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.
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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