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In the following 1986/87 season he is mainly a regular starter but Fortuna end the campaign in a relegation spot. The first year in Bundesliga 2 ends in a fifth-place finish but Fortuna Düsseldorf are promoted back to the Bundesliga in 1988/89 also thanks to 35 goals scored by Sven. The Bundesliga 2 goalscorer signs a contract with the Bayer 04 long before the end of the season and moves under the Bayer Cross in the summer of 1989.
He is a first choice in the first half of the season and forms a dangerous striking duo with Marek Lesniak. He is a regular in the Hinrunde but from January 1990 he is primarily on the bench as Andreas Thom moves to the Bundesliga as the first East Germany international. And he is a tad better than Sven with his pace and goal threat. When it became clear that another striker in the shape Ulf Kirsten is coming to Leverkusen in the summer, Sven decides to return to Düsseldorf. After two more years at Fortuna, he moves on to the capital to play for Hertha Berlin for two years.
He leaves Hertha Berlin to join Mainz 05 in 1994 where he achieves cult status over the next seven years. The Hessen fans love their striker because of his apparently clumsy and stumbling way of playing football. But above all because he scores lots of goals despite his supposed limited technical ability. The left footer is given the nickname of ‘Kühlschrank’ (fridge) because the 1.90 metre tall and very broad striker mostly scores his goals clinically and is rather reserved in his celebrations. He scored 55 goals for Mainz and is in second place behind Simon Terodde in the Bundesliga 2 goalscorers list with 121 goals.
Sven ended his professional playing career at the age of 36 and moved on to his birthplace as a player/assistant coach for a year at Viktoria Köln. In 2003, he takes over Union Solingen for three years and then moves on to the Rot-Weiß Essen U19 team where he gets his coaching badge and from 2008 he coaches the U19 and U 23 teams at Borussia Mönchengladbach. After six years as a coach of men's teams at SV Wehen Wiesbaden, Rot-Weiß Essen and Frechen 20 Sven starts his job as a full-time scout at Holstein Kiel on 1 July 2021. In April 2024 he again answers the call from the Lower Rhine. Today he works for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the academy on squad planning and scouting for the U19 and U 23 teams.
Dear Sven, I wish you many happy returns on your 60th. Stay fit and healthy and enjoy your birthday!
Zoltan Sebescen was born on 1 October 1975 in Ehingen and he started playing football as a child. His talent stood out early on and he was accepted into the youth section at Stuttgarter Kickers in 1982. There he progressed through all the youth teams and continued to develop. His breakthrough in the men's game came in the mid-1990s, when he moved up to the Kickers first team squad. With his speed, dynamism and attacking drive, he soon made a name for himself beyond the region. He and his team were promoted from the Regional League South to Bundesliga 2 in 1996 and stayed in the league with Stuttgart for three years.
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Jens Nowotny was born on 11 January 1974 in Malsch, Baden-Württemberg. As a youngster, he played for SV Spielberg and Germania Friedrichstal and later joined the youth section at Karlsruher SC. As a 15-year-old, he became an integral part of the DFB national youth set-up and played for all of the Germany junior teams. One highlight was an U15 international against England at Wembley.
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It is Tuesday, 20 October 2015 - a Champions League night at the BayArena. The visitors: AS Roma. What awaits the spectators is a memorable football match full of drama, speed and emotion. The Werkself get off to a flying start and literally overrun the slightly favoured Italians in the early stages. The scoreline was 2-0 after just twenty minutes - both goals were scored by Mexico international Chicharito. Bayer 04 put the visitors under constant pressure with their aggressive pressing and bold attacking play and even had a chance to make it 3-0. Then the AS Roma captain Daniele De Rossi brought his team back into the game with a brace making it 2-2 at half-time.
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In the video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history from the month of October. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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On 23 October 1960, a highly anticipated local derby took place in the DFB Pokal, which the team had to qualify for via the regional association cup competitions at the time: SV Schlebusch hosted the Werkself from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Around 2,000 spectators flocked to the "Am Bühl" stadium to watch the game kicking off at 3 pm.
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