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
Claus-Dieter, known as ‘Pele’, Wollitz was born in Brakel on 19 July 1965 in Brakel. He earned the nickname of the Brazilian global super star at the age of six because he was able to the juggle the ball for a long time as a child. What was originally meant as a stunt would follow him all his life. Every football fan associates the name Wollwitz with his nickname: Pele.
Show moreJosé Roberto da Silva Junior, Zé Roberto for short, was born in the Brazilian city of São Paulo on 6 July 1974. He started playing football at the Pequeninos de Joquey soccer school at the age of seven. Via the club Palestra Sao Bernardo, the left footer moved on to the professional club Portuguesa de Desportos where he made his debut in 1994.
Show more25 years ago, the Bayer 04 U19 team under their two coaches Thomas Hörster and Dirk Dreher were Regional League West champions and thereby participants in the finals of the German championship.
Show moreAfter promotion to Bundesliga 2, the football boss Hermann Bacall had his hands full putting together a powerful team. For the first training session at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on 14 July 1975 there were nine new signings including five players who became regular starters in the team that won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979.
Show moreAfter the success of the previous year, the gymnastics and sports club Leverkusen hold the ‘Wiesdorfer Sportwoche’ week of sports for a second time (the city of Leverkusen is only founded in 1930). The week of sport started on Sunday, 12 July 1925. In the years before World War I there were municipal gymnastics and games festivals. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the club in 1924 the board and many helping hands started the week of sports. An internal municipal games festival developed into a national event which made a name for itself after a year particularly due to the relay element.
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