Bayern Munich hosts SC Freiburg today in the third matchday of the Frauen-Bundesliga season. The Bavarians are a perfect 2-0-0 so far while Freiburg has a win and a draw and sit in seventh place, near where they finished last season.
Last time out, Bayern equaled a club-record Bundesliga unbeaten run (44 matches), so this one is for the breakthrough.
The Bavarians welcomed back Giulia Gwinn and Lena Oberdorf recently and Sarah Zadrazil could be next in line to make her comeback. While Freiburg has not customarily given Bayern nightmares, this team is not taking anything for granted.
"Feiburg are a young team who've made a really good impression so far," Bayern coach José Barcala shared ahead of the match (as captured by FCBayern.com). "They have a clear plan, are very well organized and know exactly when they need to go and press. They can also always pose a threat with their quick movements in between the lines.
"When you're not coordinated in how you press against them or are too passive in defending, you can quickly have problems. We need to focus on every detail and definitely can't underestimate them. It certainly won't be an easy game."

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FC Bayern Women made it 10 Bundesliga wins in a row with a commanding 5-0 victory away at Köln on Saturday, with all the goals coming in the first half. Sydney Lohmann got things going on 11 minutes at the Franz-Kremer-Stadion in Cologne. Klara Bühl then hit a brace either side of captain Lina Magull's finish, before Maximiliane Rall rounded off the scoring on the stroke of half-time.
The result moves Bayern on to 40 points in second place in the Bundesliga, just two points off leaders Wolfsburg, who come to Munich next weekend.
Head coach Alexander Straus made just one change to the team that beat Duisburg 4-0 at home last weekend. Goalkeeper Maria Luisa Grohs was available again after illness and replaced Laura Benkarth. Bayern were without Giulia Gwinn (cruciate ligament), Linda Dallmann (ankle), Carolin Simon (muscular) and Tainara (ankle) in Cologne.
The visitors started well and quickly made it clear that they intended to take all three points back to Munich. Lohmann came close to opening the scoring inside 10 minutes with an effort from the edge of the box, but was denied by the post. However, there was no stopping her only moments later when she pinched the ball off defender Celina Degen and found the far corner. Top scorer Lea Schüller could have doubled the advantage but was thwarted by goalkeeper Manon Klett.
Die Frauen continued to dominate the play and were finally two goals up on 22 minutes when Bühl drove in from the left and found the near bottom corner. The ball was in the Köln net again shortly after when Magull exchanged passes with Georgia Stanway to finish the move. Things weren't over there, either. Lohmann glided into the box on 37 minutes, getting past several defenders before laying the ball back to Bühl to tap in the fourth. And on the stroke of half-time, Rall made it five from Schüller's square ball.

#bayern #ball #cologne

It's the first game of the season for the Bayern Munich women!
The FC Bayern Frauen kick it off in the women's edition of the DFL-Supercup against familiar foes VfL Wolfsburg. The Bavarians bested the She-Wolves 4-2 in last year's Supercup, and went on to a domestic double with the Bundesliga ****** le as well.
"It's the first chance to win a ****** le. We want to keep raising our standards, hone our style of play and improve every single player both physically and technically. Such hard-fought and challenging matches help our team grow," said Bayern coach José Barcala in his pre-match comments captured via FCBayern.com.
Added center-back Glódís Viggósdóttir: "It's always special to play against Wolfsburg. We share a history of great and thrilling encounters – I love such matches. I'm really looking forward to a match where there's something at stake."
According to the club website, Bayern will be missing Anna Klink, Giulia Gwinn, Vanessa Gilles, Edna Imade, Franziska, Lena Oberdorf, and Sarah Zadrazil.

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FC Bayern Munich have announced they will host a Team Day on the FC Bayern Campus in Munich on August 17th. The senior men's and women's teams — both double winners from last season — will return from their Asian tours and have public trainings at the campus. There will also be interactive events that will feature teams made up of three groups — players, content creators, and fans — going up against each other.
2000 tickets have been made available for the event, but if you cannot make it, the 12-hour event will be streamed for free on the teams Twitch and YouTube pages and moderated by the FC Bayern hosts, Lukas and Ersin. The streams will begin at noon local time (6:00 AM Eastern US). The stream will include the live trainings, some of the other events, and behind the scenes content from the event.
The event will kickoff the week in which both senior teams will play their first competitive matches. The FC Bayern Frauen will begin their Frauen-Bundesliga season the following Friday in Berlin against 1. FC Union Berlin. The men will travel to Dortmund to face BVB in the Supercup that Saturday.

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FC Bayern Women kicked off 2026/27 pre-season with a 4-1 victory over RB Ōmiya Ardija at the NACK5 Stadium in Tokyo as part of their Allianz Women's Tour. Pernille Harder and Jovana ******* janović gave Germany's double winners the advantage in the first half, before Katharina Naschenweng added a third in the second period. Minami Munakata's header earned the hosts a consolation before Alara's penalty in added time wrapped things up in ******* an. Sarah Mattner, Kassandra Potsi, Ella Rauscha and Regina van Eijk all made their debuts for Bayern during the game.
Bayern got off to the better start in their first game of the new season in hot summer temperatures. José Barcala's side controlled proceedings before Momoko Tanikawa dribbled her way through the home defence and looked for Harder, who couldn't make the chance count. The Dane made no mistake at a corner a minute later as she was found at the far post and pounced on the bouncing ball to open the scoring.
Damnjanović had a great opportunity to double the lead after 19 minutes when played clean through by Harder, but she was unable to beat goalkeeper Yuria Ito. Klara Bühl got into the action when she struck the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the box.
Bayern remained on the front foot but Ōmiya had some promising moments, mainly through Hanon Nishio's three efforts off target. The Munich Frauen finally stretched their lead on the stroke of half-time when Tanikawa found ******* janović to finish at the far post.
Barcala made some changes for the second half but it didn't change the pattern of play. Nishio remained a lively outlet for Ōmiya, but she was well marshalled by captain Glódis Viggósdóttir and the defence. A Bühl corner was met by the head of Magdalena Eriksson but failed to hit the target, before Tanikawa won a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area but couldn't beat the jumping wall.

