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The Intertoto Cup was launched in 1967 to facilitate betting in the close season. For a lot of smaller clubs it was the opportunity to compete on the European stage and play interesting matches in preparation for the new season. Bayer 04 took part in the group matches in 1982. UEFA took over the competition in 1995/96 and it was renamed the UEFA Intertoto Cup. There was now the possibility for clubs who just missed out on qualifying for the UEFA Cup to do well in the Intertoto Cup and thereby qualify for the UEFA Cup.
Bayer 04 finished seventh in 1994/95 and had the opportunity to qualify for Europe via the Intertoto Cup. Albeit the first matches were just two weeks after the final league game of the season and Bayer 04 guaranteed their regular players a three-week holiday so that the first two group matches against OFI Crete (Greece) and JK Pärnu Tervis (Estonia) involved reserve and amateur players.
The first match against OFI Crete was a home match at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on 2 July 1995. Bayer 04 won the game 1-0. That was followed a week later by a 6-1 victory away to the Estonian top-flight club with Sebastian Barnes scoring a hat-trick. Those two wins were the basis for coming top of the group but the exit came in the quarter-finals in a penalty shootout at FC Tirol Innsbruck (Austria).
This was the Werkself line-up against OFI Crete: Dirk Heinen – Rene Hahn, Josef Nehl, Mike Rietpietsch, Thomas Vana, Claudio Reyna, Daniel Addo, Mario Tolkmitt, Ralf Becker, Andreas Neuendorf, Markus Kurth. Sebastian Barnes and Carsten Baumann came on as substitutes.
The video above contains TV highlights of the home game against OFI Crete..
The Werkself started the 2001/02 season on 28 July. The first match saw VfL Wolfsburg visit the BayArena. The new head coach Klaus Toppmöller fielded the following team: Jörg Butt – Zoltan Sebescen, Lucio, Jens Nowotny, Zé Roberto, Bernd Schneider, Carsten Ramelow, Michael Ballack, Yildiray Bastürk, Ulf Kirsten, Oliver Neuville.
The goalkeeper Butt, Sebescen and Bastürk were three new signings in the starting eleven. Ballack was able to play in spite of a broken toe. In a rather average game in hot weather Bayer 04 were in control at all times and led 2-0 shortly after the restart with a brace from Lucio. The Werkself were floundering for a short time on 86 minutes when the former Leverkusen player Markus Feldhoff pulled a goal back but the three points were secured. Nobody could have suspected what an outstanding season this group would have on that Saturday afternoon. But the journey had started.
HERE are the highlights.
Klaus Bruckmann was born in Oberhausen on 9 October 1953. He started with football at TuS Grün-Weiss Holten. After his move to MSV Duisburg his coach in the U19 squad was Willibert Kremer. With him, he won the Germany U19 championship in 1972 with a 2-0 win against VfB Stuttgart. He was then signed on professional terms and he played for MSV Duisburg 75 times in the Bundesliga from 1972 to 1977. In June 1975 he played for the Zebras in the cup final against Eintracht Frankfurt but the game ended in a 1-0 defeat.
Show moreIt is Sunday, 22 October 1933 and it's derby time in Leverkusen. Spvgg Leverkusen 04, with Bayer only appearing in the club name from 1935, and Jahn Küppersteg faced each other in front of 1,000 spectators at the Am Stadtpark Stadium.
Show moreIn this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of October. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
Show moreBayer 04 Leverkusen travel to newly promoted Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday eight in the 1998/99 season. The Werkself are third in the table with 12 points albeit with a four and seven point gap to the two Munich clubs Bayern and 1860 in first and second place. The start of the season is not seen as successful in spite of the high position. So three points are almost a must at Frankfurt.
Show moreThe first game in October takes Bayer 04 to the steel town of Solingen. Union Solingen entertain our Werkself at the Herman Löns Stadium in front of 12,000 supporters on Sunday 8 October 1978. The league leaders arrive in confident mood – and go home with a black eye.
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