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After his time in the youth team, Bernd moved up to the second team, became the number one there and had to stand in for me as goalkeeper in the first team in April 1987. Following an injury in training, I was sidelined for three weeks; Bernd made his Bundesliga debut on 11 April 1987 on matchday 24 in the away match at FC Kaiserslautern (1–1). That season, he seized his opportunity to showcase his skills in five matches. A season later, Bernd was sitting on the subs bench as the number 2, warming me up before every match and helping us win the UEFA Cup.
After three further seasons, during which he made four appearances, Dreher moved to league rivals Bayer 05 Uerdingen. There, he played 34 matches and, at the end of the season, the team finished 17th in the table – Uerdingen were relegated to the Bundesliga 2 Nord. After just one year, the team managed to secure promotion back to the Bundesliga for the 1992/93 season. A further relegation at the end of that season was followed a year later by immediate promotion. However, that spell in the Bundesliga lasted only two seasons. Bernd subsequently decided he did not want to play a third season in the second tier.
He therefore moved on to Bayern Munich for the 1996/97 season. He was signed as the second-choice keeper behind Oliver Kahn. In his third season, he made four appearances. Between then and 2003, he went on to make seven further appearances for the first team, as well as two for the third team. One of these matches remains particularly memorable for him, though not necessarily in a positive light. On 19 September 1999, during Bayern Munich’s away match in Frankfurt, he came on in the 56th minute to replace the injured Oliver Kahn in goal. Just three minutes later, Bernd suffered a torn cruciate ligament without any contact from an opponent and had to leave the pitch. As Bayern had already used up all their substitutions, left-back Michael Tarnat took his place in goal for the final half-hour and rescued the day for Bayern with a crucial save.
Even though Bernd only features sporadically for FC Bayern, he is part of a team that has enjoyed numerous successes. With the club, he won, amongst other things, the UEFA Champions League, the Intercontinental Cup, several German league titles and the DFB Ligapokal. Although he ended his playing career in 2003 and subsequently worked as a goalkeeping coach, he was called up once more for the 2005/06 season. Due to an injury to Oliver Kahn, he made another appearance in a Bundesliga match on 1 October 2005, on matchday 8, in a 2–0 home win against VfL Wolfsburg.
Alongside his playing career, Bernd continued to work as a goalkeeping coach. He carried on in this role under Sepp Maier and remained under contract at Bayern Munich for the following two seasons. He played his final competitive match on 19 May 2007, aged 40 years, six months and 17 days. On matchday 34, he took his place between the posts once more in a 5–2 home win against Mainz 05. Although he officially remained part of the squad for the 2007–08 season, he did not make any further appearances and left the club’s coaching staff when the new Bayern manager, Jürgen Klinsmann, took up his post.
At the start of the 2009/10 season, Bernd took up the post of goalkeeping coach at Bundesliga side Schalke 04 under head coach Felix Magath. He later went on to work in this role for Austria Salzburg, SSV Reutlingen and Ludogorets Razgrad.
Bernd has been the goalkeeping coach for the FC Bayern World Squad since 2021. This team is an international football project run by the German record champions, which brings together talented U19 players from all over the world to pave the way for them into professional football. Together with former FC Bayern players such as Klaus Augenthaler and Roy Makaay, he primarily coaches the team’s young goalkeepers.
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Thomas Hörster was born in Essen on 27 November 1956. As a child, he took part in high diving and judo, but was also passionate about football. After starting out at Blau-Weiß Holsterhausen-Essen, he moved on to ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen. As a U19 player, he trained with the senior side for the first time. And at just under 18 years of age, Thommy – as he is known – made his debut in Bundesliga 2. Over two-and-a-half seasons, he made 71 appearances for Schwarz-Weiß Essen.
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Bernd Dreher was born in Leverkusen on 2 November 1966 and he began playing football at SV Schlebusch at the age of five. At the age of nine, he joined the youth academy at Bayer 04. There, the goalkeeper progressed through all the youth teams and, with the U19s in 1985, he reached the final of the German Championship, that Bayer 04 lost 4-2 to Eintracht Frankfurt.
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Robson Ponte was born on 6 November 1976 in São Paulo. He began his football career in Brazil with CA Juventus. He then played for América FC and Guarani FC. In 1999, he joined Bayer 04. Robson initially played for the Werkself until 2001. He then moved to VfL Wolfsburg on a two-year loan. There, he continued to develop and gained valuable experience in the Bundesliga. In 2003, he returned to Leverkusen, where he particularly showcased his dribbling skills and his ability in attacking midfield. In total, he made 79 appearances for Bayer 04 and scored six goals.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of November. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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On Sunday, 4 November 1951, the first league derby between Bayer 04 and FC Köln took place. The FC Köln stadium in Müngersdorf was absolutely bursting at the seams for this clash. A veritable invasion of Bayer 04 fans from Leverkusen set off for Cologne by tram and bus. From midday onwards, in addition to the scheduled services, six extra tram services ran at the standard fare from Leverkusen Town Hall to the stadium in Cologne. At the same time, buses operated by Grein ran regularly from Wiesdorf market square to Cologne. In the end, over 5,000 Bayer 04 fans waved their black and red flags in the stands at the FC Köln stadium and got behind their team for ninety minutes.
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