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The Bayern Munich women's team is back! The FC Bayern Frauen are currently in ****** an on their Allianz Women's Tour. As part of the tour, they will play against ****** anese first division side RB Ōmiya Ardija on Saturday for the first friendly of the season.
FCBayern.com has the details and match preview. The Bavarians will be without Giulia Gwinn, Vanessa Gilles, Sarah Zadrazil, Lena Oberdorf, Sophie Proost, and Anna Klink. Additionally, Bernadette Amani is captaining Ivory Coast at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
Head coach José Barcala made special mention of Bayern's ****** anese international Momoko Tanikawa in his pre-game comments: "Our visit is making us realize even more why Momoko is such a great person and great player. It's very enriching to get to know her culture and be here together with her.
"It's also great to see how welcome we are and how smoothly everything's going because the people are so helpful. Tomorrow's friendly against RB Ōmiya Ardija is a very good opportunity for us to keep working on our objectives. We're looking forward to the match and our first test."
Kickoff will be at 4:00 AM EDT, with the match available on FC Bayern TV Plus. You can follow along with more photos and updates from the Allianz Women's Tour at the FC Bayern blog.

#allianz #ardija

Arsenal have signed Switzerland midfielder Geraldine Reuteler following her exit from Eintracht Frankfurt.
The 27-year-old is understood to have signed a four-year deal and leaves Germany after eight years in the Frauen-Bundesliga.
She made 184 appearances in all competitions for Frankfurt, scoring 54 goals and providing 44 ******* ists.
She will wear the number 14 shirt and becomes ******* nal's third summer signing following the arrivals of Georgia Stanway and Selina Cerci.
"Arsenal is one of the best clubs in the world and I'm so proud that I can be here," said Reuteler.

Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub (LASK) have confirmed six new members of their squad in preparation for the new ÖFB-Frauen Bundesliga season.
LASK will be looking to build on a challenging 2025/26 season that saw them finish seventh in the table. Head coach Markus Eitl took charge of the club in January 2025 and will now look to put his own stamp on the squad. The former Vorwärts Steyr coach has now brought in six players in one large transfer announcement as part of his preparations.
Despite the obvious disappointments attached to finishing seventh, it was an improvement on the clubs ninth-placed finish in 2024/25. The club will no doubt expect a return on their investments in Eitl’s acquisitions.
There is a varying level of experience within the new group. The biggest coup is arguably Tea Kržnarić from ousted champions SKN St. Pölten. The Croatian left-sided midfielder has Champions League experience and won the Bundesliga in 2024/25. Kržnarić also previously represented LASK after joining from ŽNK Hajduk in 2022.
22-year-old Miriam Sterrer also joins the club from German club 1. FSV Mainz 05. The Austrian native has previously spent 6 seasons in the ÖFB-Frauen Bundesliga with FC Blau-Weiß Linz . Austrian youth international Dayna Sunshine Tuppinger has also joined the Linz based club after suffering a ligament tear in 2025 and will be looking to get her promising career back on track.

The Reds announced the news via a post on their official club website earlier today.
The 26-year-old former German youth international keeper spent the second half of last season on loan at the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion and that arrangement has now been extended for the entirity of the upcoming campaign.
Borggräfe joined Liverpool on a free transfer last summer after leaving German Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga side SC Freiburg. She went on to make four appearances for The Reds in the first half of the season. The player was issued with a six-game ban following an incident which occurred in a pre-season camp. All parties quickly moved on from that incident.
After returning to her native Germany, Borggräfe made 10 appearances for Bayer Leverkusen and she kept two clean sheets. She helped the club to record a respectable fifth-place finish in the German top flight last season. Bayer Leverkusen will now be looking to push for European football in the upcoming campaign.
With Borggräfe out on loan, Liverpool are expected to bolster their goalkeeping department before the new Barclays Women’s Super League campaign gets underway.

Arsenal have signed England international Georgia Stanway on a permanent deal, making her their first signing of the 2026/27 season.
Stanway departed Bayern Munich at the end of the 2025/26 season, having won eight ******* le with the German powerhouses, including four consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga ******* les.
Now, the England international returns to the Women’s Super League, where her decorated career first took off.
Stanway rose through the Blackburn Rovers academy, before signing for Manchester City in 2015. After seven years in the WSL, she moved to Bayern Munich, where she has spent the last four years.
Now she’s back in England, what will the Lioness bring to ******* nal?

West Ham United have signed Switzerland defender Nadine Riesen following her departure from Eintracht Frankfurt.
She has signed a three-year deal after making 69 appearances for the German club in the Frauen-Bundesliga between 2023 and 2026.
The versatile 26-year-old full-back has experience of playing in the Women's Champions League (WCL) and has 42 caps for her country.
She becomes West Ham manager Rita Guarino's fourth signing this summer after the arrivals of Katie Zelem, Constance Picaud and Laia Codina.
"When I heard about West Ham's interest in me, I was super excited. It's a huge club with a proud history and I'm very happy to be here," said Riesen.