In his time as the Bayer 04 chairman there were a lot infrastructure changes implemented together with Dr. Ulrich Haberland, chairman of the board at Bayer AG. In addition to the construction of the Ulrich Haberland Stadium and the adjoining training pitches as well as the sports facility in Manfort named after him. The Manfort Stadium was built in 1927 but the new sports hall was opened in 1957.
Dr. Fritz Jacobi said farewell to the club members with following words: “During my 17 years, I have grown very attached to the sports club that has given me their support for so long. In spite of some worries and work, the joy of the rich sporting life at the club is so great that I will always be happy to remember these times and I will always feel connected to the club.”
At this general meeting, Dr. Fritz Jacobi is appointed honorary president for life by the SV Bayer board. Unfortunately, that only lasted seven years as the first honorary president at SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen passed away on 2 July 1974.
His successor was elected unanimously in February 1967. The Bayer director Dr. Wilhelm Meyerheim took over the reins and was in charge of the five sections at SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen: football, handball, athletics, boxing and fistball.
Jacek Krzynowek was born on 15 May 1976 in Kamiensk, Poland, and grew up as a typical country boy. He spent his childhood less in structured training sessions and more on simple pitches, where he spent hours playing football with older boys. He realised early on that he had exceptional shooting power and enormous stamina. But for a long time, he didn't appreciate just how much talent he had. While others dream of a great career, professional football initially seems like a distant world to him that he only knows from television.
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Carsten ‘Calle’ Ramelow was born in Berlin on 20 March 1974. He began his football career in the youth teams at Tasmania 73, Tennis Borussia, SC Siemensstadt and, last but not least, Hertha Berlin. It was here that he reached the DFB Pokal final in 1993 with the Hertha Bubis team, the amateur team at Hertha Berlin, against his future employer Bayer 04 Leverkusen. But even he was unable to prevent the Werkself's 1-0 victory thanks to a goal from Ulf Kirsten.
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The 1995/1996 season brought some innovations. For the first time, each player was given a squad number with his name printed on the back of the jersey. For the first time, coaches were allowed to make three substitutions and for the first time, three points are awarded for a win. And for the first time, I am no longer my team's number 1. I wear it on my back, but Dirk Heinen has taken over me in goal. So at first I sat on the bench a bit offended, but in the Rückrunde I realised I also had to make my contribution to the success of a team.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of May. 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 Leverkusen, promoted to the Oberliga West, welcome VfL 99 Köln for the last game of a successful season. This time, the crowd of just 2,000 spectators saw more of a friendly than a championship match. Little fight, little goalmouth action and few moves in midfield to warm the hearts of the spectators. It takes a corner to give Bayer 04 the lead. Peter Röger is on hand with his head and nods home on 43 minutes for the half-time lead. When Karl-Heinz Spikofski increased the lead to 2-0 a quarter of an hour after the restart, the result was settled. The team from Cologne were able to reduce the deficit to 2-1 in the final minute, but in the end the spectators went home looking forward to the first season for a Bayer 04 team in Oberliga West 1.
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