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Over the next three years, Peter becomes first choice making 98 Bundesliga appearances and scoring nine goals. In 1986 he reached the UEFA Cup final with the Cologne team where they lost to Real Madrid. He starts the 1987/88 season at FC Köln but moves to Belgium after matchday four to join the oldest Belgian football club, FC Royal Antwerpen. Here a becomes a crowd favourite in the next seven years and he wins the Belgian Cup with his teammates in 1992.
The following season is one of his most successful in the European Cup Winners Cup. After wins against Glenavon (on penalties), Admira Wacker Vienna (after extra time) and Steaua Bucharest (on away goals), Royal Antwerpen play Spartak Moscow in the semi-finals. After a 1-0 defeat in the first leg, Hans-Peter Lehnhoff converts a penalty 86 minutes into the second leg to make it 2-1, which takes his team to the final at Wembley Stadium. The Belgian side lose 3-1 to AC Parma on 12 May 1993. On the 125th anniversary of FC Royal Antwerpen Hans-Peter is voted the most important player in the club's history.
He faces AC Parma again two years later. In his first season at Leverkusen, Bayer 04 reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup where they lose to the Italian side 2-1 and 3-0. Hans-Peter settled in quickly at Leverkusen, thrilled the crowd with his attacking runs. The Bayer 04 fans cheering on with drawn-out chants of “Peeeeteeeer, Peeeeteeeer”, When he sprints down the wing with his flowing mane or when he scores one of his eleven Bundesliga goals for Bayer 04. When the Danish left-back Jan Heintze joins Bayer 04 from Uerdingen in 1996, the "oldest pair of wingers in the world" (quote from coach Christoph Daum) is complete. The two 33-year-olds are like whippersnappers on the wings in the autumn of their careers.
Lehnhoff finishes second in the Bundesliga with the Werkself in 1997 and 1999. Peter retires from the first team after the second time as runner-up. But he does not hang up his boots but plays for the Reserves for a season before finally ending his playing career in 2000. He does develop into a very important additional player in training. Assistant coach Peter Hermann described him as his most important player, who should never get injured, as with an odd number of outfield players Lehnhoff may be brought into the training match to up the training quality. At the age of 48 under coach Jupp Heynckes, he plays 20 minutes with the first team in a friendly as a thank you for his commitment in training. He still puts on his boots today for our Veterans team.
Peter has been the team liaison manager for the senior side since 2000 organising things in and around the Werkself such as arranging dates and hotel bookings and being as ever part of the Bayer 04 family.
Dear Peter, many happy returns on your 60th birthday, stay healthy and celebrate!
Michael Ballack was born on 26 September 1976 in Görlitz, in what was then East Germany. His talent for football became apparent at an early age. After his family moved to Karl-Marx-Stadt – now Chemnitz – he began playing football for BSG Motor ‘Fritz Heckert’ Karl-Marx-Stadt, where he steadily developed his skills. From Year 7 onwards, he attended the Children’s and Youth Sports School and received systematic sporting support, which, in 1988 – due to his growing skill as a player – led to a move to FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. At the age of 16, he had to take a six-month break due to growth problems, but after that, Michael was unstoppable.
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José Elias Moedim Júnior, known as Zé Elias, was born on 25 September 1976 in São Paulo. He received his football training at Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, or Corinthians for short, and was promoted to the first team at the age of just 17. PSV Eindhoven had already taken notice of him by this stage, but the move to Europe was still too early for him. The tenacious defensive midfielder established himself in the first team over the following three years. With Corinthians, Zé Elias won the São Paulo City Championship and the Brazilian Cup in 1995. With his excellent vision, his determination and his assured ball control, he made a significant contribution to his team’s success.
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In their second season in Bundesliga 2 North, the Werkself face Fortuna Köln at their home ground, the Ulrich Haberland Stadium, on matchday 7. Both teams are level on seven points, sitting eighth and ninth in the table.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of September. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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September gets off to a disastrous start, though not for the Werkself: the German national team, featuring Bayer 04 players Jens Nowotny, Michael Ballack and Oliver Neuville, suffer a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of England in a World Cup qualifier at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. Jens Nowotny, in particular, came in for sharp criticism. With this defeat, Germany’s direct qualification is now hanging in the balance.
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