As head coach of the senior team, Kremer leads MSV to the DFB Cup final in 1975 that ends in a 1-0 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. He comes to Leverkusen in April 1976 and puts together a team that secures surprising promotion to the Bundesliga with ease in 1979.
I first met Willibert Kremer at my trial at Leverkusen on 9 March 1981. Two days after the brilliant 3-0 win against Bayern (with three Ökland goals), he was sat in a car in pouring rain behind the goal on training pitch 1 with Reiner Calmund and general manager Heinz Heitmann. Assistant coach Gerd Kentschke shot ball after ball at my goal and I must have somehow done a good job. Willibert Kremer is also jointly responsible for my decision to sign for Leverkusen.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to know him properly as a coach as the situation under the Bayer Cross was so tense six months later that the club parted company with Kremer. His five plus years as coach at Leverkusen was over – only Theo Kirchberg’s seven years was longer for a head coach at Bayer 04.
The coach Kremer will always have his place in our history as the man that took Bayer 04 Leverkusen up to the Bundesliga. Willibert Kremer closed his eyes for the last time in the early hours of 24 December. We will never forget you, coach, rest in peace.
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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