The 'Bayer team' led 3-0 after 15 minutes. Centre forward Karl Peckhaus and a brace from Heinstmann were the scorers. Jahn Küppersteg recovered well and were able to pull it back to 3-2 thanks to two goals from their inside left Goldmann. The goalkeeper Ernst König did not look good for the first goal conceded and with the second it was the two defenders Fritz Heider and Karl van Frank. Heinstmann then made it 4-2 before half-time.
The second half brought "some strong challenges that are unavoidable in such a local game" (Anzeiger 23.10.1933). The Küppersteg players again pulled a goal back. Goldmann found the back of the Spvgg net for the third time but the Bayer team hit back with a strike from Karl Stachelscheidt for the final score 5-3.
There were two Jewish players in this team in defender Karl van Frank and his brother Richard, the left winger at Spvgg Leverkusen 04. Their father Samuel owned a cinema in Leverkusen. On 26 November 1933, just one month after this game, the van Frank family fled to the Netherlands. The two young men played the rest of the season for the Werkself travelling to games from the Netherlands. Their names finally disappear from the line-ups from the 1934/35 season. After the invasion of the Netherlands by German troops, the family were able to hide with Dutch friends and thereby avoid deportation to concentration camps. After the war, the brothers followed the profession of their father and opened two cinemas in Haarlem (Richard) and Beverwijk (Karl).
Jahn Küppersteg merged with TuS Manfort to form VfL Leverkusen in July 1950 And the club was dissolved in 2017 with the youth section moving over to SC Leverkusen.
Peter Zanter was born on 11 November 1965 in Wermelskirchen in the Rhineland. His passion for football was evident from an early age: As a child, he played enthusiastically for the youth teams at SV Dabringhausen and SV Wermelskirchen. His ability and discipline did not go undetected for long - and he joined the youth section at Bayer 04 at a young age.
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Boris Zivkovic was born on 15 November 1975 in the Bosnian town of Zivinice, which is now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He played for FK Sarajevo at a young age. However, his youth was characterised by the turmoil of the wars in the former Yugoslavia. At the age of just 17, he was also called up and took part in the fighting - a fate shared by many young men of his generation.
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For once, this is going to be about me. About my path into football, my years as a goalkeeper at Bayer 04 and my ‘career after my career’ at this great club. So, come with me on a little journey through time...
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It is 1 November 1985, a Friday evening, floodlights on. The leaders Werder Bremen with their coach Otto Rehhagel come to the Ulrich Haberland Stadium. 15,000 spectators want to watch this top match, as the Werkself, with their new coach Erich Ribbeck, are in fourth place in the table, just five points behind the leaders.
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In the video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history 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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