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The home game against Preußen Münster a week later falls victim to the state of the pitch so that Bayer 04 can only play again on 18 January. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen are the hosts to the Werkself at the Südstadion in Gelsenkirchen. Ahead of kick-off, there are worried faces in the Eintracht camp as the home team have to play with three players suffering from flu. The excellent fitness of the Bayer team allows them to play their feared high-tempo game. The Werkself take the lead on 18 minutes with a deflected shot from Fredi Hennecken. The result is settled on 67 minutes when Karl-Heinz Brücken makes it 2-0. The league leaders in the Regional League West can now focus on the highlight in January – a cup tie against Bundesliga league leaders FC Nürnberg.
Preparations for the big match are underway. 12,000 tickets are sold in advance a week before the game. The public address system at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium is refurbished and brought up to the original volume required for a capacity crowd at the stadium. The building control department approves a capacity of 19,000. 300 additional seats are set up in front of the East Stand, albeit uncovered. The price per seat is eight Deutschmarks. The stadium opens at noon two hours before the start of the game and the spectators are entertained with recorded music. 70 police officers are on duty to control the traffic. Fans are advised to park under the autobahn where there is space for 1,500 cars. Fans living near to the Ulrich Haberland Stadium are advised to leave their cars at home.
Saturday 27 January 1968 comes round. The eagerly-awaited game against the team from Franconia in Leverkusen kicks off at 14.00 CET in front of 15,000 spectators. On three minutes there is a setback: Helmut Brücken unluckily deflects a shot allowing the Nürnberg striker Heinz Strehl a simple tap-in to make it 1-0. But the Bayer team fight their way back into the game. A Richert header on the half-hour mark crashes against the post and other lesser chances are foiled by the Nürnberg keeper Roland Wabra. The Bundesliga league leaders are completely disappointing while the Werkself thrill their fans. The game is then settled on 83 minutes with a goal from a free kick by Gustl Starek. Bayer 04 Leverkusen pass the test for possible future Bundesliga fixtures. The team, fans and the police demonstrate their top-flight quality. The league leaders from the Regional League West can now completely focus on defending their lead at the top of the table after the exit from the DFB Cup.
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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