A good defensive performance in the first half gives the Werkself a satisfying 0-0 scoreline against the favourites from the other side of the Rhine. FC Köln, without their star players Hans Schäfer and Jupp Röhrig, are the better team over the whole game but a battling Bayer team opened the scoring through centre forward Fritz Tiede just after the restart. FC Köln reply straightaway. Georg Stollenwerk levels on 53 minutes and then puts his team ahead with two goals to make it 3-1. The Bayer 04 team were not impressed by the hat-trick. Left winger Hans Schultz pulled a goal back. And there are still 15 minutes left to score an equaliser.
Suddenly one attack after the next besieged the Köln goal. Right winger Waldemar Langwagen breaks down the right flank in the last minute and whips in a cross. FC Köln player Stefan Langen tries to clear the ball but to the shock of the Köln team and the unbridled joy of the Leverkusen side he only succeeds in turning the ball into his own net. So, the match ends in a fortunate but not undeserved sharing of the points.
Christoph Daum was born on 24 October 1953 in Zwickau. As a child, he moved to West Germany with his mother and grew up in Duisburg. He developed a great enthusiasm for football at an early age, even though it soon became clear that his future lay less on the pitch than on the sidelines. Even at a young age, his passion for analysing, explaining and improving things became apparent.
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When the Bayer 04 players celebrated Christmas in 1960, they spent the winter in second place in the Oberliga West 2 on 20 points - but already five points behind leaders Schwarz-Weiß Essen. However, coach Erich Garske's team are struggling to get back on track in the new year. A goalless draw against Bonner FV at home at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium was followed by a 2-1 away defeat in Erkenschwick. The following home game also yielded just one point. As a result, the team's promotion ambitions dwindled to a minimum, as the gap to the coveted spot has now grown to a challenging ten points.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history from the month of February. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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It is 11 February 2006 and Schalke 04 and the Werkself kick off at 3.30 p.m. in a match that ends up being historic - at least from a Bayer 04 perspective.
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As league leaders, the Werkself welcomed the relegation-threatened team from Rhenania Würselen. On 4 February 1951, 5,000 spectators line the touchlines despite the Sunday carnival parades. And they see a home team that is superior on the pitch. Without Theo Kirchberg, who was ill, and Emil Becks, who was suspended, the hosts attacked the opposing goal from the start. Battling against a strong wind in the first half, Bayer 04 created chance after chance, but were repeatedly thwarted by the Würselen goalkeeper. With the score at 0-0 at half-time, Karl Heinz Spikofski tried his luck on 55 minutes and hammered the ball into the opposition net from 20 metres out. Rhenania can no longer counterattack. The siege of the Würselen penalty area continued right to the end, but the game ended in a narrow 1-0 win.
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