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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!
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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