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There is a very similar situation three years later: Ahead of matchday 12, FC Bayern are top of the table level on points with FC Köln. The Werkself are in third place on 15 points one behind the two top teams . With the confidence gained from the last three away games, against Hamburg SV, Bochum and Bayer 05 Uerdingen, all ending in wins without conceding, and a run of nine games unbeaten in succession we head off to Munich.
29,000 spectators are at the Olympic Stadium for the kick-off including hundreds of Bayer 04 fans. The Werkself show their away face from the start: solid in defence and again and again able to pressure the Bayern defence above all through the lightning fast Marek Lesniak.
That tactic proves successful on 14 minutes. A long free kick from Andrzej Buncol finds the midfielder Christian Schreier and he lays it straight off Andreas Fischer whose two efforts are blocked. But Marek Lesniak scores the opener with the third attempt. What follows is a real defensive battle. The Werkself are very good in defence for the remaining 76 minutes. And if anything gets through then they can rely on their goalkeeper. Again and again, particularly in the second half, there are counter-attacks as the game goes on but no more goals.
In the end there is not just a deserved 1-0 win. Bayer 04 go top of the table as FC Köln lose at home to Düsseldorf.
In that season, the Werkself establish their first longer run of unbeaten games. The team led by coach Erich Ribbeck are unbeaten for 17 games on the bounce. Unfortunately that is only enough for sixth place – but at the same time ensures qualification again for the UEFA Cup.
Harry Gniech was born on 14 October 1951 in Leverkusen-Schlebusch. At the age of six, he joined SV Bayer 04, initially in the athletics section. The boy actually wanted to play football, but was only allowed to switch to the football team when he turned nine. Harry quickly established himself as a playmaker in midfield. Despite his talent, the path from the youth team to the first-team squad was a long one back then. In the 1973–74 season, his former U19 coach, Friedhelm Renno – who was by then in charge of Bayer 04’s first team – selected him for his first match with the professional squad.
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Henrique Adriano Buss, known as Henrique, was born on 14 October 1986 in Marechal Cândido Rondon, a town in the Brazilian state of Paraná. At the age of 13, he joined Coritiba FC and made the step up to the first team in 2006. Henrique helped the team gain promotion to the Brazilian top flight and then moved on to Palmeiras FC. After just five matches for his new club, the 1.85-metre-tall centre-back was signed by Barcelona in 2008 for ten million euros and loaned to Bayer 04 for one year for a fee of €400,000.
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Constant Djakpa was born on 17 October 1986 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He started playing football at the age of five. He took his first steps in professional football at Stella Club d’Adjamé, before moving on to Sogndal IL in Norway. His path eventually led him to Germany via the Romanian club Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 from the month of October. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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In the first week of October 1966, professional footballers decided to take an unusual step – they went on strike. They felt compelled to resort to this action, which was relatively uncommon until then, to give greater weight to their demands for fair pay. They reasoned that, with three draws, they were entitled to a bonus; at the very least, a points bonus of 75 Deutschmarks that was agreed before the start of the season.
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