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He played for the Westphalian team in the Verbandsliga for three years before joining the Fortuna Düsseldorf Reserves. The long-haired midfielder attracted the attention of Bayer 04 primarily in matches for Westphalian and Lower Rhine reserve teams. His giant strides and burst of pace across the pitch impressed the Bayer 04 management and they signed the 21-year-old for the 1975/76 season. Ziegler went on to make 137 appearances in the next four years in the Bundesliga 2 North scoring 17 goals along the way. He made 27 appearances and scored three goals in the promotion year of 1979. However, promotion cost him his regular start in the team. In the second Bundesliga season at Bayer 04, he decided to move on to Bundesliga 2 South to join Freiburg FC. Norbert Ziegler finished in tenth place with the team from Baden. At the end of of his career in the 1981/82 season he returned to western Germany to play for Viktoria Köln.
Seven years later in 1989, managing director Reiner Calmund brought him back to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. This time Ziegler was the head scout of the club. He is considered to be one of the pioneers in scouting and he worked with an internal database on computer. Norbert Ziegler played a large part in the following years in the signing of players like Ulf Kirsten, Jorginho, Lucio, Ze Roberto, Simon Rolfes, Stefan Kießling and Lars Bender, to name just a few. He had a burnout in November 2011 and retired in March 2012 at the age of 57.
Dear Norbert, I wish you many happy returns on your 70th. Stay fit and healthy and enjoy your birthday.
Francoaldo Sena de Souza, known as Franca, was born on 2 March 1976 in Codó in north-eastern Brazil and is one of the best-known Brazilian football players of the late 1990s and early 2000s. His exceptional talent became apparent early on. He began his career at smaller Brazilian clubs before moving to the tradition-steeped São Paulo FC in 1996. There, Franca quickly developed into one of the most dangerous strikers in the league. His technique, goal-scoring instinct and agility delighted fans and pundits alike, and he scored numerous goals for the club over the years.
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Lars Bender was born on 27 April 1989 in Rosenheim and grew up with his twin brother Sven in a football-loving family. They began playing football in Brannenburg, a small community near Rosenheim. The twins joined Unterhaching to play for the U11 side, followed by a move to the U14s at 1860 Munich. There, Lars and Sven became German champions with the U17s, skipped the Lion's U19s and were directly part of the 1860 Munich first and second team squads.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history from the month of March . 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 had their backs to the wall after a 3-1 defeat in a rearranged match at FC Kaiserslautern on 17 March 1981. After a throw-in, which the linesman clearly indicated in favour of the Werkself, but which the Lauter team quickly took and the weak referee did not intervene, a dubious penalty was awarded. Lauter took advantage of this to make it 2-1 in the 84th minute. Finally, a shot by the home side, which did not cross the line, made it 3-1 and Bayer 04 had to go home from Betzenberg without any points.
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It was 4 March 1951 and Bayer 04 were five points ahead going into the decisive home game against second-placed SSV Wuppertal, who would merge with TSG Vohwinkel 80 to form Wuppertaler SV three years later. Bayer 04 press officer Heinz Nelles predicted a big matchday at the sports ground at the Stadtpark and recommends Bayer 04 fans to buy their tickets in advance from the usual ticket outlets, especially from Peter Haas at the Trinkhalle Rathaus. After a four-week injury lay-off, centre-forward Emil ‘Bubi’ Becks will be back for the first time. And when the gates to the Stadtpark are opened on Sunday, the spectators stream into the stadium. The windows of the houses on the neighbouring Walter-Nernst-Straße are also packed.
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