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When Duisburg came to the Ulreich-Haberland-Stadion on Matchday 18 and were sent packing with a 2-1 loss thanks to goals from Ulf Kirsten and Christian Wörns, Bayer 04 moved to within a point of Frankfurt after they lost at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach. And since Bayern were also beaten 3-1 in Freiburg at the same time, but Kaiserslautern and Hamburg won their games, the top six were only separated by two points.
Matchday 19 took the Werkself to Munich, where a hard-fought but thoroughly deserved 1-1 draw took Dragoslav Stepanovic’s side into first place after Kaiserslautern (3-1 at Gladbach) and Eintracht (1-0 in Bremen) both lost their games.
In the final game before Christmas, which was Bayer 04’s 500th in the Bundesliga, the opponent was relegation-threatened Wattenscheid.
Wattenscheid went ahead in the 29th minute through Souleyman Sane, the father of current Bayern and former Leverkusen youth player Leroy Sane. However, Kirsten provided an immediate response straight from the restart. It was all looking like the Werkself would go on to win, but a red card for Jens Melzig in the 65th minute meant that both teams were content with a point.
With Kaiserslautern and Frankfurt holding each other to a 1-1 draw, and Bayern and Werder Bremen also drawing against Dynamo Dresden and VfB Leipzig respectively, the Werkself remained top of the Bundesliga. However, only two points separated the leaders and Duisburg down in seventh as Bayer 04 went into the deserved winter break as the 1993 Christmas champions.
Christoph Daum was born on 24 October 1953 in Zwickau. As a child, he moved to West Germany with his mother and grew up in Duisburg. He developed a great enthusiasm for football at an early age, even though it soon became clear that his future lay less on the pitch than on the sidelines. Even at a young age, his passion for analysing, explaining and improving things became apparent.
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When the Bayer 04 players celebrated Christmas in 1960, they spent the winter in second place in the Oberliga West 2 on 20 points - but already five points behind leaders Schwarz-Weiß Essen. However, coach Erich Garske's team are struggling to get back on track in the new year. A goalless draw against Bonner FV at home at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium was followed by a 2-1 away defeat in Erkenschwick. The following home game also yielded just one point. As a result, the team's promotion ambitions dwindled to a minimum, as the gap to the coveted spot has now grown to a challenging ten points.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history from the month of February. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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It is 11 February 2006 and Schalke 04 and the Werkself kick off at 3.30 p.m. in a match that ends up being historic - at least from a Bayer 04 perspective.
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As league leaders, the Werkself welcomed the relegation-threatened team from Rhenania Würselen. On 4 February 1951, 5,000 spectators line the touchlines despite the Sunday carnival parades. And they see a home team that is superior on the pitch. Without Theo Kirchberg, who was ill, and Emil Becks, who was suspended, the hosts attacked the opposing goal from the start. Battling against a strong wind in the first half, Bayer 04 created chance after chance, but were repeatedly thwarted by the Würselen goalkeeper. With the score at 0-0 at half-time, Karl Heinz Spikofski tried his luck on 55 minutes and hammered the ball into the opposition net from 20 metres out. Rhenania can no longer counterattack. The siege of the Würselen penalty area continued right to the end, but the game ended in a narrow 1-0 win.
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