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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!
Dieter Bast was born in Oberhausen on 28 August 1951. He began playing football in the youth team at DJK Arminia Klosterhardt, a local club in Oberhausen. Whilst training as a toolmaker, he moved to neighbouring club Sterkrade 06/07 to play for their U19s, where he caught the eye of Bundesliga sides Rot-Weiss Essen and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bast opted for Rot-Weiss and played in the Bundesliga from 1970 onwards. In his very first year, he made 22 appearances as a right winger, scoring three goals. Nevertheless, Essen were unable to avoid relegation.
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José Vítor Roque Júnior was born on 31 August 1976 in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As a youth, he played for São José EC, a club in the east of the state of São Paulo. His professional career began in 1995 with Palmeiras São Paulo. There, Roque Júnior quickly established himself as a key player in the team, making more than 200 appearances and enjoying significant success. With the club, he won the Copa do Brasil in 1998 and the Copa Libertadores in 1999, the South American equivalent of the European Champions League.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of August. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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The Werkself play their first top-flight match in Bayer 04’s history away at Sportfreunde Katernberg. 7,000 spectators turn up at the Am Lindenbruch stadium in that district of Essen. The Katernbergers have transformed the once ‘barren’ pitch into a real gem. On this Sunday afternoon, 19 August 1951, the lush turf provides the perfect conditions for a good game of football.
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Following a thoroughly successful start with a 2–1 home win against VfL Wolfsburg, the Werkself are organising a team event. On Wednesdays, they head to the Nürburgring together and do a few laps at speed. Manager Klaus Toppmöller welcomes this initiative, as it promotes team spirit and integration. During weekly training sessions, the team works extensively on various defensive tactics, as the manager was dissatisfied with his players’ pressing in the final minutes of the match against the Wolves.
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