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He made ten Bundesliga appearances in his first year including nine as a substitute. Thomas mostly played for the VfB reserves. He joined second division Fortuna Düsseldorf in November 1994. The centre-forward was promoted to the Bundesliga with the Düsseldorf club but played from the bench more than he started. To get more playing time he joined Fortuna Köln in 1996. He established himself in the second year and scored his goals. He joined Bayer 04 after good performances in Bundesliga 2 for two years. In his three years at the Werkself he was a league runner-up in 2000. And, above all, he was a very important part of the team in the second half of the season that ended as runners-up in the Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and Champions League in 2002. In that season he made his first of eight international appearances. After 126 appearances for the Werkself, with 21 goals scored, he went out on loan to Hannover 96 in 2003.
After one year at VfL Wolfsburg in the 2004/05 season, he ended his playing career after another three years at Hannover 96 in 2008 due to a knee injury. That was followed by several operations and rehab that especially affected Thommy. He recounts his experience in the areas of injuries, overcoming stress and convalescence in a range of lectures and podium discussions. During his time as a player he looked after his career after playing football. He trained to be a coach and set up the restaurant destination Fährhaus Niederrhein. At the same time he never really lost contact with football and he trained a lot of teams including the Bayer 04 U14s for a year in 2010/11. He wrote a book entitled 'Matchplan Indien' (Game plan India) about his year in India in 2023/23. In 274 pages, Thomas portrays his experiences at FC Chennaiyin in a very authentic way in the style of a diary.
From 2024, the father of three, who occasionally plays for the Werkself Veterans, has coached the Albanian club Vllaznia Shkoder for the second time. He was very successful with the Albanian top-flight club from 2020 to 2022 and he was voted Coach of the Year by the Albanian FA in his first season.
Dear Thommy, many happy returns on your 50th birthday. Have a great day and stay fit and healthy
Jacek Krzynowek was born on 15 May 1976 in Kamiensk, Poland, and grew up as a typical country boy. He spent his childhood less in structured training sessions and more on simple pitches, where he spent hours playing football with older boys. He realised early on that he had exceptional shooting power and enormous stamina. But for a long time, he didn't appreciate just how much talent he had. While others dream of a great career, professional football initially seems like a distant world to him that he only knows from television.
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Carsten ‘Calle’ Ramelow was born in Berlin on 20 March 1974. He began his football career in the youth teams at Tasmania 73, Tennis Borussia, SC Siemensstadt and, last but not least, Hertha Berlin. It was here that he reached the DFB Pokal final in 1993 with the Hertha Bubis team, the amateur team at Hertha Berlin, against his future employer Bayer 04 Leverkusen. But even he was unable to prevent the Werkself's 1-0 victory thanks to a goal from Ulf Kirsten.
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The 1995/1996 season brought some innovations. For the first time, each player was given a squad number with his name printed on the back of the jersey. For the first time, coaches were allowed to make three substitutions and for the first time, three points are awarded for a win. And for the first time, I am no longer my team's number 1. I wear it on my back, but Dirk Heinen has taken over me in goal. So at first I sat on the bench a bit offended, but in the Rückrunde I realised I also had to make my contribution to the success of a team.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of May. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen, promoted to the Oberliga West, welcome VfL 99 Köln for the last game of a successful season. This time, the crowd of just 2,000 spectators saw more of a friendly than a championship match. Little fight, little goalmouth action and few moves in midfield to warm the hearts of the spectators. It takes a corner to give Bayer 04 the lead. Peter Röger is on hand with his head and nods home on 43 minutes for the half-time lead. When Karl-Heinz Spikofski increased the lead to 2-0 a quarter of an hour after the restart, the result was settled. The team from Cologne were able to reduce the deficit to 2-1 in the final minute, but in the end the spectators went home looking forward to the first season for a Bayer 04 team in Oberliga West 1.
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