1.03.2021Bayer 04

‘Rudi recounts’: Vollborn on Bayer 04 highlights in March

Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for nearly 40 years, he has the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Cup (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. From February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a small trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month...

Vollborn looks back at goals, matches, personalities and stories away from the pitch from the Bayer 04 club history. For the month of March, the Leverkusen legend includes highly interesting TV-highlights from two games in the race for the Regional League title in March 1968.

Also in the month of March: The opening of the ‘Rundsporthalle’, the first promotion in orange and blue and runaway victories over FC Bayern from the 1980s and 1990s on video. Click HERE for all the articles.

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