
The team unfortunately are unable to win the Middle Rhine championship in the first year but they do take part in the finals of the German Amateur Championship. SC Flensburg are knocked out in the first round but our team failed to make it past the second round: Victoria Hamburg are just too strong. In the second season in the Association League, promotion to the Second Bundesliga North is the big target. The Middle Rhine title is won and our team picks up three wins in the play-off matches against Union Solingen and Arminia Hannover – Leverkusen celebrate the return to professional football.
Bayer 04 TV brings you highlights of the crucial play-off matches for the Second Bundesliga North.
Part I: The 3-2 first leg win against Union Solingen (1 June 1975) - to the video
Part II: The 3-2 second leg win against Arminia Hanover (15 June 1975) - to the video

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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