Here we go again! After a break of roughly two weeks, FC Bayern have started their mid-season training for 2024. The team, including the likes of Glódís Viggósdóttir, Lea Schüller and Co. kicked off with performance and medical tests before returning to the training pitch. fcbayern.com provides an overview of the preparations for head coach Alexander Straus’ team in the coming weeks.
Highly motivated
On Friday, the reigning German champions underwent the obligatory performance diagnostics at the FC Bayern Campus. Under the guidance of fitness trainer Hamid Masoum Beygi, the team were challenged in small groups at various stations designed to test reactions, endurance, jumping power and speed. The next day, the players finally got back on the ball. After the warm-up programme, they were taken through various routines and completed passing drills. Sarah Zadrazil and her team are looking forward to the upcoming preparations. “We’re all happy that things are starting up again now. The break was good for us, we’re fully rested and recuperated. We are all highly motivated and looking forward to putting in the work,” the Austrian said.
View the best photos from the performances diagnostics & the first training session of the new year:
Straus: Focus on the upcoming games
Head coach Alexander Straus also wants to hit the ground running in the new year: “The time with the family was very nice for all of us. In the next two weeks, our focus will be on the upcoming tasks, as we have a very tight and demanding programme ahead of us. We want to be as prepared as we can be.”
Winter training camp in Alicante
The FCB Frauen travel to Alicante for their winter training camp on Sunday. From 7 to 13 January, the team will prepare for the upcoming tasks in the new calendar year in the perfect Spanish conditions.
FC Bayern, led by co-captain Glódís Viggósdóttir are preparing for the Rückrunde (second half of the season) in Spain from Sunday onwards.
After the training camp, Bayern have fixtures in all three competitions within a week. To kick off the new year, the team host Kickers Offenbach in the DFB Cup on 21 January (14:00 CET). Three days later, they face AS Roma in Europe’s elite club competition (24 January / 18:45 CET). The Bundesliga clash against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim rounds off the end of a busy week. Kick-off for the first home game of the new year is Saturday, 27 January at 14:00 CET.
The FC Bayern members’ magazine “51” spoke to former player Viki Schnaderbeck:
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