good anticipation and good timing at set pieces. She also has a very strong winning mentality,” said the 55-year-old. “We are totally impressed by her potential and are very happy she has decided to sign for Bayer 04.” Turanyi has a two-year contract at Bayer 04.
Summer signings:
Lilla Turanyi (MTK Hungária Budapest), Nina Brüggemann (SGS Essen), Viktoria Pinther (SC Sand), Verena Wieder (SC Freiburg), Kristin Kögel (Bayern Munich), Sylwia Matysik (Gornik Leczna/Poland), Lara Marti (FC Basel/Switzerland), Chiara Bücher (SC 13 Bad Neuenahr U17s ), Selina Garofalo (Bayer 04 U23 Women), Joyce Prabel and Sofie Zdebel (both Bayer 04 U17 players)

Barely two weeks since beating St. Pauli in the DFB Pokal quarter-finals, Bayer 04 again welcome the Hamburg club to the BayArena for Matchday 22 in the Bundesliga this Saturday (kick-off: 15:30 CET). The visitors received a welcome confidence boost last weekend with a win over VfB Stuttgart, but the head-to-head record is still very much in Leverkusen’s favour, which Kasper Hjulmand’s team will look to maintain. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game in our matchday news.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 2-1 win against FC Köln on the 18th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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In preparation for the Bundesliga home match against FC St. Pauli on Saturday, 14 February (kick-off: 15:30 CET), the Werkself had a full week of training for the first time since the first match in 2026. At the press conference ahead of the clash against the relegation-threatened Kiezkicker, coach Kasper Hjulmand spoke about the intensive work during the week and the lessons learnt. The Dane also announced the good news that Ibrahim Maza is available again.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen are strengthening the squad for next season with the addition of Serbia U19 international Aleksa Damjanovic. The 17-year-old centre-forward is set to join the Bundesliga club in the summer from Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade. Damjanovic, who also has Austrian citizenship, has signed a long-term contract.
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